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You know Jay, you know I am a big COD fan.<br>
But I have an EBGames in the bottom of 30 Rockfeller Ctr<br>
(Actually 62 floors below my office), and I usually preorder<br>
to that store. )<br><br>
I stopped online ebgames site today to check if all was still on
schedule<br>
and started reading some of the 30+ pre-reviews on the<br>
site, and there were three types of reviews. About 30%<br>
were "Great, love it, best thing since sliced bread",<br>
the 4-5% that said "Just like COD, don't waste your
money",<br>
and the balance, a near 60+% that were more reserved and<br>
stated "If you are a COD nut, you will probably buy it, but
for<br>
$60, I expect COD2 to be more than "the same old stuff"<br>
with some added maps and graphics". One noted, and<br>
got quite a few commend replies that he is devoted to buying<br>
COD2, but if COD3 is not a big jump, he won't spend his money.<br><br>
Of course you have to discount the sources. (One noted<br>
"they made COD, "The perfect game" even better, I
didn't<br>
think it possible". Well, I beg to differ. I suppose he
never<br>
played HQ with some of it's "interesting" spawn spots,<br>
and the list goes on....:) Great, yea. Perfect, no.<br><br>
I thought about this on and off throughout the day and<br>
thought that if I were a single player ONLY buyer, I wouldn't<br>
spend the money on COD2. Playing COD2 in single player<br>
scripted only is like hitting golf balls at the range. Your not<br>
playing golf until your on the course.<br><br>
But I have 3 copies in reserve. So that is $180 for me and<br>
my two boys. I estimated COD2 is a $49 game, but not<br>
likely a $59 game based on the demo I played, and my<br>
sense of "value", which is normally "warped" towards
the<br>
overspending side.<br><br>
Honestly, with DOD:S just out at $19.95, and the clan playing<br>
it, I may just wait the month and have it come down to $39.95<br>
so I feel like I am getting the value I am paying for.<br><br>
How can they hire the BF 1942 Desert Combat mod group,<br>
suck them in to DOD:Source, and sell it for $19.95, and<br>
ACTV justify COD2 at $60?<br><br>
I am by no means cheap, and I buy what I want when I want<br>
it immediately. But this has me thinking... Do I feel I am<br>
getting $60 worth of value out of COD2? I have my<br>
doubts now.<br><br>
MD<br><br>
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At 03:05 PM 10/17/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>It is but as always here in
America, the vendors will boost all prices for new releases. If you can
wait a month, they will go down to 39.99 .<br><br>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "frenton"
<frenton@orcon.net.nz><br>
To: <cod@icculus.org><br>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:52 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [cod] COD2 - DVD tomorrow?<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>That's an US Store i
guess...WOOOOOO i want it to come out tomorrow in Europe, too...<br>
But 60 Bucks seems a little bit expensive, isn't
it?</font></blockquote>
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