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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 comes out November 10, as most of you already know. The year's most anticipated shooter is going to be popular so I'm sure a lot of you want to know where its cheapest.


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Kmart have it for $79

big w are selling it for $82

With 250GB Xbox 360 Elite its $599 at JB Hi-Fi
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/games/xbox360-console-super-elite-modern-warfare-2-limited-edition/

Some mentioned in the shout box that if you return it to eb in the first week they will give you $95 credit. Id like to see the where this info came from.

ive pre-ordered the prestige edition @ eb but havent been able to find any prices anywhere... what other stores are selling it? id like to at least try to price match it  ???

Note that the platforms might have a different price.

Kmart $79, BigW $82 - what platforms and what edition?

ps3, xbox and pc - standard edition

PS3 Prestiege Edition = $198 @ EBgames.com.au

http://ebgames.com.au/ps3-148219-Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-Prestige-Edition-PlayStation-3

I preordered mine on ebay for about $67, granted its from HK... but they already shipped it :)... hopefully it arrives on time or earlier.

What about some import prices? Anyone got some good info on a PC copy?

What $67 pre-order for the Prestige Edition? wtf?! That's cheaper than the normal editions.! o.o

Surely not... You sure you haven't got the normal edition?

sorry guys. . . i meant 67$ for the standard edition.

FYI, word on the street is that BIG-W broke the street date today, but I cannot 100% confirm this

I was in my EB at Morayfield and they had one of those little handout things they give out. It had the trade values for each week after launch. Trade it within the first week and it would be worth $95. I did not collect any of these handouts however I will try to get 1 tomorrow and scan it.

Has any one got physical proof of these deals to price match with. I want to get it at the midnight launch but I'm not paying EB's $120 or whatever for the standard ed.

thank you thats exactly what im after, i would go up and get one myself but im kinda locked up atm Uni exams.

JB selling standard for $82, hardened for $99 and prestige for $189 (According to a guy I spoke to today)

And I asked about Kmart price matching, they said they can match $79.  ;D

so hypothetically i could walk into eb with 4 copies of modern warfare 2 (1 from trade 3 get free deal, 3 from $79 purchases) and get 4 x $95 credit = $380
Therefore getting $380 credit from $237
an extra $120 to get me a PS3 taking my total spent to $357 for a PS3.

EDIT: or you can hand in 5 copies of MW2 (2 from trade 3 get free deals, 3 from $79 purchases) to get $475 credit from $240.
extra $25 for a PS3.
Total cost $265 for PS3.
now lets just hope it works..
is there any limit to how many of the same game you can trade in?
if it doesn't specify then this should work.

2nd EDIT: Don't forget the edge card!
10% extra credit giving you $522.50 instead of $475 from $240.

you might possibly be the smartest man ever...i hope this works, we could make a fortune!

Don't forget if you have an edge card you can get an extra 10% bringing the total to $104.50 for each copy.

and if you trade in 3 sets of 3 games for 3 copies of Modern Warfare 2 and take it to ebgames (ontop of 2 copies picked up at Kmart for a total of $160 [with staff discount $150] with the EDGE card you recieve $522.50 from $150.

Another option is to use any games you've got at home not on exclusion list as well as Trade Bait from EB Games to make up 5 x 3 games. to trade in at JB for 5 MWF 2 games.
If you have 3 sets of 3 games you can trade in from home plus 2 sets of 3 games from trade bait ( http://www.ecogamer.com/forums/topic,1274.0/) you could trade it in at JB for 5 copies of MWF 2 (at different stores if things are suss)
Thus ultimately getting you $522.50 credit from what you paid for trade bait ($120)

Because EB only gives store credit for these special offers trade ins... can I purchase gift cards using the store credit?

I have no need for $500+ credit at EB... at EB $500 can only buy u 5 games...

or a PS3

In the past they gave me the money in gift cards (think it was GTA4 I traded in).

Anyway you could keep price matching and selling back and gain $20 store credit each time I guess as long as they don't catch on. Might help if you have a few stores local so you can rotate it.

if you have a friend or two that could do some of the trading for you you could maybe get away with trading at the same store otherwise move around a bit

Yeah I was always hesitant because it'd still mean taking cash I have and getting EB credit in return which generally isn't much use to me since I tend to buy online more often than not now days anyway.

Can't you get 20% less back in money? Or choose to take a gift card and turn that into cash minus 20% on another day?

