but to think that M$ will charge nearly full price for a 2 year old game is something else! how about keeping the price a little lower, M$? no? people can buy new games at JB HiFi much lower than that, just so you know! that's for a hard copy which gamers can sell back later! downloaded games have no resell values and cost way less to produce for the exclusion of disc cost, so why charging so high?

good thing I owned PS3!!!!

that a bit to much even for austrailia for an old game

6000 Microsoft Points in the UK is like 45 Pounds. Recently released games don't cost that much...Prototype was 30 Pounds, which is like 3000 - 4000 Microsoft Points. This is unacceptable.

Clearly a type-o. Ape in the gamerzone has confirmed that it has been fixed and is now adjusted to $19.95. A lot more reasonable. This isn't the first time MS has messed up the pricing, the new Gears 2 downloadable content was released at half the price it was suppose to be released at, thus they had to pull it down, adjust the price and then put it back up.

When dealing with monetary conversions for so many countries there is always going to be a mistake at somepoint or another.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, An uninformed consumer is MS's best friend!

this is a joke..even MS cant be that stupid and greedy..

Mass Effect is worth $100.

Instant Fail

In europe we pay $100 for games too -_-

That has more to do with the market then with MS.

It's $29.99 according to my list - unbelievable the game is so old it's not even funny. For crying out loud COD 5 is out at $59.99 - cheaper some places and they are asking $30.00 for COD-2 ??!!!

I cannot believe they are this ignorant. I'm hoping it isn't real pricing.

makes you think about what digital distribution will do to prices as well.... no re-sale value either.

One thing I will say is that it makes no sense for Microsoft to charge retail prices for downloadable games. Seeing as how the 'excuse' for higher game prices has been having to deal with all the middlemen (shipping, packaging, retail, etc.) why is the game the same $19.99 to download as if you walk in to a store? That's greed in and of itself because now the middleman is gone, but the price is still the same.

I can't say that I'm surprised though because I've been saying for a while not to expect Games on Demands games to be cheaper from MS because they know there are plenty of people that are stupid enough to buy them just because they don't have to leave their house. But, I'll take a disk (that I can also trade in for credit/cash for another game) over a digital download (that I cannot ever trade in) for the same price any day. Games on Demand = epic failure.

Bots love getting ripped off. After all, they bought a very unreliable platform knowing that it would almost certainly break.

it makes it sound like that it is universal...i am so glad for major nelson to break it down for me

One thing I've noticed is that all the MS published games are $20usd and 1 EA title is $20 but the rest from Ubisoft and EA are $30usd.

Maybe this is what the third parties want to charge?

Anyway, if you don't like it then don't buy it. You are not getting raped unless you willingly bend over. Typical sludge from Jim Sterling.

Ok, so Games on Demand was just updated and most of the games are $29.99. Now, half of these games are $19.99 new from retailers. So MS is actually charging more? I think I rest my case: epic failure

I don't feel bad for Australians. ... I mean, they get to live in Australia .. with those beyootiful beaches.. Whatever, get over it.

doesn't battlefield 2 Cost 70+$ there on disk. this is no big. why not post the price of PSN games there to while your at it.

whats the price of bread in australia, usa, uk and canada?

Economics 101

the day my sphincteral cavity turns inside out n starts a conversation with me will be the day i pay 100 dollars for a video game... when did AAA titles cost more than AAA hookers?

I don't know why you guys are surprised. We are talking about Microsoft here. Is This is what you guys want for the next gen of consoles? I sure don't.

that a company that has dropped the price of the 360 to $199 and has no problem reducing price to stay ahead, will charge a $100 for a game that was out about two years ago and has listed as "platinum hits"? The whole point of games on demand is to advance in digital download and mainly to take out the middle man, like gamestop, who gets profit for every game sold. They will sell the game the same price they are in the video game stores and attempt to gain 100% profit. This article is nonsense.