Devil May Cry 4 PS3/X360 Price Disparity

lockload - 732 days 2 hours ago

http://www.game.co.uk/lowdo...

Devil May Cry 4 Limited Edition (PlayStation 3) £44.99 ($90)
Devil May Cry 4 Limited Edition (Xbox 360) £34.99 ($70)

Devil May Cry 4 (PlayStation 3) £39.99 ($80)
Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) £32.99 ($66)

These companies are selling 1/3 of the amount of PS3 games compared to 360 they have to make their money back somehow..

EDIT: Game is the #1 games retailer in the uk, they own gameplay and gamestation

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rofldings - 732 days 1 hour ago

They Aussies won't even notice, because they're all doing the Melbourne Shuffle! :D

btw, guy in purple hoodie = epic:

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fopums - 732 days 1 hour ago

@Rofldings

Internet high five! thats was great XD

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userofbb - 732 days ago

Not for Canada, here, prices are the same...

Devil May Cry 4
$59,99 Cad ($59,77 Usd)
Collector's edition ($79,99 Cad)

X360
http://www.futureshop.ca/ca...
PS3
http://www.futureshop.ca/ca...

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BrianC6234 - 731 days 21 hours ago

Wow, Aussies sure get screwed. I don't think it's because Sony charges more than Microsoft for royalties unless that's different in each country. This isn't happening in any other country that I've seen.

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malingenie - 731 days 9 hours ago

Rolfdings, man you made me smile in me office, thx

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ps3playbeyon - 731 days 5 hours ago

Hahaha man that stuff is funny but cool at the same time...thanx 4 sharin..too funny man..

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lockload - 732 days 2 hours ago

At first glance maybe but when you look at it if game x has the same shelf space for 360 and PS3 and the 360 version sells 3 times more (which is usually the case) the company need to make that shelf space pay..its either sell the PS3 version for more or dont give it shelf space

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green - 732 days 3 hours ago

You always make me laugh because i know how annoying you must sound to Sony fans.
but seriously Zhuk you need to slow down.You can praise the 360 all you want but you don't always have to bash the PS3.That just makes 360 fans look bad

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lockload - 732 days 2 hours ago

The publisher sets a wholesale price for the game when they well to distributors.

Say the game cost 5m to develop on PS3 and 360

If they then sell 1/3 the amount of copies on PS3 they have basically got a 1/3 ROI of their 360 version, they are not a charity

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LightningPS3 - 732 days 2 hours ago

so because 360 came out first, has a larger install base and sells more copies of games, PS3 games have to cost more?

What your saying, is that PS3 is f*cked. Basicly you're a screaming XBOT, the kind that brags about it's attach rates or something.

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HeavyweightInTheGame - 732 days 2 hours ago

Thats not what he's saying at all. In order to make a profit, they need to sell for higher to make profit due to the lack of the customer base for the PS3. Straight business bro. If the game sells for 60 bucks. Lets say that 10 people buy it on 360. Thats 600 bucks right there. But lets say that only 6 people but it for the PS3 due to the smaller base, they will only make 360 bucks off that. They will lose money. They need to make it up somehow. And that is by charging the customer more to make up on less sales. Thats the way BUSINESS works. Companies are not in business to help you by losing money. They need profits to stay in business. But I know it does suck that some people have to pay more to enjoy the same game.

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SlappingOysters - 732 days 1 hour ago

The problem I see with this theory is that it is not two separate companies. If it costs 5m to make the game as multiformat then why would the Capcom need to sell more PS3 games... it's multiformat and all the revenue regardless of where it sells returns to the same pool.

It would seem to me to be a smart tactic if you are MS to reduce the licensing fees on big name multi-format games to encourage the end-user to opt for their format over Sony's. If so the question begged is why don't Sony match them? In the past - and I know this will sound flamey but it is just a statement - Sony have shown a fair bit of arrogance in their relationship to the consumer. Perhaps they believe playing on PS3 is worth an extra $10 to you?

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HeavyweightInTheGame - 732 days 1 hour ago

Yes but the compnay needs to make a decent return on their investment. Lets say the game costs 10 mill to make. They make 60 mil back from selling on 360 due to the larger base (lets say). And only make 20-30 mil from PS3. It's not worth their investment as much and they will not maximize their profits. If they sell for a bit more on PS3, they will make more profits from it thus getting higher returns on their investment. I might be wrong, but I just graduated from university in business just last April. I know this stuff pretty well.

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Ju - 732 days 1 hour ago

All these theories are flawed. DMC4 will sell more on the PS3 then on the 360. (5-10x in Japan, slightly more in Europe (AC sold more there already - in total!), and probably the same in the US, or a bit less).

The only reason they'll do is, to make even more profit.

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SlappingOysters - 732 days ago

That doesn't make sense dude.

If it costs 10 mil and they make 10 mil back on X360 sales they don't need to charge more for the PS3. If they sell 80% 360 and 20% PS3 it doesn't matter, it all goes to the same bottom line.

