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I would have dearly loved to buy the CE, but the price is too high. Unless that's like a solid titatanium model and not plaster.. aah, I'm a sucker for a good CE and it does look to be a nice one. Good thing for me I guess is they are selling the art book seperately, and that's a good 30% of my reasons for loving CE's.
But, £130? Jesus! Simply too much, perhaps if they started selling nearer to the average payday (25th) I could blindly pay and hope I can eat the rest of the month lmao. Too bad!
In Australia, AUD$80 for a PC is a normal, non-sale price. Console games can go to even $90-100+
What is not overpriced in AUS?
How much WoW could a WoWhater hate, if a WoWhater could hate WoW?
As much WoW as a WoWhater would, if a WoWhater could hate WoW.
Day 1 Prices (NOT ACTUAL PRICES, AT DAY 1!!!)
GW2
Normal: $ 59.99
Deluxe: $ 79.99
Collector: $ 149.99
Fee:0$
SWTOR
Normal: $ 59.95
Deluxe: $79.95
Collector: $ 149.95
Fee: $ 14.99 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
WoW
Normal: $ 49.99 ( Bestbuy.com - 2006 - now free)
Fee: $ 14.99 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
Mists of Pandaria: $39.99
DIABLO 3
Normal: $ 59.99
Deluxe: $ 79.99
Fee:0$
TERA
Normal: $ 48.48 (Amazon.com but not sure)
Fee: $ 14.99 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
RIFT
Normal: $ 49.95
Deluxe: $ 59.95
Fee: $ 14.95 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
Warhammer Online
Normal: $ 49.95
Fee: $ 14.99 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
AoC
Normal: $ 59.99
Fee: $ 14.99 (1 month subscription - 1st free)
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This is great!
Except it misses the entire point of the thread.
Not everything is about USD.
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
Tin foil hat, indeed. It's always worth a chuckle to see the uneducated expose themselves. Most days I feel pity but today it's just mirth.
Well, in fairness I suppose it could be just very poor trolling.
The internet is an amazing platform for some people to showcase their deficiencies as a person.
Regards,
Sarethor
It's Free2Laugh day, I guess. Stereotyping usually isn't the result of solid reasoning. That said, I'd wager you'd fit the paradigm you defined at the end of your paragraph, figuratively or literally.
There'd be no price too high if it'd keep the immature sociopaths out.
The internet is an amazing platform for some people to showcase their deficiencies as a person.
Regards,
Sarethor
Then don't Play, in one months sub swtor and all those games were more exspensive.And if you don't like the exchange rate it isn't arena nets fault.
So like I am sure many have said DON'T PLAY it SAVE YOUR CASH. Congratulations you live in a democracy, freedom of choice is amazing isn't it.
Yes the price is kind of nuts in the UK but A.Net does not set the price NCsoft does. So if you want to complain about the price blame NCsoft not A.net
Sadly Steam has been doing the same thing for some time.
Neither you, nor the original poster have a point calling this game a F2P Cash shop Model.
Squeeze?
Secret World has cosmetic cash shop items, box price and a monthly charge.
Well... It doesn't matter tho, the prices are what they are and we can't complain much since ANet is US company...
I made my peace with it since nothing can be done with $ to € conversion which they made... Unless everyone from Europe refuses to buy it, and that's not going to happen so it is how it is...
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The price for "Pre-purchase" is reasonable, especially for an MMO that has no release-date. You're basically paying for the opportunity for beta access and what GW2 has to offer with the amount of bugs / problems you may find (with no release date).
It's up to you the "consumer" and fan of any product to spend your well earned cash, the way you see fit. Whether you spend the cash now for an unfinished product (with no release date) or wait until you have a release date, for the chance to "pre-order" a finished product.
The choice is yours, but for me...I'm certain that GW2 will be cheaper on release day, than it is now.
I'll give an example:
Anet is currently selling the basic version of GW2 for £55 on their site. However play.com is selling the same version for £39.99! Another site with the same indication, is Game.co.uk which has Gw2 *retail* listed for £34.99 . So its safe to say on release day, a lot more shops will be selling GW2 way cheaper than what is currently listed.
My guess is that you will be able to buy GW2 on release day, for about £30 - £35 in UK. Being patient and cautious has its benefits / rewards.
I never seen anything like that in the history of an MMORPG... Especially when it comes to GW2 when their biggest profit is made trough the box sales... The sites which have pre-orders can set the prices as they want untill the final release date is set and game gets closer to that date.
It makes more sence that you pre-purchase now and take all the risk there is and get it actually cheaper (in most games cases) than on it's release date... That's what should bring players benefits and rewards, the support that you give them before the game is finished. Rewarding someone who never showed them support and waited for prices to drop is not really somehting i'd do if I was a dev. Ofcourse the prices will drop eventually (~>6 months after the release probably) but to expect it to be cheaper on a release date than it is when you pre-purchase is unrealistic.
EDIT: you're not paying for a chance to be in beta, you can have that chance for free if you registered for beta before. Pre-purchase gives you guaranteed beta weekend access with some other in game items as well..
