Current Price of MSTS

bravedan · Post by **bravedan** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:07 am

Hi,

Wandering aimlessly around the games stores (it's me age, Doc), it became only too evident that stores are totally confused by MSTS and it's pricing. (I'm trying to be kind, OK?)

It's still being sold at Â£34.99 in one high street store, where almost alongside is the "budget" release of it at Â£9.99.

As a test I took both to the till and asked what the difference was, and apparantly the budget release is "an older version, without a lot of essential extras"..............................................HA HA HA!

Then this week I see it being offered in a High Street secondhand chain store in a pretty tatty box at Â£24.99.

Makes you wonder how many are being put off buying......................or are getting seriously ripped off.

Dave

P.S. anyone got an unwanted copy of NASCAR Racing 2003 Season?? My Â£15 is waiting........

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:34 pm

The list price of MSTS is still Â£34.99 - so you could say that those who pay less are getting a bargain

Iluka · Post by **Iluka** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:55 pm

Hi All

I picked up an original (Microsoft) MSTS V1.2 (latest version) in it's wrapped plastic covering (just for a backup for my existing MSTS Installation) for 10 pounds at our local PC Store Down Under in Western Australia about three months ago.

I haven't even opened it yet as to date since installing MSTS in early 2002 I have never had a crash requiring a re-install of MSTS!!

Regards

Mike

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:02 pm

bravedan wrote:"an older version, without a lot of essential extras"..............................................HA HA HA!

Ah, game store staff, don't you just love 'em, bless their little badly trained customer relations hearts

Maybe it's v1.0 and without the class 50, BR coaches and the indispensable v1.2 patch?

Then again Â£25 is a bit steep for a freely available online patch

Martin

Post by **NeutronIC** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:20 pm

The list price of MSTS is still Â£34.99

It was re-released under the XPLOSIV brand as a Â£7.99 title list price, so Â£34.99 means you're getting the original Microsoft branded version and I don't think this is actually available anymore - anyone still selling it is selling old stock.

Matt.

MuddleandGoesNowhere · Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:15 pm

NeutronIC wrote: Â£34.99 means you're getting the original Microsoft branded version and I don't think this is actually available anymore - anyone still selling it is selling old stock.

Must mean that they are selling it as a "rare collectable!"

Tom

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:16 pm

so Â£34.99 means you're getting the original Microsoft branded version and I don't think this is actually available anymore

PC World still seem to have plenty. Its still on their shelves down here for Â£34.99

bravedan · Post by **bravedan** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:57 pm

Yes, Matt, spot on, the Xplosiv one should be Â£7.99, but was being sold at Â£9.99.............

As an aside, does anyone actually know for sure if the "budget" version is being sold updated as per the full price version???

Dave

lateagain · Post by **lateagain** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:55 pm

I always check prices online over a variety of sites before I buy anything. On the few occasions I have gone into Games stores to see whether they had ANYTHING that would interest me for a PC I've been amazed that the PC section is now almost out the back and that titles regularly promoted online at huge discounts still sit on their shelves at full price. Even the console games are available at discount. Full whack seems a steep premium to pay for impatience? Most online orders arrive in under a week even from Jersey.

Geoff

Post by **NeutronIC** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:17 am

I believe someone posted here a while back that the xplosiv version was indeed the 1.2 version with 50 and SD40, so no reason for the other one to exist at all except for dumping stock

Matt.

jporter · Post by **jporter** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:58 am

Crickey.....I picked it up the day it came out at Â£49.99 !!!!

Jees!

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:14 am

Yep, but you've had 5 years of good use out of it! I paid Â£50 too and I reckon it's been the best Â£50 I've ever spent on software.

Martin

jporter · Post by **jporter** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:50 am

Yea true, and certainly is!

Post by **NeutronIC** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:53 am

Won mine in the launch competition along with an MS Explorer Mouse, how ironic is that.

Matt.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:08 pm

But are you still using the mouse?

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