£255 for a 1TB version with the newer controller. I can see some people thinking that is a reasonable deal TBH.

Rise of the Tomb Raider bundle is also the same price.

GOW can be purchased for £20, rare replay £15 and Ori is about £10. That will leave you for a European version of console (which is fine by all means and an be easily converted using a uk plug) costing £255. But my question is does it worth it? I personally didn't fancy this deal... However for those who are going to purchase this and don't have a fee free card, I suggest using revolut app.

That's true but also you're missing all these rakuten deals coming up monthly. It was just last week I saw someone put a deal for 1tb version console for £280ish given you back about £75 of rakuten points. Wouldn't that be enough to purchase all these games afterwards with some extra points back in your account too? Hence the reason I said I don't fancy this deal but again just because it's not good for me it doesn't mean it's not for everyone!

didnt those rakuten points have to be spent within 7 days or something

whats rakuten policy like if it becomes faulty, can i send it back within 12 months for a replacement? easily enough without having to pay postage costs etc

They have to be spent before 30th October, I bought a New Nintendo 3DS and I'm still waiting for my points :disappointed:


That's obviously your perogative, I personally thought (working on your calculations) a £255 1TB Xbox One was a good price, it is unfortunate that we can't go back in time 13 days and purchase one of the stated consoles from Rakuten (which incidentally were also EU models).

Rakuten is just like eBay or Amazon. You're not buying from them mate, it's the retailers like simply games, base, game seek etc who are listing their items there. So in case of fault, you're going to deal with the retailer but rakuten will back you up (although their customer service is not as good as Amazon or eBay). The points are usually promotional and time to time have their own policy. Sometime are valid for a week sometimes a month, sometimes more. Also there are two types of points, ones you get for spending money and ones are they credit it as promotion. Usually the promotional ones are the one with short life span, lol.

True mate, we can't go back in time :smiley: but we can be patient and wait as rakuten has been doing this almost every month :smiley: aside from the fact we all know the insole prices are dropping with a good slope :smiley:

"Rakuten is just like eBay or Amazon. You're not buying from them mate"

Sorry im confused, i buy items from amazon, from amazon on amazon, or i buy fullfilled by amazon, and if i have a problem i go to amazon, have an online chat, and they tell me to send it back free of charge.