Watchmen: The End is Nigh will be $20 on XBLA/PSN/PC

by Ben Gilbert on Feb 27th 2009 3:28PM

Is it just us, or are digital downloads getting progressively more expensive? Just last summer we were reporting on why Jonathan Blow was charging $15 for Braid and now here we are less than a year later reporting what Warner Bros. Interactive told us this afternoon: The XBLA/PSN release of Watchmen: The End is Nigh next week will be dropping for 1600

/$19.99 (respectively). Steam's PC release will also carry the same price tag.

The amount of visual polish that goes into a title as graphically intensive as Watchmen may justify the unusually high price tag. If the similarly priced Penny Arcade Adventures are any indication of where this series is headed, we'll be waiting a few months for a price drop before sinking into this beat-'em-up. Feel free to check out the gallery below and see for yourself why Watchmen: The End is Nigh received its luxury price.

Watchmen: The End is Nigh

Tags: Deadline-Games, Microsoft, psn, steam, Warner-Bros, Warner-Bros-Interactive-Entertainment, Watchmen, Watchmen-The-End-Is-Nigh, WBIE, xbla, Xbox-360

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Oh no fucking way! I heard that this sucker is only going to be 2-4 hours long. And the gameplay is just punch punch punch until the end. Unless the story in the game is proven to be a great suppliment to the movie, I ain't payin' that much for this.

Us gamers are getting raped like Sally Jupiter.

Right because charging a little too much for a game is comparable to sexual assault.

I know you're trying to make a joke, but I'm not laughing.

Or, you know, you could just not buy.

Besides, it was only ATTEMPTED rape.

One of these days Neuromancer, the joke's gonna be on you.

This coming from a comedian? Hah!

In the words of Rorschach, it was a moral lapse.

neuromancer,

Seriously? Well, if you're gonna get all sensitive and offended, maybe you should change your sentence.

"Right because charging a little too much for a game is comparable to a fictional depiction of sexual assault as portrayed in a graphic novel."

Don't worry, I laughed at the sexual assault joke.

in the other words of Rorschach: "Hurm"

400 MS points says that this game will be on the deal of the week 7 days after its release.

NEVER COMPROMISE! ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE FACE OF A $20 PRICE TAG!

i guess i'm gonna watchthem only on the movie screen ..:)

Wow... seems high. Reviews will make or break this one for me. Probalby a no, though, unless I just have NOTHING to play. Especially if this comes in under 4 hours for one playthrough.

we are the ones to blame we pay for them...it started at 800 points we all paid, then 1200 we all paid, now 1600 people will pay and if sales are good the next time it'll be 2000 ...so unless we as consumers stop buying overpriced DLC the price will continue to rise---PEACE $ LOVE ----PLAY FOR FUN

No thanks.

I really wish Penny Arcade hadn't set this precedent, $20 is a little steep. I'll still check out the trial version though.

I didn't buy Penny Arcade either. $20 for short downloadable titles is a ripoff.

I paid $30 for Warhawk and it has been worth that many times over since it's multiplayer and they've expanded the hell out of it with DLC.

Let's see how much the crappy looking Punisher game will cost.

Christmas crackers, thats pretty nuts. . . ugh! my love for Watchmen is in a battle with common sense!

Not a chance.

Making the movie is bad enough. I'm going to see it and I'm probably going to love it because it looks like they're deconstructing new superhero cliches what the book did to old cliches, but it also looks like it's getting a tad butchered in the process.

The movie of the game of the book feels like a step too far, and $20 puts it out of morbid curiosity range.

Eh, pass. My slightest interest in a game gets shot down by overpricing. Even if the pricing is justified, I'll probably still pass.

Man, I was going to think about buying it at 10 dollars.... but at 20.. that's just ridiculous.. this kind of thing should be free to promote the movie.. That is what it was made to do in the first place, promote.

20 bucks for 2 hours... that's 10 dollars an hour... most teen gamers make like 7 dollars an hour..

20 dollars? Are they nuts?

Watchmen: The Price is High.

+1.

