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New Xbox, PS2 Budget Titles Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the good-games-for-cheap dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their list of the newest set of budget Xbox titles "in the second wave of Platinum Hits". The titles that already have, or shortly will retail for $19.99 include Dead Or Alive 3, Hitman 2, and Medal Of Honor: Frontline. There also seem to be some new additions to the extensive PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits line-up due, although it's difficult to officially verify, with Final Fantasy X (currently), plus Sly Cooper, Ratchet And Clank, and Kingdom Hearts (in the next couple of months) all apparently dropping to $19.99.

38 comments

  1. X-What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    X-Box? They're still selling that thing? I thought Microsoft canned the whole division and had was working on getting Flight Simulator 2005 completed for the PS3 launch. What happened?

    Have I been misinformed? I mean, the PS2 has sold like 50 million units while the X-Box has sold a paltry 13 million, right? Christ, with those numbers - MS must have given up. GET JIGGY WIT' YO BAD SELF NIGGA!! I'M BACK, I'M BACK - I'M BACK UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING BITCH.

  2. FFX $19.99 by {8_8} · · Score: 1

    FFX is definitely on the list. I saw the Greatest Hits version for $19.99 at Best Buy in Omaha, Nebraska.

  3. FFX by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 2, Informative

    I saw FFX last week at EB here in Calgary, AB, Canada as a greatest hits title.

    Makes me wish I didn't pay $60 CAD for it back in January :)

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    1. Re:FFX by Babbster · · Score: 1
      Are you kidding? I borrowed a copy from a friend and lent it to my sister (a full-fledged adult, BTW) who promptly gave it to her brother-in-law. I had to shell out $45 (used - what a discount!) for a copy of FFX to get back to my friend. It was probably part of Square's karma incentive program to discourage people from borrowing their games.

      On topic, if Kingdom Hearts and R&C are budget now I'll be running out to get them ASAP (I'm a sicko who only feeds his Xbox with full-priced games these days). :)

    2. Re:FFX by I(rispee_I(reme · · Score: 1

      Keep paying full price for video games. I will wait until a million of you do so, and then pick it up once it hits the bestseller list. ;)

    3. Re:FFX by Eamon+C · · Score: 1

      I'm a budget gamer too, but be careful -- if you only buy best-selling games, you're going to miss out on a lot of great stuff. Cheapskate that I am, I was waiting *forever* for Rez to drop below $30, but it disappeared from the shelves before that happened. Used copies are scarce except on eBay -- which is no place for a cheapskate.

  4. Greatest hits... by eWarz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IIRC for a game to achieve this status it has to sell at least a million copies. Then sony automatically makes it a greatest hits title, or did they change this?

    1. Re:Greatest hits... by stuph · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No, I wish it were.. FFX has been a great selling game for a long time, since it came out.. it's sold far more than many (most?) "greatest hits", but it was still selling well at the 40-50$ price it was at, so there was no reason to drop it.. i guess sales slowed down a bit

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    2. Re:Greatest hits... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I honestly wished such "Greatest Hits" lines actually reflected sales figures. But instead, we get titles like Goldeneye and Halo which stay at full retail price for well over a year, and well after the rush has died down.

      I honestly can't see why Microsoft is waiting until Halo 2's release (or at least this holiday season) to drop Halo's price below $50 (in the US). A drop to $20, on a product that has already become extremely profitable, would easily spur enough new sales to make up for any "loss" in profit from a price drop.

      I'm glad to see FFX at $20, and if the rumor is true for Kingdom Hearts, I'm also just as glad (especially since it may allow more children, seeing the Disney characters, to play a pretty good adventure/RPG). Now if only more would follow suit...

    3. Re:Greatest hits... by Babbster · · Score: 2, Insightful
      One "good" reason not to drop the price of Halo is that it would compete (among those who don't have Halo already) with the many FPS games that have been released fairly recently and are still being released at a decent clip for the Xbox.

      Personally, I don't see why anyone gets upset about Halo staying at $50. If it's a good enough game that someone wants to play, then it's probably worth the $50. If it's not, then as stated above there are plenty of other FPS games to look at on the Xbox. Even more important, there are plenty of used copies of Halo out there for purchase, and if the disc is in good condition today it'll work and keep working as long as you take care of it, just like a new title.

    4. Re:Greatest hits... by WoodenBoy · · Score: 1
      IIRC for a game to achieve this status it has to sell at least a million copies. Then sony automatically makes it a greatest hits title, or did they change this?
      I believe a game has to sell at least 400,000 copies and be available for more than nine months. And as someone else pointed out, it's not automatic.
    5. Re:Greatest hits... by MMaestro · · Score: 1

      I think its really around 500,000 (nice round number) and available for 6 months but I'm not sure exactly. But it WAS decreased from 1 million copies. I remember reading a news report about it years back when the PS1 was still Sony's main machine. Its definately not automatic. If it was the list of Greatest Hits would be about twice as long as it is now.

  5. EBGames PS2 Budget Info by Babbster · · Score: 2, Informative

    At EBGames.com, the only PS2 game out of the ones listed in this story that is budget right now is Final Fantasy X - it's even on their PS2 front page.

    1. Re:EBGames PS2 Budget Info by Drathos · · Score: 1

      That's because it's the only one that's currently a "Greatest Hits" title. Do you really think that EB would want to tell you that a title is going to be going down in price before it's time? They want to make as much money off a title as they can for as long as possible. If they say it's going down, people might not buy it until the price drops.

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  6. Specifics on PS2 Greatest Hits by simoniker · · Score: 3, Informative

    I didn't post this in the article, cos I had to find it from a few different sources, but:

    This thumbnail index on EBGames.com clearly has a red-striped Greatest Hits version of the Kingdom Hearts box. The Kingdom Hearts page used to have it too, but they changed it back.

