Wait, what?
As unbelievable as it sounds, the DLC preorder characters from Transformers: War for Cybertron are currently for sale on eBay, and are actually raking in some mad bank. Shockwave, Jazz and Demolisher, previously only available from GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon respectively, are making their sellers anywhere between $30 and $100!
Shockwave is the cheapest, averaging a $30 cost, while Jazz typically sells for around $50. Apparently not many people preordered War for Cybertron from Amazon, as Demolisher is averaging $100 a sale. And yes, these things are selling! One $96 Demolisher code has seen over forty bids thus far.
DLC codes on eBay are not a new phenomenon, but this recent little sale has confirmed just how strangely viable a market it is. It also strikes me as funny how preorders must have been low since people were so skeptical of the game, and now they're regretting it after finding out how good it is.
Also, is this a bad time to mention that I got my hands on all three characters for nothing?
Transformers DLC codes are going for more than $100 on eBay [GamesRadar]
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9:20 AM on 06.30.2010
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Bottom line: if it makes somebody happy, who gives a shit how ridiculous it seems?
o_O
Why would someone wanna spend 100 bucks on a skin? Do those skins really enhance their gaming experience so much, that they would spend enough money for two new games on that?
Whatever that phrase is, it deserves to be applied to this situation.
Who says that kind of thing? Do you have some sort of superiority complex against the readership?
Glad I never redeemed it!
Kratos (GameStop) was usually going for $1-3. Drake (BestBuy) was going for around $8. Then, Ratchet & Clank (Amazon) was going for around $25-40.
Absolutely insane. I was trying to get Drake, and refused to pay more than $4... which, of course, meant I kept losing out. (Honestly, I didn't even care about Drake - I just wanted to get the extra creation parts you can only get with the pre-order DLC)
I thought $30 for Ratchet & Clank mods was insane... $96 for Demolisher? You've gotta be shitting me. Seriously, you can buy a whole 'nuther game AND a Greatest Hits/Platinum Title BRAND NEW for that amount. Absolute insanity.
many people preordered War for Cybertron from Amazon, as Demolisher is averaging $100 a sale. And yes, these cruises
things are selling! One $96 Demolisher code has seen over forty bids thus far.