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PC Modern Warfare 2 $60? [Updated]

[Aug 18, 2009, 09:45 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Listings for the PC edition of Modern Warfare 2 on sites such as Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop reflect a $59.99 retail price, which is the price of the console versions, and a good $10.00 higher than the typical price of just about every PC game in history (thanks Ant/FiringSquad/BeefJack). Pricing of the console versions of the military shooter sequel has already caused controversy, and now it looks like the PC version may as well. We've contacted Activision for comment on this. Update: Big Download points out Walmart.com currently lists the game for $49.82 that also includes a bonus $10.00 eGift card.

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Re: PC MW2 $60? [Updated]

Aug 22, 2009, 09:58

Prez

There's a difference between a property being worth its asking price as far as value goes and pricing a property too high for a given market.

Hey, as much as I played Medieval 2: Total War, it would probably have been worth about $450! The problem is, for better or worse, PC games are historically limited to a sub-$50 price point simply by virtue that the market won't pay any more than that for a title. Very few properties have proved an exception to this rule: Doom 3 (shipped at $54.99 IIRC) is the only exception that comes to my mind.

Whether or not you think MW2 might be worth 60 bucks, I think it's pretty safe to say that the game would sell terribly at that price point. The level of piracy would be astronomical; even higher than the original.

Value is such a subjective thing (personally, I wouldn't pay more than 10 bucks for the original), but market trends are at least traceable.




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Comment [quote="Prez"Aug 22, 2009, 09:58]There's a difference between a property being worth its asking price as far as value goes and pricing a property too high for a given market. Hey, as much as I played Medieval 2: Total War, it would probably have been worth about $450! The problem is, for better or worse, PC games are historically limited to a sub-$50 price point simply by virtue that the market won't pay any more than that for a title. i[Very]i few properties have proved an exception to this rule: Doom 3 (shipped at $54.99 IIRC) is the only exception that comes to my mind. Whether or not you think MW2 might be worth 60 bucks, I think it's pretty safe to say that the game would sell terribly at that price point. The level of piracy would be astronomical; even higher than the original. Value is such a subjective thing (personally, I wouldn't pay more than 10 bucks for the original), but market trends are at least traceable. [/quote]

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