Now it's official -- Amy will launch in Europe on Jan. 11 for €9.9 (£7.99, 800 MS Points) on PSN and XBLA, and on Jan. 17 for $10 (800 MS Points) in North America on both consoles.
Price-fixing PSN: Amy to launch Jan. 17 for $10 in North America
by Jessica Conditt 
on Jan 9th 2012 7:00PM
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Now it's official -- Amy will launch in Europe on Jan. 11 for €9.9 (£7.99, 800 MS Points) on PSN and XBLA, and on Jan. 17 for $10 (800 MS Points) in North America on both consoles.
Reader Comments (45)
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:01PM mywhitenoise said
This whole ordeal was stupid.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:50PM wrongThinker said
@mywhitenoise This is one of those "Why not just do the obvious and save us all some time" scenarios. The obvious in this case being "release the game at the same price on all platforms."
At least it's over now and I can sleep again.
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At least it's over now and I can sleep again.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 8:31PM MystcLazrDragon said
@mywhitenoise
This whole ordeal shouldn't have even happened.
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This whole ordeal shouldn't have even happened.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:11PM Lerkero said
@HaVoK308
Yeah, this seems more like good marketing. I figured they did the poll to either 1] Bring attention to the fact that MS points are not based on a specific currency and 2] Make people pay more attention to their game by getting it more press than it would have otherwise.
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Yeah, this seems more like good marketing. I figured they did the poll to either 1] Bring attention to the fact that MS points are not based on a specific currency and 2] Make people pay more attention to their game by getting it more press than it would have otherwise.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:06PM JDSan24 said
wait.. what? XBLA release (US) was moved too? O_o
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:44PM trickybuz93 said
@JDSan24 I don't think so. According to IGN, it still comes out this Wednesday in NA. If it was delayed, that'd just been stupid
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:08PM AxelSteelBMX said
There we go; problem solved. Really, though, it shouldn't have been an issue in the first place.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:10PM Einlander said
This could have totally been avoided if they just converted the currency to Xbox points instead of using Xbox points as the standard.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:14PM King Johngie the Fourth said
What horseshit. They don't deserve my $13. Or is it $10? Or will they mess up again and have it end up being ¥15430.098?
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:19PM ZexionArmando said
Wow, totally shocked people wanted to wait for a cheaper price that was more expensive for a very stupid reason.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:21PM Kougeru said
It's not really being frugal when most people simply wanted fairness. They wanted the SAME price as XBOX...whether that be 9.99, or 12.99 on both consoles.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 8:38PM MystcLazrDragon said
@Kougeru
And especially since to get a fair price ps3 users would have to wait a week later.
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And especially since to get a fair price ps3 users would have to wait a week later.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:22PM passthemstickscom said
I'm disappointed the XBLA version was also pushed back. I wanted to play it tomorrow.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:49PM sonicspike41 said
@Mcmax3000
It was.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/amy-to-launch-next-week-with-a-mysterious-price-structure/
"the US version will launch on Jan. 11 for XBLA. The US PSN edition launches on Jan. 10."
"and on Jan. 17 for $10 (800 MS Points) in North America on both consoles. "
"both consoles."
It was moved from the 11th to the 17th for the XBLA version and from the 10h to the 17th for the PSN version.
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It was.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/amy-to-launch-next-week-with-a-mysterious-price-structure/
"the US version will launch on Jan. 11 for XBLA. The US PSN edition launches on Jan. 10."
"and on Jan. 17 for $10 (800 MS Points) in North America on both consoles. "
"both consoles."
It was moved from the 11th to the 17th for the XBLA version and from the 10h to the 17th for the PSN version.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:26PM (Unverified) said
This wasn't the first XBLA/PSN game ever released so I don't know how they thought they would get away with pricing the game differently in the SAME region. Their justification for it, according to their comments, is to make the price "the same" in the US and Europe, but when you get down to it, 800 MS points in the US is CHEAPER than 800 MS Points in Europe, so no, it isn't the same. They were completely stupid about this and I'm amazed the problem even came up.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:21PM (Unverified) said
@Esposch
I was comparing 800 MS points in Europe as opposed to the US and you verified my statement. It is indeed more expensive in Europe. So unless MS eats the difference and pays that $3 to them for the US sales, then nothing I said was untrue. It isn't the same in the US and Europe as you just demonstrated the cost difference in MS points.
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I was comparing 800 MS points in Europe as opposed to the US and you verified my statement. It is indeed more expensive in Europe. So unless MS eats the difference and pays that $3 to them for the US sales, then nothing I said was untrue. It isn't the same in the US and Europe as you just demonstrated the cost difference in MS points.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 12:40AM apocacrux said
@(Unverified)
According to Amazon
800MSP equals $10.50USD in the US and $11.78USD in the UK. So, really it's only about a dollar and 28 cents difference, which of course varies with the market, but even at three dollars difference I don't think UK gamers will feel ripped off,as it's what they always paid.
