King Antonius Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just got an update. GoD are up: Assassins creed viva piniata mass effect oblivion call of duty 2 lego starwars need for speed carbon All ?19.99> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheee Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Yeah I saw them up this morning, dont think highly of pricing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 8, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2009 That's pretty poor pricing. All of them can be bought for under ?10 from most places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Well better than $29.99 thats what they were this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo_turbet Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just got my update in australia. Got five games call of duty2 49.95, mass effect 99.95!, oblivion 49.95, bioshock 49.95 and viva pinata 29.95. As always aussies get screwed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just got my update in australia. Got five games call of duty2 49.95, mass effect 99.95!, oblivion 49.95, bioshock 49.95 and viva pinata 29.95.As always aussies get screwed! Hah, yeah. I bought Assassins Creed off Ebay for AU$20 delivered. Used, but perfect quality disc/manual. Can't beat that (not to mention I wouldn't have the HDD space for it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 well ?19.99 is the price for the 'platinum' range in the UK so i think thats fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Antonius Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 What? Like Assassins creed, which can be bought for ?7.98 in game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 ?19.99 is a rip off those games simply aren't worth that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 8, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just got my update in australia. Got five games call of duty2 49.95, mass effect 99.95!, oblivion 49.95, bioshock 49.95 and viva pinata 29.95.As always aussies get screwed! WTF is this ****? Seriously? :laugh: I thought the pricing sounded good a few pages back, I must of misread something! Goes to show you yet again retail distribution pounds digital distribution in pricing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Well better than $29.99 thats what they were this morning. ?19.99 is not better than $29.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 8, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2009 well ?19.99 is the price for the 'platinum' range in the UK so i think thats fair Yes, when games arenew to the platinum range> they start off at ?19.99. Most of these games are from launch however, and can be bought for less than ?10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 If you don't like the pricing, go buy it somewhere else. Not a big deal. I wouldn't have a problem dropping $30 for quite a few of those titles if I had the hard drive room, and a job :p -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conaire04 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hopefully some batman avatar clothes come out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 $30 for those games, that's ridiculous. You can find them easily for $10-15 on your local Craigslist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 $30 for those games, that's ridiculous. You can find them easily for $10-15 on your local Craigslist. Or GameStop, although Test Drive still goes for almost $30 around here used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Stu Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Hopefully some batman avatar clothes come out :) now that would be quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 now that would be quality Yeah, a great way of spending the 740 points it would cost to kit your whole avatar out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 if you dont like the pricing them dont buy them simple no one is forcing you to buy them are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 if you dont like the pricing them dont buy them simple no one is forcing you to buy them are they? Thank you Captain Obvious, I shall do precisely that (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I didn't sign up for the beta (I thought I might as well just wait for final) so I'm really interested to see what new clothes they have. My understanding is that they will be adding more over time so I'm guessing that the choice will be quite limited to start with. I want to try and hold out from buying anything until they put up something really good..... I doubt I'll be able to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylands Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I didn't sign up for the beta (I thought I might as well just wait for final) so I'm really interested to see what new clothes they have. My understanding is that they will be adding more over time so I'm guessing that the choice will be quite limited to start with.I want to try and hold out from buying anything until they put up something really good..... I doubt I'll be able to do that. I'm pretty sure Major Nelson said they would be adding top brands such as Roxy, Adidas, Nike etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unrealistic Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I want the update for my second box. Tuesday needs to hurry up and get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
»X« Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Surely if they are going to sell games over xbox live then shouldnt they be cheaper? Spotted Assasins creed for ?19.99 but its on Amazon for just over ?10. I know they can't give games away but I would rather pay ?10 and wait for delivery/drive to store than hand over another ?9 for no reason. Not to mention the whole physical item argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Remember, the prices are probably kept high for 2 reasons: 1) Publishers. Publishers are going to want a piece of this action and they're likely not going to be happy with Microsoft selling their games for less than the RRP. They let stores get away with it because in those instances, store discounts come from that store's pockets, not the publisher's pockets and if they didn't, stores wouldn't allocate much shelf-space to their products. 2) Microsoft themselves cannot risk upsetting retailers. If digital content was always cheaper than retail, it'd dent their sales quite a bit and they'd be less inclined to stock Microsoft software and, more importantly, hardware. Microsoft needs those retail channels, so its easier for them to charge more to let retail chains have an advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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