Driver San Francisco

[twistedsymphony]

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[Gemini-Phoenix]

I seem to vaguely remember posting this over a year ago, and the release was previously put on hiatus, but now seems likely that it will get a release this year

Originally due out last autumn, it is now due to be released on the 1st of September 2011 for £59.99 - I've personally had this held as a pre-order with GAME since last June!

PS3 - http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PlayStation-3/Racing/Driver-San-Francisco-Limited-Edition/~r349879/





X360 - http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Xbox-360/Racing/Driver-San-Francisco-Limited-Edition/~r349878/





No word whether the model included is die cast, or whether it is just a cheap plastic moulded model, although I fear for the latter if other CE's (Eg, Mortal Kombat) are anything to go by... It's deceiving, as it appears to look like a die cast model, but I suppose such a thing would make the CE far too heavy to realistically ship

[gurpswoo1]

LOL - I too have had this order for many many months and completely forget about it.

I haven't heard much about the game, Hopefully it doesn't turn into a duke nukem.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Just got an eMail from GAME about this. Seems the release date has now slipped to 2nd of September 2011... Not that I think one day matters much after nearly a year of delays

Looks like it is turning into the next Duke Nukem Forever! Lol!

Originally Posted by GAME

As you may already be aware, the UK release date for Driver San Francisco Limited Edition has changed to 02-Sep-2011. Changes to release dates are relatively common in the videogames industry and are unfortunately beyond our control.

Don't worry, your order is still live and will be despatched prior to its release date via your chosen method of delivery.

[PrestonLad]

Release date for UK is now 2nd September 2011 for £59.99.
http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Xbox-360...tion/~r349878/




Special Edition Includes:
A collectable replica of the 1970 Dodge Challenger Hemi R/T Six pack
A map of San Francisco
Two exclusive in-game vehicles
The "Mass Chase" challenge
And more!

[twistedsymphony]

Updated, thanks...

FYI the price is 69.99... we list the RRP as set by the publisher. Not whatever the discounted store price is...

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I see a lot of CE's with stupidly high RRP's for CE's, which end up being cheaper upon release day. For example, a large CE like HAlo Reach Legendary Edition may have had an RRP of around £150, but if the release price was only £99.99 then I think that's the price we should go with

[TMM]

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen,

Managed to pick this one up for cheap on Amazon.co.uk

Check out my photo unboxing here of the Collector's Edition.

Regards
TMM

[twistedsymphony]

So who's price do you go by?

If GAME is selling it for 99 and Play is selling it for 109 and Zavvi is selling it for 95 and the publisher's official store is selling at the RRP of 120?

The point of including RRP is to determine how much a title has appreciated or depreciated from where the publisher initially valued the product. honestly if it's selling at a discount on day 1 that's a perfect example of why RRP should be in the database.

Really RRP is the only "official" value a CE release will ever have, no matter how ridiculous it might seem, so to me that makes it an important data point to capture.

I actually started writing a tool a while back that would automatically go out and fetch prices from retailers and track the average value of a game over time, and give people links to where they could find it cheapest but I've been distracted with all kinds of other feature requests particularly stuff like adding more consoles/portables/press kits to the database which has multiplied my back log of games that need to be added to the DB (and of course spending time to chip away at the back log of game updates) that it's been put pretty far on the back burner

[gurpswoo1]

Trailer showing off this edition has become available.