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Kasz216 on 19 August 2007
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VAMP said:
Rath said:
VAMP said:
Fuzzmosis said:
Erm, so you're buying a headset with a game as an afterthought? I could swear it was the other way around, with a headset being thrust unto you.

I still can't help but say you're really paying full price for this game, unless you download it. And then you're paying Full Price minus cost of a blue ray disc. Though will probably play faster.

Jeesh, I know I'm new here and all and probably shouldn't be talking down to someone with as many posts as Fuzzmosis, but come on. What's so hard to understand? If you pay $40 that is not full price no matter how you try to look at it. You pay $40, you get the game=not full price. You pay $40+$20=$60 for the game+headset=still not full price.

 You have to pay full price unless you download it. There is no $40 option in the shops that comes without the headset. What fuzz is saying is that your paying $60 for this game, sure you get a nifty headset but apart from downloading it the only way to get it is to pay the $60. Downloading is another matter, clearly its not full price to download. 

When you put it that way...nope still doesn't make sense to me how it can be considered a full priced game.

Sorry.  Maybe I just can't see it the way you guys do, but I see value in a headset, so I don't really see it as a bonus, more of a package I guess.

I think I understand where you guys are coming from though, because maybe you see owning a game as having a physical copy?

 Anyway, something nobody has brought up as far as I remember reading is the fact that you can share downloaded games across 5 PS3s, so if you split the cost amongst your friends, you'll only be paying $8.  Not too bad eh?

I think they don't count it as a full price game because you lose a lot by downloading it.  For example, boxart, instruction manual, plenty of stuff you'd get for a full priced game. 

You also lose the blue ray disc, which itself costs a lot.  Which is why the download can be cheaper.  By just downloading it you lose a lot of features.  For example if you wanted to go over you friends house and play Warhawk on his PS3 you couldn't.  You would have to either have him come to your house (Which might not be possible based on what your doing).  Or unplug your PS3 and bring it over to his house.  Considering how much it's worth i wouldn't want to be lugging the thing around everywhere i went.

Not only can you not bring it to your friends house, nor could you trade it with him as if you owned the in store copy.  With the instore copy you could trade it for say, Lair if you didn't pick it up.  Then he could play Warhawk online while you kick ass with a dragon.  With a download version... well you'd have to trade PS3's.  Which just doesn't work out because of all the other PSN downloads you'd have.

Also, should you decide you don't like it... you can't return it to the store for store credit, nor could if you get tired of it a few months from now trade it in to get a new game as you could with the Blu-ray version.

 You lose a lot of options for that 20 dollars that you'd get normally with a regular full game.