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Games on Demand Pricing Still Sucks

Microsoft added two new games today to their Xbox 360 Games on Demand service, Call of Duty 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Both games are priced at $29.99 in the US. A quick look at GameStop's website shows you can pick them a bit cheaper.

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fiercescuba5306d ago

Why pay $30 for something you can get for $15?

drunkpandas5306d ago

It was similar with Bioshock being $19.99 new at GameStop and $29.99 on Games on Demand.

Mr_Bun5306d ago

You would think that MS would charge a lot less for these in order for people to buy up their larger HDDs

Blaze9295306d ago (Edited 5306d ago )

Once again, people dont understand that you cannot price digital games cheaper than retail. Why? You cannot upset retail. Retailers are like EA, its their way or the highway and they need retail just like the big 3 needs EA.

Games on Demand pricing doesnt "suck", its where it SHOULD be at. Both Call of Duty 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 are $29.99 MSRP at retail NEW. We're not talking about used sales becuase used sales only go to that retailer and no one else.

Although I agree, digital games should be cheaper than physical games becuase you eliminate all the supplies needed like the box, box art, manual, disc etc etc. BUT again, they CANT do that becuase if they do, everyone will just buy digital games and retail sales will be lower than ever. And like I said, they need the retail support.

Look at whats happening in some shops in Europe with the PSP Go, they totally refuse to sell the device becuase it'll cut into their market share and the chances of that customer never coming back to that store are risen greatly.

AridSpider5306d ago

Don't waste your time trying to explain to people who cant comprehend. Its meaningless on this website.

Mr_Bun5306d ago (Edited 5306d ago )

Ok, you don't have to sell them cheaper, but do they have to sell them more expensive?...Full games on the PSN are alwasy the same price as the hard copy found at retail.

CoD 3 is 19.99 at retail...brand new...not 29.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/site...

Redempteur5306d ago

Sooo 30$ for a 3 years old game is the right price ?

Sorry but no .. The point of these sales is to get the people who didn't care about the game in the first place . And they should do it with the price ...
If they don't make a little effort on the price .. what's the point ?

So the ^pricing sucks..

Tony P5306d ago

So quick to blame MS. I was too.

But Sony can't get it right either. It is not as simple as you think it is for any of these companies. There were a few articles posted here for the Go's download pricing last week. Go read them. The prices are not better.

MNicholas5306d ago

instant gratification and each extra dollar more of the download's price goes 100% towards profit.

It sounds wrong but charging more for downloads actually make sense.

They probably realize that lowering the price of downloaded games by $5-10 will literally cut their profit/game in half. Unless doing cutting the download price by that amount more than doubles download sales it's better to keep the price high.

It can also drive sales of hard-drives on which they make massive profits.

ThanatosDMC5306d ago

The Go pricing are gonna go down apparently to "fit" with the retail counterparts. Though i would rather get them for less than in retail since there's no hardcopy involved.

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fiercescuba5306d ago

Things should be cheaper when you DL the, as opposed to buying the disc, case, etc. The overhead is way down and so should the pricing.

drunkpandas5306d ago

Yeah, you'd think shaving a couple bucks off would encourage people to want to move to digital distribution. The PSPgo is a prime example. But in this case, for older games, it's just a case of someone wanting to rape your wallet.

ForROME5306d ago

This $hit makes no sense and frankly pisses me off.

A) MS touted LIve back in the day, came out with it and Rocked the house

That was a good move

B) They tout Digital DLs and blow it right out of the gate with high prices

So let me get this straight, your not paying shipping, your not paying for packaging but your charging the same? Reaaaaaaaaaally?!

Smells like crap to me, not the smartest way to tell the consumer that DLs are better

juanvan5306d ago

I purchased 360 Bio shock game only for 5$ on Ebay - GOD 30$
I purchased PS3 FF Tactics on ebay 10$ and GOD - 10$

Seems like the ps3 might have something here..

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All Call of Duty Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "Call of Duty has to be the most recognizable franchise on the planet. They didn’t get that way by only making a handful of games.

