Xbox Live Games on Demand Partially Priced: BioShock $30, Mass Effect $20

uhh.. some of these games are cheaper in physical form. Are we paying for convenience and shouldn't it be the other way around?

Interesting that MS has gotten the infrastructure for digital downloads in place. Now were it not for the prices, it seems this will spell the end of gamestop.

Interesting that MS has gotten the infrastructure for digital downloads in place. Now were it not for the prices, it seems this will spell the end of gamestop.

Interesting that MS has gotten the infrastructure for digital downloads in place. Now were it not for the prices, it seems this will spell the end of gamestop.

I bet when this is in England they just switch the dollar sign for a pound sign.

These prices aren't that bad, coming to think of it. If we compare this with STEAM they expect Europeans to pay over +50-60% for the same product.
For example; Warhammer 40.000 Dawn of War 2: 49$ in the US and 49€ in Europe. Atleast these prices are reasonable if you're buying the Microsoft Points online, or is doing a direct purschase, looking at the prices in stores.

But still - online distribution has to be alot cheaper. It's virtually free to distribute applications online, yet they are always alot more expensive than in stores where there's a physical product, materials, shipping, logistics and all that stuff taken into consideration. Which is just downright amazingly retarded.

This is also why it's easy to justify "chipping"/flashing your system - becuase the publishers are so greedy they can't see past their piles of money.

Any idea if prices in Canada are going to be the same?

HAHAHAHA! I'm calling out VERGS and Hellimania over what I predicted on the prices:

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20592791

And I pretty much stand by the rest of my comment as well.

Mass effect is $99.99 AUD what the fuck!!! In store you would be hard pressed to find someone asking more than $40! Looks like us Aussies get shafted again

Call of Duty 2 - $29.99


Bitch!

Is you crazy?

Bitch!

I can get WaW cheaper than that.

Fuck is the deal?

:)

Now see and this is exactly what the fuck I'm talking about. Fucking digital downloads this and digital downloads that. Uggggghhh!!! Digital downloads are more expensive than retail games ever! I can find a brand new CoD2 for a $5.

Get to fuck out! Dirty ass bitch!

At Newegg, which offers free shipping, you can save $15 over this on Call of Duty 2, $10 each on BioShock, Lego Star Wars, and Viva Pinata, and $2 each on Assassin's Creed and Oblivion. The other games list for exactly the same prices as on Live, but include all the benefits of a physical copy.

I guess Microsoft doesn't really care to take a bite out of used game sales. Otherwise, they'd have priced these things a little better.

I never played assassins creed, and I still won't at that price.

Why do companies think they can ignore the rest of the market when it comes to digital distribution? Half of these games can be found cheaper at the store at their current selling price. Publishers sure think they can just charge whatever they want.

Wow. I expect these prices to drop quickly. $30 for Call of Duty 2? Good lord. I take back everything I said in the previous thread on price speculation. This is gouging.

Price for tiny proprietary hard drive to store these: $300

OK so I exaggerated but that's about right! ;)