£26 !!

Friggin Hell !!

If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
Heyford Hill


-- 
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[..getting old and still playing video games..]

gospvg wrote:
> £26 !!
> Friggin Hell !!

Damn it - I was *in* Sainsbury's this morning, and MW2 was nowhere to be 
seen.  A trip at lunch might be in order, methinks.

-- 
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http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, gospvg wrote:

> £26 !!

Well, I did say!

Asda is selling it for 25 on the back of this.

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Gareth Halfacree wrote:
> gospvg wrote:
>> £26 !!
>> Friggin Hell !!
> 
> Damn it - I was *in* Sainsbury's this morning, and MW2 was nowhere to be 
> seen.  A trip at lunch might be in order, methinks.
> 

Given it's not out till tomorrow I wouldn't waste your time.


-- 

Zo
http://icookies.co.uk - My RE5 review now up

Zomoniac wrote:
> Given it's not out till tomorrow I wouldn't waste your time.

Oh.  I was under the impression it was today.  Cheers for the heads-up.

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"gospvg"  wrote in message
news:7lps9qF3eo90bU1@mid.individual.net...
> £26 !!
>
> Friggin Hell !!
>
> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to
> Heyford Hill
>

My local Sainsburys probably won't have it for another week or so.  They
seem to have about 4 Xbox games on sale at any one time.  It took them ages
to stock ODST for example.

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>£26 !!
>
>Friggin Hell !!
>
>If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>Heyford Hill
>
>
>-- 


Yes, but which is better PS3 or 360?  

I've not got a Gold sub so the PS3 would seem a better option, but I'd
like to know of any plus/minus point of each platform. I guess I could
buy both then sell one on.

Blonks,
--
"dog does not cast shadows"

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>£26 !!
>
>Friggin Hell !!
>
>If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>Heyford Hill
>
>
>-- 
has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?

i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.

Chris F wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
> wrote:
> 
>> £26 !!
>>
>> Friggin Hell !!
>>
>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>> Heyford Hill
>>
>>
>> -- 
> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
> 
> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6374/5m9zwi.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6576/dscf0808i.jpg



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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:

> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>
> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.

Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?



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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:38:09 +0000, deKay
<andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>
>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>
>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>
>Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>
>
>
>deKay

i suppose so, but there was nothing over the weekend, just rumours,
hence my asking the question.

"deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
news:Pine.OSX.4.64.0911091135420.2244@iMac.dekay.sytes.net...
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>
>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>
>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>
> Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>

http://www.coolshop.co.uk/catalog/minisite/modern-warfare-2

For those that do not have a Sainsbury's


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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>"deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
>news:Pine.OSX.4.64.0911091135420.2244@iMac.dekay.sytes.net...
>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>>
>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>
>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>
>> Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>>
>
>http://www.coolshop.co.uk/catalog/minisite/modern-warfare-2
>
>For those that do not have a Sainsbury's


You just beat me to it!

But, PS3 or 360 - dilemna!

Blonks
--
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:16:20 +0000, Blonks  wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "gospvg" 
>wrote:
>
>>"deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
>>news:Pine.OSX.4.64.0911091135420.2244@iMac.dekay.sytes.net...
>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>>>
>>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>>
>>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>>
>>> Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>>>
>>
>>http://www.coolshop.co.uk/catalog/minisite/modern-warfare-2
>>
>>For those that do not have a Sainsbury's
>
>
>You just beat me to it!
>
>But, PS3 or 360 - dilemna!
>
>Blonks


Coolshop is now dead ;-)
--
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Blonks wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:16:20 +0000, Blonks  wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "gospvg" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
>>> news:Pine.OSX.4.64.0911091135420.2244@iMac.dekay.sytes.net...
>>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>>>
>>>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>>> Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>>>>
>>> http://www.coolshop.co.uk/catalog/minisite/modern-warfare-2
>>>
>>> For those that do not have a Sainsbury's
>>
>> You just beat me to it!
>>
>> But, PS3 or 360 - dilemna!
>>
>> Blonks
> 
> 
> Coolshop is now dead ;-)
> --
> "dog does not cast shadows"

Had it in my basket for £26, by the time I'd typed in my address it was 
£39.99. Cunts.


