By Anhar Khanbhai

Last week saw a frenzy of sales in the Australian game market with Harvey Norman and JB HiFi both announcing sales proving that buying games and consoles in Australia is too expensive.

First there was a 50% off deal at Harvey Norman with prices so low it even undercut the retailer’s own Direct Import site, although that limited consumers to two titles. Then there was a 20% sale at JB Hi-Fi which ran through Sunday.

However, a new challenger appeared and beat them both, offering consumers a too good to be true, hard to resist offer.

EcoGamer published leaked documents from a Dick Smith insider that showed the struggling retailer planned to unleash The Dick Smith 7 Million Dollar Game Clearance on Monday April 2.

Speculation was rife that this was an April Fool’s joke and that this would be the exit of Dick Smith from the gaming business.

Dick Smith officially confirmed through its Facebook page and on Twitter that the sale was legitimate, will run both online and in stores and that it “will continue to sell gaming bigger and better than ever. Just clearing the warehouse.”

Reportedly, Dick Smith are not able to advertise the sale due to consumer laws that take issue with high demand and limited stock colliding.

There certainly will be massive chaos in the streets and in stores as consumers battle to pick the best of the heavily discounted as Dick Smith warned stock was “very limited in supply.”

This is the biggest sale since HP dropped the price on its TouchPad to $99, the only difference being consumers actually want Xbox and PS3 consoles. Some notable bargains up for grabs from a three page long list of items include a 250GB Xbox 360 console for $100, PlayStation Portables at $40 and games from as little as $1.