{"id":32438,"date":"2012-02-14T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=32438"},"modified":"2012-02-14T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:24:08","slug":"recent-release-price-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/32438-recent-release-price-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Recent release price comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gamers are open to using a variety of distribution channels when it comes to getting games – from walking through the doors of the local retailers; going online and having them delivered; or sitting at home and waiting for the download to finish.<\/p>\n

But where can you get the cheapest deal?<\/p>\n

We look at 3 of the biggest releases and where you can get the best deal, focusing on the recommended retail price for walk-in stores, the biggest local online distributors as well as Steam and Origin.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning<\/th>\nThe Darkness II Limited Edition<\/th>\nMass Effect 3 (Pre-order)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\n\n

PC<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Console<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

\n

PC<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Console<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

\n

PC<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Console<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

RRP<\/th>\nR399.95<\/td>\nR599.95<\/td>\nR399.95<\/td>\nR599.95<\/td>\nR399.95<\/td>\nR599.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kalahari.com<\/th>\nR289.95<\/strong><\/td>\nR499.95<\/td>\nR325.95<\/strong><\/td>\nR499.95<\/strong><\/td>\nR289.95<\/td>\nR499.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Takealot.com<\/th>\nx<\/td>\nR499.00<\/strong><\/td>\nR328.00<\/td>\nR542.00<\/td>\nR289.00<\/strong><\/td>\nR495.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BTGames<\/th>\nR346.00<\/td>\nR583.00<\/td>\nR372.00<\/td>\nR543.00<\/td>\nR346.00<\/td>\nR555.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zaps<\/th>\nR354.00<\/td>\nR515.00<\/td>\nR394.00<\/td>\nR515.00<\/td>\nR354.00<\/td>\nR515.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Look&Listen<\/th>\nR343.42<\/td>\nR569.42<\/td>\nR385,42<\/td>\nR557.42<\/td>\nR343.42<\/td>\nR569.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steam<\/th>\nR463.28**<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nR386.49**<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/th>\nR349.99<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nx<\/td>\nR349.99<\/td>\nx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

All prices calculated including delivery charges as below.<\/p>\n

Delivery charges<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • BT Games – R49 if under purchase is under R380; buyers can also pick up their game from a store<\/li>\n
  • Zaps – Offer a wide range of courier services ranging from R29 – R109*; buyers can also pick up their game from a store<\/li>\n
  • Kalahari – Free for orders over R250<\/li>\n
  • Takealot – Free for orders over R250<\/li>\n
  • Look & Listen – R40.42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    From examining the table, you can see that the best value for money will come from buying games online. Delivery time will cut in to gaming sessions, though – but most online stores have 24 hour delivery when big games launch.<\/p>\n

    If you’re the type who simply cannot wait for a courier to arrive, your next best bet would be to go digital (assuming you have a good enough connection to not have to wait ages for massive downloads).<\/p>\n

    * Calculations were done with the most affordable courier service
    \n** Conversions done at $1 = R7.72<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    And Mass Effect 3 pre-orders, too – where can you get the best deal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":32449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,2161,1600,423,2377,2015],"class_list":["post-32438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-kindoms-of-amalur","tag-local","tag-mass-effect-3","tag-price-comparison","tag-the-darkness-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32452,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32438\/revisions\/32452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}