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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.

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  1. 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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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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.