-- 

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"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> Coolshop is now dead ;-)
>> --
>> "dog does not cast shadows"
>
> Had it in my basket for £26, by the time I'd typed in my address it was 
> £39.99. Cunts.
>

Makro now doing it for £20 !!!


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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:34:38 +0000, Zomoniac
 wrote:

>Blonks wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:16:20 +0000, Blonks  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:03:42 -0000, "gospvg" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>> news:Pine.OSX.4.64.0911091135420.2244@iMac.dekay.sytes.net...
>>>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Chris F wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>>>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>>>> Big Sainsburys ad in the papers this morning confirmation enough for you?
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.coolshop.co.uk/catalog/minisite/modern-warfare-2
>>>>
>>>> For those that do not have a Sainsbury's
>>>
>>> You just beat me to it!
>>>
>>> But, PS3 or 360 - dilemna!
>>>
>>> Blonks
>> 
>> 
>> Coolshop is now dead ;-)
>> --
>> "dog does not cast shadows"
>
>Had it in my basket for £26, by the time I'd typed in my address it was 
>£39.99. Cunts.


Was deciding which platform to get and decided on the PC! Was probably
a good idea as suggestions are the console versions are not UK!

Blonks
--
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, gospvg wrote:

> Makro now doing it for £20 !!!

Yeah, but being Makro, that's pre-VAT price, isn't it?

deKay
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:14:15 +0000, deKay
<andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, gospvg wrote:
>
>> Makro now doing it for £20 !!!
>
>Yeah, but being Makro, that's pre-VAT price, isn't it?
>
>deKay

Nope - that's to total!
--
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:48:05 +0000, Blonks  wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:14:15 +0000, deKay
><andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, gospvg wrote:
>>
>>> Makro now doing it for £20 !!!
>>
>>Yeah, but being Makro, that's pre-VAT price, isn't it?
>>
>>deKay
>
>Nope - that's to total!

Goddamn I'd spend more than £6 driving to Notts though! :o(

--
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>£26 !!
>
>Friggin Hell !!
>
>If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>Heyford Hill
>
>
>-- 

Can anyone confirm if ASDA are actually doing it cheap?

--
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>£26 !!
>
>Friggin Hell !!
>
>If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>Heyford Hill
>
>
>-- 

Just to confirm it is until the 15th and obviously while stocks last.

--
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:08 +0000, Craig Coope
 wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
>wrote:
>
>>£26 !!
>>
>>Friggin Hell !!
>>
>>If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>>Heyford Hill
>>
>>
>>-- 
>
>Just to confirm it is until the 15th and obviously while stocks last.

in other words, it's until they sell out tomorrow, then get restocked
on the 16th ;)

"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
news:7lq950F3flfb2U1@mid.individual.net...
> Chris F wrote:
>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> £26 !!
>>>
>>> Friggin Hell !!
>>>
>>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>>> Heyford Hill
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>
>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>
> http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg
>

What's Mr Mus A/Foamer?

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:58:51 -0000, "buckskin"
 wrote:

>"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
>news:7lq950F3flfb2U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Chris F wrote:
>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> £26 !!
>>>>
>>>> Friggin Hell !!
>>>>
>>>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>>>> Heyford Hill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>
>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>
>> http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg
>>
>
>What's Mr Mus A/Foamer? 

Mr Muscle something-or-other?

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On 2009-11-09 20:58:51 +0000, "buckskin"  said:

> "Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
> news:7lq950F3flfb2U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Chris F wrote:
>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> £26 !!
>>>> 
>>>> Friggin Hell !!
>>>> 
>>>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>>>> Heyford Hill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>> 
>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>> 
>> http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg
>> 
> 
> What's Mr Mus A/Foamer?

No idea, not my scan. I suspect Craig's on the mark.

-- 

Zo

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Craig Coope wrote:

> Can anyone confirm if ASDA are actually doing it cheap?

They were selling it *today* for 24.96 tonight.  Well, my local was.

