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$130 PS2 game?????

SakebombSakebomb Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Games and Technology
I was browsing Amazon.com for some co-op multiplayer PS2 games and came across this madness!

I remember playing the first Dark Alliance game getting a "meh" reaction out of me.

Anyone know why this four year old PS2 title costs more than my cable bill??

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It's nigh impossible to find and tons of people are looking for it.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Because it's probably out of print?

    It appears to be going for a lot less on eBay.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Amazon marketplace is retarded.

    http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=Baldur's+Gate:+Dark+Alliance+2&um=1&ie=UTF-8

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  • musanmanmusanman Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I sold my marvel vs capcom 2 copy for like $80 on ebay.

    I picked it up in a used bin at EB for like $12...entertainment + $68 = fucking profit

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  • SakebombSakebomb Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Amazon marketplace is retarded.

    http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=Baldur's+Gate:+Dark+Alliance+2&um=1&ie=UTF-8

    You are my hero

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  • ManetherenWolfManetherenWolf Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    musanman wrote: »
    I sold my marvel vs capcom 2 copy for like $80 on ebay.

    I picked it up in a used bin at EB for like $12...entertainment + $68 = fucking profit

    I dont see how thats possible. Gamestop/EB have been selling it for like $60-80 for a long time (well over a year or two)

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  • JimmyhatesyouJimmyhatesyou Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I was in a Game Force on monday, and they had an used Xbox copy of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on sale for $119.99.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hahaha, awesome! I got this game a year or two ago, and it was even rare/expensive then. I think I paid like $60, though it had been out for a good long while.

    I remember looking around everywhere for it, and being told by Gamestop that I wasn't likely to find it because it was a rare, limited run.

    The game is well worth searching for if you have a friend you can play it with. The first BG was fun but limited, only three classes with too much overlap IMO. This one has 5 classes and they're a bit more unique (essentially what happened from Diablo 1 to 2): necromancer, monk, barbarian, cleric, rogue. Lots and lots of abilities, a very fun, Diabloesque two player hack n' slash. Highly recommended.

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  • ZiggymonZiggymon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00006BMRL/ref=sr_1_olp_2?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1211499772&sr=8-2

    Thats nothing compared to this.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    $130?

    That's nothing.

    Edit: and that's not from a reseller, that's straight from amazon.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hey Ziggymon, LewieP has you beat. :P

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  • krazykarl1982krazykarl1982 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Holy christ, and I thought the $150 mark I saw for xenogears a few years back was nuts.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    No LewieP wins that one.

    (pound symbol)700 for new. (pound symbol)2.96 used? For a Phoenix Games game?

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Just remember guys, Steel Battalion was $200 at retail when it was brand new. On Amazon it's around $295-$399 and while that's nowhere near $700 it's still pretty damn high.

    edit: wait, that's 749 pounds?? Holy fucking shit.

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  • ZiggymonZiggymon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Darmak wrote: »
    Hey Ziggymon, LewieP has you beat. :P

    I'd say you re right, although mine actually is about that price on ebay and the rest.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Darmak wrote: »
    Just remember guys, Steel Battalion was $200 at retail when it was brand new. On Amazon it's around $295-$399 and while that's nowhere near $700 it's still pretty damn high.

    The other best part is that 750 pounds isn't close to $750.00 either.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    No LewieP wins that one.

    (pound symbol)700 for new. (pound symbol)2.96 used? For a Phoenix Games game?

    Yeah... what?

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »
    Just remember guys, Steel Battalion was $200 at retail when it was brand new. On Amazon it's around $295-$399 and while that's nowhere near $700 it's still pretty damn high.

    The other best part is that 750 pounds isn't close to $750.00 either.

    I noticed that right after I posted. :P

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hey, if they sell one copy, it'll pay for every game they've made this year. Worth a shot.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hm. My gamestop has dark alliance just sitting in the hold drawer waiting for me.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    I paid $60 for the Xbox version quite late in its run. Unfortunately the game sucks compared to the first one, and the first one was not so hot.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I still have my Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Dreamcast DISC in great condition. Case was lost long ago - but it and Cannon Spike still get regular rotation in my DC.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Limited Edition new/sealed goes for US$325 nowdays. Thats got nothin' on LewieP's find though D:

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  • musanmanmusanman Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    ManetherenWolf wrote: »
    musanman wrote: »
    I sold my marvel vs capcom 2 copy for like $80 on ebay.

    I picked it up in a used bin at EB for like $12...entertainment + $68 = fucking profit

    I dont see how thats possible. Gamestop/EB have been selling it for like $60-80 for a long time (well over a year or two)

    this would have been in like '02, probably not too long after it came out

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Shit like this is ridiculous. I think some publishers purposely limit supplies to bring up the price like this. I am looking at you komani. Square also does it, to cock tease all the jrpg fans.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Why is it so much on Amazon? My guess, it's a front. They're "trading games." And those "games" cases are packed with "cocaine."


    Seriously, you can buy this game right now from Ebay for like $20, or get it from Gamestop.com for $50 or $30 depending on the system.

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  • MarioGMarioG Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    $130?

    That's nothing.

    Edit: and that's not from a reseller, that's straight from amazon.

    Do I really want to know?

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Well there is a link right there, so if you want to know you should probably just click it, or not. Do you want us to tell you what to do?

    Don't, I guess?

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  • MarioGMarioG Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I hope you understood that i had clicked the link and was wondering why in the holy hell the outcome was what it was.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    MarioG wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    $130?

    That's nothing.

    Edit: and that's not from a reseller, that's straight from amazon.

    Do I really want to know?




    uhhuh, theres one game call "MIGHTY MULAN" is that an Original Game of yours?

    One thing I love more than Mulan is.. is ripping off Mulan, and making better Mulan.

    It is called the Mighty Mulan! It is much better than normal Mulan buy it.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I can make a listing on amazon to sell a spongebob game for $362. Would you make a thread about that too?

    It's a private listing - some guy out of the billions on this planet thinks he can sell it for that much - who cares?


    and people stop being stupid and equating list price with sale price.

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  • SaddlerSaddler Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Here's one people actually bid on. Square printed what, how many million of these things?

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Fucking Idiots on eBay.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It's a front, people!

    :P

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  • KenninatorKenninator Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    It's shit like this that makes me hate the fact that video games aren't in libraries.

    I know the problem wouldn't be solved at all, but at least some people might be able to play games they otherwise wouldn't be able to.

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