Somewhere I read that you can only trade one (or maybe two) of the same title on the same Edge card. i.e. No matter what store you go to they can see that you traded MW2 four times in the last few days and wont let you do it again. Is this true?

I've never tried these things before but with the help of this site I just might.
So Kmart is the cheapest find so far - in person

Modern Warfare 2 Pre-orders are available at www.gamedude.com.au for $76

Has anyone found a decent price on the Hardened (or 'Harden', depending on various site listings) for X360? I note that the game's been confirmed region free on the 360 but can't find a really good price on that edition, even overseas.

For all of you planning and hoping to do the trade scams, think again.

EB have changed there trade laws now.  No longer can trade in credit be put on gift cards.  You either have to put it towards pre orders or a purchase that day.

So for those thinking of getting multiple titles and taking them to different stores, it won't work and also you can't trade in any more than 2 of the same copy of the game per store.

Geez, why don't you just get one copy of the game and let others get the games cheaply, rather than clearing all the stock from stores and actaully do what most of us do and actaully save for a PS3 etc.

@zeldamario

I think that only applies to NSW, though I might be wrong...
Not that I condone the scamming... but I don't condemn it either :p

Well in Melbourne, EBGames called me to tell me to come to work on November 10th (MW2 day T_T) because of new trade in laws. so i think Melbournians are affected too

Its Country wide, it affects all states.  Its a new law from Head Office.

Fair enough, thanks for the heads up.

Can someone who works at eb games or who knows the policy 100% please confirm the new directive. I've heard all sorts of things from not being able to get a gift card to not being able to put the credit on preorders and having to use it on the spot etc etc

zeldamario,
isn't the whole point of sites like ecogamer, ozbargain etc... getting stuff as cheap as you can?
dont make it out like its a 'scam' - scams are like amway that force you to pay thousands of dollars for nothing. this is just a loophole found in offers.

How about EB stop ripping people off with stupidly low trade values?

We'll stop when they do...

Hmmm... After a bit of thought, there are easy ways around not being able to put the credit for a trade onto a gift card...

Seeing as some people here view this as a 'scam' I'll keep it to myself to appease the nay-sayers...

Feel free to PM me if you'd like to hear my thoughts...

its bizarre though, why are these people on this website if they object to people taking advantage of the system - isn't that half of what this website is about?

I cant make a decision,

Standard edition  Or Hardened Edition?????

 

Why are people shouting scam when all your doing is another form of trade bait... Also if your afraid that they'll deny 2 copies of the same game take one copy for ps3 and one for 360, it might make a difference...

The difference is cost and Hardened has: XBLA code for original Call of Duty, hardened case and an art book...

So depending on the difference in cost, is it worth those extra things... I've a feeling that the original Call of Duty will be around 1200 MS points when it's released, might be 800...

I heard that jb will be selling the std edition for 79 and harden for 99. I've got the original cod plus its expansion on pc. SO technically for me 20 bucks for metal casing and art book isnt worth it for me. thanks heaps for the help

i wonder what the trade value of Assasins Creed 2 is in its first week of release at EB Games...

Do you have the catalogue for the hardened edition at JB so i can price match at EB?

i dont know why but i think im the only person in the world excited about the MW2 controllers..

http://modernwarfare2.gameshark.com/360.htm

Just a heads up guys, called up my local Game store and you cant price match the harden edition of mw2 with them, only the standard edition. Plus if your heading to their midnight launch they wont be price matching then, so only tuesday morning. Apparently they are doing  raffle for the prestige edition as well. DUnno how thats going to work.

Modern Warfare 2 Std Edition - Dicksmith -77$ on their site,
Modern warfare 2 harden edition Dicksmith 99$ on their site.

Can you price match the dicksmith hardened edition price with EB? Or aren't you alowed to price match online prices?

Dicksmith has it for 99$ store price, so im preety sure you can match it at eb.

not allowed to price match online prices just instore

I don't see why GAME wouldn't pricematch hardened edition, looks more like a store specific policy - so try calling up other GAME stores if you want to do so. (but i think most GAME stores have sold out the hardened? )

Is it just me or are these hardened and prestige edition getting less and less 'limited' as the days draw nearer to the release?  they don't seem limited edition to me anymore. can easily come up with a list of aussie sites that still have prestige & hardened, which was impossible like 3 weeks ago?