"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
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Like I said, "It's up to you the "consumer" and fan of any product to spend your well earned cash, the way you see fit."
I'm not really talking about prices 6 months after release, I'm showing prices now as they stand in UK. Click on the links and you can "pre-purchase" GW2 alot cheaper than on the main-site.
For the beta weekends:
1. Access to all Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Events
2. Three days of Headstart Access
3. Hero’s Band
You're paying for all of this, plus additional digital items. (Depending on which Edition)
Maybe "Opportunity for beta access" was the wrong way to state it, I meant solid / guarantee. Still you're paying for "early access."
I wouldn't want to pay £55 or $59.99 dollars just to test it out, before a release date is even given. I'd rather wait than "take that risk," especially if a chance to get beta-access comes along for free.
Based on the above, I just want to confirm with you that GW2 does indeed mean Guild Wars 2, as I think you're on about something else.
lol this topic seriously doesn't deserve 36 pages of attention.
Replace £55 with (£45.87) which is converted from $59.99, but what is it showing for UK? Cuz I don't live there..
Yes GW2.
They are selling cheaper "Pre-purchases," just check the links. Was £55 to high or low?
www.play.com
Every single intellectual property out there has some form of NDA imposed, don't fool yourself.
Apple has it, Microsoft has it, Intel has it, Google has it, even Nike or fashion brands like Armani has it. And yes secret herbal tea brand has it.
NDA is not to prevent consumers from the product, but competitors from copying and fast prototyping, potentially releasing a extremely similar product before the original creator of the idea. And also to a lesser degree, prevent dumb consumers from making false preconception ideas of the game.
Can you find any TERA alpha footage that isn't fake and actually from the Korean closed beta?
Can you find ArcheAge footage that isn't from the Closed beta testing phase?
Can you find any Blade and Soul footage that isn't from the Closed beta testing phase?
The fact that they announced publicly about the testing phase and open registration for everyone to sign up, signal it isn't actually a closed beta, it was beta previewing.
The most recent NDA breach lawsuit was actually between two Korean company, NCSoft and Blue Hole Studio, over the Lineage 3 design documents.
You sir, are obviously not involved in design practise and how it works.
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As much WoW as a WoWhater would, if a WoWhater could hate WoW.
I agree that an mmo that's supposed to be groundbreaking should not be charging $59.99 USD for a game. It should also be groundbreaking in it's pricing and charge us $60 USD flat. Yeah, refuse to play psychological games and charge us that extra penny. I'd gladly pay it. A penny extra for no monthly sub fees. Ever. Or give us some item shop credit for that penny.
I think Americans should stop posting in this thread because the only thing you guys are doing is piss people off. We got it that the game doesn't cost more in your country. We really did. However, the OP is posting for the pricing of the game in the UK. It costs 49.99 here which is 80 dollars for the normal edition. That's 20 dollars extra.
And don't give me that crap that games cost more here. Games usually cost exactly the same they do in the US sometimes they are actually much cheaper. However, never has a game charged people 50 FIFTY pounds!
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i think its reasonable, since the cash shop its pretty much about cosmetic and exp boost isnt gamebreaking. the only game i know that f2p without p2w cash shop is moba games , you can get eveyrhing except skin with in game currency by playing hard . while i saying hard its really that hard
It's not reasonable because it's only the UK that has to pay so much more. The game costs less in all other EU countries.
I knew there was something dodgy with the game because there were no preorders whatsoever in the UK while all other countries could preorder the game. I get it now. I am now seriously considering whether I want to buy the game. If they had charged everyone a similar price then I would've been ok with it.
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I just don't think people understand global economy.
Here's the deal, the game is made in America. Whatever higher costs are asserted is the costs it takes to get it to the other country.
I am a bitg time euro board gamers. All the time, there are games released in Germany and France that cost 30 dollars American if I was over there. But when I try to buy them from the company directly, the MRSP is always remarkably higher for the euro version. This is because the company is a game company, and their primary business is not distributing, so those costs are factored into the price. It's global economics. I have paid 80 to 100 bucks for a 30 dollar game.
Every country is different. Every country has different standards, different shipping policies, different tarriffs, different taxes. I know some of you want to change the world, but it aint happening with this game.
Thus is the price of a global economy.
So how did every single other American company managed to give us their games at normal prices. And in the UK you can't even buy it from a retailer for a cheaper price. Retailers have only now started offering us preorders at 49.99. Yet the game costs 49.99 euros or less in all other EU countries which is about 63 dollars.
EDIT: Oops, turns out you can buy the game for 39.99 and get beta access which is about 60 dollars...
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Dear fellow European gamers,
When your
gaming pricing is more expensive than Australia's pricing for games
have to pay for ridiculous monthly download quota
play with constant lag due to physical distance
Come back and tell us
Sincerely,
Australians gamers
ps: the smart portion of us have resorted to buy from online stores and possibly even online CD key stores, then guess what, that eats into our precious download quota.
How much WoW could a WoWhater hate, if a WoWhater could hate WoW?
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