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"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
news:7lrj29F3ekavnU2@mid.individual.net...
> On 2009-11-09 20:58:51 +0000, "buckskin"  said:
>
>> "Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
>> news:7lq950F3flfb2U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Chris F wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:47:18 -0000, "gospvg" 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> £26 !!
>>>>>
>>>>> Friggin Hell !!
>>>>>
>>>>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to 
>>>>> Heyford Hill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>> has this actually been confirmed anywhere though?
>>>>
>>>> i've seen adverts for asda doing the game for £32, but so far as i
>>>> know the sainsbury's price is just rumour.
>>>
>>> http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg
>>>
>>
>> What's Mr Mus A/Foamer?
>
> No idea, not my scan. I suspect Craig's on the mark.

Well good to see he cleans alot :)

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:57:38 +0000, deKay
<andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Craig Coope wrote:
>
>> Can anyone confirm if ASDA are actually doing it cheap?
>
>They were selling it *today* for 24.96 tonight.  Well, my local was.
>
>deKay


I've been told it's £32 here...but dunno....

--
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On Nov 9, 11:36 pm, Craig Coope  wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:57:38 퍍, deKay
>
> <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
> >On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Craig Coope wrote:
>
> >> Can anyone confirm if ASDA are actually doing it cheap?
>
> >They were selling it *today* for 24.96 tonight.  Well, my local was.
>
> >deKay
>
> I've been told it's £32 here...but dunno....
>
> --
> The Zero ST
Got mine from a local 24 hour asda at quarter to six this morning. 32
quid. I'd be surprised if they have any copies left by half six. They
had about 40 copies originally, with more than half sold already.
There was a queue about 5 deep.. Good luck.

Cheers sk1m

gospvg wrote:
> £26 !!

Bought.  There was a surprising queue at the Halifax Sainsbury's, 
including a bunch of fifty-somethings attempting to buy multiple copies 
- clearly for eBay.

Also amusing was the number of people in the queue wearing school 
uniform.  IT'S AN EIGHTEEN, FFS!

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"Gareth Halfacree"  wrote in message 
news:7lsn1kF3f1imjU1@mid.individual.net...
> gospvg wrote:
>> £26 !!
>
> Bought.  There was a surprising queue at the Halifax Sainsbury's, 
> including a bunch of fifty-somethings attempting to buy multiple copies - 
> clearly for eBay.
>

Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only

> Also amusing was the number of people in the queue wearing school uniform. 
> IT'S AN EIGHTEEN, FFS!

They were also asking for ID's for the young ones in the queue

I expect they are all sold out now they have about 50 of each console left 
at around 7.50

I had a quick go of Team Deathmatch before coming to work got to a LVL2
Roll on this evening.


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[..getting old and still playing video games..]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:39:53 -0000, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>"Gareth Halfacree"  wrote in message 
>news:7lsn1kF3f1imjU1@mid.individual.net...
>> gospvg wrote:
>>> £26 !!
>>
>> Bought.  There was a surprising queue at the Halifax Sainsbury's, 
>> including a bunch of fifty-somethings attempting to buy multiple copies - 
>> clearly for eBay.
>>
>
>Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only
>
>> Also amusing was the number of people in the queue wearing school uniform. 
>> IT'S AN EIGHTEEN, FFS!
>
>They were also asking for ID's for the young ones in the queue
>
>I expect they are all sold out now they have about 50 of each console left 
>at around 7.50
>
>I had a quick go of Team Deathmatch before coming to work got to a LVL2
>Roll on this evening.

I have the day off today (which was unrelated to the release of this
game!) :o)....but back to bed for me first I think...

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gospvg wrote:
> "Gareth Halfacree"  wrote in message 
> news:7lsn1kF3f1imjU1@mid.individual.net...
>> gospvg wrote:
>>> £26 !!
>> Bought.  There was a surprising queue at the Halifax Sainsbury's, 
>> including a bunch of fifty-somethings attempting to buy multiple copies - 
>> clearly for eBay.
> Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only

That was *supposed* to be the case at the Halifax branch.  Selectively 
applied, though: some staff were saying one copy in toto, others were 
saying one copy per format, others allowing multiple copies - I saw 
someone leave with four.

