Originally Posted by JamesJoyce Either deal is fantastic for a game that came out at the end of July, and bundled with DLC and the predecessor. Honestly the deal is so good that I am seriously worried about the gaming industry - slashing your price like that 3.5 months after release seems a desperate move and not a sustainable practice. Who is going to pay full price for future releases if this pricing becomes common? About the performance of Prototype 2: Runs flawless on highest settings at 1080p on my machine: i5-3570K@4GHz, 16GB Ram, Nvidia GTX570 1280GB. From reading the forums people with AMD/ATI cards and people on low-end laptops (the latter are always very vocal) often seem to have problems though.

what does flawless mean? FPS always above 60?

I get smooth 25-35 FPS average, and 60+ max. If you look at your gpu clock you will see that the game downclocks it (at least for me). A bad port, but I'm glad it works for some people.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals I spent yesterday and am spending today actually setting up all the pricing for Black Friday in our systems. Once this is complete I'll start creating a guide on the OP. Sorry for the delay, been super slammed actually getting the deals and documenting them.

I am excited.

Originally Posted by Greyghost So wait, Prototype @ $9.99 is this week's DotW? Basically the Deal of the Week is something that was cheaper a few days ago? Yeah, I'll pass. In fact, and I know I will get flamed all to hell on this but oh well, I think I'll pass on Amazon DD as a whole and stick with other stores where I don't have to follow a forum thread religiously to figure out what deals are going on when or end up having the deal of the week be more expensive than it was a couple of days prior.

Where's that Guy Fawkes-Jade Empire mashup when you want it?

Hi guys,

Is there any news on steam keys for far cry 3?

And maybe some of you know, whether the Deluxe Edition of Far Cry 3 will still be available after the game is released on the steamstore? ...or if it's only a pre-order thing.

with kindest regards

Originally Posted by georgebot84 what does flawless mean? FPS always above 60? I get smooth 25-35 FPS average, and 60+ max. If you look at your gpu clock you will see that the game downclocks it (at least for me). A bad port, but I'm glad it works for some people.

I have vsync on, so 60 fps is max for me. And the game mostly stays there, haven't noticed any severe drops. The GPU only downclocks for me during cinematics, at least according to afterburner.

Might not be the greatest port, but I've seen much worse. At least there are some graphics options to play with.

Originally Posted by shaggyc I'm not buying the prototype pack at 9.99. In all honesty though, not sure I would have bought it at 7.50. I played through a good bit of the first one on 360 back when it first launched... and I just felt it to be too repetitive though. Honestly though... 9.99 is not a bad deal for both of these games if you are going to play them. Looking forward to whatever other Deals tony brings our way.

was there a reason why it went from 7.50 to 9.99. was it a mistake at 7.50 the other day?

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals http://www.hardwarevantage.com/wp-co...lash-Sales.jpg http://www.impulsedriven.com/mailers...deadisland.jpg Cheers, Tony

:-X @ Tony pointing out other digital stores ALSO doing Flash Sales.
NICE!

Anyways, when you do those impulsive Amazon/GameSpot Flash Deals, will they always last for 2 hours or if they sell-out first?

And after seeing you post this from one of the crazy seasonal Steam sales...
Is Super SF4 Arcade going on sale soon? :P
Or any Capcom Bundles? :P

Originally Posted by deletion was there a reason why it went from 7.50 to 9.99. was it a mistake at 7.50 the other day?

Given how I've seen most Flash Deals from other digital sites...
...Limited Time "Flash Deals" for a certain short amount of time (up to a few hours) or a limited number of keys USUALLY are MUCH BETTER than most of digital store's normal Weekly Deals, Mid-Week Deals, and/or Weekend Deals.

I think the point of these "Flash Deals" is to make you be VERY impulsive and BUY NOW!

well it looks like i'm gonna have another game to my backlog lol

Thanks Tony for getting steam codes for all the stuff in the Prototype pack, and looking forward to black friday sales.

Originally Posted by loomis1975 Thanks Tony for getting steam codes for all the stuff in the Prototype pack, and looking forward to black friday sales.

