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"Capcom game for $200"

Capcom have announced a planned November release for "Steel Batallion," a tank combat game for Xbox that will be packaged with a custom 40-button game controller and will sell for $200 in the US so £200 in the UK.

Nah, I won't be buying another GC. The only reason I would have ever considered it again would have been for Conker's - and we know whats happening with that. ;-)

viperfire1956 wrote:
> I only said £200 because they usually just change the sign from
> $ to £ and leave the price the same.

That's £65 more than the US price! Trust me, if CAPCOM have any respect for their customer's intelligence, they'll know to bring the price down.

US PRICE / CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE = UK PRICE
$200.00 / 1.5 = £133.33 OR £135.00 ROUNDED.

You see?

It they just converted the prise from Dollar to Pound new Xbox games would cost £33 and they don’t.

Maybe so, but with a game as much as $200.00 (which I think is highly unlikely - where did you find this out?) something MUST be done.

The game will cost the same as any other, it’s just the custom 40-button game controller that’s very expensive and puts the price up.

Just look at the Xbox and PS2 launch prices. $300 in the US, £300 in the UK.

See?

Psh.. what a rip-off... No GameCube release?

£200 eh?

mmm...wonder if Blockbusters will be renting it out for £3.75?

Seriously though, a game that costs more than the actual console? There bloody well better be the option to try before you buy!

You will be able to buy the game on its own for around 40 quid.

You should be able to test out the custom controller though. The Xbox pad will be seriously limited if the custom thing has 40 buttons.

No doubt Gamestation will have one set up for demonstration.