-- 
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"Craig Coope"  wrote in message 
news:oo9if5t6fd9rtarcahb4giujgc5l8gkekq@4ax.com...
>>
>>Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only
>>
>>> Also amusing was the number of people in the queue wearing school 
>>> uniform.
>>> IT'S AN EIGHTEEN, FFS!
>>
>>They were also asking for ID's for the young ones in the queue
>>
>>I expect they are all sold out now they have about 50 of each console left
>>at around 7.50
>>
>>I had a quick go of Team Deathmatch before coming to work got to a LVL2
>>Roll on this evening.
>
> I have the day off today (which was unrelated to the release of this
> game!) :o)....but back to bed for me first I think...
>

Yep my son is also off sick although I expect he has now made his way 
upstairs onto the 360

Tut Tut !!


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gospvg wrote:
> "Craig Coope"  wrote in message 
> news:oo9if5t6fd9rtarcahb4giujgc5l8gkekq@4ax.com...
>>> Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only
>>>
>>>> Also amusing was the number of people in the queue wearing school 
>>>> uniform.
>>>> IT'S AN EIGHTEEN, FFS!
>>> They were also asking for ID's for the young ones in the queue
>>>
>>> I expect they are all sold out now they have about 50 of each console left
>>> at around 7.50
>>>
>>> I had a quick go of Team Deathmatch before coming to work got to a LVL2
>>> Roll on this evening.
>> I have the day off today (which was unrelated to the release of this
>> game!) :o)....but back to bed for me first I think...
>>
> 
> Yep my son is also off sick although I expect he has now made his way 
> upstairs onto the 360

actionabbas - Joinable - Playing Modern Warfare® 2
Playing Team Deathmatch in Skidrow


Yeah, "off sick"... :)


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Gareth Halfacree wrote:
> gospvg wrote:
>> "Gareth Halfacree"  wrote in message 
>> news:7lsn1kF3f1imjU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> gospvg wrote:
>>>> £26 !!
>>> Bought.  There was a surprising queue at the Halifax Sainsbury's, 
>>> including a bunch of fifty-somethings attempting to buy multiple 
>>> copies - clearly for eBay.
>> Heyford Hill was only giving 1 copy to each customer only
> 
> That was *supposed* to be the case at the Halifax branch.  Selectively 
> applied, though: some staff were saying one copy in toto, others were 
> saying one copy per format, others allowing multiple copies - I saw 
> someone leave with four.
> 

And there was me wondering why the Halifax would be selling MW2 games at 
all for a minute! :-)

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"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> Yep my son is also off sick although I expect he has now made his way 
>> upstairs onto the 360
>
> actionabbas - Joinable - Playing Modern Warfare® 2
> Playing Team Deathmatch in Skidrow
>
>
> Yeah, "off sick"... :)
>

A True Gamer (Proud Dad Moment)

Right wait till I get home !! (Angry Dad Moment)


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gospvg wrote:
> £26 !!
>
> Friggin Hell !!
>
> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to
> Heyford Hill

25 quid in Tesco near Cambridge. Despite being thoroughly unfussed by it, I 
was willing to pay that much. Unfortunately they'd sold out of the 360 
version, despite having dozens of copies of the PS3 version lining the 
shelves.
Might stop at Asda for a quick look on the way home tonight, but 25 quid is 
close to the maximum I'd be willing to pay.

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"Chris Stevens"  wrote in message 
news:7ltbfvF3ffcfeU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> 25 quid in Tesco near Cambridge. Despite being thoroughly unfussed by it, 
> I was willing to pay that much. Unfortunately they'd sold out of the 360 
> version, despite having dozens of copies of the PS3 version lining the 
> shelves.
> Might stop at Asda for a quick look on the way home tonight, but 25 quid 
> is close to the maximum I'd be willing to pay.
>

I am sure you can stretch to another quid.
I am hoping that they have similar offers next week for Creed 2 & Lego Jones 
2 (That's all the games I'm buying this year)


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"gospvg"  wrote:
> £26 !!
> 
> Friggin Hell !!
> 
> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to
> 
> Heyford Hill

No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
bought one before remembering I don't want one!

