Crysis 2 preorder is $60?

Seriously, why is it $60 on PC? =\

Is it because of this limited edition thing with unlocks and stuff?

I don't like how PC games are becoming more expensive :S

Steam sucks... atleast if ur located in europe... here its 60 EUROs... and frankly thats alot more expensive then any retail no advantage to buying at steam anymore just alot of disadvantages.. i can get it for 40-55 euro at retial :D

Well as a matter of fact I am in europe, however, I was reffering to the price at EA's store.

And yes, retail is normally cheaper, except when steam games are on sale.

I buy most games from the UK at retail. Crysis 2 Limited 27 pounds + 1 transport outside the UK. That's about 45 dollars.

Wow, that really cheap. This is where I'm gonna preorder it, thanks for the heads up.

Although I'm not sure wheather I should enter my address in my language, normally stuff I buy from the UK is shiped to my uncle :P

Forgot to ask:

Is 27 pounds the normal price or is it on a sale?

60 bucks is the soon-to-be norm now, for better or worse.

not suprising, considering the cost of games has pretty much been 49.99 for the past, oh idunno, two decades I have been gaming.

Forgot to ask:

Is 27 pounds the normal price or is it on a sale?

coreybg

As long as I see, is adverted at 50 € on retail in the physical stores here in Spain. If this is the true prioce, is the same as the regular edition from Crysis in 2007 (the Special Edition that I bough did cost me 60 € ). I'm still not sure about either the SE or the Nano Edition (I want the steelbook case and the artwork, but the figurine and the nano-bag is to me like a gimmick for children... ).

Forgot to ask:

Is 27 pounds the normal price or is it on a sale?

coreybg

Sale, 55% off. The regular edition is also 27 pounds, but 23% off.

That site has excellent deals. They're not the fastest, but they're always reliable. Yesterday they apologised for not sending me Demon's Souls on time lol.

I'll wait. EA is being greedy. Honestly the game doesn't look good enough to justify a $60 price tag.Peerbreed

Seems that nearly everyone is on the $60 bandwagon now. Activision, EA, and Ubisoft all come to mind. You can thank Activision for starting this trend.

I'm preorderinig it tomorrow, hope the sale doesn't expire until then.

Steam sucks... atleast if ur located in europe... here its 60 EUROs... and frankly thats alot more expensive then any retail no advantage to buying at steam anymore just alot of disadvantages.. i can get it for 40-55 euro at retial :D

Dataun

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Steam sucks... atleast if ur located in europe... here its 60 EUROs... and frankly thats alot more expensive then any retail no advantage to buying at steam anymore just alot of disadvantages.. i can get it for 40-55 euro at retial :D

DigitalExile

LOL, some people will just use any opportunity to bash Steam I guess! No one had even mentioned Steam before that post either.

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Steam sucks... atleast if ur located in europe... here its 60 EUROs... and frankly thats alot more expensive then any retail no advantage to buying at steam anymore just alot of disadvantages.. i can get it for 40-55 euro at retial :D

mkaliaz

LOL, some people will just use any opportunity to bash Steam I guess! No one had even mentioned Steam before that post either.

Not sure, I never understood why PC game prices never went up to $60 so I don't have a problem with it.Legolas_Katarn

The reason PC games never went up to $60 is because the PC does not have a "royalty fee". When you buy a game for the xbox 360 or PS3 between $7 - $10 goes straight to Microsoft/Sony in the form of a royalty fee (there are also higher disc duplication costs on the consoles). The PC has no platform holder and therefore there is no royalty fee on the PC. That is why you have seen PC games at least $10 cheaper than console games.

Unfortunately a few companies such as Activision, EA and Ubisoft have decided that PC gamers should now pay the same price as console gamers inspite of the fact the PC does not incur the same costs as the console version. But that isn't the worst of it, the worst of it is that we have gamers actually thanking these companies for it.

I have no problem with paying $60 for a PC game as long as the console version is $70. In my view there are legitimate reasons why the PC version should be cheaper and trying to get me to pay a console price for a PC game is just a company trying to rip me off.