Looking at CMBN on Battlefronts site and the pricing does not make sense, $55 for Steelbook which needs posing from the US so no good for me, and still $55 for digital download! If the publishers want people to be more environmentally friendly and download games then they should be priced accordingly. How can they justify the same price for both? The steelbook edition I can understand but the DD one with no packaging or manual is a total rip-off.

AGREED... been arguing that point forever... they replied once that it's the same cost because of the servers needed to host the downloads.

Battlefront understands their profit and loss much better than the two of you. To be blunt about it; if $55 is really too much for you, then you are in the wrong hobby.

Having a bad day there Enigma?
I don't think it's the cost that Mace has a real issue with. I know for a fact that he is a big games buyer (over 200 on Steam alone).
I don't see why both versions are the same price either for what it's worth.

As Chucky said it's not the price it's the principal. I have bought a few games from BF before and I am pretty sure the DD versions were cheaper, unless I bought during a sale.

And Enigma, I don't really need telling that I am a cheapskate so lets keep it friendly.

Sooooo, the plastic case version is the same price as the steelbook version? That's even worse!

EDIT: Someone deleted their post above this one where they stated they have sold out of steelbook versions.

Gotta agree wholeheartedly with that, Mace...

It is called the free market system. They can charge what-ever they like, you have the choice of either buying or not buying. It is as simple as that.

Really? Wow, I'm glad you cleared that up as I thought I had to buy it...

I'm giving my opinion on the price of a game having the same price, released in different formats not being fair. Why keep making inane comments?

When I read your initial comments...I took it as a a whine about BF pricing. Now you can be cheap, that is your right. It is also your right to voice your cheapness. I have the right to call you on your cheapness. I mean seriously...you are quibbling about lowering the price of a $55 software product. It doesn't matter what format it is in. $55 dollars...for a product which will allow you to play soldiers for years to come. You also get the benefit of what-ever the community puts on in support of this product, i.e. scenarios, graphical mods, sound mods, campaigns, online tournaments which are already starting. And to you $55 is too much? How much work did BF put into this? What risk did they take personally and financially? You don't want to risk $55, fine. You want to whine about how unfair the $55 price is...tough.

You oughta take a deep breath and reread carefully what Mace actually wrote. You post shows you don't understand it.

True, you are totally free to have your opinion, as am I.

+1

Can't believe you two are still going back and forth on this... lol.

IMO... I agree that 55 bucks is too high of a price for a game, but not just this one... all games... I think games should be no more then 50 bucks being nice, but more appropriate would be around 25 to 40.

Now I understand that download versions need servers and bandwidth, and in store need store profit and space... so I can see both being the same price.


Now usually we talk about the average game which is 50 to 60 bucks and usually replaced with a new one... in Battlefronts defense they do produce a game that will last many years compared to just 1 year... but I also know that they will release add-ons and probably charge 30 to 50 bucks for each... so it's a tough balance, and I can see both sides... of course that being all said, I have no problem paying battlefront 60 bucks or more for their games... or for example 125 bucks for SB Pro PE... hell I even went 500 bucks for VBS2 (which I regret BTW, lol)... I have no problem because these are specialized and unique games that last for years and years... I don't like paying 60 bucks plus another 30 or so for add-ons every year for a Call of Duty type game... because they are pretty much the same every year, along with the same commetetors every year.

IMO

Oh is that right? I read his post and I understood it. I gave my opinion on his opinion. He feels the pricing is unfair. I feel differently. That is all I'm going to say about it.

+1

BFC has to recoup their investment to develop CM:B4N and the game came out ~1.5 years later than initially expected (dec. 2009).

great game btw and worth my $55!! I've gotten more than money out of CMBO, CMBB, and CMAK. ymmv

I never meant that it wasnt worth the money as I plan on getting it just a question on why the prices were the same but thats been addressed

ahh...my bad.

enjoy the game!

Also check out PCO!

Its not so much the price that bothers me but this:

Backup the installation files you downloaded! Downloads expire automatically after 365 days or 10 downloads. We do not offer digital storage for your purchased games.

Now, couple that with their licensing system where you get 4 keys the first year and you can apply for 1 key per year after the first, it is not like you can download the game 20 times a year. That is, if they are worried about bandwidth fees which they use to justify the pricing. Which is another story.

They are making out to be as if they have a 'shelf space' for individual orders for a product in a digital medium. Guess what? My copy is everyone else's copy. So why could I not download something I bought as many times as I needed to as long as I had a valid license key?

What, after a year they delete 'my' copy from their servers? Um no.

I find the download limitation ridiculously arbitrary and without merit especially since you would only be able to download it 4 times in year one and one time per year after the first due the the licensing system.

I feel the same way Matt.

Haven't bought anything from them in years simply because I feel they don't care about the customer and only the bottom line.

Hmm . . . how about this: "The price IS fair."



You're buying a game, not a mail order bride . . .

haha!
you are so bad!