fillet said:
Hardware prices in the UK aren't as fixed as the US, you will never pay RRP in the UK unless you're a sucker and just buy at the first shop that has one, which would be any electrical store. I got my Wii-U Premium for £200 about a month ago and not from HMV. Zaavi was doing the Premium for £225 for a few weeks. It's ALWAYS available at £250 (Premium), 8GB is available for £189 in a similar fashion, that is the real accepted price if you can't wait for a deal to get it for less. The HMV sale is a one off because HMV are in the shit and will try anything to spark some interest in it's stores. Admittedly it did come with Zombie-U as well for £200 which is a massive price cut, but Zombie-U can be purchased for £23 so it's not quite the £140 you mention. |
Where is this the case?
I've kept an eye on Wii U sales and only since march have I seen good deals een propping and they are rarely from the popular chains. Where did you get your Wii U from? Also I think there is a strong perference to buy hardware in store rather then online retails like Amazon or Zavii (which now has it back to to RRP). For that reason the HMV price cut is very significant, at physical retail you'd struggle to find a premium bundle far off the £300+ RRP. I would have snatched one up if there weren't so many current gen games coming out in the same period.
I have my fingers crossed when the Wii U gets it offical price cut later in the year it is of the same value as HMV's sales.
