£59.99 for watchdogs is a joke

Good point Vote ...

I could tell you where they put the bone .......but I wont ...lolz.

 

So are the 'masses' in the USA getting easier to manipulate then, IceStorm? Should we be worried about the 'masses' there accepting higher prices incase they move to other shores.

I think we should.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "manipulate". On the PC, I doubt anyone is paying full price for Watch Dogs. The keys for it are available at 20% off right now from www.greenmangaming.com, and it's been even less at times during the run-up to launch. On console
there are other offers, especially for physical. One of my friends is a member of a Best Buy game buyer club and gets $10 gift certificates regularly for pre-ordering titles. Amazon routinely offers pre-order discount and bonuses for physical copies. If people
don't buy digital because the price is too high, eventually MS and publishers will come up with a way to incentivize digital sales. My guess is they're waiting for MS's pre-order infrastructure to go live, but that's just a guess.

I'm not sure what "other shores" you are referring to. Far as I'm aware the USA has some of the lowest game prices around, globally.

 

Oh come on IceStorm, you know how the 'masses' don't shop around. You've mentioned that often enough.

 

PC version is £33.82 on amazon with free delivery and 44 for xb1 version, i just had this debate with a mate and had a feeling there would be a thread on this very subject, i seen it for 50 in grainger and instantly knew it was gonna be 60 on the store,
i mean jeez dont undercut the big players but at least have a price very close it's sad to see Game etc cry about pricing then pull ms's digital pants down.

As for the bigger supermarkets i think they'd sell the product whatever ms did, they use games to get kids instore because kids come with parents and parents generally grab some shopping on the trip and they wouldnt have to pay wholesale physical price since
they could just effecitvely sell digital license cards

It's ridiculous but makes me glad they turned back on drm in some ways because if they didn't then i'd be shafted if they stuck games at 60 quid, if i buy digital i buy a license its pc esque so why isnt the price but hey i wont moan about it i weren't keen
on watchdogs anyway and have already resigned to stciking with physical, maybe i'll use the store in 6 years when the big 75% sales come on like the 360 (another store i rarely used bar buying arcade games) :/

 

I will still buy hard copy + trade in ..untill digital is cheaper .

 

[quote user="voteDC"]Oh come on IceStorm, you know how the 'masses' don't shop around. You've mentioned that often enough.[/quote]No idea what you are talking about, other than perhaps if one is dead set on digital one is not going to go to physical as an
option.

 

Some good points Lta , .

On a side note , Grainger used to be good , but have gone downhill .

I remember , I used to get games from Dan , at Blyth market .

When he told me his daughter was starting a shop called Grainger games , I gave them all my business ...Now , it's Asda .

 

The store near me hasn't been to bad lately, it varies from game to game but they have had some good deals of the week lately and a pretty good pre owned price for various games but yeah i usually go Tesco, can't beat the big boys when it comes to pricing
and deals, just waiting for the right game + gold time deal to crop up or a big price slash for a day or two, failing all that i'll wait on the pre owned copies coming in and losing value which i can see happening with this game pretty quick, especially with
those who aren't online,

 

True ...

I still use them for used games ... I got knack for £18 yesterday .

 

You can get the Steam version for just £29.99 from CD Keys Now.

Until they sort their pricing out I'll just buy my games used.