WipEout HD Lands BluRay Release
Futuristic racer gets a retail release in time for Christmas.Published 14/09/2009 at 13:30 by tom_lord
Neo Geo Coming To PS3 [10]
Free Fl0w On US Store [55]
Dante’s Inferno Demo Incoming [29]
WipEout HD is great right? Well now, it is set to reach a whole new audience as Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has decided to release the game on Blu-ray. The game is set to hit retail shelves in the UK on October 19th for only £19.99. It will also be available in mainland Europe, priced €24.99. No word yet on a release for either America or Japan. Of course, the Blu-ray release will also include the recently released, WipEout Fury, the rather excellent DLC add-on (see our impressions here).
Originally released as a download-only title from the PlayStation Store, WipEout HD has been a critical and sales success. The retail release follows on from SCEE’s recent decision to put the most popular download game on the PSN, Pain, also onto Blu-ray. As a download, WipEout HD costs £12.99, while the Fury add-on is £7.99, thus making the disc based version of the game a whole £0.99 cheaper. This seems like a good deal for anyone who hasn’t already got this game in their collections and should help spread the word that WipEout HD really is a brilliant game.
Via MCV
Comments
Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.
mynameisblair | 14/09/2009 13:34
Member
3876 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
This will make it accesable to many more people which is good!
DarthSharkey | 14/09/2009 13:34
Member
1044 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
Very nice, I like having a physical copy of something.
Added to my list of ‘buy when working’.
Bilbo_bobbins | 14/09/2009 13:37
Member
1406 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
me too, I might actually buy this game now. Prefer to get physical any day.
Bilbo_bobbins | 14/09/2009 13:36
Member
1406 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
0.99 cheaper I tink? Unless I ballsed it up on my calculater lol
Bilbo_bobbins | 14/09/2009 13:40
Member
1406 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
I wish I could spell.
BadBoyBoogie | 14/09/2009 13:40
Let There Be Rock
2689 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
Damn you beat me to it!!
Yes it’s 99p cheaper!!
Bilbo_bobbins | 14/09/2009 13:44
Member
1406 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
i’m good at adding up, on my calculator, but rubbish at spelling lol It’s cheaper, plus you get the physical disc, it’s a much better deal. Surely the download should be cheaper?
BadBoyBoogie | 14/09/2009 13:48
Let There Be Rock
2689 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
And the disc version should only get cheaper over time once retailers start to discount it when it’s been out for a while!!
AG2297 | 14/09/2009 13:38
Member
374 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
A game that is intended for the PSN such as Pain and Wipeout would have much lower development costs than games that come out on blu ray dics as they are cheaper on PSN due to whatever reason – smaller game, lower graphics resoloution etc etc right ? So when a PSN game gets released on Blu-Ray aswell surely they are set to make a hell of a lot of profit even if it wont sell anywhere close to a AAA release? If so then this seems one of the best ways to get a new game into the industrie these days. If it flops you havent lost much as they are much cheaper to make than a standard retail game.. if its a success then you get th much needed kudos and respect from your publisher in the future and a decent amount of profit. Win-win.
a inferior race | 14/09/2009 18:59
I'm special
1997 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
I’m not to sure about that. Wipeout is an amazing looking game, with good online and good singlee player. All in all a lot of time and money went into this game.
Chip9989 | 14/09/2009 13:38
Member
154 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
good deal. shame i bought mine off psn as i do prefer discs
BadBoyBoogie | 14/09/2009 13:39
Let There Be Rock
2689 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
Well if my maths is correct, if the retail version costs £19.99, whilst the download versions cost £12.99 and £7.99, then that’s actually a saving of 99p and not £1.99.
Boomshanks | 14/09/2009 13:45
Member
1302 TSA Points | Member since: Dec 2008
I was already hoping they would do this. I already have it though, so I won’t be buying it again
AcidCrashX | 14/09/2009 13:51
Member
597 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
heard this was in the works a while back and so didnt buy the DLC or downloadable title hoping that i could get a disc version with pretty box art (i likes me some box art!) glad to see this is making its way over
Hodgi92 | 14/09/2009 14:26
The Thumb
1057 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
Woot, good news.
)
I will buy this now (my HDD space is too valuable
mark w. | 14/09/2009 14:27
Member
643 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
I agree that this game looks very good but i’m very bad in this game, i get not used to this and so i don’t play it very often…
flatspikes | 14/09/2009 15:12
Member
585 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
Excellent…. never sure about Wipeout games… so this way I can buy it play it… then if it’s not great get some money back by selling it!
Aitrus | 15/09/2009 08:54
Member
1488 TSA Points | Member since: Sep 2008
You could also downlaod the demo…
sunnybacon | 14/09/2009 15:17
Member
43 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
Sounds good, I might get it.
I was playing the demo the other day (which strangely is unavailable on the store now) and to my surprise I unlocked a couple of Wipeout HD trophies by playing the demo!
cheekyMcB | 14/09/2009 15:26
Member
728 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
Now for a re-release of Warhawk on disc. Apparently it got re-reased in USA as part of Greatest Hits (their name for Platinum as I understand it) but this never happened here. The think with Warhawk and GT5: Prologue (so I’m told, I don’t have either game) is that they install fully and you don’t save any hard disk space with the disc versions. WIll Wipeout HD be the same?
colmshan1990 | 14/09/2009 17:15
Member
1102 TSA Points | Member since: Apr 2009
That sounds similar to my disc copy of Siren Blood Curse, it installed something like 4gb. I don’t know if that is the full amount, but it is an awful lot. I have to have the disc in to play it also.
sarky | 14/09/2009 15:37
Member
128 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2009
bought
G_The_Enemy14 | 14/09/2009 15:57
Member
780 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
Might get this now