PSN, XBLA: Watchmen Twenty Bucks On Steam, XBLA And PSN To Follow?
The Watchmen movie is out next week, and to accompany it Watchmen: The End Is Nigh for Xbox Live Arcade, PC and PlayStation Network will be released a couple of days beforehand. But what of the price?
There has been speculation that the game would be either $15 or $20, considering the current digital download climate, the episodic nature of the game and the high production costs involved. Valve's Steam service have just put the game up on their store for pre-purchase, allowing you to install the game before its released, and then unlock it on release day. The price is set at $20.
While this may be yet another case of PC-tax, which was the case for Bionic Commando Rearmed and several other titles that are more expensive on PC than XBLA, you might want to get yourself in the right mind now pay $19.99 on PSN or 1600 Microsoft Points on XBLA for this game. If it's cheaper, hey it's a bargain. It looks like it might be quite a large download too - the PC version requires 2 gigabytes of space.
