Preorder now and pay 40$ extra on ME2

[tw1164]

I just bought ME 2 (360) for $10 on amazon last night. The deal is still on going too.

 

[Kabob]

Yea, I have to agree. I've never seen new releases drop that hard and fast.

All $60 games, over time, do lose their value, but never to ~$15. If anything, these games in the past would hover around $30, and eventually make their way to Greatest/Platinum Hits.

Umm...Mass Effect 2 isn't even a year old and it's been hovering around $10 for several weeks, Bayonetta is around the same price and was released around the same time, L4D2 is similar. Games drop that far all the time.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Multiple factors I think that includes:

• glut of software
• heavy competition from the likes of Steam discounting and Amazon too
• bad economy
• etc

Amazon has been particularly aggressive in their pricing this year. What's interesting to me is that they seem to have mastered the art of the microsale; their pricing will often match competitor's pricing within a few hours of the promotion, and ends not too long thereafter. Bargain-hunting on Amazon is almost like playing the stock market.

I'm less inclined to think of Steam as a factor, though, since this thread is all about the lack of fungibility for even the same content across platforms.

In any case, this has been a fantastic year for gaming consumers. I've been able to get the majority of my game purchases release week discounted at least 20%, but more commonly 33%, and this isn't even taking the holiday retail season into account.

 

[warcrow]

 

[Schfifty Five]

I'm struggling to think of a game that doesn't lose 75% of it's value in a year...

Like I mentioned before, CoD4: MW is the only game I can think off the top of my head that stayed $40+ over one year after it's release.

 

[Kabob]

True, because a big part of that is the follow-up game didn't appeal to everyone. I agree, games with a big MP component typically lose their value alot slower than those that are SP only.

 

[fatpat268]

Umm...Mass Effect 2 isn't even a year old and it's been hovering around $10 for several weeks, Bayonetta is around the same price and was released around the same time, L4D2 is similar. Games drop that far all the time.

But my point is that they didn't use to drop like that. That's why we had the platinum/greatest hits with price of $30. A lot of the games would drop to ~$20-$30 after a year, and then they would become a platinum hit at $30.

I certainly don't remember buying 1 year old games for $10 until just this year.

Not that I'm complaining... 😀

 

[JoshGuru7]

$15 is a very reasonable price for them when you consider that they have $30 DLC for sale. If just half of the purchasers go on to buy DLC, then they get an additional $15 for each sale which makes actual revenue equal to $30 per copy which is quite good for a year old title. It also makes purchasers more likely to buy ME3, but I won't attempt to quantify that number since it is so uncertain and would also need to be discounted back by a year.

 

[KentState]

Oblivion was the same way when it launched on the PS3. It was $60 new while the 360 and PC versions were already discounted down to $20-30. Basically it is $15 + $45 DLC for the 360 or $60 everything on the PS3. No price difference at all.

 

[RagingBITCH]

I'm struggling to think of a game that doesn't lose 75% of it's value in a year...

Any of the games you have referenced in your own signature

 

[ChickenShwarma]

Would people want to play ME2 without playing ME1?

 

[taltamir]

Would people want to play ME2 without playing ME1?

I don't know what people would WANT, but I don't recommend that they do. It is a very plot heavy RPG, so you should play them in order.

 

[gorcorps]

I don't know what people would WANT, but I don't recommend that they do. It is a very plot heavy RPG, so you should play them in order.

Not to mention that the choices you made in ME1 carry over to 2, so the plot is slightly tailored to you personally. You also get to start with large money and experience boosts if you import a ME1 carracter. The higher the lvl of the character the better the boosts.

 

[taltamir]

Not to mention that the choices you made in ME1 carry over to 2, so the plot is slightly tailored to you personally. You also get to start with large money and experience boosts if you import a ME1 carracter. The higher the lvl of the character the better the boosts.

oh yes. if you don't import an ME1 savegame it will make a bunch of default decisions for you. And those are not ideal, that is, a lot of times they assume you would outright fail side-quests, or take the renegade or neutral path. Definitely better if you have a save to import.