@jargy1: Yeah. Halo Wars went Platinum Hits. Why this quick, I dunno.

@deanbmmv: Proper hardware testing to ensure compatibility with a wide range of PCs costs more. If only more devs did it though.

@Demonbird: Here in the US, no first party wii game has had a price drop yet.

@halfthought: Not really. GRAW1 is still $30 retail, officially speaking.

@MadGenius: Yeah. People are quick to point fingers at MS, instead of EA/Ubisoft/2K/etc/etc.

@PeteyCoco: I don't know. But on the US steam, it's similar. Vegas 1 is $20 while Vegas 2 is $10.

@halfthought: Most games on demand are their individual publishers' official prices. Not microsoft.

@Ken: Yeah... Try finding the batteries by themselves anymore. You pretty much have to get them bundled with other stuff now.

@PSOCecil: That's because Dragon Age is a digital download exclusive for them. No box like PC/360/PS3 users get.

@Saith17: Steam doesn't carry Mac games, or AO rated games. Direct to Drive has a few of both. There's a few publishers that aren't on Steam as well (like Koei).

@arof: Yes. Actually, Madden 09 was the world's last ever original Xbox release.

I grabbed the Eidos pack, Outrun 2006, Defense Grid, Far Cry... This is epic!

OMG. I have a blanket of that very same design!

Good. I want to play the game. And I shouldn't have to spend laughably inflated prices to do so. Now someone please clone the Turbografx CD drive, those are waaay overpriced given how much a Duo goes for.

@Taku128: I don't know much about it, but this is probably accurate. [www.xbox.com]

@Taku128: Only at first. It ended up coming to XBLA and PSN later.

@thecast: Heh. True, the site is still buggy. I thought it'd get better now that traffic isn't flooding from its launch.

@Communist Agenda: That's because it was never IW's fault in the first place. They've been having to cover up for Activision in crappy PR speak.

@Adonai2: Because an outstanding, no, incredible engine, is being wasted on such dull art direction.