F.Y.E. 50% off of all new GBA, Gamecube, Xbox

[bones11]

I _never_ go into this store, but stumbled on a few good prices tonight.

Bought
GBA Marble Madness/Klax $7.49
Gamecube Baten Kaitos Origins $9.99

Saw
GBA Final Fantasy V $14.99
GBA Final Fantasy VI $14.99

I've seen some decent deals on FF V, but hadn't run across a decent deal on FF VI like this.

[Kitsune Sniper]

50% off prices marked up ten bucks over normal retail?

No thanks. :\

Also, all their sales are very very very YMMV (your mileage may vary). Every time someone posts about an FYE sale at CheapAssGamer, it never applies to my crappy store.

[DigitalSpace]

GBA Marble Madness/Klax $7.49

There's a pretty nice port of Klax on the cart, but Marble Madness only has the first three levels. I kid you not. Talk about fail.

Anyways, I can confirm that one of the local FYE's is doing this with new stuff. I've even heard that some stores are applying the discount to their used GBA/GCN/Xbox stuff as well - but as Kitsune said, it's YMMV.

[NayusDante]

I was looking for FF6 last time I was in there, but their GBA section is a MESS. There's nothing good left anyway, because they usually didn't get the good stuff to begin with.

[kewlrabbit]

For what it's worth, this was going on at my local store, all xbox/gamecube/gba titles, both new and used, were 50% off. Selection was kind of picked over, but I grabbed Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter and Quantum Redshift for $1.50 each, and Breakdown for $3. All were on Xbox and the discs were actually in really good condition. Considered Geist for $4, 007: From Russia with Love for $2.50, and Intellevision Lives for $2.50.

[NayusDante]

You know, GameStop prices are still lower than FYE 50% off prices in many instances... There's some random stuff that's cheaper, but not a whole lot.

And my local store only had the new stuff on sale. There were maybe 5 different GameCube games that were still new, and they were the Cartoon Network/kids variety. They had next to nothing left new to begin with, and they have tons of junk in used.

Come to think of it, I've never bought a game from FYE. All I can get good deals on there are music and anime.

[Kitsune Sniper]

My local FYE has a brand new copy of Super Robot Wars OG 2 that's been $30 since the dawn of time. They REFUSE to lower the price on that sucker. I've been eyeing it for over a year...

Too bad I exhausted my tradeable CD / DVD collection. :p

[bones11]

I'm no fan of F.Y.E. but any place that sells a new Baten Kaitos Origins for under 10 bucks is ok in my book, been looking for a decent price on that one for a while :cheers:

[DigitalSpace]

In my experience, FYE is very hit and miss. There's a lot of overpriced stuff, but I've had a few notable finds. For example, I scored a used copy of Lego Star Wars II for the Gamecube last month for $7.99.

[Kitsune Sniper]

In my experience, FYE is very hit and miss. There's a lot of overpriced stuff, but I've had a few notable finds. For example, I scored a used copy of Lego Star Wars II for the Gamecube last month for $7.99.

My only good experience with them was spamming them with a bunch of trade-in CDs and getting enough to buy myself a PS2, a memory card, the Guitar Hero II set, and some games. :p

I think they still hate me at that store for doing that.

[The 1 2 P]

You guys are all lucky. My F.Y.E. stopped carrying games at the beginning of this year:( But I did learn a trick with their pricing. They very rarely mark their prices down. I took Silent Hill 2 to the register and asked them how much it was(it was marked at $39.99). The cashier said it was marked and I told him to scan it anyway. It rang up at $19.99. I tried that on a few other games and it was hit or miss, but even if it happens once it justifies my point.

[slip81]

Well the one near me has this sale going, picked up Gunstar Super Heroes for $5, may go back today and get F-Zero GX which would also be $5 after the discount, also thinking about getting a Max Payne for the Xbox since it would only be $1.50.

[The 1 2 P]

also thinking about getting a Max Payne for the Xbox since it would only be $1.50.

Get it. It's one of the best games for the system(I just beat it this year although it's been in my collection for the last 3 years).

[DigitalSpace]

also thinking about getting a Max Payne for the Xbox since it would only be $1.50.

You'd better get it before the movie causes the prices to jump!

(Couldn't resist. :p)

[kainemaxwell]

Get it. It's one of the best games for the system(I just beat it this year although it's been in my collection for the last 3 years).
What about for PS2 also?

[The 1 2 P]

What about for PS2 also?

I've heard it has one hell of a "disc read error" feature. Is that what you meant?

[PentiumMMX]

You guys are all lucky. My F.Y.E. stopped carrying games at the beginning of this year.

Mine did as well. Besides, I like Game-X-Change and Hastings a lot more than FYE.

[Dr. Dib]

Wish I could go to my F.Y.E. They still had a Gamecube, Xbox Live Starter kit (ORIGINAL!) and FFXII being sold for full price. Would be nice to purchase the GC if only I could say I had a GameCube unopened in box.

[The 1 2 P]

They still had a Gamecube being sold for full price. Would be nice to purchase the GC if only I could say I had a GameCube unopened in box.

Go take it up to the register. I'm pretty sure it will ring up for less than what it's marked.