The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct to be sold at a reduced price?

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Several retailers are listing Activision’s The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct at a lower price than usual. Amazon, Gamestop, and Best Buy all list the title to be $50 at launch. What does this mean? Perhaps, Activision is selling the game at a sort of budget price?

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct has had a rough time being considered a title worth waiting for. Leaked footage of the game looked pretty terrible and this led Terminal Reality’s Glenn Gamble to tell Eurogamer that it was “old footage”. Activision then responded with an official trailer that featured a disheveled and confused Norman Reedus, and no gameplay. Just yesterday did we see the first official footage of the game. It doesn’t look too good, but maybe the gameplay will make up for the game’s lackluster visuals.

The game being sold for $50 may be a sign that the publisher lacks confidence in the title, as well–but not much of a reduced price, is it?. I guess we’ll find out if The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct will survive critics once it releases on March 26th.

  • http://www.facebook.com/freddiebrks17 Frederick Brooks

    $50? thats still too much. game doesnt even look worth that price

    • That Guy

      I agree, atm it should be a PSN/XBL game (£12-£15) but Amazon UK has it at £32 (£8 less than usual). So it does appear it will be sold at a discounted price but it needs to be alot less imo.

    • VariousCakes

      Yeah, $69 in Australia…I definitely won’t be paying that much.

  • Neutron15

    $50 is okay but $40 is even better

  • http://www.facebook.com/Chanceragland Chance Ragland

    I’ve never said this about a game before, but….I’ll have to wait and see how it goes before I play it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/david.m.bellinger David Matthew Bellinger

    I like the idea of a game that the developers don’t have faith in being a surprise hit with gamers and critics. Probably won’t happen with this one, though.