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Old 07-15-2008, 05:26 AM  
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what's with game prices -_-?

I noticed how some games are use to be 49.99 but few weeks/month later, the price of the game shrinks to 29.99 or 39.99
why?
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haha yeah exactly. just about all new release nintendo wii games are $99.99. consider yourselves lucky


i remember paying $120 for perfect dark when it was released.
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yea im pretty sure the amount of work you guys put in to get 100$ is the same for us only its 70$ (just saying)
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OMG you guys can **** off
In the UK we pay £40 a game. Which if you convert it is $80US, While you pay $50 a game
I can't shout at Australia cause they feel our pain too
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OMG you guys can **** off
In the UK we pay £40 a game. Which if you convert it is $100 US so :P
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no im just saying that if you work for a day here you get like 70 but over their im not sure but you probably get 100, im saying their equal, god dont have to get pissed
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yea im pretty sure the amount of work you guys put in to get 100$ is the same for us only its 70$ (just saying)

not on some peoples earnings. like myself for instance


i earnt $84 per day after tax last year.


but you were onto something there, nice thinking
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OMG you guys can **** off
In the UK we pay £40 a game. Which if you convert it is $80US, While you pay $50 a game
I can't shout at Australia cause they feel our pain too

it's more like £45.99 - £49.99 now...thats like a months worth of food for one
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haha yeah exactly. just about all new release nintendo wii games are $99.99. consider yourselves lucky


i remember paying $120 for perfect dark when it was released.

Yes I'm pretty sure donkey kong 64 was £60
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I noticed how some games are use to be 49.99 but few weeks/month later, the price of the game shrinks to 29.99 or 39.99
why?
Because nobody has been buyin it
You should learn to wait a few weeks

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no im just saying that if you work for a day here you get like 70 but over their im not sure but you probably get 100, im saying their equal, god dont have to get pissed

Was speaking in general to the fact that we pay alot more. Wasn't replying to you
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yea im pretty sure the amount of work you guys put in to get 100$ is the same for us only its 70$ (just saying)

Regardless, you pay around $50 for a game, we pay $100. That equals about $98 US. So, even if there is a thirty dollar difference between the "amount of work" we do, we are still paying an extra $20. Don't think it's much? Try forking out an extra $20 just for the "fun" of it next time you buy something.
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Regardless, you pay around $50 for a game, we pay $100. That equals about $98 US. So, even if there is a thirty dollar difference between the "amount of work" we do, we are still paying an extra $20. Don't think it's much? Try forking out an extra $20 just for the "fun" of it next time you buy something.

Oh no what i meant was completly different, im not saying that you guys a re being cheap what i was trying to say was that in an average work day here you get 70 bucks i thought that over their you would get 100 bucks if you worked the same amount of hours
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For that very reason, I try to wait a couple weeks before I buy a game. And rarely pre-order. Unless it's something that's really hyped, and could be difficult to get. (like Guitar Hero, and Mario Kart)

But I too noticed the price drop thing, about a month ago. I got Speed Racer the day it came out. Most sites showed it as $49, I found it at Toys R US for $29, they upped the price a week later to $49, and in a matter of a couple weeks, most places are at $29.

Shop around for the best deals!!
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