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GOD adds Double Agent, GRAW News
Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Ubisoft has donated Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter to the Xbox Live Games on Demand service.
Both games cost £19.99 and can be bought from their separate Xbox.com pages (SCDA, GRAW)
Most online retailers sell Double Agent for around £16, although Amazon.co.uk drops the price to £13.50. GAME has the biggest discount at £9.99, but unhelpfully doesn't stock the game at the moment.
The convenience of downloading should make up for that saving of a few pounds (or at least you assume that's the argument), and consider Splinter Cell Double Agent you should, because it's excellent. Head over to our 9/10 review to find out why.
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter didn't score as highly, but headlined an early flock of next-gen titles with gusto..
We'd suggest shopping around for GRAW, however, as Amazon.co.uk has the game for under a tenner. ShopTo and GAME aren't far off at £13.00 and £10.99, either.
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andywilkie35
02/09/09 @ 07:19
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Has anyone seriously downloaded a single game from this yet for these prices?
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Emmit_Assassin
02/09/09 @ 07:20
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Yet another attempt by Microsoft to squeeze as much money as possible out of us. First they tried to get £90 odd out of us for a 120gb HDD when I can get a 1tb for under that, then there was the useless and over priced Avatar Marketplace, now this.
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ObiChrisKenobi
02/09/09 @ 07:21
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Aye, think they're missing the point of digital distribution to be honest. Suppose to cut out the 'middle men', bring price down and increase profits and savings for everyone, yet... £20 for £10 games.
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squarejawhero
02/09/09 @ 07:22
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They'd fall foul of competition laws if they underpriced street stores. Think about it.
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It has to be said that this is THE thing which peeves me about digital downloads, considering there is little in the way of a distribution chain,no bricks and mortar store,no shop wages to pay and the fact that you are neither getting a box or a physical copy of the game.
THEY SHOULD BE CHEAPER THAN THIS. Charging almost double for a game you can get the physical version for is just beyond me and it worries me that when the day comes that digital is the only way to get games, we are all going to be fleeced with very high prices with little chance of shopping around for a better deal. Games purchased in this fashion should be cheaper than going to the shops and buying it, not more expensive for no adequately explained reason which to me is beyond logic. |
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I'm still baffled by what the appeal of this service is meant to be. It seems that most new games drop below £20 within a few months, and there are good games that are less than a year old which drop to under a tenner (Saints Row 2, EndWar, Dead Space, LittleBigPlanet) I can't imagine how anyone could see a 3 year old game like GRAW or Splinter Cell DA on sale for £20 and think, 'Ooh, I'll have that' when they've been £5 bargain bin staples since 2007.
I'm past feigning outrage at this sort of thing, it's just that it's... odd. |
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LiveForever
02/09/09 @ 07:35
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Is anyone actually surprised by the prices? Marketplace has been a major rip-off for a while now.
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aphexstwin
02/09/09 @ 07:50
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@squarejawhero
its not like theyre scared of flouting the law, look at the latest explorer fine by the eu. they should be cheaper than this. and besides, only ms can call something GOD. next thing you know theyll be bigger than the beatles. |
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muscleblade
02/09/09 @ 08:14
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I wouldnt consider any of the GOD games for half the current prices. Taking up HDD space is also a drawback. At the current pricepoint this must flop. I cant see it any other way.
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donnie080208
02/09/09 @ 09:16
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although i still think graw etc are great games and still worth the asking price the "convinience factor" does not override the price difference. if i order online, i still dont have to drive to the shops, and it will be here within 48 hours,plus i can sell it and maybe get half my money back once completed ive seen graw pre owned for as little as a £5
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TheTingler
02/09/09 @ 09:30
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I don't see what's so convenient about it. By the time it's finishing downloading I could've walked to my nearest Gamestation or Game and back and got it for half the price. And it won't take up 60% of my hard drive space either.
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pinochet_cz
02/09/09 @ 10:59
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Wow..they are crazy. But people can be crazy too. And get a hundred people, you will find one real idiot for sure. So, why they should make a 10$ food for everyone when they can do 100$ for crazy ones?
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IneptPercy
02/09/09 @ 11:41
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Even the arguement of doing it without leaving the house falls flat with online retailers genrally being cheaper than the shops.
With a high speed internet and a lot of impatience I can see the attraction, but personally I have slow internet and don't mind waiting for a disc in the post. |
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@martlev
"Id say £20 for DA at least is worth it, as then you at least dont risk a scratched disc. Its on my list for when I have finished Batman." Sorry but if you worry about the risk of a scratched disc...I'd say learn to look after your discs... There is no reason to pay ott prices for an DOD game. I've seen this instore at Game for £4.99 to £12.99 so...You could possibly by x4 DA's for the price of 1 DOD so...work it out |
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@Zedfragg
Find me a game store that has it in stock. The local one hasnt had a copy for the last 6 months as I have been looking every weekend. I look after my game discs extreemly well doesnt mean that someone selling their copy does too. The best option would be for Ubisoft to release a new retail package and that is unfortunatly a pipe dream. |
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Would be usefull if you wold give us also prices for Europeans since its not just British ppl that read the website to give us an opinion. for example Id tell you if the 9.99Euros its for on Steam is a steal compared to that or not but thnx to you I dont even know so.. I can only IMAGINE with a such NON usefull article that both Steam and GOD are same price..? No clue but thnx for making me wonder :p lol ill go check later :)
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Emmit_Assassin
03/09/09 @ 18:53
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Attempting to cut out the second hand market by any means is professional suicide. Its one of the main reasons around 40% of gamers HAVE an Xbox 360. I only ever buy around three games a year full price, the rest are all ebay and bargain bin finds. I'm not worried about waiting a few months for most games, and if one day we can only get new games by GOD, then that's when I'll sell my 360.
Argos had it good by doing away with the shop front, and prices dropped. MS do it, and prices go up! Typical. Sony have been playing catch up with their machine, first they copy the Xbox achievements, then they go all motion controller. Maybe MS should make external HDD's compatible as Sony have, and then maybe I'd think about a digital download at a lower price. |
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