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Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will arrive this autumn with a suggested retail price of GBP 54.99, as a weak pound and record development costs take their toll. Their toll of GBP 54.99, to be specific.
Other publishers are expected to follow suit, claims MCV.
"You can't continue to trade as normal when the biggest territory in Europe has seen cost of goods increase by 30 per cent due to the strengthening of the Euro. Publishers somehow need to offset this drastic increase in costs," commented THQ's publishing boss Ian Curran.
Nintendo addressed the issue in March by pushing the price of the Wii to 199.99 - a price hike of around 20 quid.
The problem comes, however, if and when the pound returns to strength. Do those already established trade prices then drop?
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George Roper
17/07/09 @ 08:05
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LOL!
They don't really expect people to accept that weak excuse to cash in on the popularity of COD4, do they? What a bunch of jokers! |
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AphoticCosmos
17/07/09 @ 08:09
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Weak pound?
What? Against the dollar, the currency of the nation with a deficit of several trillion? It's been rising almost non-stop against the dollar for half a year. I don't see any other publishers or developers deciding to increase the price by a whopping £15 because of currency fluctuations. I'm definitely calling bullshit on this one. I've cancelled my pre-order anyway. I'm not going to give any money to the bastards at Actiblizz, and I'm not paying their absurd prices.
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Mooglepies
17/07/09 @ 08:11
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DO WHAT YOU WANT COS A PIRATE IS FREE, etc.
In seriousness, PC version hasn't changed price so far so will pick it up on that. |
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Entirely their business to set the price to what they want, but seeing how the RRP in the €-zone is higher than for other games as well, the weak pound is an, er, weak excuse.
Not the first time Activision do this, btw. The PC version of Quantum of Solace, and another Activision game 8forgot which one now) were 59,- € as well in some shops (while PC games usually are between 40 and 50 € max).
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It's expensive and they know it won't be in the bargain bins for a good 2 years. They have priced it high because they know theres a massive demand for it. Activision strikes again. This high price point does mean however that I won't be buying it until it at least resembles a standard game price.
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Kratos1986
17/07/09 @ 08:13
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Then they complain about piracy.
To be fair though Activision are losing hundreds of millions every quarter and haven't made a profit in a long time. Most of the development studios are losing a lot of money and half way to being shut down. I believe only Valve and Blizzard posted profits the last 2 quarters with every other developer losing money(apart from Nintendo of course). |
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All this has done is hampered getting it from shops on release day - Between Amazon, Play, Shopto and those achivement warriors that WILL trade it in within the week give it a month or two it'll drop and places like HMV/Game(station) will have in on 'star buy' offer or something..
At least it's somthing to add to my Lovefilm list |
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I don't see any other publishers or developers deciding to increase the price by a whopping £15 because of currency fluctuations. I'm definitely calling bullshit on this one.
It's increased by £5, the RRP for all games is £50 but in-stores usually sell it for £45 or £40 even less with online retail. |
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4thVariety
17/07/09 @ 08:20
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They simply want to stop the current trend of many people on the continent importing from the UK. Ordering on Amazon.uk will usually be at least 20% cheaper than buying at any store. Since it is the EU, no restrictions apply and why would anybody have himself overcharged?
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Absolutely nothing Activision do can surprise me any more. I urge everyone to wait a few weeks and buy it second hand to ensure that Activision don't get a penny. I would sooner download a copy and send a cheque for £40 to Infinity Ward and tell them to distribute it amongst the development staff than contribute to the wallets of the fucking scum that run Activision.
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Hahahahaha!
Now they can fully get stuffed. They dumb down from the last game, and now want to charge me more to experience that carp? Seriously?! OpFlash2 all the way, now. Flaming Activision - right back in my bad books. Anyone else thinking of doing this: Second-hand looking increasingly attractive, once the goalposts are changed in this way. |
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Kinda expected this, as others have said tho should be able to pick it up online for £45 somewhere which is more reaonable. Id say this and any subsequent GTA games are the only 2 (i can think of for sure of the top of my head) that could probably pull off of a £55 price.
To put into context for myself tho, i remember handing over £70 of my xmas money for Street Fighter turbo on the 3D0 in Jan 94/95!
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LowEnergyCycle
17/07/09 @ 08:25
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I guess I'm waiting until this is cheeper in the second-hand shelves then.
Of course, that way the greedy bastards get NONE of my money. An added bonus. |
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Kirly_Wombat
17/07/09 @ 08:26
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So what? The rate game retailers have been slashing prices this year has been excellent, being able to get new releases a few weeks after release for 30 or less if you shop around. Although if you just have to have it on launch day, I feel bad for you.
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homerramone
17/07/09 @ 08:27
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Buggered if im going to pay an extra £5 to get this in the first month.
£5 extra for the privelidge of the online lagging, and bieng swamped with campers desperate to be the first to get a gold cross. no thanks. |
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EvilBob_leeds
17/07/09 @ 08:34
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Weak pound .... naked profiteering ... whatever. Since Activision is an American company, did they dish out the savings to the European market when the dollar was as weak as nuns piss? Nope. Greedy yank wankers.
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