    Also, last month Amazon.com accidentally released Greatest Hits packaging for Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, ATV Offroad Fury 2, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs. I also found an obscure release list or two listing Sly Cooper for Greatest Hits release in September.

    If anyone can find all of this info in one place, with actual release dates, it'd be great.

  7. Halo? by the_riaa · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hasn't Halo sold enough copies to be a platinum title? Or is Microsoft just refusing to deem it such because they still sell too many copies at $49.99 and dont want to lose $30 in potential revenues?

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    1. Re:Halo? by Stubtify · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're new to capitalism huh?

  8. YaY My turn by Metal_Demon · · Score: 1
    About a month ago a friend of mine bought FFX for 17 dollars, and I wanted to pick up Kindom Hearts but it was still 50. I was quite annoyed as he has insane luck. Turns out he had to take it back, and now KH will be 20 soon. Take that *name witheld*!!!

    Also it's quite the coincidence that me and said friend were discussing this very incident yesterday.

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  9. Success rate by NaveWeiss · · Score: 1

    Is there an answer by now to the question: What is more successful - PS2 or Xbox?

    Technically xbox is supposed to be superior to ps2 (it got an HD - unlike the ps2 where you have to buy a slow memory stick), but xbox is evil and got no spirit (and no emotion engine), so I figured. So who's leading?

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    1. Re:Success rate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      In america

      PS2 is leading with Xbox, then GC.

      The difference in consoles between xbox and GC is less than a million

      Globally, there's a HUGE gap in the PS2 lead. GC has 2nd place, and xbox is 3rd.

      And for the record, the Japanese do NOT like the xbox.

    2. Re:Success rate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ummm, you have a very strange idea of what makes a console technologically superior. It has more to do with the CPU and GPU power than simple I/O bandwidth.

  10. Ask a video game shop employee... by Dyrandia · · Score: 1

    Went into work yesterday and discovered that, here in the UK, Kingdom Hearts has gone platinum. Can't verify the rest in the list, as 1) I'm off today! Woohoo! and 2) Kingdom Hearts is the only game on the list that I actually had to look at yesterday "in the line of duty".

    Slightly offtopic, but I really wish there were a video game shop that only catered to /.ers (people who have a clue). All those idiots who think they can run *any* PC game on their 3 year old system needs a whacking with a power supply!

    1. Re:Ask a video game shop employee... by iainl · · Score: 1

      I don't know where you are in the UK, but I've been seeing cheap copies of Kingdom Hearts in the London area for a while now.

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  11. used copy by r_arr · · Score: 1

    Then buy a used copy at a cheaper price then what MS is selling it for.

  12. Virtua Fighter 4 evolution by r_arr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Is also greatest hits at only 19.99. Plus it has the addition of two new characters and other goodies. Can't go wrong for that price.

  13. I'm gonna be really mad... by pogle · · Score: 1

    I bought Hitman2 and Kingdom Hearts for $45 each not too long ago...but long enough that I couldnt return them for a price swap. Curse my bad timing!!

    At least I can finally buy FFX and DOA.

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  14. Why Halo or Splinter Cell are still 49.99$US by JFMulder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think those kind of deals are being done to revive the interest in a game that has sold many copy but doesn't anymore. It has to have sold at least a million copies tough, according to Microsoft. Since games like Splinter Cell and Halo are still selling like hot cakes, there's no need to lower the price in order to raise the consumer interrest in these games. I for one wasn't interrested in buying Splinter Cell since there are so many games I want for my Xbox that are coming in the next months (Sudeki, Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing 2, Half-Life 2, X-Files : Resist or Serve (fan boy of that show and proud of it :D )....). Now paying 49.99$ for Splinter Cell doesn't really interrest me, but if it was platinum, I'd buy it. Well, I WOULD HAVE bought it, since I got my used copy off eBay for 20.51 with shipping anyway and it's working as new. :)

  15. Final Fantasy X - Worth buying a PS2 for? by Tom+Courtenay · · Score: 1

    I've held off getting a PS2 for some time now, because there just wasn't anything that I was dying to play. My Dreamcast suited me fine during the PS2's debut, and the GCN and Xbox have kept me busy since then.

    Lately however, there have been a few games that really caught my attention. Namely the RPGs, like Dark Cloud and Final Fantasy X. How do these games stack up to games like Morrowind and Kotor? I know the combat systems are obviously different etc., but keep in mind I also really dug both Golden Sun games on the GBA.

    So is it worth the investment in a PS2, just for these RPGs? Are there other (possibly better) PS2 RPGs I may have missed?

    Any help is appreciated!

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    1. Re:Final Fantasy X - Worth buying a PS2 for? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who needs FFX or Kingdom Hearts when you have Knights of the Old Republic?

    2. Re:Final Fantasy X - Worth buying a PS2 for? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      wait for the next PS2 price drop.

  16. It's about time. by Auburn_Jack · · Score: 1

    I've been dying to buy Kingdom Hearts since borrowing a friend's when it was new, but it has been particularly stubborn in the price-drop department. I hope the Greatest Hits version still has the neat shiny cover. I'm kind of like a crow in that respect.

    1. Re:It's about time. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Often when they lower the price because of the Greatest Hits-ness, stores'll still have the original cover copies around. So if you're lucky, you can buy a copy that way :)

    2. Re:It's about time. by Lhet · · Score: 0

      I dunno....Kingdom hearts is disney, and usually i don't like disney. But I've heard some really good stuff about it

  17. Greatest hits by Lhet · · Score: 0

    I'm glad that finally the list of greatest hits is coming up But it doesn't matter.....ONLY SILENT HILL 2 MATTERS!