I wouldn't be upset if Australians were only pay $8USD for 800 points. It just doesn't matter, so this AMY pricing issue is NOT an issue.
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According to Amazon
800MSP equals $10.50USD in the US and $11.78USD in the UK. So, really it's only about a dollar and 28 cents difference, which of course varies with the market, but even at three dollars difference I don't think UK gamers will feel ripped off,as it's what they always paid.
I wouldn't be upset if Australians were only pay $8USD for 800 points. It just doesn't matter, so this AMY pricing issue is NOT an issue.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:29PM Hong Dong said
What a waste of time for everybody.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:32PM tylerh1701 said
IGN is reporting the XBLA version will be coming out Wednesday.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:44PM Jing2487 said
Yeah Joystiq screwed up, the facebook page that regarded the price change states that the XBLA release will still be January 11th. Im really excited for this game!
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:49PM DoomKvlt said
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 7:58PM Studs MacKenzie said
Why was this even an issue?
This had to be a publicity stunt. Who in their right mind would've voted to keep the price at $12.99 on the PSN?
This had to be a publicity stunt. Who in their right mind would've voted to keep the price at $12.99 on the PSN?
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 8:06PM passthemstickscom said
@Studs MacKenzie Apparently, about 30% of those who voted on the poll. I hope they were all trolls...
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 8:14PM SonyPS said
Well this is good
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:01PM darkinchworm said
@ozlacs
Cool.
Cool.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:15PM kentuckyfried said
I'm glad the ruckus that me and maybe some other people brought down upon this company, helped them to change their minds and not create alot of ill will in the fan base.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:19PM kentuckyfried said
The 360 ppl might get it tomorrow, but I don't care about the timing really. I'm all happy and excited that I was able to restore the file system on the ps3 just enough so that I can keep playing Fallout 3 again without the system freezing up (a side consequence of trying to get splinter cell: chaos theory working on the ps3 and failing miserably).
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:25PM Gibbeynator said
I'm going to assume that there's a reason they can't just launch it this week for 13 bucks, drop the price next week, and give a 3 dollar rebate to anyone who buys this week.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:35PM (Unverified) said
@Gibbeynator
They wanted to make the higher price more attractive. Seriously, there are some nutjobs commenting on the Amy Facebook page who would have agreed to a price discrepancy to get the game a week early. Yeah, that's a great idea. Set a precedent for other publishers to pull this kind of crap.
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They wanted to make the higher price more attractive. Seriously, there are some nutjobs commenting on the Amy Facebook page who would have agreed to a price discrepancy to get the game a week early. Yeah, that's a great idea. Set a precedent for other publishers to pull this kind of crap.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 9:57PM Acosta02 said
As already pointed out, the Xbox version of the game STILL COMES OUT THE 11th
"Because of technical constrained of the PSN Store linked to the servers, this price change will postpone the release of the PSN version of AMY in the US to next week, Jan 17, 2012. This price drop will not affect the release of AMY in the other territories, or on other platforms, as the release date for the XBLA version is still slated for January 11, 2012, for 800 MS points in the US"
I feel like this is misinformation that could have been avoided by checking the information on the original source (the facebook page for the game) rather than just using sony's twitter.
"Because of technical constrained of the PSN Store linked to the servers, this price change will postpone the release of the PSN version of AMY in the US to next week, Jan 17, 2012. This price drop will not affect the release of AMY in the other territories, or on other platforms, as the release date for the XBLA version is still slated for January 11, 2012, for 800 MS points in the US"
I feel like this is misinformation that could have been avoided by checking the information on the original source (the facebook page for the game) rather than just using sony's twitter.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:14PM OGC said
What a surprise, consumers chose to have it for a cheaper price -_-. Who the hell at the Amy developer thought they were going to choose the higher price just to have it a week early?
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:04AM xCh0z3n0n3x said
why would they do that to begin with...so damn stupid if you ask me.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 1:23AM kmcroc said
SO YOU PS3 PRICK ARE WILL TO PAY 199.99 TO 350.00 FOR YOUR CONSOLE BUT AN EXTRA 3.00 DOLLARS FOR GAME MAKES YOU ALL CRYFOUL LIKE BUNCH OF BABIES, WORST PART YOU DELAYED THE GAME A WEEK. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 1:30AM Vman said
@ozlacs Story
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 8:55AM monkey man said
PSN prices really suck. The first thing that comes to mind is the Renegade Ops Christmas sale. Regular price is $15. PSN holiday sale price was $12 and the PS+ price was $9. The xbla holiday price for both gold and silver members was $7.50.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 11:42AM (Unverified) said
@ozlacs bro
