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DiplomaticImmunity on 16 April 2009

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Pyramid Head on 16 April 2009
KylieDog said:

What makes me laugh is when a game is both retail/download and the retail gets a permanent price drop.


Example:

Burnout Paradise on the PSN is £25.

The game is part of the platinum hits range, which means at retail it is sold for maximum £20.


To top that off the game got a retail special called 'The Ultimate Box'. It costs £25 and comes with a bunch of DLC, some of which costs money.



Why anyone would ever pay extra money for less content not to mention lack of a physical copy that can resell or do whatever you like with I do not know.


The PSN should be sellign the game for a lot less than retail.

if this was a site with star and flag, id star and flag

imagine if a company goes all digital dist . . . imagine ghost recon one being 60 dollars right now . . .

 



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shio on 16 April 2009

I think you should to trade your Xbox 360 with a gaming PC/Laptop. On PC there's dozens of Digital Distribution services that have lots of deals every week! Steam, GOG.com, Gamersgate, Impulse, etc...

Because there is so much competition on PC, they are "forced" to give 50% or 75% discounts on new and old games alike, so you get games like Bioshock for only $5.
Man, it's especially flaming on winter holiday promotions, when Steam slashes prices in ALL games (the last time I bought like 8 games for only $30).

That's one of the two main reasons why PC gaming is now cheaper than Console gaming is. The other one is that PC hardware is so cheap that you can get a $400 PC that plays games better than any console.



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