By your theory why not charge them both at $105 then. Or Xbox at 80 and PS3 at 130.

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The Killer - 731 days 16 hours ago

it doesnt matter if they will sell less or more in one console, there sooooo many games out there that sell at same price and ps3 sales r less.
and do u think guys that 360 version will sell more?? u talk about it as if it was a xbox game or something!! HELLLOOOO wake up it was born on ps2 and it have many ps2 fans and it will sell more on ps3 or at worst case scenario will sell as much as 360 version!! in japan only the ps3 version will sell, in europe mostly the ps3, in NA not so sure the chances is 50/50 that either 360 version will sell more or less or the same!
so u guys just make any excuse for anything bad happened to ps3 or its game? be honest here, do u want lets say(in ur dreams) MGS4 comes to 360, do u want it to sell it lets say $20 extra for the same version if not worst just because the ps3 version is selling more?? exactly!! so shut it!!

EDIT
one more thing, what makes u guys think DMC4 is costly?? its 8GB size if not less and many things r the same as DMC3!! this game is cheat but looking good! thats it!! not worth $60!

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Zhuk - 732 days 1 hour ago

Most PS3 games in Australia cost more than their 360 counterparts, also if you go to where the games are usually the cheapest (a store called JB Hifi usually has the best retail deals) the 360 gets far more bargains than the PS3 does.

I'm sure eventually they will be able to get better deals for PS3 games coming along in the future, but right now buying PS3 games usually is the more expensive way to go

The reason our games cost so much is because they have been selling games at those prices for a long time, every new console since the launch of the N64 has seen $100 and $110 games. Even though the Australian dollar is at its strongest point in the past 15 to 20 years, the price has not gone down because this is the price the market has accepted games at. Though if your smart you know where to get them at a decent price

The PC version seems quite cheap at $79, which is strange since prices are usually comparable to 360 games.

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Kleptic - 731 days 22 hours ago

so Zhuck which is it?...you live in Australia?...were born in Australia?...or both?...strange seeing how you were obviously programmed in Redmond, I figured you would stay close to that area just in case you have any...melt-downs...or w/e happens to robots...

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Snukadaman - 732 days 1 hour ago

On topic...this is terrible....but you have too think if this is going too be done in the uk it will spill over too america as well...as if the ps3 needed more problems with owners not buying games....I also dont understand the logic behind them charging more.

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jack who - 732 days 1 hour ago

wow just wow

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PirateThom - 732 days 1 hour ago

Do you disagree?

The 360 has been out longer than the PS3, by rights the games should being starting to come down in price.

This isn't a knock, it's how it's always worked.

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heavymetal3k - 732 days ago

When did they say that? Do you have a link?

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PirateThom - 732 days ago

They never said that, he's talking crap.

What they said was that both consoles presented challenges, the PS3s architecture vs the 360s lack of standard harddrive or HD media.

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IntelligentAj - 732 days ago

Damn dude does your throat ever stop hurting from sucking MS off? Be passionate about your console but damn keep it check. My goodness..

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Kleptic - 731 days 22 hours ago

some crap Xbox website railroaded a dude from Rockstar into saying "the 360 version would be the 'complete' version, I guess...if you include that particular bout of DLC" during an interview...

it was later confirmed that the PS3 would be getting additional DLC of its own...which totally offset the advantages of the 360 version...and now there are things in the air regarding just how exclusive the DLC for the 360 version really is...

either way...don't worry about Knight...he is kind of an idiot who normally attempts to get a rise out of people by making a big deal out of nothing...after MS's keynote earlier...he really has nothing better to do anyway...

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Account deleted - 732 days 1 hour ago

bubbles for you for making me laugh..

well zhuk has a really good way of pissing off people... but i wonder i got three comments reported as spam, lost a bubble for each, and i got my bubbles down to three, i wonder what's happening, zhuk has had at least 10 comments reported as spam yet he is still at five, i guess he has his poeple but even though, he has a quite formidable number of comments reported, that makes me wonder how the system really works here... i can really appreciate if the admins post some details about the specifics, because it really seems random to me...
anyone has any idea?? enlighten me please...

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AllroundGamer - 732 days ago

hmm your nickname is probably enough to make some people angry (you know, all that bought HDDVD players), and therefor they took your bubbles. With zhuk it is like this: you certainly saw Ghostbusters, so imagine all the xbox fanboys are the evil ghosts and Zhuk is their master Gorza :) they will support him to death, and without them, Gorza... ehm Zhuk would have only one bubble... but he has a weakness, if you report him everytime as Spam, there is nothing the xbox fanboys can do about it, and it only needs like 3 reports and he is out. ;)

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TheHater - 732 days 1 hour ago

And it these same people complaining that the ps3 don't sell much games over there. Of course it will not sell a lot of games, because you are charging a full 10 fr!cken dollors more for the same game. Why don't they sell it at the same price as the 360 version, so people will actually buy the fr!cken game.

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