Game Price Drops Hitting Retailers

[modeps]

Looks like starting tomorrow, several new retail games are going to undergo a price drop. There's a CAG (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229890) post with plenty of folks keeping up on it. Currently, Mirror's Edge (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mirror's+edge&x=0&y=0&tag=evilavatarcom-20) is down to $19.99 over on Amazon, and House of the Dead Overkill (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=house+of+the+dead+overkill&x=0&y=0&tag=evilavatarcom-20) is at $29.99.

Other rumored titles to receive the deep discount are the dreadfully performing Bionic Commando, Tom Clancy's HAWX, Beijing Olympics 2008, NBA 2k9, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Incredible Hulk, Prince of Persia, Baja: Edge of Control, Tom Clancy's End War, Brother's In Arms: Hell's Highway, Skate and Oblivion: GOTY.

Be sure to check out GameStop.com (http://gamestop.com) tomorrow morning where they should have a special section dedicated to these drops.

[thejeromer]

Interesting, I wonder if we'll see similar price drops up here in Canada.

[gzsfrk]

I hope SW:TFU drops to $20. I've been wanting a mindless yet well-done hack'n'slash to play through for a while, and this one looked like one of the better ones. Certainly better than the one I'm currently slogging through (Bullet Witch) at least.

(Don't laugh--I found it for $5 and decided to take a chance. :) )

[MasterEvilAce]

Friend of mine said he bought Mirror's Edge for like $8? And bioshock for $20.. both for PS3. Not sure how/where.

[shadow763]

Skate as in the first one? I am interested in the second one at a budget price, and even though I beat POP, I wouldnt mind picking it up if its cheap enough.

[Phhhh]

A lot of those games didn't do that badly.

[Your Good Twin]

Recession effects everyone. *shrug*

[lost]

There have been a lot of quick price drops over here recently. If a game sells like crap it gets cut to half-price (i.e. made a budget title) within a week.

Bullet Witch is one of my all-time most hated games.

[apollyonbob]

I hope SW:TFU drops to $20. I've been wanting a mindless yet well-done hack'n'slash to play through for a while, and this one looked like one of the better ones.

That's the exact opposite of what I've heard, which I think is why it's doing so poor. I heard the controls were bad, the bugs were numerous, and the gameplay was generally bad on the side of awful.

[Phinor]

Recession effects everyone. *shrug*

At least companies like to think it doesn't affect Europe. Just check out the digital game pricing, often titles are 2-3x as costly in Europe as they are in North America.

I haven't seen any meaningful price drops either.. apart from shops having their usual discounts.

[Swick]

gzsfrk, if you're really wanting a copy of SW:TFU, GameCrazy's had it for $12.99 used for about a month now, I think.

[Demo_Boy]

Prince of Persia is a good game.

[Venkman]

only gamestop? Damn, I've got a Toys R Us giftcard from my Ghostbusters purchase, and my local Toys R Us has crappy prices on old games.

[gzsfrk]

gzsfrk, if you're really wanting a copy of SW:TFU, GameCrazy's had it for $12.99 used for about a month now, I think.

Awesome! I've got one of their discount cards, too. I'll go check that out. Thanks for the tip!

[gzsfrk]

That's the exact opposite of what I've heard, which I think is why it's doing so poor. I heard the controls were bad, the bugs were numerous, and the gameplay was generally bad on the side of awful.

I played the demo and thought it was actually pretty fun. Granted, that was a level where your character was already pretty powerful. But I loved being able to pick up stuff and throw at the Tie Fighters zooming by.

Again--I wouldn't play it for a AAA action experience. But after playing stuff like Fable 2 and Mass Effect ad infinitum, sometimes I just need something easy on the brain and satisfying on a primal level. Better than average visuals + wanton destruction = good enough for me.