Games getting more expensive MW2

I just read a news story saying that MW2 will be £10 more expensive than standard games when released. The standard UK price for a new game is £40 -£45 max unless it limited addition or comes with extra's but MW2 will be sold for £55.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_10000000/newsid_10000500/10000568.stm

Do yo think this higher price is justified with todays higher development costs or is this just a company trying to milk their fans because they know people will still buy it?

It's just Activision trying to milk it's fanbase because they know Call of Duty sells.

Milking, not to mention cod mw 2 looks like cod 4 with more perks and some better lightning so I don't see where these huge dev costs are coming from.

It's a good thing that devs are charging us more money. Video games just aren't expensive enough as it is.

Oh and I can't wait to buy those overpriced, day 1 release map packs that were taken out of the game.

Milking, not to mention cod mw 2 looks like cod 4 with more perks and some better lightning so I don't see where these huge dev costs are coming from.

Espada12

It's a good thing that devs are charging us more money. Video games just aren't expensive enough as it is.

Oh and I can't wait to buy those overpriced, day 1 release map packs that were taken out of the game.

SpinoRaptor24

If you preorder a game then you will get it for cheaper £45 instead of £55. This is still not a good thing as preodering would usually bring the cost down to £35 - £40.

For most games i wouldn't pay the extra £10 but I could accept the cost if MW2 gave you free maps that they work on after the main game is finished but i don't think that will happen. They will charge you for the extra maps.

i dont see why cod MW2 has high dev costs, its not too much different from the original MW. this is just BS, activision is trying to milk us, i hope they go bankrupt

Taken from the article -

"I'll buy it because there's no better game than Call of Duty. I know that for a fact."

"once we've got the game you can't stop playing it"

Oh Gary you poor thing, you don't know ****. You're addicted to CoD and will stop at nothing to get yet another +10 pop up on the screen, you're probably a real bastard when playing as well, just like my brother.

It's just Activision trying to milk it's fanbase because they know Call of Duty sells.

treedoor

no its because activision are being jerks these days...sethman410

I honestly don't think the price tag is all that bad. I found a PS1 game at home the other day. Formula 1, its price was 49.99. That must have been 10 years ago - maybe more? However, its cheap to raise the bar just because they know people will buy it and its even cheaper when you consider that the last game was very short in SP. For people that are not going to get this for the MP, its really not going to be worth the asking price. That said, I refuse to pay for map packs. i still don't have the cod4 or waw map packs. i've now stopped playing waw as the map pack maps seem to have leaking into the normal play lists now, they keep coming up when i play. In cod4, this doesn't happen.

360 version in US is 60 bones. Regular price. No problem from me.

it's greed an if i were from the uk i would boycott. no way in hell activision can justify that price point.