Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Price Revealed

It appears as though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be available with a recommended retail price (RRP) of £54.99, just as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops both were, and that it will be available from 8th November 2011.

[user9422077]

Activision milking UK consumers again, and again, and again.

[Fishy Fingers]

Only the foolish ones who dont shop around. They always have price wars at supermarkets over COD. Never paid over £30 for one.

[ugabugaz]

Wish we had supermarket wars around the US :(
30 GBP comes around to $48 dollars.

[Fishy Fingers]

Ha, it would actually be less, as 20% of that is VAT (tax), so closer to $40.

[iamnsuperman]

Sainsbury's is defiantly one to look out for. I think it was £26ish for MW2 on day one. Love it when supermarkets compete with each other.

[I_find_it_funny]

not buying

[evrfighter1]

Even the pricing has a reveal...jeez

[Emmettcelticfan]

the deal in tesco near me was you got £20 PSN card or £20 worth of microsoft points if you bought black ops which was £40. so essentially you could spend the £20 on items in the store or save it for the maps

[BlackKnight]

There are taxes here as well, just depends on the state/county.

Sales Tax here is 8.25% :(

God California pisses me off sometimes. Thank goodness for Steam being out-of-state though :)

[Lifendz]

MW2, I bought day one. less than 2 weeks later I was back to COD4. Black Ops purchased day one, and I eventually left for BFBC2.

Not falling for this again. The hacks, glitches, bugs, etc are just too big a distraction. Activision got me twice, but there won't be a third time.

I don't think Bad Company 3 will surpass MW3, but I do think it'll do well enough to make Activision get a little nervous.

[gamingdroid]

Mine is around 8.75% in San Diego County.

However, areas like San Francisco (I used to live there), have taxes as high as 9.75%.

Of course, places like Norway has a 25% sales tax, and it is just automatically included in the price somewhat hidden. I don't know if they changed that, but the culture is, it's fine for me to pay more if everyone has it better.

The problem? People there don't have it better because they pay more taxes, it is because of the oil money!!!

Anyhow, I hate taxes in California as well. State is going downhill at this rate.

[Scrotie_McBoogerball]

I don't know about you guys but I haven'y bought a COD since WaW.

They charge $99-120 in Australia day one.

Seeing as we are $1.10 US at the moment it is FUCKING disgusting seeing as in the US it's mostly $40-60.

[jessupj]

@ Scrotie_McBoogerball

It's because there's only 1 wholesaler here so there no competition. You're absolutely right though, it's absolutely disgusting. My blood boils everytime I'm reminded of it.

That's why I ALWAYS buy online. Ebay is a god send. I can buy new high profile games for $45-$60 inc postage. Only thing is I have to wait 1-2 weeks for it to get here from the UK or USA so I miss out of that 'feeling' of community of being the first few to play it but it's worth it.

[jetlian]

its your gov that makes it so high. all the contries listed impose import taxes which ends up on your games

[wsoutlaw87]

No sales tax in New Hampshire

[Fil101]

yeah i get my games from asda or tescos

[Sony360]

Buying their game, regardless of where from, will still be rewarding this kind of behavior from them. They still get the same cut.

I won't be buying this game even if it's £25. Haven't done since COD4. Battlefield is the superior series that doesn't try to milk its fans.

[Anarki]

This ones set on England, so lets milk the English moar money! herp

[LOGICWINS]

If consumers are dumb enough to fall for it...thats their problem. If your selling apples for $3 each and you KNOW a competitor is selling them for $2.50...would you inform your customers that they could be saving 50 cents?

[DarkCharizard_]

Activision milking UK consumers Modern Warfare, and Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

that is alot more than $60 right?

[JamieLeeC93]

Yeah $83.46 haha

[bumnut]

Thats RRP, most games have an RRP of £49.99 but are priced at £39.99 so it is only £5 more.

But its still a rip!

[Trroy]

$60 + 10% sales tax == $66
$66 / 0.75 for ~25% combined federal+state income tax = $88
$66 / 0.8 for ~20% combined federal+state income tax = $82.50

Since VAT is basically sales + income tax, it's really about the same, although it varies depending on which US state you live in, of course -- some of them have no income tax, and some others have no sales tax. One has neither, to my recollection (New Hampshire? I forget)

[wsoutlaw87]

yep NH nas no state income or sales taxes. I live there but go to college in CT and it took me like 3 times to get used to the fact i have to bring more than 60$ when buying a game.

[Sony360]

@bumnut

Bottom line: It's £15 more than any other brand new game you'll find in retail stores.

[BeastlyRig]

home much is €54.99 in usd??

[AEtherbane]

If you have to ask...

[NateCole]

Well, a lot of people like being milked. I only bought MWF1. Because of my no resell policy i still have it.

Its the same sh1t every year but i guess some people just like the same sh1t every year. Its their money though so can't really say much about it.

[TVippy]

And americans still get it for measly $60? BULLSHIT!

[user1337]

Crazy isnt it. Although I did buy both mw2 and black-ops, I got them for under £25 from sainsbury's lol.

[hiredhelp]

http://www.shopto.net/page....

£45 max free deliery if you foolish enough to line activisions pockets.
For thoes who have a brain know whats good for them.
Same place can get battlefied 3 from same shop £39 max and limted edition..

