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Thesnipergecko said:
£300 now or £300 later, it's not really going to make a difference is it.

Pay now, you can save more money for games / accessories when it is released and not have to worry about forking out full cost of the console when it launches.

Not a bad idea IMO.
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Really? Why not put that £300 in a savers account for the next 6 months and earn a tiny bit of money :confused:...

And how does not giving away £300 stop you from saving more for games?
 
That hole 1/2 a penny, it's not worth it.
Also you know you have the money ATM, you might of spent it by then.

I much prefer preorders which take the money now. I now it's in my account then and there, who knows what my precise balance will be at some random point in the distance.
 
Given that OcUK don't know the price of the X1, I'm left wondering why they aren't also offering a PS4 pre-order? If it was the other way round it would still be odd ;)
 
Glaucus said:
That hole 1/2 a penny, it's not worth it.
Also you know you have the money ATM, you might of spent it by then.

I much prefer preorders which take the money now. I now it's in my account then and there, who knows what my precise balance will be at some random point in the distance.
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And if you don't have the money when it comes out there's probably a very good reason. I see no reason to tie up money 6 months in advance with absolutely no clear benefits.
 
Thesnipergecko said:
£300 now or £300 later, it's not really going to make a difference is it.

Pay now, you can save more money for games / accessories when it is released and not have to worry about forking out full cost of the console when it launches.

Not a bad idea IMO.
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Please don't ever be a financial advisor :p

EDIT - oh hold on it's now £300! Well in that case I'm putting 4 on my store credit card.
 
Moothead2 said:
Really? Why not put that £300 in a savers account for the next 6 months and earn a tiny bit of money :confused:...

And how does not giving away £300 stop you from saving more for games?
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Because £300 in a savings account would probably make you 50p in today's climate.

Nitefly said:
Please don't ever be a financial advisor :p

EDIT - oh hold on it's now £300! Well in that case I'm putting 4 on my store credit card.
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Yes but then you won't have one reserved. ;)
 
Lol what a funny thread with so much hate!
Just so stupid what were they thinking?
 
That Michael Pachter guy believe the X1 will cost $399. I think his prediction is pretty close. $450 tops.

He believe the the PS will be cheaper. $349.

Both sound reasonable to me.
 
He also said that FUSE would sell 5m copies!

Those prices though are pretty much where I thought they'd be. Both will retail at under £400 imo.
 
My friend runs an indi games shop and has said if the XboxOne really is online all the time and wont allow second hand games he simply will not stock it at all. For him there is practically zero profit in new hardware and games.... the supermarkets discount so much that they often sell them for MORE than he can buy them from distributors!

He will focus solely on Ps4 and the second hand market for that as well as the ps3 and 360 + retro.

MS will suffer badly if they do go ahead with the stamp on the second hand market, he has already seen a massive surge in ps4 pre orders and people cancelling xbox orders.
 
Thesnipergecko said:
£300 now or £300 later, it's not really going to make a difference is it.
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Well actually, it does make a difference. Pay £300 now and be locked into whatever price OcUK decide to charge for the X1 when it comes out - maybe £50 more than your other favourite console supplier. Or wait until final prices have been announced, place pre-order wherever is cheapest and STILL get it on release date AND be sure you're not going to get fleeced.

Be honest, OcUK have NEVER sold anything console related competitively. I still remember them getting a bunch of Wii's when there was a shortage and massively inflating the price.
 
AtreuS said:
My friend runs an indi games shop and has said if the XboxOne really is online all the time and wont allow second hand games he simply will not stock it at all. For him there is practically zero profit in new hardware and games.... the supermarkets discount so much that they often sell them for MORE than he can buy them from distributors!

He will focus solely on Ps4 and the second hand market for that as well as the ps3 and 360 + retro.

MS will suffer badly if they do go ahead with the stamp on the second hand market, he has already seen a massive surge in ps4 pre orders and people cancelling xbox orders.
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supermarkets are the future tbh, they are pretty much increasing their market share daily from independent small stores.

imagine 20 years ago if you said you could buy pretty much anything you need all from 1 shop from fresh fruit and veg to bedding to furniture, tv's, clothing, candles, frying pans, to alcohol, people would have thought you were mad, but supermarkets are just getting bigger and bigger, their buying power is immense, they now dictate prices to their suppliers rather than the other way about.

imo this is bad for us as they will stock what suits them rather than what suits us, but on the other hand some things are now a lot cheaper to buy.

but i expect in 20 years time physical copies will be a thing of the past and you will need to download them, meaning the second hand market is dying, meaning your mate wont have a job/shop in 20 years time.

the only problem with that is that the download stores on consoles are HUGELY overpriced compared to physical copies, if they can make downloads cheaper than physical and drop the pricing according to the market rather than keep the same price for 5 years, take COD, it's still like £50 from PSN, in a shop probably half that.
 
MadFruit said:
Well actually, it does make a difference. Pay £300 now and be locked into whatever price OcUK decide to charge for the X1 when it comes out - maybe £50 more than your other favourite console supplier. Or wait until final prices have been announced, place pre-order wherever is cheapest and STILL get it on release date AND be sure you're not going to get fleeced.

Be honest, OcUK have NEVER sold anything console related competitively. I still remember them getting a bunch of Wii's when there was a shortage and massively inflating the price.
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+1

their prices are higher by a big margin, not just a few quid in most cases.

to be locked into their price would be stupid imo, as you could get it for a lot cheaper by simply ordering from any other big online retailer or supermarket.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
but i expect in 20 years time physical copies will be a thing of the past and you will need to download them, meaning the second hand market is dying, meaning your mate wont have a job/shop in 20 years time.

the only problem with that is that the download stores on consoles are HUGELY overpriced compared to physical copies, if they can make downloads cheaper than physical and drop the pricing according to the market rather than keep the same price for 5 years, take COD, it's still like £50 from PSN, in a shop probably half that.
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I was shocked to see many of the games £50 plus. It's crazy. How does a download cost more than physical...

I remember with PC software downloads it was cheaper to buy than the physical copy. Now it's becoming the reverse.
 
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