$119.99. That, apparently, is how much you can expect to pay for Tony Hawk: Ride, complete with skateboard peripheral, if you live in the United States.
That converts to £76 (€86) at the time of press. Don't be too surprised, however, if the package costs more when it's actually released over here, given that the prices of games products tend to leap above the exchange rate for us Brits.
That price comes from US retailer GameStop and is listed against the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii versions of Ride. That means it's not the official RRP, but we do expect a retailer the size of GameStop to have some idea what it's talking about. The listing also has a release date of October 13th.
It looks like you won't have the option to play Ride without the peripheral, so don't get any ideas about using your standard controller instead.
While that sounds a bit costly, shipping games with peripherals hasn't hurt Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. Let's just hope that it actually works...
There were a few shenanigans last week around exactly which platforms Ride will actually be released on in the UK last week. More here.
Via Kotaku
That converts to £76 (€86) at the time of press. Don't be too surprised, however, if the package costs more when it's actually released over here, given that the prices of games products tend to leap above the exchange rate for us Brits.
That price comes from US retailer GameStop and is listed against the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii versions of Ride. That means it's not the official RRP, but we do expect a retailer the size of GameStop to have some idea what it's talking about. The listing also has a release date of October 13th.
It looks like you won't have the option to play Ride without the peripheral, so don't get any ideas about using your standard controller instead.
While that sounds a bit costly, shipping games with peripherals hasn't hurt Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. Let's just hope that it actually works...
There were a few shenanigans last week around exactly which platforms Ride will actually be released on in the UK last week. More here.
Via Kotaku
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deleted 26 May 2009 09:02
1/2
I not to sure im willing to pay more than £69..99 for the controller, or £99.99 for it with game, in fact im not to sure id even buy it yet, the fact i can get a full rock band kit now for about £140.00 means this game needs to be special to justify buying it,
in fatc is it really a good idea to reinvent tony hawk with a new control concept?, maybe if they nailed the gameplay first they focus on gimmick later, Tony Hawk been going down hill since Tony Hawk 3, down hill at skateboard speeds!
in fatc is it really a good idea to reinvent tony hawk with a new control concept?, maybe if they nailed the gameplay first they focus on gimmick later, Tony Hawk been going down hill since Tony Hawk 3, down hill at skateboard speeds!
headcasephil 26 May 2009 13:22
2/2
i do not think that it is going to that well.
the way that i am looking at it it at the minit is the fact that skat was amazing but and a BIG BUT people that like it and were good at it were people that skated and i see this as a type of sim game and tony hawk have all ways been over the top FUN games of the last 2 gens not this gen and with the way people are being more carfull with the amout of money thay spend as well i think its going to be a big flop
the way that i am looking at it it at the minit is the fact that skat was amazing but and a BIG BUT people that like it and were good at it were people that skated and i see this as a type of sim game and tony hawk have all ways been over the top FUN games of the last 2 gens not this gen and with the way people are being more carfull with the amout of money thay spend as well i think its going to be a big flop