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i think it depends on the situation you are in.

The people who are against buying the 40 dollar game ,i think, is because they just recently purchased 6 or 8 games for 10 or 15 dollars. They never jumped in when they got released so they just bought em now.
Now they have to wait for their games to ship and they will obviously have to play them and beat them.
It really wouldnt make much sense to jump to the 40 dollar deal when you just bought a bunch of cheaper games. You would have to beat all those newly purchased games before you even touched the 40 dollar game. They would rather wait and see if that 40 dollar game gets a discount soon. like cyber monday or for the christmas holidays. which is fine really.
So basically those people are here saying that the deal is not a good deal, of course, compared to all the cheaper games they bought.

And then there are those who probably purchased a few games on the 20 or 30 dollar side and are definitely jumping in this deal. They dont mind wasting the money because they are looking forward to this game since it jsut was released. They also probably have already played the old 10 to 15 dollar games that the person i said above bought. He wasnt interested in those cheap deals.

You got to look at both sides of the story here.

Originally Posted by Feral Lynx Uncharted 1 took nearly 2 years to drop in price, are you guys seriously going to wait that long? $40 is a real bargain now, and I don't expect the game to drop any further for a long time.

buy it. unless you dont mind waitining at the very least another month-- but im guessing way more to get at $35

Me my buying point as at $40-45 for a new game on release date. well $43 cus of taxes ifits not amazon


recent games
paid $40 for batman, 2 weeks after it came out-kept if for about month n a half(nephews loved the challenge rooms-passed it n sold it for $40

got all these on release date all for $40
got odst for $40 just sold it last week for $35
uncharted 2 for $43 sold it to my buddy for $40

fifa 10-$40
modern warefare $40
dark void n mag will be arriving on due date at $40
new mario bro $33-well this is kind of like 40 cuz new games for the wii are $50
got left 4 dead 2 $40-game i couldnt wait to play--(n yes I got a copy for my nephew at $35 from amazon)
all games were on release date.

way i see it i can keep most these games for about 3 months n sell them for a the same price i bought them or a $5 loss.

one thing is for sure if you can wait a month close to two n dont mind searching for deals wich obvioulsy we dont -or have a large back log of games then of course wait for the $30-35 range cuz it will happen--odst n batman just $30 this week after being out for about 2 -3 months
left 4 dead 2 n tekken 6 that games also dropped this week due to black firday.
hell the tekken bundle was $30. three weeks ago.

so if you can wait yeah wait, but if you really wantuncharted 2 now then $5 isnt really that much to get it now.

one thing is for sure never pay $60 unless you get one a hell of a gc, or in on an amazon deal like redgamer was saying spend $80 get $40 back.
or that batman $30 gift card toys r us was giving out but i missed out on that due to work.

I guess.

On another note, while I'm talking about things I -hate-:

When people say:

"I just got UnCharted 2 for $7 because I had a $33 gift card/credit"

They act as if they got UC2 for $7. They didn't. They got it for $40, paid for with $7 cash and $33 credit.

For the purpose of buying games, cash and credit are basically the same.

That $33 credit is held against the value of your purchase. That's $33 towards UnCharted 2, but it also could be $33 towards Assassin's Creed 2.

By buying UC2 with it, you are depleting the possibility of using that $33 credit towards anything else, and therefore still paying that $33 essentially.

Awesome, I just called Amazon customer service and had them add it to my open order with a double-ECA discount. $30 was my sweet spot for this one, but $32 is close enough for me!

Originally Posted by youenvy buy it. unless you dont mind waitining at the very least another month-- but im guessing way more to get at $35 Me my buying point as at $40-45 for a new game on release date. well $43 cus of taxes ifits not amazon recent games paid $40 for batman, 2 weeks after it came out-kept if for about month n a half(nephews loved the challenge rooms-passed it n sold it for $40 got all these on release date all for $40 got odst for $40 just sold it last week for $35 uncharted 2 for $43 sold it to my buddy for $40 fifa 10-$40 (n yes I got a copy for my nephew at $35 from amazon) modern warefare $40 dark void n mag will be arriving on due date at $40 new mario bro $33-well this is kind of like 40 cuz new games for the wii are $50 got left 4 dead 2 $40-game i couldnt wait to play-- all games were on release date. way i see it i can keep most these games for about 3 months n sell them for a the same price i bought them or a $5 loss. one thing is for sure if you can wait a month close to two n dont mind searching for deals wich obvioulsy we dont -or have a large back log of games then of course wait for the $30-35 range cuz it will happen-- left 4 dead 2 being a good example n so is tekken 6 that games like a month old- hell the tekken bundle was $30. one thing is for sure never pay $60 unless you get one a hell of a gc, or in on an amazon deal like redgamer was saying spend $80 get $40 back. or that batman $30 gift card toys r us was giving out but i missed out on that due to work.

I have a hell of a back log, and if I pay over $40 for it, it is typically something I will play right away (this did not hold exactly true in november though as so many new games came out that I got, oh well though). I have no problem buying a game and adding it to the log even if it is $20 or more, if I don't think I will see it again at that price for a while.

