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matt247 on 06 August 2009

It just went up on the Games on Demand section, it uses the Platinum Hits box for the image. The price is the same as it is at retail and also the same price it's listed for on xbox.com.



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Flame on 06 August 2009

In the US its not. Bioshock is like $20 new. i got mine for $15 used. Going off of the x360 version that is.



ajaghvajagh on 06 August 2009

I can get the game used for half that price...



 

FootballFan on 06 August 2009

In England you can get the game for £8 or $13



V-r0cK on 06 August 2009

I've seen Bioshock new $19.99 for Xbox360 & PC and $29.99 on PS3 already in Canada.



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Boutros on 06 August 2009

Icy cold deal.



Zlejedi on 06 August 2009

So it will be 30 euros in europe ?



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sinha on 06 August 2009
KylieDog said:
...and I was hoping they would be cheaper than retail.

Why would you hope for something that's obviously not going to happen? 

All they will do is match the retail price, as long as they need stores like Gamestop to sell their consoles.

 



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matt247 on 06 August 2009
coolbeans said:
KylieDog said:
...and I was hoping they would be cheaper than retail.

Well they never said that but they did say it would MATCH retail stores.  I'm not sure where MS is shopping but it's certainly not $30 new for Bioshock at any retail store I can think.


$30 here:
http://www.amazon.com/BioShock-xbox-360/dp/B000MKA60W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1249575622&sr=8-2
http://www.target.com/BioShock-Xbox-360/dp/B000MKA60W/sr=1-2/qid=1249585411/ref=sr_1_2/192-1672453-3066801?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Abioshock&page=1

Mr. sickVisionz on 06 August 2009

Digital Distribution done wrong imo.  Hopefully consumers respond properly by not buying stuff and they start doing Steam style pricing.

That's a horrible deal.  Aren't they doing some BioShock/Oblivion disc this winter for like $40 or $50?