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No, someone stepped in at the last minute and bought them out. They're staying open.
No, someone stepped in at the last minute and bought them out. They're staying open.
Irony that of all the retailers GAME is giving one of the best deals...change must've happened quick at the ivory towers.
The British pound is $1.6 American dollars. That means a game that costs 60 pounds costs a little under $100 in American dollars before tax.... not 80.
Once you realize this suddenly you start seeing it differently. Cataclysm did not pre-order for $60, it pre-ordered for $40. The $100 six month value I described was getting Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm with the free WoW/BC client and six months of play for free. If you pay for 3 months at a time it goes down to $10/month. That means if you pay for a full six months you get to roughly the same $100 value as Guild Wars 2.
That is Guild Wars 2 at $100 will pay off for a person who might also be interested in WoW after six months.
Worst yet a current WoW player will not get the same value until after a year. But of course if you buy your subscription a year in advance you also got a free copy of Diablo 3 which even further extends the value even higher.
This is of course only if you are British.
Ify ou're North American you can say LoLGAMESARECHEAPERTHANGASLOLOLOLOL.
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Get a f---ing job. The price of this game is cheaper than what I pay to fill my gas tank for a week.
i pay twice as much just for the electricity account -.-
Why is there a difference $10 difference even here for DDE?
That is a doctored photo. But thanks for trying.
I'd put money the reason for the difference is someone is marking it up to make killer profit from stupid people.... lol.
Your assumption is that you will HAVE to use the cash shop every day, every month, and it will cripple you and sell your kidneys
By the time you play this game for 4 months, it will already be forever cheaper than any subscription game you have played before, assuming you only get the normal version.
Do you know why others view you as a troll? This price has been up for weeks, yet you decided to come 'rant' about the prices on the they pre-purchase goes online. Yes, troll indeed.
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As much WoW as a WoWhater would, if a WoWhater could hate WoW.
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I never made any assumption that I would be forced to use the cash shop every day, you made that assumption on my part, don't please, all I was saying is that is has a cash shop.
What if I only play the game for 1 month before I'm severely dissapointed with it? Then I have wasted a massive sum of money, more than I have wasted on any game ever. So please don't make assumptions that people will play for months, many won't, it's an MMO it will never keep all of its players after one month.
Also I'm a troll for not knowing about the price until now? I'm a troll because I don't follow every bit of news about this game every day of my life? I'm starting to think you are actually the troll.
You need to stop making assumptions in general in your life I think, will get you nowhere.
If you were Blizzard or EA, and unscrupulous, and you've been watching how GW2 has developed . . . wouldn't you hire people to do just that?
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Which is exactly the same as any other game, console or PC, single player or MMO. As the price is right around that 50-60 point in any case, where/what is the argument?
All i see is a poor kid whining here.
This right here.
I dont know of any other F2P mmos that charge a box price. I'm sure Arenanet knows they can get away with it, and that's fine, but it is kind of annoying to have to pay them money to get nickel and dimed by a cash shop.
I don't really like this business model, especially considering the fact that most cash shop games make a boatload of revenue off the cash shop.
I'll probably buy it anyways, this is just an annoyance.
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SWTOR normal version was more expensive for EU, on origin at least, it was 60 euros, GW2 is 55 euros.
I got it for 40 euros tho, from thehut.com
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I got the Collectors Edition Pre-Purchased.
It's my money, I decided that it was worth it. I have done my research into the game and I was going to be buying it 100% regardless of wether it was now or on release. I had a think about what was being offered and picked something I was happy with. In fact the only thing that would make the entire thing better is if I could play it * right now*.
If you are so offended by a game that is arguably offering more content at launch than any MMO ever, with no sub fee, costing a few dollars more than normal then I have something for all you people on your high-horses. I'll even include the text and bold the part I'm refering to.
https://www.pathofexile.com/purchase/
http://www.pathofexile.com/news/2012-04-11/crowdfunding
$200,000 raised so far!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Today we sent out a press release announcing that we have sold over $200,000USD of supporter packs to over 13,000 fans. 13 people have bought the Diamond Pack so far.
We're amazed by the generosity of the community and are deeply thankful. This money will help fund a substantial amount of future development and will secure the future of the game.
Of course, we're nowhere near the break-even point yet, but sales so far exceeded our expectations. Please continue to spread the word about Path of Exile!
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Also, LOL at all the SW:TOR fanboys complaining about a 'F2P' game costing so much. How does it feel that your Co-Op RPG was just as expensive?!
Even in Euro the digital standard edition is 5 euro more expensive for GW 2 compared to Tera and Secret World. So not sure how they are justifying this because the non sub argument is invalid because the game is not B2P it is B2P PLUS cash shop.
I will personally take a wait and see approach for this game because I want it confirmed, independently, that there wont be any P2Win items in the cash shop. Higher price I could accept but P2Win, no. Just No.
EDIT: Just noticed that for the TERA pre order version which osts 50 euro I get a bunch of in game stuff, like a mount etc, but with the GW2 55 euro pre order version you dont get shit. You have to pay another 20 euro for the same type of stuff as the 50 euro TERA version. So it is worse than what I originally thought.
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Have to say the price is a little steep but I'll just wait until play amazon etc get it here in the UK and thne purchase I'm in no real hurry to buy a game that doesnt even have a release date as yet.
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price there is 60 euro
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The big issue here is people seem to have gotten confused about the difference between Pre-purchasing and pre-ordering.
Sure, you can pre-purchase now from limited retailers and get the beta access, head start etc. It'll cost you anywhere from £39.99 upwards as people state.
Or you can Pre-order it (from GAME, of all places) at the standard price of £34.99. 1 day head start, no beta access.
So for those of you complaining about the price, don't bother with the early access or beta rights and just play the game, same price as every other title just without the subs fee. Sorted.
Seems like a better the normal price point for a AAA MMO to me tbh.
I don't get the the drama wailing, but then I expect some posters are just earning a living.
Do other F2P cash shop games charge an up front fee?
This right here.
I dont know of any other F2P mmos that charge a box price. I'm sure Arenanet knows they can get away with it, and that's fine, but it is kind of annoying to have to pay them money to get nickel and dimed by a cash shop.
I don't really like this business model, especially considering the fact that most cash shop games make a boatload of revenue off the cash shop.
I'll probably buy it anyways, this is just an annoyance.
It isn't free to play. It costs a box price, like every paid game ever. It just doesn't have a sub fee. For continuing revenue, it uses a cash shop instead of monthly fees.
So you can spend as much or as little as you want, especially because it won't sell anything that affects your power in the game.
You are paying them money to buy the game, like every other game you have ever bought, ever. You just don't have to pay each and every month for continued access like other MMOs force you to do. That doesn't make it free to play. It makes it a better, more logical, and more humane business model than subscriptions or free to play either one.
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