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    Mass Effect 2

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Jan 26, 2010

    After a violent death by an unknown force and a timely reanimation by the human supremacist organization Cerberus, Commander Shepard must assemble a new squad in the seedier side of the galaxy for a suicide mission in the second installment of the "Mass Effect" trilogy.

    £47.99

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    #1  Edited By BomberDude

    Can someone please explain to me to reasoning behind such absurd pricing? This is the UK PSN store pricing for Mass Effect 2. I figured the digital download copy should be a fair bit cheaper than the hard copy considering there is no manufacturing costs (at least I don't think so).

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    #2  Edited By Yummylee

    People like money.

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    #3  Edited By TheDudeOfGaming

    DAYUM...thats a lot to be asking for a game thats been out for a year -.-

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    #4  Edited By Gizmo

    I guess game publishers want to start pushing the 'real' RRP of £49.99... 

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    #5  Edited By BomberDude

    I just don't get why I would wanna pay more for a version of the game that doesn't have a disc and a box, and instead just takes up a crazy amount of space on my hard drive

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    #6  Edited By BraveToaster
    That seems reasonable, considering that it is a new release for PS3.
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    #7  Edited By PhatSeeJay
    @BomberDude said:
    " I just don't get why I would wanna pay more for a version of the game that doesn't have a disc and a box, and instead just takes up a crazy amount of space on my hard drive "
    The cost for them to produce digital copies isn't significantly less. Sure it's not as much as producing a game box but holding server databases to download from is an expense as well.
    Also I get a feeling they ask for that price in the beginning to prevent getting heat from retailers since it would be in direct competition with them if that were the case.
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    #8  Edited By BomberDude
    @PhatSeeJay:  Ah I see, that makes sense
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    #9  Edited By deactivated-57beb9d651361
    @Axxol said:

    " That seems reasonable, considering that it is a new release for PS3. "

    No, it doesn't. 
     
    £40 is the universal asking price in almost all games retailers.  
     
    If they start charging the RRP of £50, then I will more or less give up gaming. That's the equivalent of $80.
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    #10  Edited By fraser

    I saw this last night. 
     
    Tbh I'm not surprised. The majority of the PSN prices are WHACK. Even long after release.
     
    Assassin's Creed 1 is in the January sale, only £16.99!

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    #11  Edited By Vaile
    @Abyssfull said:
    " People like money. "
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    #12  Edited By Jace

    I got it on steam for $15 or $20. lol.

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    #13  Edited By Azteck
    @TheDudeOfGaming said:
    " DAYUM...thats a lot to be asking for a game thats been out for a year -.- "
    Look up Modern Warfare 2, then we'll talk.
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    #14  Edited By SammydesinasNL

    You get it on xbox for a fiver.
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    #15  Edited By Burns098356GX
    @BomberDude said:
    " Can someone please explain to me to reasoning behind such absurd pricing? This is the UK PSN store pricing for Mass Effect 2. I figured the digital download copy should be a fair bit cheaper than the hard copy considering there is no manufacturing costs (at least I don't think so). "
    theres your answer.
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    #16  Edited By Vanek

    That's so damn stupid.  Who would pay more for the digital version? 
     
    That price is in the greedy Activision zone, but really the prices for full game downloads are always messed up.  I haven't bothered with the PSN for some time but the Xbox 360 games on demand prices are also too high. 
     
    You can go into a retail shop and buy it for £39.99 band new and I much prefer having a physical copy ...

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    #17  Edited By tobygw

    Because retail stores such as Gamestop don't like it when companies make their product cheaper to download then it is in their store. If all the games on psn were cheaper than in stores, gamestop would lose a ton of customers. So for now to keep the retailers happy, they price them equally.

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