Picked up this flyer at EB yesterday:

Pre-Purchase any game advertised in this flyer for FREE*
When you trade in two PS2, XBox, or GCN Games before December 31, 2002
*some titles excluded. Boxes and instructions are required. Limit two pre-purchase games for free with this coupon. Limit one coupon per family. May not be combined with any other offer or discount. See sales associate for complete details.

GCN:
Zelda
Batman: Dark Tomorrow (includes free comic)

XBOX:
Panzer Dragon Orta
Brute Force
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Malice
Batman: Dark Tomorrow (includes free comic)

PS2:
Primal
Batman: Dark Tomorrow (includes free comic)
Devil May Cry 2
The Getaway
Malice
The Sims
Midnight Club 2
Pride Fighting Championship
Dragon ball Z

I'd suggest people to NOT preorder The Getaway or any other Sony games in this deal. They are going to be $40 each instead of $50. Just a suggestion.

I forgot to mention that it sounds like you have to use the coupon to get the deal. Wether or not this is true, who knows. There was a stack of 100 flyers so It shouldn't be a problem.

List of excluded titles?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding. but do you usually have to pay money to pre-order a title at EB? How exactly is that beneficial? Why not just buy it online at BestBuy.com or something?

Because EB will have it on the day of it's release, where as ordering it online most stores won't ship it until the release so you don't get it for 3 or 4 days.

I don't have to have a game in my hands on the day of release. It'll still be just as cool if I wait. I usually preorder from half.com and pick up most games for around 30 bucks and most come to me brand new anyway. I stopped buying things from EB when they started opening all their games and tried to sell them as new. New means unopened. Once it's opened, it stops being new. Maybe this is a good deal for those who are too lazy to sell their stuff on half.com.

Last I heard this was just a rumor. Is it a fact now?

Sony titles have been priced at $39.99 for a while - starting with Mark of Kri I think. There are a few current releases out now that are that price - Sly Cooper and Ratchet and Clank come to mind.

Bo.

I preordered The Getaway for free when trading in 2 games right around the time the Spiderman DVD came out.

Here's how the trade worked. Whenever you trade in two titles you can get a new game for only $10. Thats for the $50 games...if the game you want is $40, then its free...if the game you want is $60 (like Ninja Assault w/ Guncon2) then you pay $20. So, basically EB will give you $40 for any two games you trade in that have not hit the $19.99 mark yet. So, for those of you with "soon to be greatest hits" titles, I would trade those in for a newer game. Thats what I did with Ace Combat 4 and World Tour Soccer 2002 to get The Getaway.

http://www.bestbuy.com/videogames/De...937&e=11174322

That is the deal to pre-order ANY game. The list of each game above are FREE with a trade in of 2 games.

Well, he already got it free with 2 games traded in -- does it matter which deal he used?