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sure beats the the ebay price if you can find a mint on in store!


Solid Snake debuts on GameCube in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. After achieving worldwide recognition and awards for the original Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Hideo Kojima now combines the essence of both games in one with The Twin Snakes.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/Prod...oduct_id=27755

Good find, somebody was looking for this in the request thread.

On the other hand I think I saw this for 9.99 used at blockbuster or so can't really recall the price for sure

Huh, did this jump in price? I sold mine about 6 months ago for only $25...

Originally Posted by davyd Huh, did this jump in price? I sold mine about 6 months ago for only $25...

I'm sure the release of MGS4 caused a surge.

Nah, it was always about $35 used. Since Snake Eater (EDIT: Subsistence) came out. The Metal Gear Collection probably prevented any spike, since the PS1 original was included, for anybody that had to rebuy it to catch up.

Originally Posted by crunchb3rry Nah, it was always about $35 used. Since Snake Eater (EDIT: Subsistence) came out.

That's not true at all. o_O The game used to be $19.99 before MGS4 was close to release. It was just last week when GameStop spiked the price up AGAIN.

Originally Posted by Tsukento That's not true at all. o_O The game used to be $19.99 before MGS4 was close to release. It was just last week when GameStop spiked the price up AGAIN.

What? It's been at a premium for quite some time, it's not like Gamestop is the only place selling it like that. I saw an auction close at like 75 for it...

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Originally Posted by saintpale What? It's been at a premium for quite some time, it's not like Gamestop is the only place selling it like that. I saw an auction close at like 75 for it...

There's a difference. eBay is an auction site, GameStop is a retail store. The prices on eBay are the result of what people are willing to pay for (or some sellers are just ing greedy). The prices at GameStop are decided by corporate...who like to use eBay as a reference.

This isn't the first time they spiked up prices for GameCube games. Just recently Pikmin 2 and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance sky-rocketed to the $40 and $30 marks respectively.

Originally Posted by Tsukento There's a difference. eBay is an auction site, GameStop is a retail store. The prices on eBay are the result of what people are willing to pay for (or some sellers are just ing greedy). The prices at GameStop are decided by corporate...who like to use eBay as a reference. This isn't the first time they spiked up prices for GameCube games. Just recently Pikmin 2 and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance sky-rocketed to the $40 and $30 marks respectively.

I still don't think they "spiked" anything, it's becoming harder and harder to find, of course the price wil go up.

Originally Posted by saintpale I still don't think they "spiked" anything, it's becoming harder and harder to find, of course the price wil go up.

GameStop only bumps GameCube game prices when

1) The game has a sequel just released for a next gen console. It's used as the alternative to the unknown soccer moms that can't find the game their kid wants and are told it's "basically the same thing." Super Smash Bros. Melee and Mario Kart Double Dash both jumped up in price at GameStop due to Brawl and MK Wii's releases. Once they were out after a while, the prices dropped about $5 (they went from being $30/$35 to $40 around Brawl and MKW's releases).

2) The game has a sequel planned (refer to the previous two games mentioned, as well as Metal Gear Solid 4.

3) The game has a RUMORED sequel (see Pikmin jumping to $25 and Pikmin 2 jumping to $40 when Miyamoto stated he wanted to work on a third Pikmin).

4) eBay prices jump. This doesn't always equate to a game being rare or hard to find. Chrono Trigger is far from rare, yet managed to stay high in bids. Why? Because the game is damn good. Because of that and some greedy sellers feeling they should charge an arm and a leg for the game, it's constantly stayed at a high selling price. You can pretty much find it anywhere on auction sites. It's just gonna cost you because everyone seems to think it's rare. This is where GameStop comes in.

One of my favorite games. I was overjoyed when I picked it up. Any Wii or GCN owners should jump on this.

i got all 3 MGS's for 30 on my ps2 brand new, now some scratched GS copy without a box... and it used to be like 17.99 not long ago.

I swear I bought this game for less than $10 2 years ago. Since I just bought all 3 in the collection I may part ways with my copy

All used game stores raise the prices of games that are in demand. They did raise the price of this one recently because I bought it about a month ago for $25 at gamestop.

Picked this up at brick and mortar a week ago, only copy in a 18 - 50 mile radius

The copy I got was a New copy converted to used so it had never been owned or played even though it was not sealed. It is a Greatest Hits version.

Freaking awesome deal as the cheapest Amazon price for a used copy is around $50 and new goes for $150.

EDIT: This game is Rare, I had to try like hell to find a copy, its been out of print for years. I tried to find one weeks before MGS4 released and Amazon prices were through the roof then too. $35 is a great price IMO, especially if you can find a new unplayed copy like I did

Just like Ikaruga, FF7, etc., a couple of years ago this game was everywhere! I got my copy brand new for $15 in 2006 @ Fry's Electronics. It is a great game and Silicon Knights did an amazing job developing the game. This game is not rare, because there were plenty of copies sold. It was even released as a Player's Choice! People are just holding onto their copies.

This game is just spiking due to MGS4. If you have a copy you want to get rid of this is the time to sell it. My suggestion is to wait for it to drop in price because it will.

Personally I thought this game was terrible compared to the original. I ran them side by side and the original is sooooo much better looking, so much more artistic.

If for some reason you don't have a Playstation 1, 2, or 3 though, or really, really, really love Metal Gear and want every version of all these....

The game ticked me off too because it was a phenomenal waste of Silicon Knights' talent. A developer capable of making Eternal Darkness should not be wasting their time porting some other company's game.
Now Eternal Darkness is worth tracking down if you don't own it. A must play if you're a survival horror fan. Definitely one of the best.

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