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The Xbox One has had yet another price cut in the US. All bundles including the entry-level 500GB machine now cost just $249 in the US. This includes bundles featuring Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and the white Quantum Break SKU. Microsoft first shaved some off the price of the …
Read More »OnePlus 3 price increased due to Brexit pound slump
Smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has said that it is increasing the price of its upcoming OnePlus 3 as a result of the pound’s plummeting post-Brexit value. The handset had been due to go on sale for 309, but will now retail for 329 upon its release on July 11th. We’ve seen …
Read More »Microsoft cuts Xbox One to £199.99
One particular Xbox One SKU can be had for the tidy sum of just 199.99 on the Xbox.com store right now. The FIFA 16 bundle, which includes EA’s game and the 500GB version of the console, is currently the same price as the Xbox 360 on Microsoft’s store. It has …
Read More »Minecraft price increases come into effect next week
The good news is that there are probably not that many people left who haven’t already bought the game. With sales in excess of 70m units, Minecraft is one of the world’s biggest games. But if you’re yet to grab yourself a copy, you might want to do so before …
Read More »‘No Sale Promise’ campaign wants players to stop waiting for price cuts
‘By deliberately not participating in the ‘culture of sales’, at least for a while, you risk losing out on revenue and visibility that those sales could have generated’
Read More »Owlchemy drops Job Simulator price by $10: ‘No one knew what to expect from VR’
Player feedback, limited install base and need to recoup costs of 15-strong dev team cited as reasons behind price cut and offer of refunds
Read More »PlayStation Blog prices No Man’s Sky at $60, says pre-orders open this week
A slip-up on the US PlayStation Blog may have revealed a couple of details about the much anticipated No Man’s Sky. In a graphic that has now been pulled, the game was listed as having a $60 RPP (making it a full-price title). It also seemed to suggest that pre-orders …
Read More »HTC Vive virtual reality headset priced at £689 in the UK
A second VR headset now has an official UK price. HTC has announced how the $800 it is charging for Vive in the US will translate on this side of the pond. The number it has produced? 689. By today’s exchange rate $800 is worth about 576, so that’s a …
Read More »Trine dev Frozenbyte links popularity to price for new game
Higher community score in demo for Shadwen means a lower release price for the full title
Read More »‘Why is our game worth less than a Nickelback poster?’: Dev rebutes pricing criticism
‘If people are unwilling to pay a price commensurate with the labour involved in creating games like this, then fewer people will take those risks,’ says Brigador creator
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