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Cheap Arse Era |Europe| EU will love these deals!
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Mega Man 11 13.85 GBP @ base
https://www.base.com/buy/product/me...4_1555064508_03a4a9d93d59d71b81d573553a056b20
https://www.base.com/buy/product/me...4_1555064508_03a4a9d93d59d71b81d573553a056b20
I'm telling you, be 100% sure. The only thing that makes yours a "German" versions is the box. Look at the card. It says so on the product code. It's gonna say "EUR" at the end, that's all you need to know that this is the exact same game card anyone across Europe will buy, no matter what language is on the box it comes in.
I could go into the whole product code spiel right now but it's not even necessary within the same region. Stop worrying and start playing :)
I haven't unsealed it yet, in case I'd decided to just chicken out and sell it! I'm sure I can't resist much longer though
Please, trust me, a random internet person. This is one of those literally 100% safe cases.
Okay, I will do the dance for you.
Here's me doing it in this thread some months ago:
Here are pictures of the back of the box from Germany, UK, and North America. It's all the same SKU. The only difference is between Japan and all of the Western regions. JP vs PAL/NA. Any copy you could buy from Here to Canada to Australia is literally the same game ID on the card. Please look at the code above the barcode following what I lined out above in that quote:
Now recently I noticed you can actually even double check that on the web by going to the game's page on any regional Nintendo site from NA or EU, checking the source code and looking for the "ProductCode" bit where it lists the same product ID you find on the back of the box.
Feel free to do it yourself:
https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch/Disgaea-1-Complete-1454899.html
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Disgaea-1-Complete-1454899.html
(in Firefox) right click anywhere on the page that isn't an image, view page source, hit CTRL+F and type in "productcode"
Here is a screenshot of the code, relevant part highlighted:
Note the B at the end, the important bit.
Disgaea 1 Complete's product code is:
HAC-P-APNGA-JPN in Japan
HAC-P-APNGB-xxx (insert whatever country abbreviation you're buying this in [GER, UKV, ITA, FRA, etc], on the card it will always say EUR since it's the same, box differes bc of the language on the back/ratings logo) in Europe
HAC-P-APNGB-USA (sometimes USZ, often now missing on NA boxes but not important anyway) in North America
HAC-P-APNGB-AUS in Australia/NZ
Please play your game now and stop worrying XD
Please, trust me, a random internet person. This is one of those literally 100% safe cases.
Okay, I will do the dance for you.
Here's me doing it in this thread some months ago:
Here are pictures of the back of the box from Germany, UK, and North America. It's all the same SKU. The only difference is between Japan and all of the Western regions. JP vs PAL/NA. Any copy you could buy from Here to Canada to Australia is literally the same game ID on the card. Please look at the code above the barcode following what I lined out above in that quote:
Now recently I noticed you can actually even double check that on the web by going to the game's page on any regional Nintendo site from NA or EU, checking the source code and looking for the "ProductCode" bit where it lists the same product ID you find on the back of the box.
Feel free to do it yourself:
https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch/Disgaea-1-Complete-1454899.html
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Disgaea-1-Complete-1454899.html
(in Firefox) right click anywhere on the page that isn't an image, view page source, hit CTRL+F and type in "productcode"
Here is a screenshot of the code, relevant part highlighted:
Note the B at the end, the important bit.
Disgaea 1 Complete's product code is:
HAC-P-APNGA-JPN in Japan
HAC-P-APNGB-xxx (insert whatever country abbreviation you're buying this in [GER, UKV, ITA, FRA, etc], on the card it will always say EUR since it's the same, box differes bc of the language on the back/ratings logo) in Europe
HAC-P-APNGB-USA (sometimes USZ, often now missing on NA boxes but not important anyway) in North America
HAC-P-APNGB-AUS in Australia/NZ
Please play your game now and stop worrying XD
That is very thorough and if I could somehow "like" a post on resetera I would.
Instead, I shall repay you by opening my game!
(Turns out the cart does say EUR on it)
Hey so not deal related but...
Has the EU special edition for Fire Emblem Three Houses been up for pre-order anywhere yet?
I've waited for so long that I feel as if I've missed it...
Has the EU special edition for Fire Emblem Three Houses been up for pre-order anywhere yet?
I've waited for so long that I feel as if I've missed it...
Depends on your region, but it's been up for preorder in france already, and still up on some stores.
Yeah it would've helped if I'd mentioned that!
I'm in the UK.
Alright, cool to know that it actually exists. Time to go hunting, cheers
One to watch in the UK will be the Nintendo UK store, as I believe it has not been up there yet, and they always get the limited editions.
I don't think Amazon got the LE in any country yet too.
You can get anno 1800 for £36 from voidu with code GAMINGTIME
Your asked to link your account to uplay and the game shoes up in your library. No waiting for a product key
Your asked to link your account to uplay and the game shoes up in your library. No waiting for a product key
https://www.amazon.de/Fire-Emblem-Houses-Limited-Nintendo/dp/B07NWRF8X9/
https://www.amazon.fr/Fire-Emblem-Houses-Limited-Nintendo/dp/B07NWRF8X9/
Amazon DE and FR has it listed. It was also orderable at Amazon DE, because i have a pre-order in.
