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Erik, don't worry about us pre-order peeps, just glad to see the game finally going out. I can wait until Wednesday. But just barely.

worry about us dammit...worry about us!![:D][:D]

There appears to be something wrong with the screen resolution.

Anyone who cares about playing in morethan 1/3rd of your screen (if you are running a large screen) might consider holding off on a purchase. If you don't care, of course, have at it.

It looks like the game resolution is fixed to about 1991 or so. The year that is.

Yeppers, appears fixed at 1024x768. It's no big problem on my 1280x1024 screen (it runs in a window), but it might be problematic on higher resolutions as berkut points out.

Too bad it still hasn't made it to Europe... You'd think it would, given that it's where most of the fighting happened...[:D]

EDIT: Disregard. Downloading now...

It wasn't available in the UK site, so I just got it from the US site. With the current exchange rate of $2 to £1, it's a bargin at £22.00 or so (including the extra digital download warranty).

Heh! God save the weak Dollar![:D][:D][:D]

oh quit your whinning................[;)] [:D] !

Unfortunately this appears not to be such a good bargin after all, as the game in the UK store is £17.99, plus £2.04 for the digital download 2 year guarentee costs. Which surprises me, considering many games in the UK sell the same price pound for dollar as in the US.

ORIGINAL: PJL
Unfortunately this appears not to be such a good bargin after all, as the game in the UK store is £17.99, plus £2.04 for the digital download 2 year guarentee costs. Which surprises me, considering many games in the UK sell the same price pound for dollar as in the US.

I'm not quite sure I follow - are you saying the game should be priced at £34.99?

I hope that's not what he's saying... That would seem silly...

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

ORIGINAL: PJL
Unfortunately this appears not to be such a good bargin after all, as the game in the UK store is £17.99, plus £2.04 for the digital download 2 year guarentee costs. Which surprises me, considering many games in the UK sell the same price pound for dollar as in the US.

I'm not quite sure I follow - are you saying the game should be priced at £34.99?

What I'm saying is that it's normal practice for games to be priced at £40 in the UK (especially in the high street shops), whereas in the US, they sell for $40. This isn't just limited to games, it's also true for computers - often a computer priced at £1000 here would be as good as one priced at $1000 in the US. Ditto for things like CDs, DVDs, etc.

I certainly do not want Matrix to raise their UK prices though, as they do seem to be about right compared to US prices, according to the current exchange rate.

Well, if it's $34.99 in the US, and the current exchange rate is roughly $2 to £1, then 2 x £17.99 makes $35.98 and that seems on par with the exchange rate.

So I don't get your beef tbh.

Is it that you think the game should be $17.99 - so that it's on par with your estimated "formula" of

games to be priced at £40 in the UK (especially in the high street shops), whereas in the US, they sell for $40

If so, that's just ridiculous. I mean, you are correct in that it does happen on certain things...but it's ridiculous it happens anyway.

The fact that the "border" is down and one country can get something for their currency equivalent, rather than an inflated price as sometimes happens (as you have alluded to in your previous post)

No, I don't think the game should be $17.99 or £34.99, just saying that it does happen here in the UK, altough less than previously now that people have wisened up to the fact they can get the same items cheaper from overseass (even taking into account delivery and customs charges).

Yes...it certainly does happen...but I think online purchases may be different. It may also depend on the value of the item...like the iPhone being $300? and is going to be about £200 - £300 here!