Moosferatu Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I was just looking at release dates for different games at ebGames. I was surprised when I discovered that the XBOX version of FT2 isn't coming out until February 2004. I just thought I would pass that along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 I just realized something else. Check this page out. According to that page Broken Sword 3 will first come out on XBOX in the USA and it will only be $29.99. When it comes out on PC 2 weeks later it will be $39.99. Why the price difference? And why isn't the normal $49.99 being charged? Also, it doesn't appear that BS3 is coming out for PS2 in the US. I went to Dreamcatcher's site and they don't have it listed either. Why the change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixor Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Does anyone know what the PC system reqs are going to be for that game? Because if I can't get it on PS2 I'm not sure my PC can handle it. Re: price difference: That is rather odd. It seems similar to the 10 dollar difference between Syberia on XBox and PC. My guess is that the average BS3/Syberia player is going to be more of a PC gamer since adventure basically exists almost completely in the PC market, so publishers figure they can't afford to charge full price for adventure on a console. Regarding the overall discount from the standard 49.99, my guess there would be that adventure in general is simply not as big a seller as it once was and it's playing it slightly safer to make it a bit more affordable. I think it's a good idea. It'll be softer on our wallets of course, but it will also make it easier for people like us to convince not-yet-adventure-gamers that the game is worth their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomStLeger Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 On amazon UK BS3 is shown as £22.49 for PC (compared to an average of about £29.99 or sometimes £34.99 if they think they can get away with it i.e. GTA3) £25.99 for PS2 (compared to the average £39.99, though amazon tends to sell at £29.99 anyway) and not yet listed for xbox. They're pretty good prices here too, and the first 2 BS games were big hits, and weren't there a number of publishers interested in getting their hands on BS3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleto4_ryan Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 That prices are very odd. It's a known to all that consoles have prices to their games much higher than PCs....dew to the name of the console(that you buy also the name) or something like that.... So can they do this fall on the prise without problems or are they risking it thinking of waiting many more sales so gaining profit?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aranolorion Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 its all good, hopefully bs3 will sell loads, heralding the return to popularity of the adventure game - one of the signs of the apocalypse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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