I actually preordered the harden edition, but the difference if i cant pricematch is 50$ as they are selling it for 120$ and std edition for 77 if i price match dicksmith. And i already called them to change mine to std edition. 

Do you know where I can get the catelogue online so I can show it to the EB staff?

Std Edition http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4af52bbf047bd452273fc0a87e0106ab/Product/View/YG5955

harden edition http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4af52bbf047bd452273fc0a87e0106ab/Product/View/YG6055

does anyone have the printout which says MW2 will get $95 trade back from EB?

http://i38.tinypic.com/2z9m8at.jpg

cheers dude, went past an EB today before i saw this...asked the guy what the trade value would be, he said $58

i lol'd

so will it definitely be $95? Or $58..?

yeah im guessing it'll be $95 since its in print

What if they only offer something like $58? Surely that pic isn't enough proof..

looks like that pic came from an EB catalouge or handout

i might have to investigate at my local EB during lunch...

Cheers man. Please share your findings and if you get some, proof..

Hey guys,

I've been using these forums for a while now for myself, but thought it was about time I post here :). I've been an employee at EB Games (In Melbourne) for a few years now, and used to manage one of the city stores (Have since stepped back to a casual role to make time for study).

Anyway, I just wanted to confirm a few policies for you guys, since you've all saved me some serious cash in the past, thought I'd return the favor.

EB is definately offering the $95 Trade Back value, you'll be able to find the fliers for it at your local store. Most of you will recognize this trade scheme from Halo ODST or GTA4, we do it on most new release titles.

It's really important to note that EB definately will only take one copy of a title for trade in per-customer. So you can't grab MW2 on the cheap elsewhere and come trade it in to us for the higher value.

As far as getting cash for games, you can't do it on the trade-in scheme. As it says on the bottom of the flier, it's store credit only. However, you should be able to get a gift-card for this (I know my store is allowing this).

I can't speak for other states, but in Victoria it is the managers discretion in terms of trading in for cash. Most of the city stores won't do it because there is a massive risk of trading in stolen games. However, the smaller stores do trade for cash. You are correct that a trade for cash yields 20% less value than a trade for store credit.

I noticed someone said EB won't be pricematching at the midnight launches - definately can tell you that's not true. Whichever store is doing that will be the exception, as we haven't been told not to price match on the midnight launch.

Really hope to see alot of you guys for the midnight launches tonight, there's alot of really fun events planned and I personally can't wait. If you're in the Melbourne area, hop down to the Knox Midnight Launch, it's going to be crazy, lots of cool stuff planned.

If anyone's got any EB-related questions they'd like answered by a veteran, feel free to ask me or send me a PM. I would ask however that you don't ask me questions like 'Why are your prices so high' or 'Why does X game trade for this much?'. These are Head Office decisions and I don't have insight on that.

Oh, and one last tip. If you are planning to Price-Match, do yourself a favor and bring us the catalogue or print-out of the price you're planning on matching. We have been told to be extremely vigilant on scammers or people who might try to make up prices, but price matching is part of our policy and we're happy to do it if it's legit. We'll only march in-store prices, not online catalogue prices, so if you can try to bring a store catalogue with you. If you can't find one, bring the printed one and if we've confirmed it previously (Most stores do call arounds to suss out what our competitors are doing) we can do it for you. If you're really worried about us matching it or not, pop into your local store during the day and ask us to call the store you're wanting to pricematch so we can confirm the price before midnight.

Hope this helps all :)

argh this $95 MW2 trade debacle is so confusing... just got back from my local EB and they said $58 as well and told me with promotions like this they are usually already in the system

i need some stone cold evidence that this is correct, anyone got a proper scan of the full ad which i can print out

Robism, whoever you're talking to is incorrect. This is a company wide promotion going until the 16th of november. Tell him to ask his manager or look on the promotions listing on his register and he'll be able to confirm this. If you're still not having luck, tell me which store you're asking and I'll call them up and find out what's going on :)

Firstly, thanks for the post, nice to squash a rumour at the source :)

And thanks also for clearing up the bit of murkiness with the putting store credit onto a gift card...
It's strange, people are, in the main, going to be spending that credit in the same store anyway...
It's just covering their asses, as some people will do that, then sell the card for cash...