Yeah, thanks Tony for going the extra mile on this you surely know how to do a good promotion.

I'm pretty sure you'll get a big bonus from Amazon soon if not already for doing a job well done!

Originally Posted by The End Hey Tony Apparently Space Rangers & Space Rangers 2 have been removed from steam. Both games are published by 1C (assuming that they haven't lost the rights to them) and would have been part of the 1C pack. Does their removal from Steam mean that they wont be part of that pack when you finally get it up & running?

NOOO!
SR1 and 2 was one of the games I was hoping would be in the 1C bundle. Hopefully Tony can still get these in the pack [or the HD re-release version ]

Originally Posted by FU_2 I'm glad I have the DRM-free versions of those from Amazon.

Uh... when they remove a game for sale from Steam they don't remove your access to it. Still in my library and I can download them freely.

Originally Posted by FU_2 I don't have a problem with flash sales, but you know what the conspicous difference between the ones you cited and the Amazon flash sale? Those other flash sales are actually advertised on the website which sells the items. Amazon should have some type of notice on its website about the flash sale at least while it is occuring.

This is true. I'll never watch the GameSpot show (and I don't usually check GameSpot for anything other than reviews and giveaways), the only reason I'm prepared for these type of deals is because I frequently check the Amazon PCDD thread. Amazon should really advertise these deals on their own site, I'd bet most of the people that know about these limited-time deals check forums, and not the actual GameSpot page. For everyone else, by the time they find out about the deal.. it's too late lol.

Except GameSpot wants gamers to watch their live stream for the unveiling.

GameSpot is acting as the marketer, Amazon is providing fulfillment.

Originally Posted by UW_Shocks Except GameSpot wants gamers to watch their live stream for the unveiling. GameSpot is acting as the marketer, Amazon is providing fulfillment.

Maybe on Amazon's PC Game Download page, they provide the direct link to GameSpot's website for the show.

That's a good idea.
More attention for GameSpot, which is what they want.

Originally Posted by FU_2 I don't have a problem with flash sales, but you know what the conspicous difference between the ones you cited and the Amazon flash sale? Those other flash sales are actually advertised on the website which sells the items. Amazon should have some type of notice on its website about the flash sale at least while it is occuring.

Originally Posted by sunghost This is true. I'll never watch the GameSpot show (and I don't usually check GameSpot for anything other than reviews and giveaways), the only reason I'm prepared for these type of deals is because I frequently check the Amazon PCDD thread. Amazon should really advertise these deals on their own site, I'd bet most of the people that know about these limited-time deals check forums, and not the actual GameSpot page. For everyone else, by the time they find out about the deal.. it's too late lol.

Good points, and apparently it isn't clear enough, but there is a big slot in the middle of the page when the Gamespot show is going on detailing the fact that the sale is only good for 2 hours. Unfortunately, that's really the only slot to communicate this info...and it is above the fold.

Cheers,
Tony

Originally Posted by FU_2 That might not always be the case though. With Steam you don't own the games you purchase. You merely "subscribe" to them, and per the Steam Subscriber Agreement Valve can terminate your subscription/access to a game at any time for any reason.

This is the main reason the Amazon DD rocks. Tony said in earlier post, that we would always have access to games purchased from them (i.e. no Steam or Origon types that require those DRM systems). Love steam, but some of the language in their user agreement is hard to digest.

I have Space Rangers (non steam) nice to know if I want to play it 10 years from now. That I can just open up my Amazon software library and it will always be there.

Originally Posted by FU_2 That might not always be the case though. With Steam you don't own the games you purchase. You merely "subscribe" to them, and per the Steam Subscriber Agreement Valve can terminate your subscription/access to a game at any time for any reason.

It's been the case so far... and, please, we don't need another token anti-Steam poster. Yes, I'm well aware of the pros and cons of the DRM. Although I'm leaning towards you being a troll what with you being registered in the last couple of weeks and having an oh so clever name like 'FU2.' Once again I'm thankful for this forum's ignore feature.