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ArenaNet has announced that pricing for Guild Wars 2 will permanently be reduced in order to bring new players into the aggressively updated game at unprecedented levels. From now on, players can purchase Guild Wars 2 for $49.99 for the standard edition and $69.99 for the digital deluxe edition.
ArenaNet planned the announcement for 11:00 a.m. EDT today but other sites have broken the embargo set by the development and publishing teams.
In a game that has become the new standard in MMO game development and with the new price points, we expect the world of Tyria will become the new online destination for new role players and those looking for an ever-changing gaming experience.
More information will be available on the Guild Wars 2 site after the embargo officially lifts at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
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I think it was $60 before... I know, not really a big drop, eh?
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This minor change in price isn't going to bring in new players i am afraid.
50 bucks is a standard price for new games any ways.
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I was hoping for a Steam holiday special for like $9.99
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I was unrealistically expecting to see 29.99, but still. $50 is totally worth it as far as I'm concerned. It's just not necessarily "announcement" worthy.
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Played the game during beta weekends, wasn't impressed enough to buy it or make the switch from my current MMO.
$50 really isn't enough of an incentive to get me to check it out again, sorry to say.
Wow, watch those players flock to the game for a whole whopping $10 off! Whewwww! Your going to have people swarming in now with the standard price of PC games...
Then again, perhaps with server populations a lot lower now yes, getting 1 or 2 players waiting to save that whole $10 that held them off from buying will load up the servers.
In all seriousness... I just chuckled at the message, not that it was $10 off which was kind of entertaining, but how they worded it making it sound as if they set some standard AND people will flock to it to for that mighty price drop. Even if you did set some standardANET, $10 wouldn't be enough to make that happen.
Got my pre-purchase back in the day for 34€, white dvd-box with the key and all (no cd-key > email scam site etc), gotta love the tax-paradise island that's part of our country, but still has it's own tax-laws
I grab all my games from there, always tax-free, save around 15-20€ per game
They need to make their profits somehow, main income for the game is from box sales after all, but I would be pressed to say that market income wouldn't be soon catching the box sales income because anet keeps on adding cool items there.
And honestly, $50 is even more a reason to buy it compared to when it was $60.
Also I still cannot understand why people bash on the game just because it wasnt for their liking, there is absolutely no denying that this game is good, even more so for just plain $50.
If players haven't bought the game yet I don't see a price change of $10 being a major deciding factor, but who knows..
Bashing a game not to their liking, there is absolutely no denying that the game is good? So what is it, someone doesn t like it, so they are wrong because it s good? Odd sentence. Lets try this. Not sure why people praise this game because they like it, theres no doubt it s a terrible game, theres no denying that.
That's my response as well. Holy cats. If nothing else, it's one of the most expensive MMOs to initially buy into, even at the "reduced" price.
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ArenaNet reduces GW2 by $10..
The mmorpg.com community: What?! That's it?! What a joke lol!!!
ArenaNet reduces the price by $30..
The mmorpg.com community: LOL!!! They cut the price in half already! GW2 is failing so hard! LOL
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