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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. 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?

  2. 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. :)