UK Software top 40 - May 3rd 2013

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tontus said:

NEET said:
�35 is standard new game price on Amazon.

Gears I've seen the odd place do �30 deals but most places it's still full or near full price.

GOW hell even game has it at �20 at this point.

You say it like Gears of War: Judgment is selling well and doesn't need a big price cut. It's more expensive than God of War: Ascension, sure, but it's doing terribly at its current slightly discounted price (~£30). Even when it has a cut to ~£20 it'll sell better but still poorly, all the hardcore Gears of War fans have already decided by now whether they want or don't want the game, they aren't waiting for a price cut for a game they don't want.

Even before GoW:A had a big price cut it still showed better legs in the UK than GeoW:J with much smaller % drops per week.

I hope you realise that ''legs'' this late in the generation is redundant. What matters is what the game sells in its first month or for big games, Its first week alone. 

GOWA selling a few thousand more units than GOWJ, on average 30 - 40% of its retail price is no achievement...

To say Gears is doing terribly is baselss. Saying UEFA cup rating are terrible compared to World cup rating doesn't make sense now does it. Gears J is a spin off, from a different developer (a B rate develoer at that) with a different lead character/s. It is doing fine for what it is... unless MS announce a statement about GOWJ  eing a disappointment which I can guarantee Sony will eventually say in regards to GOWA.