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Patapon Invades Europe, Ireland Surrenders.
Visc | 8:25 AM on 03.04.2008 10 comments




Fuck Ireland. Or perhaps, fuck Europe.

Patapon's release hype contained the nourishing information that the game would cost a mere $20 in the US on it's release. This is roughly 14 Euro which is the cost of about 3 pints.

3 Pints of sweet Guinness.

But whoa now, wait a second! One glance at the play.com website tells me that the game won't cost me a quiet evening alone drinking but will, indeed, cost me 40 fucking Euro.

Apparently, according to xe.com, this is just about $60. It would appear that if Europe is not getting fucked on a release date, they are getting fucked on price.

Would you pay 40 Euro (or indeed, 60 dollars) for Patapon? Should I?

And come on, us Europeans know a thing or two about invasions. Not the Irish of course. We're all just passive, neutral drunks who got our dickholes filled by Cromwell. Maybe this Patapon game will bring back wonderful memories... That is, if I can afford it.



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galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 08:52
galagabug
not worth more than $20
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:05
Demios
dude i feel your pain. I walked into Gamestop in Cork and looked at the price and my jaw dropped.

Developers must seriously think were retarded...

Thats why i hacked my PSP, i am not proud of it, but its not too difficult to see why after things like this.
Passionate Styos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:11
Passionate Styos
Yeah..I saw the game over here at full price of a normal PSP game over here.

I mean, if Dracula X Chronicles cost 30 Euros, why can't this game have a normal price just like in America? That's just BS.
Visc's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:13
Visc
@demios

I don't think it's the developers. It's probably tax and whatnot. But still. Wankers.

I really should hack my PSP. I need to find someone to gimme one of them thar Pandora's Batteries so I can do some of that unlocking. I'm just so lazy...
glipe's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:22
glipe
Eh, there's always a price rise for games over here, isn't there? I'm gonna get mine from a cheap, reliable source, no hacks involved. YAY INTERNETS!!
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:25
Demios
True, i actually should have said the retailers. Not those awesome developers. Those scally-wags them!
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:30
Remo
Import psp's are region free after all
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:30
Remo
Import psp's are region free after all
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 10:24
mix
I wouldn't play more than $30 for it, but as Remo said twice Import it, go on ebay.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 13:11
Jim Sterling
A price hike of that level is insane. I thought £25 was bad enough.
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