On 10 Nov 2009 21:23:05 GMT, Chris Stevens
 wrote:

>"gospvg"  wrote:
>> £26 !!
>> 
>> Friggin Hell !!
>> 
>> If the postman does not deliver mine in the morning I'm going to go to
>> 
>> Heyford Hill
>
>No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
>bought one before remembering I don't want one!

theyre doing 20% off everything game-related apparently.

Chris Stevens wrote:
> 
> No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
> bought one before remembering I don't want one!

I did that at the weekend too, found myself looking at the PS3 and then 
realised I don't have any desire to own one. It was just the price, but 
when I thought about it, even that's not great! It's still more 
expensive than the 360!

To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... WTF!

-- 
James Luff
Gamertag / Twitter: Lufferov
blog: http://lufferov.blogspot.com
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:01 +0000, James Luff 
wrote:

>Chris Stevens wrote:
>> 
>> No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
>> bought one before remembering I don't want one!
>
>I did that at the weekend too, found myself looking at the PS3 and then 
>realised I don't have any desire to own one. It was just the price, but 
>when I thought about it, even that's not great! It's still more 
>expensive than the 360!
>
>To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... WTF!

Then don't pay £55 :op ....Actually I think it's appeal is for MP as
COD4 has been done to death for its.

--
The Zero ST

James Luff wrote:
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>>
>> No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
>> bought one before remembering I don't want one!
> 
> I did that at the weekend too, found myself looking at the PS3 and then 
> realised I don't have any desire to own one. It was just the price, but 
> when I thought about it, even that's not great! It's still more 
> expensive than the 360!
> 
> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... 
> WTF!
> 

I find it hard to switch on the 360 these days. If it wasn't for Gay 
Tony it would be a lot harder. PS3 certainly sucked all the love this 
family has out of the 360 and even the Wii. Roll on Christmas when we'll 
have a cross-console selection of goodies. Until then, LittleBigPlanet 
is _the_ most played game in this house since... well, possibly ever.

I ordered Assassin's Creed 2 on 360 mainly because I know I'll have 
little chance to play it if it was on PS3. And Uncharted 2 will be 
occupying that PS3 space between kids' bedtime and mine for a while.

I'd never have thought it a few months ago, but honestly the PS3 is my 
favourite console ever. I'm even using some of the 'media centre' 
features in it.

  -Kevin.

-- 
Underrated movies 3, 2, 1
http://www.stanleyrumm.com

Craig Coope wrote:
>>
>> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... WTF!
> 
> Then don't pay £55 :op ....Actually I think it's appeal is for MP as
> COD4 has been done to death for its.

I don't intend to, it's the mere fact they feel that price is a fair 
reflection of the content. Thousands of copies will be sold to people 
without Xbox Live, in what way are they getting any value for money?

They aren't, FIVE HOURS of game play for £55! That's £11 an hour! From 
what I've heard it's a very lazy campaign as well with a very poor plot. 
Seems like it's an after thought to me, so why bother at all? Because if 
they don't bolt on a single player mode they will lose millions of 
sales. Even people buying it for MP could turn away without a SP mission.

There is no reason they couldn't have spent time and money on a good 
single player experience. The money they will make was never in any 
doubt and they didn't have a lot to do to improve on the first one. 
There could easily have been an involving game here but they just 
couldn't be bothered, instead just using it to make as much profit as 
possible.