The price is too steep for a game that barely sounded good to start with. I really wanted to like this game because of the subject, but the gameplay has sounded too lame to then be overcharged for. I may grab it when the price dips, dunno though.

Holy shit. That blew my mind more than Mr. Manhattan's CGI blue penis

eh, Ill just rent this one. ;)

How the hell do you rent a downloadable game?

Yeah we need to revolt and stop buying xbla games until they start bringing down the price!

Funny how only a month or so ago I said the same thing and was flamed for it.

Here in Mexico they sell 1500 microsoft point cards for $20 US Dollars so in order to buy it we're gonna need to pay $40 US Dollars for the two cards... forget it >_>

I'm one who has defended, and purchased, a number of games and their price (Penny Arcade, Braid, Crayon Physics, World of Goo), but this seems a little ridiculous. I just haven't seen anything out of this game that makes me think that it's going to be a top notch experience. If you're going to charge the premium price for your downloadable game, it damn well better bring something to the table other than a well known license.

Right, exactly. I don't mind the high price... if there's enough content there and the quality is high enough to justify the price. Nothing I've read or seen regarding this game leads me to believe it justifies that price-point even a little.

Yeah, exactly. I'm just barely willing to pay $15 for extremely unique, high-quality games like Braid and Castle Crashers (got Penny Arcade for the Mac, as it's one of the few new games that'll play on my old laptop). But for a short, not hugely interesting beat-em-up? Bleh. Le Epic, Le Fail!

But the sad thing is... While I think $15 is a totally fair price for a great title like Castle Crashers (yes, yes, online co-op---get some real friends, dorks!), I can see how the developers of Watchmen, and their mothers, all think their game really is just that wonderful, and totally deserving of love and money. And more to the point, if there's a perception that $10 is a "ghetto" title, it becomes increasingly unpopular as a price point, which is really a shame, because that's exactly what most XBLA titles are worth. That's not a bad thing---I definitely got $10 of entertainment out of Switchball or Sealife Safari---but it's a big difference from $20.

Won't be getting just like I didn't get Penny Arcade. I was actually going to get this since I got the free watchmen tickets with my MS points purchase at best buy. From waht I've seen before it looks like a cheap beat em up. Like if they took the watchmen title it looks like one of those straight to bargain bin games.

Fuck, I paid 300 dollars to make my costume for the film's midnight release. 20 more bucks for Rorschach isnt gonna hurt much

Whoa really, you're gonna go in costume?! What city do you live in? This I need to see.

You paid $300 for blue paint and a black bannana hammock?

Here's hoping that The Dark Wayne is really fat and wearing lots of spandex...

For the lulz of course...
...
...
...

*fapfapfap*

Syracuse New York, and no I paid 300 for a leather coat, leather gloves, pinstripe pants, a trilby hat, a purple ribbon, and fabric for the mask. And dont me ridiculous, I'm fucking Batman I'm not fat

Shit, if you're dropping that much money to dress up as Rorschach, you must be Bruce Wayne!

But I'm one to talk. I nearly spent $150 to dress up as The Dude once.

how can you spend 150 dollars to look like a guy who doesnt own 150 dollars?

I dressed as Fantasy Dude. Jumpsuit, bowling shoes, wig, assorted nick knacks on a utility belt. Everyone dresses up as normal Dude, so I decided to go the extra mile.

Fail.

I regret paying $20 for Penny Arcade. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't worth $20.

Once bitten, twice shy.

$20 for a 2 hour game? I think not i say. $5 is more like it.

Forgive the tired old cliche, but i think its appropriate here....

FAIL! You dont even have to print the game on disc you know, distribution is free, the cheaper it is the more it sells!
Epic fail, Warner Bros.

I would suggest taking that $20 and buying the graphic novel if you don't own it already. I picked up a nice edition at Barnes & Noble or $19 a few weeks ago.

For those who find it difficult to read, there's a voiced over version coming out on BluRay Tuesday.

I'm not familiar with the Watchmen. Is that one character supposed to be Batman? It looks like a Batman rip off. I'm not sure if was originally Batman but because of IP rights they couldn't get the official Batman costume.

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Watchmen: The End is Nigh will be $20 on XBLA/PSN/PC

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