Guild War store = rip off?

*logs in; clicks store*...2 tabs, one for game packs and 1 just for upgrades...

ROFLMFAO!

What were you expecting, a cosmetics department?

Here's the fun thing about buying anything - If you don't like the price & can get a better deal somewhere else, you can go somewhere else and get that better deal. Of course, there may not be stores nearby that carry the product(s) you're looking for in some areas, like Alaska or something.

The on-line store is just another option for GW owners to use, if they choose to.

no going out into the sunlight
no socialising and meeting people
no conversation
no leaving the bedroom

i prefer to go to the shops thanks

I live in USA, so I would not pay full retail knowing that we have so many retail chains carrying the product, that one of them is bound to have it for at least 10dls cheaper.

But consider that GW is pretty much a global game. That for many the online price is actually cheaper than what they would have to pay in their local stores. When Factions first came out, several S. American countries and cities (I differentiate because prices within the countries themselves would vary greatly) were selling it for 70-100 USD, and I'm not talking about CE here. So I can see why being able to pay the retail price will be a big plus for many.

dont mind minus, for some reason he thinks that the store is the end of the world, and evil anet is going to come steal all his money by forcing him/her to use a credit card to buy things he/she doesnt want.

Gota love play.com uber cheap stuff ftw with free postage

fine for me, £29.99 for the campains are just right.

i agree play.com, is a must if u are in the UK.

£29.99 for a Guild Wars Game? never!!! i paid less for my collections edition .

here is a nice Guild Wars Factions for £17.99 and this was from day one!!!

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/6772...s/Product.html

No i am Paranoid LOL

That happens, when you are in the market with high prices, people suddenly remember where the bargains are :P

Yes, play.com sells Guild Wars dirty cheap but keeping two accounts means double expansions.

Just a though and with all due respect,if a retailer,online that is like play can offer GW and Factions for £17.99 i really can't understand how selling direct from the creators of the game itself charge more,ok the end of the day you charge what you like,your choice.

Being in business myself,charging less albeit a little bit yealds better sales,i find charging top whack has the effect of sending people elsewhere and i get nothing,greed has a way of doing that

anet can't sell it cheapr for the exact fact that theya re the company that makes it, may sound weird, but if anet can sell it to you cheaper then a store, then why woudl you buy it at a store? then stores would have poor sales and not stock the game. This mostly applies to parts of europe and america.

really the only point of haveing it in the store is if you want to have it NOW and dont care about anything else, I dont really think anet expects major sales from this, character slots is what they are aiming to sell mostly.


also not only do people in some areas and countries have no stores around them, but in some countries the GW store has a better price then what they have at the stores near them

Well i was forced to pay AU$90 for factions, so i know where i'll be buying Nightfall if it's any good.

$50 US = $65 AU

Australian retailers need to pull their head out...

Are you kidding? Thats exactly WHY you want to order it online :P

Correction - Australian branch of Electronics Boutique needs to pull their head out...

come to think of it they must of made alot money from that store already.

A growing number of credit cards will issue a one time use number for internet purchases.

I find it rather odd there charging RRP, for a cut-down version of the product... to be brutally honist anyone who pays RRP for a game is being done, least in england it's easy to find places offering between 20%-40% off the RRP.

They really shouldn't have bothered with the whole store idea if there going to charge more, for less

1) Offer box-less distibution at wholesale to all distributers, which could knock off about £5-£10 from the price instantly.

2) Spin off the store to a seperate company, which has to buy at the wholesale price, and make a profit... while paying for the in-game advertising at a higher than usual rate (so other companies don't see a reasonable business case for investing in the same mode of advertising).


I suppose I'm ranting, but I just hoped that I'd be able to get the game there cheeper, £17.99 Delivered (uk) is the best price I can see so far, can't be bothred to check the amazon ones which list something under 16, but require a world of pain to get the full price with delivery.

Anet is growing towards extortion, buying the game on-line (Download version, no actual items like CD-Rom, Manual are included, not even Packaging and shiping) costs as much as buying it in the shops.

I'm in Europe and webshops sell Factions (retail version) for 29 Euro's. ($35.09) incl. Shipping)