ESPN Football 2005 listed at $19.99 at Gamstop.com

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:29 pm

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?pro ... teid=00404

Excuse me while I find a clean pair of underwear and clean my monitor.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:43 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?pro ... teid=00404

Excuse me while I find a clean pair of underwear and clean my monitor.

Holy s***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got 5 down.....thats 14.99 to me.......

Something aint right.cant be..can it?

Parker · Post by **Parker** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:47 pm

The only thing I can think of is there are going to seperate fees for the living, online leagues. It doesn't make any sense, as they are promising just as many upgrades as they do every year.

Parker · Post by **Parker** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:49 pm

Although they just signed a new publishing deal with Take Two so who knows, though it seems unlikely that they would have decided a price already because of this.

Kazuya · Post by **Kazuya** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:51 pm

Gamestop has numbnuts working *in* the stores, why can't they have numbnut webmasters, too?

It is pretty obviously a mistake.

http://www.espnvideogames.com/shop/products/

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:58 pm

Kazuya wrote:Gamestop has numbnuts working *in* the stores, why can't they have numbnut webmasters, too?

It is pretty obviously a mistake.

http://www.espnvideogames.com/shop/products/

Inuyasha · Post by **Inuyasha** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:01 pm

So I take it if I buy this at 19.99 and it's a mistake, they will charge me 49.99 later?

rubba19 · Post by **rubba19** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:06 pm

Screw it!

Worst thing is that they say OOPS! and I refuse the new price.

Otherwise, it's a steal.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:08 pm

The ESPN Videogames store doesn't update very often. They probably just haven't gotten around to it. Fatpitcher even said it might be as low as $19.99. Keep the faith alive brothers.

koebner69 · Post by **koebner69** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:10 pm

Print and save your receipt.At worst,you can cancel the order.I had no intention of getting this game but at 20 bucks I went ahead and ordered.Either it's a colossal f-up or Sega's gonna start giving their s***away.Looking at the sales numbers it may be the latter

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:10 pm

Ebgames has the 19.99 price......

http://ebgames.com/ebx/categories/produ ... espn%20nfl

What up with that?

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:12 pm

XXXIV wrote:Ebgames has the 19.99 price......

http://ebgames.com/ebx/categories/produ ... espn%20nfl

What up with that?

That's a good sign 34. I checked earlier and EB didn't have it listed at $19.99 yet. They must have received an e-mail this week regarding the price.

Parker · Post by **Parker** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:13 pm

Hmm, EB has the new boxshot too. Wow, well I haven't been paying that much attention, have they said anything about charging for certain online modes or additional content on the Xbox?

Kazuya · Post by **Kazuya** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:15 pm

I stand corrected. Perhaps there is more than meets the eye here. It would be a very agressive move by Take Two, but that's the kind of stuff it takes to knock off a juggernaut like EA Sports. Even people who have already picked up/plan to buy Madden would pick up ESPN at that price.

FWIW, ESPN NBA 2005 is full price on the ebgames site.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:18 pm

Kazuya wrote:I stand corrected. Perhaps there is more than meets the eye here. It would be a very agressive move by Take Two, but that's the kind of stuff it takes to knock off a juggernaut like EA Sports. Even people who have already picked up/plan to buy Madden would pick up ESPN at that price.

Wouldnt it be great if EA followed suit....lowered its price too?.....

It be great to get both games I was buying anyway for 1/2 the price.

I can dream......

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:23 pm

Well I ordered it, PS2 and Xbox version. How can you go wrong with these prices? Worst they can do is cancel the order.

They have an option to pick up games at local store but they have disclaimer that store prices may not match. So this could be a web special.

Anyways, I can use a temp. CC number where I limit how much they can charge and the expiration so they're not going to charge me full price.

More than likely, a discount chain like Circuit City would sell it at a discount at release but this price is obviously a lot better if it holds up.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:27 pm

Someone mentioned this special a couple of days ago on a newsgroup. That may have been at EB. But the link was not found. So it's encouraging that it's back.

In any event, I got confirmation email with the prices.

One thing, if you order more than one copy, they will charge you each time for shipping so don't think one shipping charge will cover 2 or more copies.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:32 pm

F*ck me: I'm ordering this game today at this price!

Regarding the $19.99 price point: It's becoming more popular for underdog games in certain genres than you might think. For example, Codemasters purposely released Colin McRae 04 at $19.99 on the Xbox since there was no PS2 release in the U.S.

And what happened? Colin 04 had WAY more sales in the U.S. than Colin 3. Sure, Colin 04 is a way better game, but the Codies' research shows that $19.99 is a price point for impulse and "no-brainer" purchases.

IndyCar Series 2005 is a $19.95 game, for the same reason. It's on the Xbox only in the U.S., and it faces stiff competition from the NASCAR Thunder series by EA.

A quality online football game like ESPN 2005 for $19.95? A quality online oval racing game like IndyCar Series 2005 for $19.95? SOLD!

5:30 p.m. update: ESPN NFL 2K5 ordered for in-store pickup for $21.65, including tax. Ahhh, lovely! Scoop, your legend grows!

Take care,
PK

skidmark · Post by **skidmark** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:42 pm

Watch out EA, you just got Japped!

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:44 pm

Damn, what are the shipping options for EB?

Do they charge sales tax for shipping out of state?

BTW, th only deal I'm aware of for Madden 2005 is that they will give you $10 trade-in for Madden 2004, which is about what you'd net if you sell Madden 2004 now.

Boom · Post by **Boom** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:54 pm

skidmark wrote:Watch out EA, you just got Japped!

Funny, but this still won't put a dent in EA's sales.

skidmark · Post by **skidmark** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:08 pm

I don't know, I think this move has some merit... if you consider the uninformed gamer factors in a large part on overall sales.

How many moms are going to be able to pass a $30 difference between this years two football games?

How many general uniformed footballers aren't willing to give the other a shot for a measly $20

...even some of the EA hard-ons will figure why-not and get it to supplement Madden for a measly $20.

Will EA still hold the market? Yea, but Sega just gave anyone on the verge of trying out their game major incentive to do so...

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:08 pm

What are you guys paying for shipping?

Has anyone called their local stores to see what their computers are showing? I would hate to put money down and then find out it was a web exclusive deal.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:13 pm

GreatWhite:

I just ordered for in-store pickup here in Syracuse, $21.65 including tax. Order confirmed.

Take care,
PK

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:16 pm

grtwhtsk wrote:What are you guys paying for shipping?

Has anyone called their local stores to see what their computers are showing? I would hate to put money down and then find out it was a web exclusive deal.

I called the store and they still showed $49.99 but any changes like that will not show up untill tomorrow since the GS computers update at night.

If it is going to sell lfor $19.99 on the web you can rest assured it will be $19.99 or $24.99 (at the most for non competitive stores) in stores.

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