Does anyone else think that £49.99(UK) is.. well.. just a tad over priced?

I knoooooooow Guild wars is not just 'another' mmorpg,

But £49.99 just for the online Digital version is outrageous!

Thoughts on the matter??

Before posting, remember.. not everyone has a wallet full of cash, or parents to buy games for them.

Yes and prob the main reason im not buying it.. that is just a stupid price to sell a game for..

Will wait until its cheaper in a sale or somithng..

I don't think it's overpriced, most games nowadays and even in the past are in the same price range. At least it's free monthly.

If you can't scrounge that money, there's always prostitution.

Originally posted by F5Minutes

Does anyone else think that £49.99(UK) is.. well.. just a tad over priced?

I knoooooooow Guild wars is not just 'another' mmorpg,

But £49.99 just for the online Digital version is outrageous!

 

Thoughts on the matter??

 

Before posting, remember.. not everyone has a wallet full of cash, or parents to buy games for them.

 

 

 

 

Look, i understand where you're coming from, but this has pretty much been the standard price now for a while with brand new releases, boxed or not.  I do wish these games would launch for around 40 US dollars, but they don't so i pony up the cash.

I have not seen any game retail for £50 ever..

Most expensive has been £39.99 and to me thats too expensive as well..

omg we went over this already.

but il explain.

I find the pricing to be bizar asswell, but yesterday i talked to a m8 of mine wich is in the game selling buisiness.

The reason why those digitals are priced as normal games wich would be shipped is for the sole reason of selling regular copy's. If arenanet would lower the price on their digital copys there would not be a gamestore in the world able to sell the regular copys because they would be more expensive. Basicly ruining the economy gamedistributers are profiting from.

so yeah. just buy it lads...

edit: oh and as far as the price goes. (im in the same boat as you OP  55 euro's) But youl have more fun then in a single player game (time spend) + you dont have to sub and can always log back in.

fine for me.

still less than i spent on SWTOR, WOW, or AOC.

Originally posted by Fyronova

I don't think it's overpriced, most games nowadays and even in the past are in the same price range. At least it's free monthly.

If you can't scrounge that money, there's always prostitution.

Guild Wars.. lets call it.. 1, NEVER cost £49.99 for the digital version.

Also.. what did you gain from the prostitution comment?

This was a mature thread until you typed into it.

A few years back apartments in central Stockholm were given away. Now they cost $300000-$3000000.

Also, a few years back playing video games was a niche.

I think Amazon and other retailers will sell it cheaper.

It is the same with Diablo 3 which digitally costs €60, but would be cheaper for me to import it from the UK (about €47).

I have though no idea why digital, the one without box and delivery, costs the most?

Oh, not one of these threads again!? 

I'll start. There is no subscription fee. 

Play.com sells it for £39.99 

Originally posted by Amjoco

Oh, not one of these threads again!? 

I'll start. There is no subscription fee. 

 

Weldone.. very observant of you.

But sadly.. thats not my point.

As to people going.. Oooooh, We've been over this already..

I am truely.. truely sorry that I cannot be on every thread you are,

I am also sorry that I do not wish to revive a dead thread and have people cry at me for doing so.

just to be clear,  £50 is roughly about $75 - $80 .. the average retail price of a PC game in the UK is around £20 - £30,  although there are a number of places that will charge you more. The question is, is the game worth £50, and bearing in mind there are microtransactions associated with the game.. is this acceptable? Personally i've never paid that much for a game, nor shall i be changing that any time soon, especially as there is a very good chance that when the game is finally released, it will be available for a much more acceptable £30 ($45 - $50)

Originally posted by F5Minutes

Originally posted by Amjoco

Oh, not one of these threads again!? 

I'll start. There is no subscription fee. 

 

 

Weldone.. very observant of you.

But sadly.. thats not my point.

 

As to people going.. Oooooh, We've been over this already..

I am truely.. truely sorry that I cannot be on every thread you are,

I am also sorry that I do not wish to revive a dead thread and have people cry at me for doing so.

And I'm not flaming you at all and I understand you're upset with the price. If you think it is too high then you probably aren't the first with the same thoughts. Use the search feature. :) 

edit: sorry for my little rant. It is my first cup of coffee and it is 5:00am. I will just not read this topic! I'm a genious! lol

Also I have beta tested this in clsoed beta and i know its not worth £50 or even £40 but thats my opinion...

Still i think no matter how good the game is ts never gonna be worth £50($80)

As someone else already pointed out, no subsription fee. It will be overly cheaper in the long run compared to the current pay to play games where you have to buy the box then keep buying more to play it. I had no problems with the price as I saved up for it ages ago and it was being speculated for a while, so no surprises in cost really.

So... over all opinion. I don't think the price is too much and the price will probably drop by release as there will be no betas and headstarts (but thats all speculation of course ;) )

Originally posted by Caldrin

Still i think no matter how good the game is ts never gonna be worth £50($80)

You never player subscription MMO? No WoW or anything? Plenty of people did and they pay a 120$ or something YEARLY for a game. Just imagine that the game is a normal priced game with 20$ 'life time subsciption package' included ;)

Originally posted by Fyronova

I don't think it's overpriced, most games nowadays and even in the past are in the same price range. At least it's free monthly.

If you can't scrounge that money, there's always prostitution.

Most games are not in the same price range for UK gamers. The US version is priced at what 'most games' are being priced at these days, but the UK version is seriously overpriced.

Arenanet know this too, which is why they decided to use heavy handed region locking for the game. If UK players were able to order the US version they would be getting it for £35-40 which is the current going rate for AAA games in the UK.

The cost isnt what annoys me though, you are right it has no subscription blah blah blah. And I would gladly pay £50 ...... as long as they make Americans pay $80 instead of $60. Because thats what they are charging the UK. Its the double standards that are pissing people off.

Looks like I'm resorting to prostitution, luckily release has still got awhile to go then.