Okay I was just looking at pre-ordering (I'm going to get the collectors edition hopefully) and I saw this on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-PC-DVD/dp/B004G5YW5Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1304421514&sr=1-1

Is it just me who doesn't understand amazons system or does it really only cost ￡27.91?

Yeh I think Thas a real price

Sadly the US version does NOT have this price :cryvaultboy:

￡27.91 = $46 USD <--(current real-value according to google.http://www.google.com/search?q=%C2%A327.91+to+dollars&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a.)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Skyrim&x=0&y=0

^looks like we american's don't get such a great deal, and it looks like it's cheaper for console versions (in america)

Since Amazon UK are based in the Channel Islands you don't pay VAT buying from them which combined with lower costs from being an online store means they can seriously undercut UK high street stores.

edit: that price is for the PC version, the console versions are ￡38.91

Oh darn its the pc version. Why are console version a full ￡10 more expensive? I highly doubt the blu-ray disc costs any more than 5p extra than a regular disc, and the PC version can be modded.

Such is life :sadvaultboy:

Cheapest I can find for console is on zavvi which has a cover art ive never seen for skyrim , could be alduin I dunno check it out

http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/ps3/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/10293223.html?name=image-zoom&image=0

this, meaning console versions cost around $64

and DO consider yourself lucky (well, at least if you're a console gamer you HAVE to) as the price of games on amazon.co.uk is about the lowest in europe.
The rest of us € guys (I'm French) would have to pay from http://www.google.com/search?q=%C2%A327.91+to+dollars&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&q=%E2%82%AC49%2C99+to+dollars&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b08b13f1c13fec94/http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&sugexp=gsish&xhr=t&q=%E2%82%AC59,99+to+dollars&cp=17&qe=rDU5LDk5IHRvIGRvbGxhcnM&qesig=JU4Xv9JsV7_J9xTPRRrNjA&pkc=AFgZ2tkiTr_tFKZ2eqSoS3RTLq0N1He2jZ16ORd3feoiyD6IX1AmCZtB7fc0S-Ckwi8lmZT9bN0DVQS17yBJmCNrxL_2C73Oog&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=webhp&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=%E2%82%AC59,99+to+dollars&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b08b13f1c13fec94 (PC/Console) (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=skyrim&x=0&y=0) to usually http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&sugexp=gsish&xhr=t&q=%E2%82%AC59,95+to+dollars&cp=17&qe=rDU5LDk5IHRvIGRvbGxhcnM&qesig=JU4Xv9JsV7_J9xTPRRrNjA&pkc=AFgZ2tkiTr_tFKZ2eqSoS3RTLq0N1He2jZ16ORd3feoiyD6IX1AmCZtB7fc0S-Ckwi8lmZT9bN0DVQS17yBJmCNrxL_2C73Oog&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=webhp&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=%E2%82%AC59,99+to+dollars&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b08b13f1c13fec94/http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=%E2%82%AC69%2C95+to+dollars&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b08b13f1c13fec94 for AAA games in France (http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=skyrim&x=0&y=0#/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mass+effect+3&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amass+effect+3)

So...


I'd say Luckily the US versions do NOT have THESE prices ^^'

E: added links to the google conversion from € to $

Aren't they doing a collectors edition??

I want a collectors edition with a shiney toy, like the Oblivion one with the septim. I still keep mine in my wallet :biggrin:

Yeah, I was quite surprised when I got a gaming pc how cheap the games are. I'll be waiting to see whats in the collecters/special/whatever edition though. The english version of the DA:O collectors edition was, wait for it, a cardboard sleeve and three in game items. Wow. I doubt Skyrim collectors edition will get that treatment though.

I'm sure it will go even lower when closer to release. Such is the fish-eat-fish market in the UK.

That's how MS and Sony make money with their consoles. They are both vastly cheaper than their production cost and developers pay an added fee (which is about those 10 bucks) to them for each sold game.

Nice find Awia :thumbsup:

It`s also ￡27.99 with free delivery on Play.com . I tend to buy from Play as I`ve always found them quite fast for delivery.


@Boog_89 - Yeah thats another downside for us console owners.

I`ll still happily pay the extra ￡10 though for this game, as I think it will be worth it

I must say, it's 13,44 € less than I'll get my Skyrim with. (that is 31€). What a low price. Does transportation to your front door count into the price? On mine it does Ok so that is PC, which means I'll get my version just as cheap as you get yours

It's so cheap in the UK because there is almost noone buying PC games there anymore. Sad really.

"Does transportation to your front door count into the price? "


Well, unless you pay your postman to deliver to your front door, then thats included in the price :hubbahubba:

￡27.91 is a pretty decent price, was expecting to have to pay more than that!!

BTW, the console people complaining at the extra price, you only have to pay an extra ￡10, I'm gonna have to pay about ￡500-￡700 to get a PC to play this so, don't complain too much!!

You don't have to buy a new PC for everygame you buy, you know?

That, My Friend, Is Talos with his Epic Sword Of Epicness.

Oh your s****** me.... Not only is the PC version not 10$ less anymore, but its actually more?!?!

Console games cost more because game developers have to pay a fee to Microsoft/Sony to use their console. Essentially, Microsoft/Sony are the middlemen allowing game developers access to a lot of gamers. There is no middleman for PC, so it is always cheaper.

I wouldn't take Amazon's price seriously to be honest, as they are having a "sale" on a game that isn't even out for another six months.

And let's not forget that the Canadian version will somehow be more expensive...if it's like with MK9...

at this xbox price, people will pirate this game, which is a great............... shame.

I pre-ordered from there for the 360,so I have to pay ￡10 more purely because I'm on a different system.... :unsure:

This stinks.....

ya thats a PC version, which always sells $10 less then console games does. So $5 off without including tax. not a big deal..

No, but my computer is very outdated, and can barely play oblivion. My point is that consoles are very cheap in comparison to building a decent gaming PC.

So yeah, I will have to buy a new PC if I want to play Skyrim.

Depends on what oyu mean cheap. Now days you can get a pretty good rig for $600 which will last you as much as 4 years, then just need to spend $150ish on a new GPU and last you another 2-4 years pending on how tech grows while saving money on all the games you buy either it be from retail which are $10 cheaper or steam bundles which can go down to $20 for 10 games.