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BK drops game prices to 99 cents; your arteries shudder as you approach
Niero02.03.2007 10:15 (581 day(s) ago) 18 comments

BK drops game prices to 99 cents; your arteries shudder as you approach screenshot

Just when you thought the King's game collection couldn't get any cheaper than $4 ... the games become cheaper than their burgers. You can now get Pocketbike Racer, Sneak King, and the bumper car one that nobody likes for the sum of one Washington when you buy any of their life expectancy altering combos. A dollar for an Xbox 360 game is insane. You can't even buy a good NES game out of a bargain bin at EB (or a bottle of water, the earth's most abundant resource) for that price! Yeah, these games will not stand the test of time, there are much worse games on XBLA priced for so much more. In terms of bang for your buck, has it ever been any better than this?

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Since I'm away at college, I called my mom to have her pick up a copy of each of the games for me. It turns out this is only at some locations, and the one she went to was still selling them for ......





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tazarthayoot at 02/03/2007 10:13

I was in a thrift store yesterday and they had a used copy of Sneak King for 6.50. When I asked if they knew how much this game was originally at retail, the lady behind the counter said it was a 50 dollar game.

Pretty sure on the box it says 3.99, gotta love idiots.
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Niero at 02/03/2007 10:15

that's just wrong
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Nex at 02/03/2007 10:16

@ tazarthayoot:
You should have stolen that game on principle alone.
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tazarthayoot at 02/03/2007 10:19

I thought about it Nex, but they wised up to that at some point, because I opened the case to see there was no game inside. If it were I would have used my five finger discount in a heartbeat.
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SP420 at 02/03/2007 10:24

Can anyone verify if there's Achievements to be unlocked in these games? Albeit even if it's like, a total of 10 points??
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tazarthayoot at 02/03/2007 10:32

Yeah there are SP420, they're like the ones on XBLA games, up to about 200 points.
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mistofRed at 02/03/2007 10:34

99 cents? That was the price they offered the games to their employees when the games first came out. Hey don't forget to include the tax in the total price!
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subwayslasher at 02/03/2007 11:01

I bought Sneak King because I thought it would be worth the creepiness entertainment value. It is creepy, but I got tired of playing it within 2 minutes.
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TheBrain at 02/03/2007 11:08

I wonder if these will have any collector's value 10 years from now...
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biohazardous_snark at 02/03/2007 12:01

I require these games. BK best release them in the UK.
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Pilgrim at 02/03/2007 12:03

There is no BK where I live : (
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Demios at 02/03/2007 12:10

...Finally a reason i hate living in Ireland..Agreed with Biohazardous_Snark, BK get your shit together...PLEASE!...Sneak King greatest 'stalker in-training' game ever, yes methinks.
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brad drac at 02/03/2007 16:47

I think they're not trying to sell them off at all, seeing the success they've already accumulated, they want to sell more copies than any other 360 game. Seeing as this is essentially marketing, they've probably already turned over more of a profit than they ever thought they would, now they want to expand as far as possible. I can pretty much guarentee these won't ever be valuable, though. Over 3 million copies already sold means way too common to be collectible.
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crveck at 02/03/2007 17:02

HAHA, gamestop takes the BK games as trade in, then sell em for 7.99
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crveck at 02/03/2007 17:07

HAHA, gamestop takes the bk games as trade ins, then sells them for 7.99...YAY CORPORATE AMERICA.
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Burnt Meatloaf at 02/03/2007 22:36

@Crveck: There's a Burger King right NEXT to a GameStop in my hometown.
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Mxyzptlk at 02/04/2007 09:30

Anyone who's heading over to BK pick me up a Texas Double Whopper. Those are awesome.
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Necros at 02/04/2007 17:10

Since I'm away at college, I called my mom to have her pick up a copy of each of the games for me. It turns out this is only at some locations, and the one she went to was still selling them for $4, so I only had her get Sneak King for me. Boo BK!

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