-- 
James Luff
Gamertag / Twitter: Lufferov
blog: http://lufferov.blogspot.com
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:41:24 +0000, James Luff 
wrote:

>Craig Coope wrote:
>>>
>>> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... WTF!
>> 
>> Then don't pay £55 :op ....Actually I think it's appeal is for MP as
>> COD4 has been done to death for its.
>
>I don't intend to, it's the mere fact they feel that price is a fair 
>reflection of the content. Thousands of copies will be sold to people 
>without Xbox Live, in what way are they getting any value for money?
>
>They aren't, FIVE HOURS of game play for £55! That's £11 an hour! From 
>what I've heard it's a very lazy campaign as well with a very poor plot. 
>Seems like it's an after thought to me, so why bother at all? Because if 
>they don't bolt on a single player mode they will lose millions of 
>sales. Even people buying it for MP could turn away without a SP mission.
>
>There is no reason they couldn't have spent time and money on a good 
>single player experience. The money they will make was never in any 
>doubt and they didn't have a lot to do to improve on the first one. 
>There could easily have been an involving game here but they just 
>couldn't be bothered, instead just using it to make as much profit as 
>possible.

Well it's just as long as COD4 from what I can tell...I can't comment
on any any other in the franchise as I've not played them.

--
The Zero ST

"James Luff"  wrote in message 
news:7lu51iF3de0gdU1@mid.individual.net...
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>>
>> No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
>> bought one before remembering I don't want one!
>
> I did that at the weekend too, found myself looking at the PS3 and then 
> realised I don't have any desire to own one. It was just the price, but 
> when I thought about it, even that's not great! It's still more expensive 
> than the 360!

I looked away in disgust

>
> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... 
> WTF!
>

Is that 5 Hours for the Single Player campaign?

On top of that there is the co-op mode & then many many hours on multiplayer 
online


-- 
-- 
gospvg
[..getting old and still playing video games..]

James Luff wrote:
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>>
>> No stock at my local Sainsbury, but they did have PS3s for £199! Almost
>> bought one before remembering I don't want one!
> 
> I did that at the weekend too, found myself looking at the PS3 and then 
> realised I don't have any desire to own one. It was just the price, but 
> when I thought about it, even that's not great! It's still more 
> expensive than the 360!
> 
> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... WTF!

Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:

SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours

Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea how 
long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.

So it's all very well saying achievements are silly and pointless and 
I'm a whore (which I am!), but by them being there and thus setting me 
extra goals, I would get 6 times more game at least from this as you 
would without even touching the multiplayer. Cost me £30, so that's a 
pound an hour, assuming I never bother with multiplayer. All things 
considered, that's damn good value.


-- 

Zo
http://icookies.co.uk - My RE5 review now up

"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
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>
> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
>
> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
>
> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea how 
> long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
>

As someone who doesn't play games much anymore I'm actually glad that the 
story mode is only 5 hours. It'll make having a complete experience while 
borrowing/hiring that much easier.

I reckon all games should be made this way.

Shak

Shak wrote:
> "Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
> news:7lvadgF3ek7e4U1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
>>
>> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
>> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
>> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
>>
>> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea 
>> how long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
>>
> 
> As someone who doesn't play games much anymore I'm actually glad that 
> the story mode is only 5 hours. It'll make having a complete experience 
> while borrowing/hiring that much easier.
> 
> I reckon all games should be made this way.
> 
> Shak

Quite. If you only intend to play through a short, single-player game 
once, then rent it. Seems fairly obvious to me.


-- 

Zo
http://icookies.co.uk - My RE5 review now up

Zomoniac wrote:
>> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... 
>> WTF!
> 
> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
> 
> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
> 
> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea how 
> long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
> 
> So it's all very well saying achievements are silly and pointless and 
> I'm a whore (which I am!), but by them being there and thus setting me 
> extra goals, I would get 6 times more game at least from this as you 
> would without even touching the multiplayer. Cost me £30, so that's a 
> pound an hour, assuming I never bother with multiplayer. All things 
> considered, that's damn good value.

No, that's just playing the same game three times. How about the next 
time a film studio make a movie it's only 30 minutes long. However 
they'll show it three times back to back, once in black and white, again 
with colour and a final time with the sound?

Adding in achievements for repetition != additional hours of game play. 
They are silly and pointless and an excuse for lazy and cheap game design.

