View Full Version : Microsoft Wants $1250 for a In Game Gold-Plated Lancer Assault Rifle, WTF?
meta460085
08-20-2009, 03:10 PM
I have a redicoulous back catalog of games i've yet to play. I purchase Gears of War 2 on launch from Amazon and I am just getting around to playing it today. Upon opening my collectors edition of GOW2 I go straight for the voucher with the download codes for Flashback Map Pack and the Gold-Plated Lancer Assault Rifle. The Map Pack worked fine but I kept getting and invalid code messege for the Lancer. I did research and found that there were problems with some codes but that the lancer became a free download to all via the Xbox Live Marketplace Via your browser only, meaning it has to be done from your computer NOT the Console. I went to the site ( http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d53082d/?p=1&of=6&bt=0&sb=1&did=0ccf0001-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d ) and found that not only was it NOT free but the want 99999 Microsoft space bucks for it. Thats $1250. WTF is going one? 1250 dollars for a digital gun for GOW2? Ontop of that my code still doesnt work.:bomb:
Puffa469
08-20-2009, 03:15 PM
I'm in for 2.
I think thats what MS prices things they don't want you to buy. Things like free preorder/promos that you need a code for.
meta460085
08-20-2009, 03:16 PM
I'm in for 2.
I think thats what MS prices things they don't want you to buy. Things like free preorder/promos that you need a code for.
But CAN you buy it? Is actually possible to purchase it for said amount? Wanna try< lol
Yoohoo1231
08-20-2009, 03:22 PM
It's gold-plated. That shit's swank.
Puffa469
08-20-2009, 05:33 PM
But CAN you buy it? Is actually possible to purchase it for said amount? Wanna try< lol
Only suckers pay full price for their MS points.
That Lancer is only going to cost me $800 tops.
I bet if someone actually bought it MS would ban their gamertag/account
I wonder how long it would take to input all the codes to get to 99,999 points? If you buy points direct with a credit card, is their a limit to how many you can buy at once? I think the biggest prepaid card is only 4,000 points, that's 25 codes to input.
Puffa469
08-20-2009, 05:34 PM
It's gold-plated. That shit's swank.
Too bad noone uses Lancers online. Isn't it all shotty's and snipers?
The Golden Lancer was a free promotional item.
Too bad noone uses Lancers online. Isn't it all shotty's and snipers?
No.
Hopefully it will be the LIVE Deal of the Week sometime soon.
LordKefka06
08-21-2009, 02:18 AM
Hot Diggity Damn! That's almost a Xbox 360 selling point! Im tempted to pick up a 360 just for that great of a deal.
Ronin317
08-21-2009, 12:16 PM
So email Live support, tell them what is up, and get your gold lancer...
Phunin
08-22-2009, 03:25 PM
Lol, I thought it's been like that for a while?
coolsteel
08-23-2009, 01:08 AM
I take it nobody remembers why this was done, it was during that screw up that gave a ton of people a free lancer when it was supposed to be a special thing, so to stop people from downloading they jacked up the price sky high. I thought they would eventually have brought it back to normal, guess not :P
PGU5802
08-23-2009, 01:18 AM
you dont have it?
http://xpunge.net/ioj/files/tmp_jkWiH.jpg
mtxbass1
08-23-2009, 01:37 AM
I take it nobody remembers why this was done, it was during that screw up that gave a ton of people a free lancer when it was supposed to be a special thing, so to stop people from downloading they jacked up the price sky high. I thought they would eventually have brought it back to normal, guess not :P
"normal" means it's only available in the LE. It came up for purchase as a complete fluke on the xbl site a few months back and many people were able to get it for free. What the OP reports is nothing new. It's been 99,999 points for a long time since the glitch.
Mospeada_21
08-27-2009, 01:14 PM
got a question: when playing online, if you picked up a dropped golden lancer or golden hammerburst, do you get to keep it? vice-versa, when playing online, if you dropped your golden lancer or golden hammerburst, do you lose it?
CandyKisses
03-10-2010, 08:00 AM
they jacked up the micro points on it cause it was a mistake to post it on the site so instead of them removin it the jacked up the points is what I was told in there forum :\
CaptainJoel
03-10-2010, 08:40 AM
Johnson from ODST is the same price.
craven_fiend
03-10-2010, 08:43 AM
they jacked up the micro points on it cause it was a mistake to post it on the site so instead of them removin it the jacked up the points is what I was told in there forum :\
Did you really need to bump up a thread from 6 months ago to tell us something that was already said?
nddave
03-11-2010, 07:17 PM
Th3y can ki55 my a5$ cag4life.