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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. 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.