-- 
James Luff
Gamertag / Twitter: Lufferov
blog: http://lufferov.blogspot.com
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:10:16 +0000, James Luff 
wrote:

>Zomoniac wrote:
>>> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of £55... 
>>> WTF!
>> 
>> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
>> 
>> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
>> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
>> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
>> 
>> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea how 
>> long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
>> 
>> So it's all very well saying achievements are silly and pointless and 
>> I'm a whore (which I am!), but by them being there and thus setting me 
>> extra goals, I would get 6 times more game at least from this as you 
>> would without even touching the multiplayer. Cost me £30, so that's a 
>> pound an hour, assuming I never bother with multiplayer. All things 
>> considered, that's damn good value.
>
>No, that's just playing the same game three times. How about the next 
>time a film studio make a movie it's only 30 minutes long. However 
>they'll show it three times back to back, once in black and white, again 
>with colour and a final time with the sound?
>
>Adding in achievements for repetition != additional hours of game play. 
>They are silly and pointless and an excuse for lazy and cheap game design.

yes, but you can finish Sonic the Hedgehog in about 30 minutes.

that cost me £40 back in 1991.

it didn't have achievements, but i still played it through a
ridiculous number of times.

i'll admit, the SP side of MW2 does appear like it'll be on the short
side, but it isn't a game designed to just be played through once, as
Zo says.

yes, several games do exist that don't offer any real incentive to
play through them again, but tbh a short campaign doesn't necessarily
mean it's a bad thing if there is a lot of replay value to be had
also.

if it was a standard SP game, 5 hours long, with nothing else to it to
compel you to play it, then yes i'd agree with you, but it's not.


can't believe i'm defending a game that just 24 hours ago i said i
wasn't arsed about buying lol

James Luff wrote:
>>> To bring it back OT, MW2 has 5 hours of game play for an RRP of
>>> £55... WTF!
>>
>> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
>>
>> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
>> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
>> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
>>
>> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea
>> how long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
>
> No, that's just playing the same game three times. How about the next
> time a film studio make a movie it's only 30 minutes long. However
> they'll show it three times back to back, once in black and white,
> again with colour and a final time with the sound?

You have a point, BUT I would say that rushing through the single player 
game on (presumably) a lower difficulty setting and complaining that it was 
too short is almost equally invalid. Anyone who is familiar with the COD 
series will know that the fun lies not in zooming through on Easy/Normal, 
but in the challenge provided by Hardened/Veteran. I don't have the game, 
and probably won't be buying it now that I've apparently missed out on the 
early-bird bargains, but if I did, I would probably at least do the first 
two items on Zo's agenda. Not for achievements, but because there's a lot of 
sense in playing it that way. Whatever story there is, it would undoubtedly 
be best appreciated in the rather more condensed timeframe that Normal 
difficulty allows. Once that has been done, the obvious next step is to play 
it again on Veteran to savour the set-piece combat situations on a properly 
challenging difficulty.
There are lots of games I can think of where you can speed-complete the game 
on easier difficulties but that have provided many hours of enjoyment beyond 
that. Mirror's Edge, for example. I completed that about 5 and a half times, 
and would have done so regardless of achievements (in fact I think at least 
two of the run throughs *were* just for fun). Also the Halo games - I've 
typically played through the story first on Normal/Heroic to appreciate the 
narrative, and then again on Legendary for the gaming challenge.

-- 

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
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> Shak wrote:
>> "Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
>> news:7lvadgF3ek7e4U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> Depends if you're a completionist. I'll be doing:
>>>
>>> SP on normal to enjoy the game - 6 hours
>>> SP on veteran for the achievements - 12 hours
>>> SP on easy to get the intel items - 4 hours
>>>
>>> Plus 23 spec-op missions on co-op on veteran to get the 1k, no idea how 
>>> long that will take, but probably at least 10 hours.
>>>
>>
>> As someone who doesn't play games much anymore I'm actually glad that the 
>> story mode is only 5 hours. It'll make having a complete experience while 
>> borrowing/hiring that much easier.
>>
>> I reckon all games should be made this way.
>>
>> Shak
>
> Quite. If you only intend to play through a short, single-player game 
> once, then rent it. Seems fairly obvious to me.
>

Yes, except they don't make enough of them of high enough quality. It's all 
GTA/Fallout/Borderlands now.

Shak