I was pleasantly surprised when it was announced that Mass Effect 2 PS3 would be launching simultaneously on the PSN and at retail.
A surprise of a different nature followed shortly after when the near £50 price tag was revealed. It seems that despite this, and the initial 24GB download (reduced to 12GB post-install) the PSN version did well. EA CEO, John Riccitiello, had the following to say:
“Sony had never done a day and day release. They were very cautious about their infrastructure so it was mostly a technology test. This was really more about proving it can be done than it was proving what the opportunity would be, so an unmarketed game one year after the original was done on the Xbox and the PC, we released the PS3 and managed to do very, very well with it.”
He then added that even though EA did “absolutely nothing” to market the PS3 version, the total sales on the PSN reached a double-digit percentage of the overall sales. Did any of you take the plunge?
Source: IGN
chall5
no I didn’t take the PSN plunge, bought it at retail – well got it free due to a cock-up by the retailer but I would have bought it retail
shields_t
Nope, I picked it up for 24 quid from Tesco. It begs the question of how many people actually go out of their houses to see how much things cost in the real world (or even t’internet for that matter).
Selachii
Digital definitely has my preference over retail when there’s the choice. Disc swapping ftl.
Though i think it was expensive, getting it from the US store (as EU) softened the price a bit due to beneficial currency ratio :)
So yes, I too the plunge!
TheDeathAvenger
So this is the reason that ‘full’ games on the Store still cost as much, it’s not a case of the pubs being stupid and charging prices no-one will pay, as people are paying (though many do seem to be due to gamesharing, which may or may not be reducing the overall money they make from the game).
Squalje
Retail for me. Aside from the price being higher on PSN at the time, I don’t think I would have had the patience to wait for the dl to complete on release day.
PoorPaddy89
Bitches be crazy! I bought the disc version and all the DLC. Considering trading it in though seeing as I just got the original on Steam and would like to get both sequels so I can have a continuous experience.
PoorPaddy89
That’s both sequels on PC/Steam rather than across different consoles.
Smallville2106
Will be picking this game up soon. Not off the store though.
TSBonyman
I paid €49.99 at retail for it and it was worth every cent so i don’t see the PSN price being a big issue.
StevenHibs
Yeah no way was I paying £48 on PSN, some of us do have brains, right ?
deadwelsh
This game is £20 brand new in a local shop near me, cant believe people paid nearly £50 on the PSstore!