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Haven't they heard about the recession and sales drops?

I'm posting this waay late but thanks to FiringSquad reader Tom S. I see that Modern Warfare 2 PC will sell for $60 when it hits retailers this November. As Beef Jack reports, online retailers Amazon, Best Buy, and Gamestop all list the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 for $60 -- the same price as the console version. Traditionally PC games have debuted for no more than $50 (often less), so this is a $10 price increase.

Gamers in the UK are already upset over Modern Warfare 2's £5 increase. Activision justified it due to fluctuating exchange rates between the Euro and Pound. I'm not sure how they justify the $10 price increase for Modern Warfare 2 PC though, although industry analyst Michael Pachter says: “Activision knows it has a ‘hot’ game, knows that the market will pay an additional 10 percent, and has decided to increase price accordingly.”

I dunno. While I'm sure hardcore fans of the series will gladly cough up the extra dough, I have a feeling a large number of cash-strapped PC gamers are going to wait for the first sale on Steam.

Amen, and with so much other goodness inbound (esp. relative to finances), it'll be a long time for this buckaroo.

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