[rabidpancakeburglar]

What a shocker a cod game that's gonna sell for £45, never thought I'd see that

/s

[rabidpancakeburglar]

How can anyone disagree with that comment? the going price for a new cod in most stores is usually always £45

[arjman]

It's £54.99

[rabidpancakeburglar]

That's the RRP, the games get sold for £10 cheaper than the RRP in most stores

[Sony360]

You don't seem to understand plain English when you see it, rabidpancakeburgler.

All games have a RRP. Most(if not ALL) sell for less. This article is stating that MW3 won't be selling for less like ALL OTHER GAMES DO, and will cost an insulting £55.

[NukaCola]

Uh every game is basically the same price. It's usually really expensive, unless it's a shovelware game, which are sometimes too expensive still. Am I missing something?

The best bet is to shop around. I always rack up tons of credit on Amazon. Buying the last three games just purchased be inFAMOUS 2 for free, so it's pretty sweet to be honest.

[iHEARTboobs]

I always order from amazon. Was about to pre-order infamous 2 but after seeing the Kessler skin in action, i'm going with Best Buy.

[AKissFromDaddy]

Amazon gets the Reaper skin though, looks cool.
Link : http://tinyurl.com/3qgxnzg

[Mr PS3]

That until tesco advertise it for 25 quid
It's worth 25 quid but not a penny more

[MidnytRain]

Almost all full retail games for the 360 and PS3 are priced this way. Why is this considered news?

[bumnut]

Not true, they usually have an RRP of £49.99 but sell for £39.99

Not sure why Activision think cod is worth an extra fiver

[MidnytRain]

To maximize profits because they know lots of people will buy the game.

[guigsy]

Doesn't matter, supermarkets always try to undercut each other on launch day, meaning it will cost significantly less.

[CarlosX360]

Exactly. I still don't get how this piece of news is #1 of N4G news. Baffles me. If news like this is getting this much traffic, I'd be posting it by now.

[nopunctuation]

Come on is this even news?

[AtomicGerbil]

What a surprise, RRP £10 higher than most other games out there.

Activision ask us why all the hate, here's one reason.

[NarooN]

The only way I can see this is news is because Activision just loves bamboozling people out of money. $15 USD for a FUCKING map pack? GTFO.

[xtremexx]

lol BULLSH*T, Sainsburys and Tesco FTW - Only £25-£30

[Der_Kommandant]

Addicts will do anything to get the money for their next fix

[IGAMEHARD]

60 dollars 4 the game and an additional 60 for maps... lol doesnt quite balance out 2 me... i'll never buy CoD DLC

[thegreatest7884]

What a shocker. That's sarcasm, by the way.

[vicechris]

i only bought the world at war DLC.
now the new Cod DLC is $15 with no new weapons or feats.

[tompoulo]

LOL! Seriously Activision???? Bigger price tag than any other game out there?
I was planning on buying Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 both day 1 but at this price I am gonna buy Battlefield 3 and rent Modern Warfare 3. I just can't stand the price tactics Activision is using. I mean seriosuly whats next? Monthly fee???

[DeFFeR]

You're only JUST realizing this? This started years ago...

[SuperSaiyan4]

Will have to look better and have destructable environments to even consider getting that over BF3.

[ian72]

£54.99, or about that price, is what game shops will charge. Supermarkets have good deals on day one with high selling titles, MW2 was £26 at Sainsbury's and £32 at Asda. Black ops was only £25 at Tesco if you got a £20 PSN voucher at same time.
All supermarkets will sell this game for £39.99 or less.
I never buy new from game shops, always go to supermarkets. Game shops are alright for used games, but supermarkets like Tesco are doing used games now.

[lizard81288]

54.99 EUR = 78.1474 USD

so more or less, with a straight conversion, it will cost you $78
I could only assume, they would round up to $80

[jetlian]

and most non usa people think its 60 here more like 64-66 after taxes. Add on import charges countries add and overall higher taxes in those countries and 80 sounds right

[DrillaKid]

Most places dont sell at the rrp. The price will be £40 in most places but the supermarkets might go £25 for a few days like mw2.

[Cosmit]

People really love to hate COD...
Seriously why is this news? Its gonna be the same price as other games..... $59.99
What's the big deal?

[DeFFeR]

It's not $60 in the UK... read the article much?

NOT the same price as other games... THAT is why it's news...

[AtomicGerbil]

While I agree that most game stores will sell for £40 to £45 and supermarkets will sell for £25 to £30 the point being made is that nearly every premium title RRP is £44.99 and this is £54.99.

This is what Activision want to see it sold for. It speaks volumes about their attitude to the consumer that has given them billions for what is basically the same game since MW1.

[Rahim92]

Didn't every new release had a fixed price ? which was $60 ?

[NarooN]

$ =/= £.

[pepsilover_2007]

good thing bout cod is that when one comes out the last one(which is the same game anyways) is cheaper :)

[jay2]

You do know that the COD loves will get the standared edition of COD will be about £70 in a couple of years.

[Hitman0769]

its 7,000$. Period.

[FaSCoRP]

why this crap "new" is on the top five ? a price for a game is one of the most viewed news ? (oh crap I also read it)

[KillerPwned]

What is so special about the price of MW3? It should be the same as any other game. This game is nothing special at all.

Now if it was a huge Military Simulator that be a different story.