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So many people buying it we managed to keep the purchase site crashing almost all night long.
lol agreed.
oh noes, some random angry man on the internet isn't impressed!
Games like GW2/D1/D2/D3 do not drop to bargain basement prices overnight as a matter of fact they stay the same price for at least 2 years so wait if you want but it likely wont get any cheaper unless you are willing to wait a minimum of 6 months to save maybe 5 dollars on a game that has no sub fee to begin with and keep in mind the more successful the game the longer you have to wait to see lower prices and GW2 is going to be very successful...
Different strokes for different folks!
I will be enjoying testing GW2 on beta weekends instead of losing out to hope i will save a few bucks and get a little more polish..
Playing GW2..
£39 and no sub...?
Seems like a better the normal price point for a AAA MMO to me tbh.
I don't get the the drama wailing, but then I expect some posters are just earning a living.
No I get angry when bandwagon fans rush a game, then rush out just as fast as they bought the game causing a extremely toxic community for months. It gets old time and time again watching this same pattern.
Instead of saying "well Rift/WoW/AoC/TOR" was just expensive the response SHOULD BE "Do research on the game and then decide?". This "well everyone else is jumping off the bridge, so I might as approach" to convincing people to buy a game is idiotic.
I really can't stop laughing at all those rant threads popping magically on the first day of pre-purchase. This was so predictable, but yet so dumb.
Prices were being known for a long time, it's a bit late to wake up in rage, don't you think ?
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I'm not sure what games OP has been playing the last 2 or 3 years. Games being priced at 59.99 is nothing new, the price increases have been coming for a while. I remember when it was big debate for the consoles when X360 and PS3 started charging 50 and 60 dollars for games.
This is pretty much the average pricing on high-end games. I'm not suprised by it, I think the OP just needs to do a little more research there.
PM before you report at least or you could just block.
Ok for all the idiots:
I pay 60 euros for GW2 and...I never pay again...
I pay 40 euros for wow (at launch! Let's make it cheap) and pay 15 euros every month!
THUS:
If I play wow for 2 months I have paid 70 euros!! WHICH means that gw2 is cheaper then wow AND all other subscription model mmorpgs that are out there!
now stop whining and go flush yourself in some toilet please..
"Isn't a raid plundering villages in WoW or something like that?" - Robert Desable
They expect everything to be free. The original Guild Wars spoiled everyone.
Grim Dawn, the next great action rpg!
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So dont buy it, wont miss you.
For the life of me I cannot understand what it is you're going on about, but you don't seem to be on the mark.
The OP is talking about Guild Wars 2 being overpriced in Europe. Many have responded saying, in the US, it's the same price as any other game. I'm not sure why this is, but EU and US are paying disproportionate amounts of money for the same editions of the game.
I don't recall anyone asking you to jump off a bridge.
i would think you are liking to pain and trouble yourself somehow, because with these expectatione why are you even following the game. Because basicly
1) is something that ArenaNet is not eving aiming for. I think you are dreaming of another game
2) ArenaNet have already stated long time ago that the dynimic event system in most case would not scale to over 10-15 people. So why do you expect more?
3) there really is no endgame ! The game starts at lvl 1, and its the same game at lvl 80. How can that part be hard to get. Honest oppinions you already have, but maybe some you can belive at next bwe.
4) why do you think you can stop people qouting TB and other reviev-celeberties ?? Just becuase you dont care for their oppinion, why should there praise not be mentioned?
I think you are troubling yourself alot with thesse demands.
And basicly claiming that you are not remotely interested just sounds like being in denial with the activities you actual put into following this game? Have you considered that ?
I am sure your one man crusade will change the internet.
But, must say... you are coming across as quite toxic seeming for a guy complaining about a 'toxic commmunity'... maybe there is a better way for to express yourself then anger.
For the OP the Anet website charges $80 (49.99 British Pounds) for the normal digital edition (that is a 33% difference with the US price). Which is not average priced at all.
so many "not interested" haters which wont buy the overhyped game, but still behind the closed doors will buy and play it. gg.
i guess every game needs its trolls and haters. who cares about them, sorry dumb ppl.
Well, I ordered my prepurchase on Amazon for ~49 Euro. That's pretty standard.
I agree that the price is pretty high for the British gamers, but I guess you could find a retailer offering the game at your usual price tag. You just need to look harder and have some luck.
/shrug... I paid £39 for the GF's standard version, which was completely in line with what I was expecting.
Has it occured to you that Anet charge more by agreement with their retail partners? The reasons to do it this way should be pretty obvious...
hahahaha, like 5 months ago I said that the box and expansions would be more expensive than other mmos. Oh man, how much fodder I caught for that.
Glad to see I can say " I told you so".
Are we taking into concern conversions and the like? I'm not trying to debate this too hard, but there are many tarriffs and such I'm sure UK people might be running into that us as NA consumers might not have to incur.
I can't justify it either way don't know enough about it to be honest. /shrug
PM before you report at least or you could just block.
Its a difference of £10 or $15 dollars actually. Its why all other brand new games that are $60 in the US are only £40 in the UK. That is the correct conversion, including VAT.
Well, here in the US, TOR and Rift were $59.99...
Guild Wars 2 is $59.99...
Personally, I never doubted that the box price would cost any less than $59.99...
So here's a picture of a spaceship launching.
Well, we can guess what we want. But the OP just compared to other games he bought for full price. Thats the only thing he can really go on. And I agree that he should shop around, but still all this doesnt explain the huge price difference.
I expected a higher price then US price, which is often also the case with subs etc when you have to pay in pounds or euros, but never seen a 33% increase yet. That is very steep.
Also I wonder if you can even compare to the US price, because that price has 10% sales tax included. Which is a consumer tax for american citizens. VAT should replace that when the item is exported, so the difference in price can be even higher.
Guild Wars 2 is $59.99...
Personally, I never doubted that the box price would cost any less than $59.99...
So here's a picture of a spaceship launching.
TOR and RIFT are P2P service games not F2P cash shop games. I can't think of a F2P cash shop game that charges an up front fee to play. Paying an extra $60 and not getting game shop gems seems steep to me.
It's not a F2P title with in built walls to force you in to the cash shop, it's a B2P title with a discretionary cash shop, the quality and content of the game is far superior to that of any built for F2P game. You get what you pay for
hahahaha, i still paid 60 euros for GW2,same price as SW:TOR. The only overpricing is going on is for brittish people and they can still get it cheaper if they do a little research.
Glad to see people not being able to use their brain.
TOR and Rift in the UK were £39.99. Guild Wars 2 is £50.
Solution? Region locking!