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Australia: Dick Smith Electronics Gets Real

Dick Smith Electronics have always seemed out of touch when it comes to their games and accessories prices. No gamer in the know would have shopped there… but this week the Australian retail giant came good with some great deals they can be proud of. Here’s a look at some top deals Dick Smith are offering this week…

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shikamaroooo5484d ago

i remember i bought FFXIII off them for $77 when jb hi had it for $88

Tachyon_Nova5484d ago

JB aren't as cheap as they used to be relative to some other retailers, although generally I think they are the best.

Game Australia has some really good deals online. For example I picked up Crysis 2 for $69 and just got Operation Flashpoint 3 today for $55. They even have Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat for $82 online with free shipping. In store they are shockingly expensive but they have good onlien deals.

EB, I don't know why anyway buys games from them except on the odd occasion when one of their 20-50% sales actually makes there games cheaper. It is criminal the prices they charge for games. Even Big W, Target and Kmart are a lot better than EB at least for new release games. I saw Target had MK and Portal 2 for $79 today.

potedude5484d ago

These guys are the cheapest I have seen in Aus, but they ship from the east and I am out west so it takes 5 days. Too long! Thats KZ3 deals is sweet, I need a new controller...

InspectorG5484d ago

Eb games is all good cause you can price match, also there is a standard 7 day return policy (get full refund on the game) that other companies dont offer... take if from someone who used to work there, it is good if you get around the system

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg2d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree2d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai2d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer5d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde3d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy4d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand1253d ago (Edited 3d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk775d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga5d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer19924d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga4d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman4d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger4d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box5d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion4d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv725d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent754d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit4d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz1495d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning775d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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