I'm glad we've saved you a bundle of cash, as I'm sure you've provided some good information for others :)

thanks omikronflux, i tried EB rhodes and macquarie, both said $58.... i plan on trading it back tomorrow so i can get a copy on ps3 (i have 3 360 trade baits with JBs name on them) but i don't wanna rock up and get a ****py trade value

That's really odd Robism, especially for two stores to tell you the same thing. Once you get store-side, if they still wont honour the deal, ask them to call their area manager, as I can tell you with 100% certainty we're running that deal.

Sorry to double post, but Robism, but I went ahead and called the Chullora store for you. They did say they are running the deal, BUT their system is still listing the $58 trade price, which is probably where the other stores are getting confused.

This happened with ODST as well, and what usually happens is the price will switch over tommorow when we're actually allowed to sell the game. So I'd give your local store a call then and confirm that they're doing the deal. If not, that's when the Area Manager call should come through.

Hope this helps!

awesome that's great thanks heaps omikronflux

just called EB blacktown,
i asked if they would price match during midnight launch.
the dude said they would but, i would have to pay full price on the night and then bring in my receipt during the week to get money back to match with the price i was matching it for.

That's a weird one. They might be doing it as a time-saving measure (As doing pricematching on the spot of a midnight launch can be a massive pain when you've got 100+ orders). I'd say they're doing that so you don't have to wait around until 1:00AM to get your game. Some of the larger stores I've worked at do this so it's not totally uncommon.

You probably could fight it to the point that they'll do it to make you happy, but honestly, you're probably better off doing as they ask :). What's cool is that you don't have to go back to that store, you can go to whatever store you like to get that difference refunded.

you're a nice guy omikronflux. i like you.
i guess not all eb employees are douchebags. no offence.
thanks for explaining it.
=]

sexy

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3397/09112009172.jpg

Thanks a lot for the info Omnikronflux...

Thanks, and none taken! :P

I know exactly what you mean, I've met some really ****py people at EB over the years. But I think when it comes down to it, every company's like that. Some stores are awesome and some are ****. I buy all my DVD's and such from JB Hi-Fi, and while my local one is a bunch of morons, there's one 10 minutes down the road from there that're all awesome. Just the way retail goes these days. Most of the EB's in my area are full of really nice people but I've met some shockers over the years :)

Nice 530's in the background there, too :P.

Anytime :)

hey omi, quick question

is it frowned upon if i take a 360 copy of MW2 and trade it back to EB, then use that credit to buy MW2 on PS3 pricematched from dick smith?

I've got a question for you too omni..  I want to trade in MW2 and use the store credit I get from that to pre order assassins creed 2 (price matched to jbs $89).. can I do this?

Hi there

I also work at EBGames in Victoria as well, and my manager said that there will be no price matching on Midnight Launch...

Good question, and they probably won't like it, but policy says we have to do it. Make sure you bring the catalogue and there shouldn't be a problem. If you do have issues, do the trade and the purchase at different stores, putting the credit on a gift card :). I personally don't mind doing those sort of transactions but I know managers who won't do them so it's one to look out for :)

Yeah you can definitely do this, but we do price matching when you pick-up the product, not when you preorder. So let the staff know you intend to do that price match, but when it comes out on the 19th, bring the catalogue with you just in case!


Yeah, I've actually been hearing that a lot. It looks like many stores are choosing not to price match on the night to save time. That's a good move, as pricematching could make the difference between everyone getting out at 12:30 or 2:00 AM.

Anyone planning to pricematch, my advice would be to hold on to your receipt and drop into EB before the 17th to get a refund of the difference. To be clear, EB will be pricematching the product, looks like we just won't do it on the night to save time :)

Well, its actually this.

First come first served, at 11pm (or 10:30pm depending on stores), you'll have to come up and show your receipt, your receipt will be numbered.

at 12:01am, those numbers are called, you come and collect and then run away to your console/PC to enjoy the sweet sweet taste of blood :)

Yeah that's the pretty standard way to do it, such a good system. I remember at the GTA4 launch, the GAME store in our centre opened their doors at 12:01 to do payment, was such a silly way to do it :D

Did your store get a mystery box? Ours just got a box full of goodies and the first people to come in get to take something out, we have no idea what's in there and I can't wait to see.

thanks omni, appreciate your help

OMFG.........Why don't you guys just buy 1 copy of the game and enjoy it and keep it, its going to be awesome!!!.

