Modern Warfare 2 UK Price Hike

Crazy UK RRP

If you’re in the UK and was thinking of buying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 then you’re in for a bit of a shock. Because of  “the weak Pound and increased development costs”, Activision have decided to set the following RRP for the upcoming title.

  • Standard Edition £54.99
  • Hardened Edition £69.99
  • Prestige Edition £119.99

If you’re in the market for the Prestige Edition, you have to shop at HMV, who have secured the exclusive rights to sell the Night Vision Special Edition.

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29 Comments

  1. d**khead Dave says:

    OMG. £55!?

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  2. Gall012 says:

    This is sick in the head,

    So anyone know if its possible to order a US copy and get it shipped here?

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    • admin says:

      Gamestop ship to the UK for $25.

      Works out you save about 12GBP for Prestige Ed. Dont forget VAT though, and the time you’ll have to wait.

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  3. Cod6 says:

    haha thats wat the uk deserves

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  4. Gall012 says:

    Well there was no need for that Cod6 haha

    Y’know, seeing as they did form most of the western world, and if you decide to play this game on a nice LCD tv, then the thanks go to the British Army, who were the ones who invented the LCD technology.

    So shh =P

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  5. Chiz says:

    Haha… Maybe the price hike will make less brits buy the game! It gets sicking when there is 5 Brits on your team in multilayer anyway! Does the U.S. have the standard, hardened, and prestige version, or is this just for the UK.

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    • admin says:

      All versions are available worldwide apart from countries where NVG’s are banned.

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  6. sHaNe says:

    Even the normal edition of Modern Warfare 2 seems to be more expensive (+10%) in Switzerland. You British aren’t the only ones that will have to pay more than usual.

    I totally want to get the UK version because MW: 2 is probably not multilingual. I hope that they don’t advance the price again… it’s already more than enough.

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  7. The Stig says:

    Preorder it from Play.com for £44.99 and free delivery! And who gives a crap about the (probably rubbish) NVGs anyway? You’ll be bored of them in about 2 minutes.

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  8. Dragon says:

    on hmv, if you pre-order the normal version you get the usual discount of 44.99 but on the hardened and prestige edition is still full price
    luckily, i’m going for the pc version for £30 pre-order (considering there aren’t any special editions for it yet)

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  9. panda says:

    wat about the australians
    we pay 120 for the console version, which is 40 more than the us conversion

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  10. shaunie b says:

    The game will DIE a sad death cos only hardcore fans will buy so we will see.

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  11. iFrag says:

    So in other words I have to work about 2 days to afford this game? Jesus christ activision, screw yer head back on, if Operation Flashpoint 2 retails at ~£30 then it will surely kill MW2.

    Seriously £55 for a game you have got to be joking, its not like you get any extras with the standard version, where’s the incentive to buy it any more?

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  12. yankeedoodledandy says:

    YAY LESS ENGLISH PEOPLE ON CALL OF DUTY!!!!!!!!!

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  13. british=god's choice says:

    yankeedoodledandy you only say that because you get violated by us brits

    but tbf you know you want to live here

    1.driving age is lower
    2.drinking age is lower
    3.free healthcare
    4.we made your country

    sooo……yanks, think about that before you slag us off

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    • George says:

      @british=god’s choice, Your a legend brits ftw also you get MW2 half price at game when traiding in cod 4 wich i will never play again as im top prstige so really i get it cheaper suck that YANK b***hESSS

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      • George says:

        @George, Im also only hating the hater americans some are fine :) im not too fussed

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        • Blazing Cheeze says:

          @George, Do I have to use the World Wars? Haha joking, I love the British, I play with them all the time, because I live in China, but yes I am a Yank. Sorry, but whenever I play the french they just like to go steal my kills when I knock a guy into last stand. They also use juggernaut too much, i hate them. Every time I play with them.

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        • Blazing Cheeze says:

          @George, Donny has a good point, I don’t think America would go into a great number of conflicts if they didn’t have England. (Not true, we would, but less confidently.) British rule, French suck. Oh America owns too.

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  14. Donny says:

    I actually like playing cod with the Europeans, like the Brits. Just because you get owned by them doesn’t mean you should hate them. Who care that they don’t speak like you, you don’t speak like them. Remember that in a “war-like-crisis” NORTH AMERICA will need to call upon England for support cause we can’t do it our selves.
    P.S- Blame the Auto Industry for the Price Hike

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  15. RamboMAN says:

    im sorry but how much is an english pound worth to a american doolar is it worht more or less cause we have to pay more for the game than u do

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  16. RamboMAN says:

    u brits stop being babys and buy the game or dont either i will destroy on MW2

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  17. SeanyMcSean says:

    So can i get a straight answer here, if i pre-order the prestige ed. from US will it work in the UK???

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  18. jonny says:

    its really f**king pathetic listening to people whining about english people playing online.
    for gods sake the american accent sounds r****ded to me. i don’t complain that their are americans on my team.
    plus mw2 has a large portion of the campaign devoted to the sas. you know.
    english special forces. so why don’t you STFU.
    why do you have more right to play a game?

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    • USA pride says:

      @jonny, possibly because it’s an American game on an 2 American peices of technology and 1 japanese so suck one

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      • jonny says:

        @USA pride,
        and yet the 3 main, surviving characters at the end of the campaign, to which the majority of the story is devoted to. are 2 brits and a russian…
        honastly. i have no problem playing with americans. the 3 guys i play with most on xbl are from america.
        its just pricks like you who have some sort of beef with anyone none american that get on my nerves.

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  19. tony says:

    who the hell cares if there’s brits on the server? i freaking love playing with them, they’re some of the funniest guys i’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to on chat. unless they’re little kids. but all little kids are annoying. :D

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  20. AlecMc says:

    it’s well worth £55 people are still playing modern warfare after 2 years or so and if this is as good then they’ll proberly be playing this for the next few years ..so £55 for about 2 years or so play is brilliant if you think about it..and as for you yanks not liking playing online againts us brits some of you are soft if your getting beat at a game you quit before it finishes sore losers ..i’ve never had a brit quit in the middle of play so what does that tell you ?

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