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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. 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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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?

  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.

  7. 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. :)