There is no need to plain your little trade schemes to make a few extra bucks, buy the game and enjoy it and stop being Noobs.

cos most of us cant afford full price / want max value out of the very little $ we have

plus eb has an offer, which doesnt make any sense unless you look at it the way most of the people here do.

zeldamario, i seriously have no idea why you are on these forums, there are plenty of gaming forums around that you can frequent, why be a troll on ecogamer for?

If you want to hold onto it then you are free to do so, but I (Like a lot of people here) use trading in to save a big chunk of money. Especially this month, where there's at least ten games I want to play (All at $100+). I don't have a grand sitting around to spend so I'll trade in the games I'm finished with. Great example would be Uncharted 2 - I got $60 back for that game after playing the awesome single player. I was never going to play the multi, and to me, paying $40 for that single player experience was more than worth it.

These forums are for people looking to save money, not for elitists to tell the rest of us what to do. The only contribution I got out of your post was that Modern Warfare 2 is going to be awesome - maybe you should stop there :).

I have to agree with Omikronflux, there's a ton of games I wanted to get, with most of them being released this month and I just don't have the necessary funds to buy them all without trading games in to reduce the cost. Especially makes it hard for me to find any time to play games due to exams though *sigh*  :-\

Anyway reading the pricing of Modern Warfare 2. Does anyone know if Gametraders has a standard price for it across the country? Or is it up to each Franchise?

As I'm wondering if it is worth going to Gametraders Carousel in Perth at midnight tonight, or just picking it up from DSE tomorrow?

hmm if you can get to DSE early, go there as they're selling it for $77, which is a pretty good price

where's the cheapest price for PC version please?  Aussie bricks and mortatr store only so I can price match at EB please.

I think kmart has the cheapest price for the PC version ($79)

Cheapest I heard last night for the PC launch was Dick Smith's $77.

The PC version is on jb's online site for $75.99 - not sure if that's the price instore.

The Website says $88 for the PC version.

ahh ok.according to my friend, he got the PC version for 79 at JB

The person at the register next to me at JB today paid $79 for the PC version.

Can anyone one confirm for me how much the Hardened Edition (360) is at JB? I was charged $119 for my preorder, I was under thh impression it was going to be cheaper

NDS Version - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare : Mobilized - 3 day Special only - Price reduced down to $59.95 at Games101.com.au

COD: MW2 @ $79.95 delivered, if anyone interested email me at orders AT discountgamer.com.au - discoutngamer.com.au special

If anyone here is lucky, you might be able to price match kmarts price for the hardened editon at EB

Are big w, target, kmart selling the MW2 Console bundle?

That bundle is $596 at EB Games at the moment, including Forza 3. Awesome price considering MW2, Forza 3, and two controllers.

No idea if other retailers are selling it - it may well be an EB Exclusive like the green DS.

Well i know Game and Myer are selling it, anybody know if any other stores are selling it?

Does it come with Forza as well?  Interesting...

@J88 - JB has it as well..

but so far EB has the best bundle.

has anybody got there bundle yet, is it the same black colour as the elite or is it a lighter black/dark grey?

The CoD bundle has a custom paint job. The elites are plan black. Pro's and Arcade's are still white. Those are the only currently running colors for consoles, although you can still find the Resident Evil 5 )Red and Halo 3 (Green) consoles every now and then.

The Harvey Norman store in Thomastown, Vic has only one copy of MW2 Hardened Edition on the xbox360

For people interested only in playing with fellow Aussies, please find this post at Kotaku.com.au where the editor has asked all readers to post their gamertags for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC:

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/11/lets-all-play-modern-warfare-2/

 DSE deal ending today, can go in today and they will take order at $77 price if out of stock (requires minimum 10% deposit or pay full if you want). Either wait till comes in stock or get receipt priced match elsewhere, go back and get refund.

I tried to get Harvey Norman to price match the xbox360 Hardened Edition with the price another Harvey Norman store (also in Victoria) sold a copy for, but unfortunately they wouldn't price match it

I've got a copy of the MW2 Elite and it's defintely not like the normal elite. Got a custom style and some MW2 styled writing on it. The console itself is meh, but the bundle is sick...and made alot of sense, considering the trade credit I used to get a hold of one :)

If I didn't own a xbox360 already, I would have went and bought the EB Xbox360 MW2 Elite deal

I did and I still bought it... Mainly for the 250Gb HDD :)

Oh and my wife get my old Xbox... Win\win... ;)