The standard version will be priced at £55 (USD$90), making it one of, if not the most expensive regular editions of a game on record. But that’s just for the standard version.
The fancy “Prestige Edition” – which includes a working set of night vision goggles – is priced at £120. That’s just over $195.
If that’s not bad enough, it’s expected that Modern Warfare 2′s price jump is just the first of many the British market will see over the coming months, as a weaker pound and higher development costs drive wholesale prices skyward.
Sucks. But hey, it could be worse. You could be French. They’ve got it worse.
Jay
July 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Well us Aussies are def gonna get his hard too. Def over $200 for Prestige and nothing below $99 for the standard i believe.
I don’t get why such popular games stay at such a high price. I mean halo 3 is still lerking around the $60 mark. And MW2 has only just gone to $50 with the GotY edition yet EB still price it at like 55-60.
Best bet is to go with eBay if you don’t want it straight away. I wouldn’t trust buying the game off eBay within the first week or two. Give it a month or even two to three then buy it online.
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July 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM
“I don’t get why such popular games stay at such a high price.”
“EB”
You just answered yourself.
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July 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM
cdwow have it, (and ive preordered it) for $60 including delivery. Never will i buy retail again with the stupid prices at EB etc.
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