Console gaming is VERY expensive outside of USA....

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

True_Gamer_

yep 110usd for console games in Aus, pc gaming is a bit cheaper and steam helps (though shogun is like 80 usd on steam for us)

Same here.

A new console game costs $50-$70 here while a new PC game is rarely sold for over $20.

Console and pc games are about the same price here.

50-60 dollars.

That's messed up. I live in Canada and we used to have a lot of games that launched for 70. Now since the Canadian dollar is higher than the US all games are launch at 60. Except EA games, but those are easy to find for around 50 at launch in my area.

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

gamedude234

Yeah it's true, especially PS3 at launch was just ridiculously priced. It's more reasonable now though, and I get my games from Åland or UK to save a few euros so it's bearable.

Well obviously, you're going to have to pay more for a quality product unlike a bug-filled glitchy PC title. ;)

Thank God for this economical crisis. Dollars today are cheaper than toilet papers. If we were in regular times it would be impractical to game in anything more modern than a PS2 where I live.

I do all my shopping outside of the legal tributary system -thank God too for them chinese tax-evaders - and PC benefits the most from it. Anywhere you can find a shady store of electronic parts that only take cash =D . DD is also a blessing.

I live in the UK, and rarely do i buy an xbox game for over £20. Usually i can get a game for around £10-£15 a few months after retail release on amazon. ME2 cost me £11... I never buy when a game has just been release as the price here usually falls VERY quickly (except COD games), and on amazon, because they operate out of Jersey (tax haven) the games cost even less. PC games are even cheaper.

UK retail price tends to be £40, which according to Google = around $65, so not too bad. You can get most games for £37/38 if you buy online obviously. PC games tend to be £30.

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

[QUOTE="gamedude234"]

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

True_Gamer_

Very true..... I paid around 85$ US for Killzone 3 on launch day. Totallly worth it.

Brand new PS3 and 360 are 440$US or so at stores.

I pay 45-50 Euro for a new game in Ireland. I thought that was cheap enough though because we always had to pay 60 Euro last gen.

In Poland console games can cost up to twice the price of a PC game. You can find them cheaper in smaller shops but they are still way more expensive.

Most of you are lucky and don't know...... Here in Brazil Killzone 3 is 220 R$ ( Thats 100U$$$!!!!!!) And just for all of you to know the Nintendo 3ds is going to be 1300R$( That's 600 U$!!!) Its very hard to be a gamer in Brazil.

A lot of taxes!!!!

console games 60-70$

New released pc games 10-20$

Well obviously, you're going to have to pay more for a quality product unlike a bug-filled glitchy PC title. ;)

DerpyMcDerp

This can't be a troll /sarcasm

[QUOTE="gamedude234"]

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

True_Gamer_

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

True_Gamer_

console games here: 200-250R$ (120$ US )

PC games: 80-100R$ (50-60$ US)

PS3: 1200R$

xbox 360 slim 4gb : 1000R$

:o

this is why there are more PC gamers here, but piracy is a serious problem.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

True_Gamer_

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

gamedude234

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

True_Gamer_

Steam sales are still great; just a bit more expensive because they're in euros, but still, the special deals are usually a lot cheaper than what you normally find.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="gamedude234"]

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

nethernova

There are always shops like Play and Amazon for those who live on Europe. And I guess that in every country there is at least one chain store that has decent prices (plaisio in this case). I mainly buy disk based games (I do use Steam on occasion) and still, I never pay more than 25€ for a game, be it for PC or X360

edit: @Skyward Shipping is free :D

P.S. Gamespot realy hates punctuation, "invalid tags":roll:

I mean outside of USA people that DONT shop online but in STORES (the majority of console games are sold in retail shops) pay an insane amount of money per game.

Here in Greece a new xbox360/ps3 title like crysis 2 costs 50 EUROS in shops. While shogun 2 can be found online at 28 euros... Things have been much worse at the beginning of this gen when console games costed SEVENTY EUROS.

And still people have this notion that console gaming is cheap even when PS3 costed 660 euros (and sold like crazy in Greece).

I wont even get into STEAM deals....

True_Gamer_

50euros? mehh here in Cyprus crysis 2 its 65euros :P( on consoles )

But pc gaming is much cheaper. Crysis 2 can be found usually at 45euros while shogun 2 is usually 35 euros

In America you play the system, in Russia the system plays you! God bless Yakov Smirnoff

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="gamedude234"]

you guys need to buy from Amazon UK. far cheaper then in Italian/British shops, and buy the sounds of it Greek Shops too.

nethernova

$110 for new releases? No wonder some people turn towards piracy.

Geez, $110 is steep. I tend to buy most games around $10-$20 on all my system, unless it's a game that I know will be worth a premium price. I think the most expensive game I got this year is Pokemon Black at $35.

Well obviously, you're going to have to pay more for a quality product unlike a bug-filled glitchy PC title. ;)

DerpyMcDerp

Console games can't be bug-filled or glitchy? Man, Fallout: NV must have run flawlessly and i'm just confused then.

Here in Ireland its not so bad in some shops. I remember I got the Killzone 2 steel case limited edition on release day for 50 euro. Most games here don't go past 50 euro. But it depends on the shop. Some retailers still have games for 70 and I don't know how they even sell them

You are aware that 50 euros is 70 dollars? New games in the US are 60 dollars, it's really not as bad as people like to make out. Console prices are the only things that are a lot more expensive here in europe.bobbetybob

Yeah but you guys get free health care and six weeks paid vacation so it evens out... (Except for the poor Germans and thier censored games)