Comments on: Savy Market Share: Retailers 2011

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:41:11 +0000

In reply to L Dubs. Tesco did a lot of early discounts on big games. They were big sellers for the likes of DXHR, Skyrim, Saints Row 3, Arkham City and more. Best Buy opened in 2011, and are in the process of shutting down atm.

By: L Dubs

L Dubs — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:21:46 +0000

I am quite surprised to see Tesco anywhere near the top, its certainly not the first place I would look for buying games.

Also since when did Best Buy start selling in the UK?

By: Goliath

Goliath — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:55:09 +0000

In reply to Jaap Olsthoorn. fog on the channel?!

By: JCDRANZER

JCDRANZER — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:41:57 +0000

In reply to JCDRANZER. Oh, since finding Savygamer, I've spread the word about it to my gaming society at University, I know they use it a lot now. If, I want to find the cheapest price for a game that isn't mentioned at Savygamer, I do search in Amazon and then check gamestrackers, which is good but I believe it is a little dated at times and sometimes doesn't actually put the real cheapest price but I guess that's because they haven't updated it yet.

By: JCDRANZER

JCDRANZER — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:36:23 +0000

I found Savygamer in October and have been visiting regularly since. I found this site through google as I tried to find a site where they would show good prices for games I wanted to buy. Thanks to you I was able to buy Rage for £13, Portal 2 for £14, Shadow of the Damned for £10, Halo CEA for £23 and one bundle from IndieRoyale. I generally use Amazon for my shopping as I find them to be reliable and have a vast collection of games. Since October, I bought way over 30 games like Vanquish for £7, Sonic Generations for £12, Dead Space 2 for £10, Bulletstorm for £8, Bodycount for £5, BRINK for £8, etc. However, as a university student, I only play these games during my holidays and since I don’t take my 360 to uni and leave it at home………..I’ve got limited time with them. I still haven’t put most of the games into my 360 yet. Thank you for your hard work and please keep it up (no need telling you that though).

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:21:49 +0000

Long live this website.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:26:58 +0000

Steam is usually open in the background for me so if I see a deal marked Steam I tend to flick across to that instead.

By: nomilarac

nomilarac — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:36:57 +0000

Hmmm, surprised to see Tesco Ent. at #1 since they don’t ship abroad, imho that’s good indicator of how many Savygamer visitors are from the Uk.

Amazon Uk would be my #1 if i didn’t need to order £25 or more to get free shipping. Still, Amazon price matches most offers from others retailers, and most of those other (except The Hut group ones) charge at least £2 for shipping abroad, so…. AND the Hut Group shops are extremely flimsy regarding delivery times, sooooo…..

No perfect retailer for me, but Amazon has well deserved good reputation IMHO.

By: M

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:15:05 +0000

I would have expected Tesco to be near the top, bit surprised it’s number one though.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:35:50 +0000

In reply to Jaap Olsthoorn. Something along those lines it in the plans for the next version of SavyGamer. No idea when that'll be though.

By: Jaap Olsthoorn

Jaap Olsthoorn — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:14:56 +0000

In reply to Jaap Olsthoorn. I meant non-GB Europe :)

By: Jaap Olsthoorn

Jaap Olsthoorn — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:14:24 +0000

In europe I think we prefer digital downloads, play and zavvi (for their low shipping costs). Does Tesco even ship abroad for a reasonable price?

PS: Lewie, first off, still doing an awesome job, thanks so much for that. I was just wondering if you could put “used” in the title when the deal is about a used game. I personally have less interest in those(I like supporting the creators by buying new), but right now there is no way to filter them from Twitter, so I am occasionally disappointed when my browser takes me to savy. Thanks in advance, even if you don’t do it 🙂