COD has a long and storied career. Launching as a PC WW2 first-person shooter, Call of Duty has gone through numerous makeovers and been on just about every system. The series has gone through some serious highs and tragic lows. I’ll be looking at each Call of Duty game, the good the bad, and the ugly."

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UnSelf789d ago

Vanguard better be at the fkn bottom. Can’t believe ppl haven’t eviscerated that game with all its lacking

Minimoth789d ago

Yeah, it's close to the bottom. There are a couple of worse ones. Infinite Warfare definitely deserves its place.

KyRo789d ago

There's a number a lot worse than Vangaurd. It's also a lot better than that car crash Treyarch released before it.

XbladeTeddy789d ago

World at War is my favourite. Didn't know the N-Gage had a Call of Duty.

MadLad789d ago

Same for me.
I was never huge into Call of Duty, but I sunk a lot of time into WaW.
Both the campaign and the multiplayer are on point. Wouldn't mind a remaster.

I quit on CoD for a long while. Though I'm the odd man out that actually really enjoyed the campaign for WWII, being I got it through Humble monthly way back when.

TheLigX789d ago

I really enjoyed the Infinite campaign. Multiplayer... not so much.

Yppupdam789d ago

I agree, The Infinite campaign feels more like it's own thing that they slapped the CoD name on. If it stood on it's own, (sans the CoD name) I think it could have been it's own scifi franchise. And a damn good looking game, to boot. I never bothered to play the multiplayer.

victorMaje789d ago

MW 2019 apart from the desastrous file sizes is way better than AW.

MadLad788d ago

That was one I grabbed for Playstation because it pretty much just came out during the Redbox purge of videogames, and I got it for dirt cheap.

It was great coming home to an update every night, and watching one game eat up almost half my console's memory.

Amplitude789d ago (Edited 789d ago )

Will get disagrees but Infinite Warfare campaign was really good. Decent story, set pieces were amazing and if it didn't have the CoD game on it I'm sure people would have been more into it. Advanced Warfare was alright too. Titanfall 2 was just 1000 times better than both but I enjoyed them for their campaigns. I literally barely gaf about the story I'm in it for the set pieces and 5 hours of being stoned watching cool nonsense happen if I'm in the mood to play a CoD campaign. If I'm looking for a deep plot I'm gonna go somewhere else.
Ghosts was the worst story-wise though lol that cliffhanger ending was so bs.

Also MW 2019 was sick and is one of the best CoD games in yeeeears not sure why it's so low on this dude's list. Campaign was great, multiplayer was great and Warzone was fun for a while. Over it now but shrugs.

Beat the Vanguard campaign too but I can't even remember a single thing about it other than that it felt like it was 45 minutes long. Might be the most forgettable thing I've ever played lol just fully erased from my brain

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After Assassin’s Creed III, these 7 Ubisoft games need a remaster

There’s more to Ubisoft’s back catalogue than its Templar-bothering flagship franchise and we’re here to prove it. By grovelling for remasters, of course.

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RosweeSon1842d ago

They need a hard reboot haha

airshiraz1842d ago

splinter cell?graphics is really good and uptodate .splinter cell conviction

RosweeSon1842d ago

Sorry but Ubisoft games in general don’t need remasters they get revised yearly enough as it is.
What next let’s remaster EA games I’d love to play Fifa 95 now 🤦🏻‍♂️😜

annoyedgamer1842d ago

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare.

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With COD WW 2 rumoured this year, let’s look at the series' best World War 2 moments

If the rumours are true then COD will be returning to World War 2 this year. The evidence is strong: by Activision’s own words the series is “going back to its roots” for its next instalment. There’s also some leaked art and steelbook covers that, while still unconfirmed, definitely look the business. With that in mind let’s take a look back at some of the series’ greatest WW2 moments. From weird and quirky levels that have you crawling through a pipe, to all out warfare against impossible odds or battling fighter planes in a bomber falling apart in midair. Moments like these can get lost in the cycling din of yearly iterations, so let’s take a moment to appreciate some of Call of Duty’s stand out levels.

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Asuka2560d ago

WaW was my favorite WW2 Cod. Even too this day i think it is my favorite CoD because of the atmosphere/tone of the game.