Modern Warfare 2 is off my purchase list

[EricKINGS]

I'm going for the Prestige edition.

Time for a new mortgage.

Ur seriously spending 150 dollars on 1 game, sure its got nvg but they cant be that good.

And wat does the montage have to do with prestige?

 

[thebrainiac1]

I'm going for the Prestige edition.

Time for a new mortgage.

Ur seriously spending 150 dollars on 1 game, sure its got nvg but they cant be that good.

And wat does the montage have to do with prestige?

MORTGAGE, not montage.

You know, a loan guaranteed against your house...

 

[chstens]

It's not that much, considering the prices in Scandinavia, which are about the same. And that's for almost every game!

 

[Private Custard]

have you ever bought an expensive game that was bad ? I can't think of any.

Rise of the Robots - SNES (£60). Bad!

With regards to MW2, they can get fucked. I'll enjoy Forza 3 until prices drop to a realistic level. I can easily afford the rip-off, I just don't want to be ripped off.

 

[The Last Parade]

get over it, it's 120 in Australia, and I'm even getting he prestige for another 100 added onto that. Quit your bitching

 

[dududf]

well. I'm torrenting this then.

I'll just wait for a price drop and I'll get a legit copy but I'm not paying over 70$ for a game, hell I miss the days of 45$ games....*laments over prices*

 

[SonicSoulstrike96]

get over it, it's 120 in Australia, and I'm even getting he prestige for another 100 added onto that. Quit your bitching

Okay, now convert that into us dollars or pounds. =P

 

[T-Bone24]

Oh come on, does it hurt to raise the price of the game ? Think how much effort goes into a game - have you ever bought an expensive game that was bad ? I can't think of any.

Don't use that effort excuse, I've seen many a developer sell a game for maybe slightly underprice and supplement with (some) free DLC. Think of the effort behind that, Activision are changing the industry for the worse, it's not about the fun anymore. It's not about the community to Activision, Bobby Kotic just sees big walking piles of money.

 

[The Last Parade]

deal

the normal edition is 103 USD or 65 pounds
and the prestige edition that I'm getting costs 190 USD or 120 pounds / thread =P

 

[ojm62]

Everyone is moaning, but it will still outsell the bible in the uk at least. Plus I have seen plenty of deals that lower it to £40/45.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Don't see why this is such a huge uproar. Creating a game costs a lot and making sure you make enough to justify that cost seems fair enough. Plus I am willing to shell out a few extra bucks for this, it looks like its going to be a great game and that alone is worth paying extra for.

 

[T0xiCity8]

RRP price is £55, its gone up a fiver seeing how all RRP prices are £50

 

[Baggie]

In Australia. Unsympathetic to your cries. Steam has fixed price, cheaper.

 

[Beartrucci]

In Australia I look at $90 as a fairly good price for games, seeing as most places sell them for $100-$120, but our dollars have different values and I don't know how much the difference actually is.

So what would this cost in Australian dollars?

 

[MarkusAurelius77]

I think it is over-priced, but since I've had my pre-order in with Play.com since January, its costing me £39.99. I sympathise, and wouldn't pay that much myself... Stupid bigwigs not recognising that there is a recession on....

DAMN YOU ACTIVISION!!!!!

Rant done

 

[asam92]

hahaha, you think thats bad, thank christ you don't live in here in Australia, currently 55 pound converts to $101 aus, all our big titles here are usually $120 which converts to 65 pound, consider yourself lucky, us Aussies and Kiwi's get roughted

 

[michael_ab]

ok, im just going to play devils advocate, it is our fault for the price rise, they rose the price because of how anticipated the game was, and if they think "well if we can make it $30 more expensive, and many people still buy it..." $30 times 100k at least is ALOT of money for a single game, and thats that much more than they would make at $60, which even though is the normal price for a new game is still rediculusly high. the potential profit margin for the game was far too big ofr them to ignore

 

[Kermi]

In Australia I look at $90 as a fairly good price for games, seeing as most places sell them for $100-$120, but our dollars have different values and I don't know how much the difference actually is.

So what would this cost in Australian dollars?

55 pounds sterling is probably around $150 AUD, but that's only a direct conversion. I don't know if $55 is considered as large amount of money socially as $150 is in Australia.

 

[Chipperz]

Remember kiddies, Bobby Kotik hates preowned buyers. If you buy your copy of Modern Warfare 2 preowned, he cries himself to sleep.

I'm waiting for the sales in January, THEN buying preowned! I may pirate it until then, just because Kotik can go fuck himself.