Originally Posted by Lucid13 Just picked it up for $20 using the $20 credit from buying MW2. Thanks for the tip man

Same here. Between this awesome deal, several Blu-rays I picked up and MW2, I'm pretty much set for the rest of the year.

also i will seriously jump in but i dont have a ps3.

i ordered two ps3 games and i will ahve to beat uncharted 1 before i even jump into uncharted 2. i did this with Half life 2. i was clueless when i played hl2.

i am just going to wait till christmas and see a drop of the price for uncharted 2.
i still got l4d and l4d2 and gta4 to beat.

Originally Posted by RedGamer $40 is still expensive. There are alot of cheap PS3 games you can play until UC2 drops.

Are you kidding? This is GOTY of the year material and it also has MP and Co-op so lots or replayability. The SP campaign is better than the first though a bit easier and the MP is very addictive and they just released a MP map for free and will release more by the end of the year. Just getting the game for the online is worth it in my opinion. Of course if you wait it will drop as all games do but why not get to enjoy this great game now.

Originally Posted by tears2040 Wrong...... I bought two Uncharted 2s and sold them on Ebay for about $53 each. After fees It all leveled out and paid nothing for those games, as I did it only for the $40 credit. That $40 credit was then applied to Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2, after buying that it gave me another $20 which I used to buy UFC for $25 ( lightning deal)and sold it for 30+ on Ebay. ( when it cost me lest than $10) So yeah that's my magic , now go eat crow Now to finish my point of view on this is yes $40 is a GOOD price for a new game and I would pay it, but after playing Uncharted 2 and beating it I DO NOT consider it a deal. I mostly game online and play rpgs,sports,shooters if an Action game doesn't have long legs than $40 is too much. Done here

So, you worked the system on Amazon, and then Ebay'd your games to get some free store credits - how "unique", I don't think anyone on these forums have ever done that before .

Originally Posted by RedGamer I guess. On another note, while I'm talking about things I -hate-: When people say: "I just got UnCharted 2 for $7 because I had a $33 gift card/credit" They act as if they got UC2 for $7. They didn't. They got it for $40, paid for with $7 cash and $33 credit. For the purpose of buying games, cash and credit are basically the same. That $33 credit is held against the value of your purchase. That's $33 towards UnCharted 2, but it also could be $33 towards Assassin's Creed 2. By buying UC2 with it, you are depleting the possibility of using that $33 credit towards anything else, and therefore still paying that $33 essentially.

Yeah, but Amazon gift cards don't pay the bills...
I need the cash for that, so yes, paying $7 OOP for a $60 game was a great deal.

Uh... $20 off a month-old top-tier game is nothing to sneeze at. I doubt it will go lower for quite a while.

Great game, worth full price. Didn't even play more than an hour of multiplayer and definitely got my money's worth.

Called again and this CSR gave me $10 promotional credit

Originally Posted by RedGamer I guess. On another note, while I'm talking about things I -hate-: When people say: "I just got UnCharted 2 for $7 because I had a $33 gift card/credit" They act as if they got UC2 for $7. They didn't. They got it for $40, paid for with $7 cash and $33 credit. For the purpose of buying games, cash and credit are basically the same. That $33 credit is held against the value of your purchase. That's $33 towards UnCharted 2, but it also could be $33 towards Assassin's Creed 2. By buying UC2 with it, you are depleting the possibility of using that $33 credit towards anything else, and therefore still paying that $33 essentially.

no i meant like buy 2 get 1 free toys r us on line sale in october where they mest up and you could make future preorders- got uncharted 2-mag, and dark void
for $118-- free shipping on preorders.

left 4 dead 2 n mario i got from gamestop after tading games i got for $10 at gamecrazy-during their trade in 2 get a new game for $20 (wich i think is still going on now)so i bought 4 games at $42--then paid $35 for left 4 dead n new mario thus the total was about 75. for both game on release date.

amazon buy $80 get $40gc a --bought fifa 10 n midnight la for $84
traded in mdnight for $20 to amazon-used the $40gc--n got mw2

so i got both fifa 10n mw2 for $80 plus mw2 $20 gc

stuff like that.

Originally Posted by RedGamer $40 is still expensive. There are alot of cheap PS3 games you can play until UC2 drops.

I completely agree. $20-$30 is the CAG price range (at least for me).

If not, I'll just goozex it.

Originally Posted by cRodz You got to look at both sides of the story here.

No I don't.

Remember, the argument is not "Hey I wouldn't buy this game because it's not worth it to me", this persons argument is "Hey you shouldn't buy this game because it's not worth it".

They are not just talking about themselves, they are including everyone in their assumption, and that's where they are wrong. 40 for Uncharted 2 is bad deal for you? I can totally see your viewpoint. But when you start telling people why they are not smart for picking this up, that's when you start being wrong.

20-30 bucks less for a brand new game that is arguably one of the best looking games out, and scored extremely high.

I don't see how anyone can think $40 for UC2 is a bad deal. Came out a month ago and has been getting phenomenal reviews.

It's not going to get lower than this for another 3-4 months.

Screw it. Sold.

I hope I'm not slamming my head on the computer desk come Cyber Monday.

thanks OP. picked it up. worth paying $5 bucks extra to not support walmart.

chances are it won't be able to get it much cheaper then $40 for quite some time.

these games seem to retain their values quite well.