And it's still available (?) at Media Markt and Saturn:
https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/produc...uses-rollenspiel-nintendo-switch-2535387.html
https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_fire-emblem-three-houses-rollenspiel-2535387.html
Though, save for Amazon FR, these are all german stores and i don't know if MM and Saturn deliver in other EU countries.
Interesting it works. In the past they've put a disclaimer on their codes saying it doesn't work with ubisoft games.
They do not. MM/Saturn are national retail chains. They don't ship outside of Germany.
Thanks, was worth a try but all I get is "Your IP Address is not eligible to buy this product " from the UK but there's nothing on the product page about a region or a lock.
Still waiting 1 hour later for a support response.
Why cannot trade them in? We get games with that ugly huge logo sold here, for example Nintendo CE games tend to be Europe wide and have it everywhere.
I don't know, go ask the UK retailers that have these policies.
Strange. It went through fine for me as have other orders in the past.
I don't have a switch yet (waiting on the improved model rumoured to release this year) but I took advantage of this deal.
I got zelda, DK, Mario kart, Mario odyssey, and smash bros.
Pretty sure it's managers discretion in the case of GAME. Not sure about CEX.
It's not meant to be at manager's discretion. Phone up and report him! Say you wanted to trade a bunch of games but had to go CEX instead. They'll hate that he diverted you to a rivals trade ecosystem.
The barcodes didn't scan when the only time I tried 2-3 years ago (I didn't know they didn't accept them) so it probably is up to the manager if they want to accept them since they're not supposed to according to what the assistant told me when they refused to accept the trade in.
If you want to (hypothetically) report someone tell them the full story that you wanted to trade non UK games. No need to be dishonest and withhold information, you're messing with somebody's livelihood.
I was joking, but some are UK games as they actually Europe wide, sold in the UK and would even be sold in GAME themselves. As I said, Nintendo published CE or special editions are one example.
My bad for missing the joke.
I'm aware of Nintendo ce's having english packaging throughout Europe but they're outliers rather than the norm.
The Wall Street journal lied. There is no improved model coming this year.
Not a gaming deal, but not sure where else to put it. I ordered myself, but lets hope they honour it if its a price error.
Game of thrones bluray s1-s7 collection: £17
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Thron...of+thrones+4k&qid=1555155027&s=gateway&sr=8-4
Edit: price is £69, but just below it says £52 off at checkout. And well, it works.
Game of thrones bluray s1-s7 collection: £17
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Thron...of+thrones+4k&qid=1555155027&s=gateway&sr=8-4
Edit: price is £69, but just below it says £52 off at checkout. And well, it works.
Thank you for this, just ordered. Discount doesn't apply until you hit checkout.
I've got the 1-4 Box Set, which I've nearly finished. I can trade that in to CEX for £11 and make most of this back!
Sorry my bad! Indeed at check out. The price indeed says £69, but just below that it also states a 52 discount at checkout. Hence £17.
Edited my post now
Lets hope it stays like that. Either (likely) price mistake or they want to get rid of stock, because they dont have any in stock anymore that is sold by amazon.
Oh well..worth the punt
for some reason when i ordered the game of thrones boxset it wouldn't take off the £2.99 postage without trying to eat my credit so i just left it and went to live chat, some how they made it worse and they added all my credit to the order and can't give me it back unless i cancel the order which i expect will probably happen with this
I logged into eBay and got a random £10 off any purchase voucher when going to MyeBay. No minimum spend, just a use by midnight (~21 hours from this post). I didn't get an email about this or anything so you may want to check. It did say was select random people though.
I bought a copy of Shadow of the Tomb Raider for £6 if anyone cares.
I bought a copy of Shadow of the Tomb Raider for £6 if anyone cares.
Don't know if it was mentioned here but amazon.fr had the Labo VR starterkit for € 29.99 instead of 40-42 other stores sell it for.
https://www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-LaboTM-Toy-Ensemble-canon/dp/B07PFX4HSF
https://www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-LaboTM-Toy-Ensemble-canon/dp/B07PFX4HSF
Game of Thrones Blu-ray season 1-7 for 45€. It's not crazy level deal, but still pretty good.
https://www.amazon.fr/Game-Thrones-Trône-Fer-Lintégrale/dp/B0757SD9CX
https://www.amazon.fr/Game-Thrones-Trône-Fer-Lintégrale/dp/B0757SD9CX
Damn I had to grab this at that price, heard too many good things and have been looking out for it cheap for a while but wouldn't have expected it to be that cheap. This is still worthwhile without VR though, right?
Game is great outside of VR too, but I would really recommend considering keeping an eye open for cheap arse deals on PSVR as Tetris Effect is fantastic in VR and the library for the peripheral as a whole has really started to come into its own at this point (doesn't hurt that prices on the hardware are starting to look more reasonable too).
