If you thought that Activision was bad when it came to game prices, you should take a look at the scalpers who are currently charging ridiculous prices for Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition. The limited edition package, which includes night vision goggles, is already sold out around the United Kingdom, which means that shifty-eyed con-merchants have descended upon eBay with their ill-gotten wars.
The worst part? People are actually PAYING the prices!
One particular seller seems to have pushed his luck by attempting to charge $250 for the full kit. However, one UK seller is winning a number of bids for his two copies, both of which are asking for £170. A click on the search page, however, and you'll see even worse prices: £249, £280, and even £299 are being demanded by some of the scalpers.
Wow. I think Activision itself was asking entirely too much for this gimmicky special edition, but if you actually pay nearly three hundred quid for it, then you are officially a moron, my friend.
[Thanks, Stefan]
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11:00 AM on 09.19.2009
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My thoughts exactly.
The Hardened is sold out, it costs 1,590.00MXN or 120.00USD
But the Prestige is still being sold, it costs 2,999.00MXN or 226.00USD
It's name is GamePlanet, kind of the mexican version of GameStop
Its gonna be binoculars with green bits of plastic fliter paper stuck on and a button that makes a whurriiiinnnn sound like cod/splintercell. If they were real night vision then they would have been shown off by now.
This thing got shown off this week at the GAME conference, snazzy UK only version with 12 inches of Soap. It's the Hardened edition in there. £120 of Her Majesty's golden discs seems a tad on the heavy side though.
Sorry I couldn't find a non branded image of the chap, please do not consider this an advert for GAME.
Have fun kids.
And for anyone who's hard-up to get night vision goggles...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/abf5/