EA's pricing compared to uk stores, is unforgivable!

Checkng on origin to get sim city and they have 2 prices one's 44.99 and the other is 64.99

yet i can go down to the local asda/tesco and there selling it for 32.60 and on the internet on game.co.uk there selling it for 34.99/39.99

seriously not understanding how you can go straight to the source of the game company and it's more expensive than stores who buy off them. 

One of the reasons why I buy outside Origin besides the BF3 Platinum.

But surely buying sirectly from EA'S Origin where i don't need a disc at all, would be cheaper than going down to my local store who has to buy it off them anyway in some way, and yet there selling it cheaper than the creators of the game lol, it doesn't even make sense, it's like it's cheaper to go to the middle man than it is to go to the source to buy the game lol.

Welcome to EA.

But surely buying sirectly from EA'S Origin where i don't need a disc at all, would be cheaper than going down to my local store who has to buy it off them anyway in some way, and yet there selling it cheaper than the creators of the game lol, it doesn't even make sense, it's like it's cheaper to go to the middle man than it is to go to the source to buy the game lol.

bezza2011

New to digital distribution? retail is always cheaper for newly released games.DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]New to digital distribution? retail is always cheaper for newly released games.KHAndAnime

No that is not the case i work for my own company and i buy things straight from the suppliers. I'm new to the whole steam and origin buying as i've only just got back into pc gaming, but my view on stuff is if i go straight to the supply firm then i get it at wholesale price, and then i can put my profit on top and sell it. so surely going straight to an EA source who sell there own games should be selling it cheaper than stores who have to buy it off them, so people would give more money straight to EA than just nipping down and giving profit and abit of money to the local business, as there having to pay over heads, while EA aren't having to. and surely if nothing else the downloadable game should be cheaper than buying the physical copy as you are paying for the disc and packaging and that isn't even the case when on origin. 

The crazy thing is tho, it's not even like there competing in price wise, either go down to your local store or website and you get it £10 cheaper than the bog standard one or for the deluxe get it for £25 cheaper than Origin. lol and the exclusive thing you get on origin is more just to look at than something what is going to benefit you. someone is running the business wrong because surely you have the price at a competitive rate to the stores and EA gets alot more sales which means alot more money going directly to them. no logic in their practise and still people buy it off them. lol