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This is out now, but at that price I'll wait.

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Shows up as $70CND. Ouch! That's $10 less than what I paid for RDR2 on the day of release.
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They're using the Call of Duty price model.

I get that they need to recover some costs for the adaptation, but I'm struggling with paying $50 USD for a 14 year old game that you can get for $10 on Xbox.
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Yeah, a port of this nature should be in the $30-$40 range, especially given the age of the title. Even if it's the first time it appears on PC, there's no excuse for it to be this expensive.
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The excuse is that they're charging what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's sitting at #4 on Steam's top 100 best-selling games this week.

I'll likely pick it up when it goes on sale at a deep discount during some future Steam sale.
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Grifman wrote:I'm excited but I'll probably wait for a sale - maybe.

But which should I play first, RDR or RDR2? Should I play them in order of release or in order of the time line?

I'm thinking I should play RDR first, mainly because after playing RDR2, RDR would probably be a step down in gameplay, which might be frustrating or disappointing.
The correct answer is to play RDR, then RD2, then right back to RDR.
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Rumpy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm Shows up as $70CND. Ouch! That's $10 less than what I paid for RDR2 on the day of release.
i paid $3 for a used Xbox 360 copy of RDR found at a Half-Price Books Clearance section - i think that'll suffice
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Max Peck wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:20 pm The excuse is that they're charging what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's sitting at #4 on Steam's top 100 best-selling games this week.

I'll likely pick it up when it goes on sale at a deep discount during some future Steam sale.
Sure, but I feel what the market can bear is so subjective depending on the markets in question. Like, it's one thing for it to be $50 USD, but far less bearable at $70CND + perceived value.
hitbyambulance wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:48 pm
Rumpy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm Shows up as $70CND. Ouch! That's $10 less than what I paid for RDR2 on the day of release.
i paid $3 for a used Xbox 360 copy of RDR found at a Half-Price Books Clearance section - i think that'll suffice
Some don't have that option.
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Max Peck wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:20 pm The excuse is that they're charging what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's sitting at #4 on Steam's top 100 best-selling games this week.
In other words, they charged what will end up being the 'correct' price, and the perceived value of releases like this will be high in the future.

Not the fair price, not the expected price, but (from the perspective of them doing their job), the correct price.

Luckily, unlike the Call of Duty model, Rockstar does tend to have sales. Eventually.
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Rumpy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:48 pm
Rumpy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm Shows up as $70CND. Ouch! That's $10 less than what I paid for RDR2 on the day of release.
i paid $3 for a used Xbox 360 copy of RDR found at a Half-Price Books Clearance section - i think that'll suffice
Some don't have that option.
by no means was i countering this was a solution, but since you brought it up - Xenia (the primary Xbox 360 emulator on computer) has made great strides over the past years and the Xbox 360 version is around $7-15 on ebay. PS3 version is a bit cheaper and the PS3 emulator on cmputer (RPCS3) can also play it. https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title= ... Redemption



https://xenia.jp/download/
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