Bloody hell, looks like we're gonna be needing this site more than ever.

[Exu]

Modern Warfare 2 SRP of £54.99 (bog-standard edition) has been confirmed by Activision, due to development costs and currency conversion greed.

http://www.consolemonster.com/newspost.php?id=0000005726
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35050/5499-Modern-Warfare-2-to-lead-Xmas-price-hike

God knows how much the Hardened and Prestige editions are going to cost. Looks like you can remove the strikethrough from "cost more and"!

Not a "deal" at all but the cheapest place I've seen to preorder the game at is Shopto.net. I'd wait until post-launch but if you really NEED this game then here you go. (Seriously though, don't bother.)

Modern Warfare 2 £42.99
Modern Warfare 2 £42.99
Modern Warfare 2 £34.99

I just hope this doesn't start a trend, where any old crap can reach the dizzy heights of £55. All I know is I'm not buying and neither should you.

 

[PhaperPlane]

Wow, £55? :shock: I would be surprised to see how many copies this moves in the UK at that price.

 

[awhatthe]

they can go f them selves ill wait six months if i have two and buy second hand just to extra p them off....
are they crazy.

 

[rowie4life]

The game biz is mostly unaffected by the recession, yet putting the price up on the games will most defiantly change that. Basically ANY game over £30 is too much. Once gaming becomes digital only, all these greedy publisher will cease to be, giving the developers more of the money.

 

[Donnelly]

I can wait.

 

[Donnelly]

Also, you can preorder the game from Argos for £35.99 using the "GAME20" discount code.

 

[Hdfisise]

Surely most of the development costs would have been on the first game anyway as as far as I know it uses the same engine and the graphics aren't massively improved etc.

 

[Lukledinio09]

Tbh I'd say this game is going to be worth £55.

I'll be getting it for christmas anyway, So it'll probs be cheaper.

 

[saunderscowie]

I'll wait.

 

[TheToiletDuck]

If you pay full SRP for ANY game, you're doing it wrong.

 

[SirStuie]

COD prices dont seem to fall as fast or as far as other titles. Still I expect (and hope) good retailers will drop the price into £30-35.

The Argos £35 preorder is a great deal though.

 

[Astronaut]

Prestige Edition £119.99


Hardened Edition £69.99


Great -.-

 

[Exu]

Yeah, HMV gets dibs on Prestige so of course the price GOES THROUGH THE GODDAMN ROOF.

HMV of course the same retailer that in-store still wants £50 for Beijing 2008.

 

[saunderscowie]

HMV sell their games alot more than most other stores, so this is great news for us gamers.

 

[thecheapest]

What the deuce? Pass.

 

[tomnorthi]

Argos is out of stock at the momment.

 

[tomm116]

HMV gets dibs on Prestige so of course the price goes through the Goddamn roof!!!

 

[Exu]

[quote name='tomm116']HMV gets dibs on Prestige so of course the price goes through the Goddamn roof!!![/QUOTE]

Hey, that sounds awfully familiar.

[quote name='Exu']Yeah, HMV gets dibs on Prestige so of course the price GOES THROUGH THE GODDAMN ROOF.[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah.

 

[Donnelly]

I was expecting it to cost £150 for the prestige. £120's not too bad.