[quote name='kmartbum001']lol why would the price drop below $49.99? if the price were to drop lower this would be the last game that would drop seeing as how it is probably going to be ps2's last great game. you can always rent it or get gamefly or a similar service f you dont want to pay the full retail price.[/quote]
Most of the new releases are $39.99 so it's not that far fetched to think otherwise. It's not like retailers don't play around with the "List Price". Yoshi's Island DS has $39.75 list price on Amazon, $34.99 at CDuniverse, $35.99 at Buy. I haven't seen the actual MSRP anywhere else for GOW II and it's far enough away that it can change.
Not planning to buy it immediately anyway. Hell, I'll wait for it to become Greatest Hits if it's so hot and let everyone else pay full retail as they please. But they must be damn confident that it will live up to expectations if they want to be one of the few premium priced games at launch.