I saw an interesting news story showing that the popular American retailer “Circuit City” is going to be offering 1600 free Xbox Live points to anyone who buys Gears of War 2 from one of their stores.
Ok, I though, this doesn’t really apply to us South Africans so I don’t need to bother posting the news. Then it dawned on me, this is very relevant to us because I want to know why we aren’t getting cool deals like this.
As a South African, any of us have quite a large amount of stores to choose from when buying a new game for our favorite console or handheld. Some go to certain stores for a better price, or because they like the service and most, well, most probably just pick whichever is closest.
So with gaming picking up in the country and the potential for sales being huge this Christmas season, why in the hell aren’t any of them using any methods to get us to buy from them instead of their rivals.
Damn it. I want 1600 free points when I go buy my Gears of War 2, or a free keyring, or pat on the back, or something. I’m sure that you do too. Most of us have our favorite stores but if there is one that is offering something like this along with the game then you know damn straight that it will be there store that I go to when the game gets released.
C’mon local stores, when are you going to realise that we all want free stuff and you all want more sales, it makes sense doesn’t it?
Source: Xbox360Fanboy
Last Updated: October 29, 2008
ewie
October 29, 2008 at 11:33
Last year i pore-ordered Forza from a online store and got nothing. If i ordered it from kalahari i would have gotten a flash disc, so it does happen it is not advertised very good.
Fox1
October 29, 2008 at 11:34
Good point.
Other questions that need to be asked are:
Why are games on the 360 were selling for R699 before the value of the Rand dropped ❓
Why are multi platform games the same price on the 360 and PS3 ❓
Fox1
October 29, 2008 at 11:36
😳 Correction:
Why were games on the 360 selling for R699 before the value of the Rand dropped ❓
Allister
October 29, 2008 at 11:50
btgames gives u a free gears 2 tshirt if u pre-order it from them its not in the same league but hey its step in the right direction in keeping me from buying from them otheriwse i will shop around for the best deal
Goose ZA
October 29, 2008 at 11:57
If you pre-order Gears 2 from BT you get a free Gears 2 Shirt…
But I agree… it’s not happening enough =)
Goose ZA
October 29, 2008 at 12:06
Whoops.. never saw the post above =)
Vg2
October 29, 2008 at 12:14
wow 1600 points u can get that new penny-arcade game and still have 400 points spare… I WANT 🙁