I'm not sure what the pricing for your guys regions are. Here, it's showing as £64.99 and £44.99.

For comparison, a typical pc game in the UK costs £29.99. With console games costing £39.99. The price point here, is more than double the price of a pc game.

Are they trying to take the piss? Seriously. I'v seen some price hikes but this isn't just, slightly hire, it's mount everest.

Are you talking about the new Sim City? It is a normal priced game her in Merica.

Thats odd.

Unfortunately, the time of the PC game being £29.99 passed a while ago. Still, these prices are ridiculous.

Are you talking about the new Sim City? It is a normal priced game her in Merica.

@DeeGee: I buy retail games from the UK and that's pretty much the standard price for boxed PC games.

On Origin however my recent purchase for ME3 cost me 50 euros which is close to double the price i usually pay for new stuff on PC and i don't even get a shiny box!

Add to that the fact that most new steam games i buy i get for like 35$ for buying from GMG.

Origin has a really shity pricing scheme.

thats probably because they took the price its being sold in the states and just copy pasted it into your country.

When I go to http://www.greenmangaming.co.uk/ I see a Guild Wars 2 image and when I click on it I am sent to the Guild Wars 2 page in the store but it does not let me preorder it. Do you see it any differently? I think it shows different content depending on your country. >*(

@whyareyoucrouchingspock said:

Are they trying to take the piss?

As an american, I can't help but laugh everytime I read/hear this. WTF DOES IT MEAN?!?!

(I know what it means in this context, in literally terms though... WTF DOES IT MEAN?!?)

On topic: It's probably an error. Shouldn't look too much into the pricepoint of a game that won't come out for another year+

Are you talking about the new Sim City? It is a normal priced game her in Merica.

We're getting to a point now with game pricing where I buy just a handful of games on day-one a year, and nothing like pre-order bonuses is going to get me to change that stance. It helps that I can resist the Zeitgeist of a new game release - I'll wait a few months to play Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur.

SimCity 5 would have been a game I'd consider as a day-one purchase, but at that price? Forget about it - I could just play 4 for a few months and then pick it up. I'm not going to pay more than £30 for a PC game, with very few exceptions.

Unfortunately, the time of the PC game being £29.99 passed a while ago. Still, these prices are ridiculous.

Retailers undercut the RRP to attract business. Digital Distribution providers nearly always sell games at full price at launch. The RRP of most new console games is £44.99. Most PC games are a fiver or so cheaper, but not all. So it's really isn't unusual for Origin to be selling it at £44.99.

The solution is to just buy it at retail. Simple. You'll get it cheaper.