39$ and falling fast - Page 2

daft · 03-20-10, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

And don't discount the possibility that Ubi will see the light and fix the oppression. Always leave the door to redemption open a crack, even when the battle is joined.

Normally DRM is put in place mainly to delay the leak of the software onto the pirate scene to at least after the product is released. After that it isn't as important to the publishers to keep the software "protected" from piracy, that is why many companies "backs down" after a while and removes the DRM. It just isn't as important after those first few weeks.

In the case of SH5 we will see. It is much more of a package with synched saves and the likes.

Rockin Robbins · 03-20-10, 01:05 PM

Here is a graph of the Amazon selling price in the US over time, courtesy of Ookong:

Kapitanleutnant · 03-20-10, 01:07 PM

Current price on Amazon.co.uk:

vanjast · 03-20-10, 03:13 PM

I'll be persusing the 'Bargain Bin' for many months to come ..

HundertzehnGustav · 03-20-10, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

And don't discount the possibility that Ubi will see the light and fix the oppression. Always leave the door to redemption open a crack, even when the battle is joined.

he said the c**** word! he said it:! he said it!

mcarlsonus · 03-20-10, 03:57 PM

...and the game's holding around $48 and change new. The reviews (46 of 'em!), though, are averaging one-and-a-half stars out of five - and the five star listed is titled, "Best DRM Ever!"

wonder if Ubi's listening - over even cares? My gaming session yesterday (Friday) was interrupted several times due to losing the internet connection. And it was definitely on Ubi's end!

Hans Schultz · 03-20-10, 04:01 PM

its still $49.99 on steam. But its good news the price is coming down!!

03-20-10, 04:01 PM

I got mine on first day of release from Amazon.co.uk for just £22....
thats nothing really is it, less than an hours work

Nordmann · 03-20-10, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by shmall

I got mine on first day of release from Amazon.co.uk for just £22....
thats nothing really is it, less than an hours work

I don't know where you work, but the average wage is nowhere near £22 an hour!

03-20-10, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordmann

I don't know where you work, but the average wage is nowhere near £22 an hour!

well I am self employed, but on the BBC news the other day, it said the national average wages was around £28k?

thats around £14 per hour....so the games is still only 1.5 hours work, or way less than a night out

Nordmann · 03-20-10, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by shmall

well I am self employed, but on the BBC news the other day, it said the national average wages was around £28k?

thats around £14 per hour....so the games is still only 1.5 hours work, or way less than a night out

Heh, that sounds like government propaganda to me. Most people are lucky to take home 20k a year, let alone 28k, and that's before tax. Hell, soldiers only earn around 17k, and they are risking their lives each and every day they are overseas.

Drifter · 03-20-10, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

What is your point?

Ubi doesent tell the retailers what to charge for the product. The retailers have already paid for it.

Its called lowering prices to move stock.

The point is that SH5 isn't selling well (due to the economic depression, DRM, buggy half-finished reputation, etc). If it were, retailers wouldn't be lowering the price so quickly or so soon.

codmander · 03-21-10, 12:16 AM

its not about how much actully ... I would pay 100$ for a good u boat sim ubi treated subsimmers terrible with an unfinished product ((NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT BY BUYIN)))...hopefully this is ubi last attempt

let someone else do it since ubi dosnt give a rats ass about their subsims I'm HAPPY TO SEE THEM GO

19$ AMAZOM NEW lol

Highbury · 03-21-10, 12:23 AM

Download prices haven't dropped at all. More people buy that way then hard copies now. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Cavell · 03-21-10, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Highbury

Download prices haven't dropped at all. More people buy that way then hard copies now. I wouldn't read too much into it.

That's true, but it doesn't seem like there's a lot of people downloading it. It made #7 on Steam's top 10 sellers list the week it was released - coming in behind Counter-Strike: Source - but it ain't up there anymore, nor is it in Direct2Drive's top 10 or, as far as I can tell, even being featured by either one of them.

Its metascore of 60 as clearly shown on Steam can' be helping it much. Its reader review score on D2D is 2.3 out of 10.

I'd say it's probably not doing so hot in sales.

03-20-10, 01:05 PM	#17
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Here is a graph of the Amazon selling price in the US over time, courtesy of Ookong: __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

03-20-10, 01:07 PM	#18
Kapitanleutnant Frogman Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 305 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Current price on Amazon.co.uk: __________________ Oh worse than Hitler! You wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at three o'clock in the morning!

03-20-10, 03:57 PM	#21
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Just looked at Amazon US... ...and the game's holding around $48 and change new. The reviews (46 of 'em!), though, are averaging one-and-a-half stars out of five - and the five star listed is titled, "Best DRM Ever!" wonder if Ubi's listening - over even cares? My gaming session yesterday (Friday) was interrupted several times due to losing the internet connection. And it was definitely on Ubi's end!

03-20-10, 03:13 PM	#19
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	I'll be persusing the 'Bargain Bin' for many months to come ..

03-20-10, 04:01 PM	#22
Hans Schultz Sparky Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	its still $49.99 on steam. But its good news the price is coming down!!

03-20-10, 04:01 PM	#23
shmall Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I got mine on first day of release from Amazon.co.uk for just £22.... thats nothing really is it, less than an hours work

03-21-10, 12:16 AM	#28
codmander Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: cape cod mass. Posts: 678 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	its not about how much actully ... I would pay 100$ for a good u boat sim ubi treated subsimmers terrible with an unfinished product ((NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT BY BUYIN)))...hopefully this is ubi last attempt let someone else do it since ubi dosnt give a rats ass about their subsims I'm HAPPY TO SEE THEM GO 19$ AMAZOM NEW lol

03-21-10, 12:23 AM	#29
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Download prices haven't dropped at all. More people buy that way then hard copies now. I wouldn't read too much into it.