Unless your talking about a different article CK(not the one killzone3 posted) or have read the review the article EGM posted seemed to have stated that just on it's merits it deserved to be a point lower and only got scores that high because it was a half price game.
It's not them "Taking a stand on price" vs sony like so many people misread it. It's them usually having the price of a game ahead of time to judge it's value and not having it here. Therefore having to invent their own price. Maybe Shadowrun got such a high review because they thought it was a better game? Possible isn't it? If it goes over of course it's going to be a lower review. Just as if it went lower it would be a higher review. Just deal.
Either way, yeah I wouldn't see why anyone wouldn't get the retail version. It isn't "The same" as the PSN download because you get a box, instructions, art etc. and a CD which can be resold if you don't like the game. No reason to not get the retail version unless you have noone to give the headset to. Even then it'd likely be worth it as a backup.
