Re: Dark Souls. The only people who find it maddeningly/rage-inducing hard are people who simply aren't used to challenging games. Call it e-peenery if you will but the majority of gamers today are used to games that are rife with quick-time events and little in the way of involved combat short of push A for Awesome until your enemy is dead. Yes, Dark Souls requires a little bit of getting used to the controls but by no means is it anywhere near as difficult as most people make it out to be. There isn't much of a penalty in the way of death as you only lose your current souls (combination of xp and currency) and non-inventory humanity (a bit too involved to discuss those mechanics here) -- even then you get a chance to run back and pick them up off the ground to reclaim them so long as you don't die before you get to it.

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HI TONY,

Just wanted to repeat the query just in case it got lost instead of ignored.

Any chance for Sims 3 to be by itself in the EC sale this month for less than 10.19 that Steam is offering (after coupon)?

If I don't hear from you in a bit on this, I'll have to pull the trigger on the Steam offer. Plus if you are going to offer it individually on sale you should beat Steam's price as I believe Steam's version activates on both Steam and Origin while your key will only activate on Origin.

Thanks for the information and the very competitive sales!

Originally Posted by Tsel Lol when was Skyrim $9.99 anywhere? Amazon doesn't even carry Bethesda games. Good luck getting those prices on those. You really are a cheap nut.

TRU clearance sales, which don't count if they are liquidating their PC stock., Fallout New Vegas Ultimate sells at $10 when on deep sale. Skyrim still sells great at around $25.

Originally Posted by espy605 TRU clearance sales, which don't count if they are liquidating their PC stock., Fallout New Vegas Ultimate sells at $10 when on deep sale. Skyrim still sells great at around $25.

I remember when TSW was $10 during Microsoft Sale.

Originally Posted by Mooby Re: Dark Souls. The only people who find it maddeningly/rage-inducing hard are people who simply aren't used to challenging games. Call it e-peenery if you will but the majority of gamers today are used to games that are rife with quick-time events and little in the way of involved combat short of push A for Awesome until your enemy is dead. Yes, Dark Souls requires a little bit of getting used to the controls but by no means is it anywhere near as difficult as most people make it out to be. There isn't much of a penalty in the way of death as you only lose your current souls (combination of xp and currency) and non-inventory humanity (a bit too involved to discuss those mechanics here) -- even then you get a chance to run back and pick them up off the ground to reclaim them so long as you don't die before you get to it.

So, this ain't Battle Toads where you will never ever develop the mad skillz needed to finish the dang thing?

Originally Posted by Tolyngee So, this ain't Battle Toads where you will never ever develop the mad skillz needed to finish the dang thing?

^5 for mentioning BattleToads.
Love that NES game.
Never finished it.

Is amazon going to price match the darksiders franchise pack on steam? Tony?

Tony, I appreciate the edumacation. I'm a great believer in facts before fiction and most days cag threads are fuel for snopes.com as it's all speculation and assumptions. Someone said earlier that cheap keys devalue a franchise, I have to disagree. Cheap keys bring dual dippers like myself. I own most of the AAA games already on XBOX and I wouldn't typically buy them on pc, but when the price is right I almost feel compelled to own them. Additionally Amazons method of selling individual keys for bundles is much more preferable than steam and definitely influences me when I decide where to buy a bundle / game, especially considering how easy it is to trade keys. Price is the key in both cases, anything 5-10$ is an instabuy when it reflects a 75% discounted price

Originally Posted by nategator HI TONY, Just wanted to repeat the query just in case it got lost instead of ignored. Any chance for Sims 3 to be by itself in the EC sale this month for less than 10.19 that Steam is offering (after coupon)? If I don't hear from you in a bit on this, I'll have to pull the trigger on the Steam offer. Plus if you are going to offer it individually on sale you should beat Steam's price as I believe Steam's version activates on both Steam and Origin while your key will only activate on Origin. Thanks for the information and the very competitive sales!

Tony's sig...

Cheers, Tony - "T-Money" NOTE FOR JANUARY: We will continue to add games and titles to the EC list throughout the month of January. I am continually in conversation with our publishers about including and promoting their titles during January. Many people in the retail industry work insane hours prior to and during the holidays. As such, many of us are on vacation in early January. This should be referenced before asking "Will XYZ Game Be on the EC List for $XXX.XX"

Originally Posted by nategator HI TONY, Just wanted to repeat the query just in case it got lost instead of ignored. Any chance for Sims 3 to be by itself in the EC sale this month for less than 10.19 that Steam is offering (after coupon)? If I don't hear from you in a bit on this, I'll have to pull the trigger on the Steam offer. Plus if you are going to offer it individually on sale you should beat Steam's price as I believe Steam's version activates on both Steam and Origin while your key will only activate on Origin. Thanks for the information and the very competitive sales!

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals Slips broken record onto player: "We will continue to add games and titles to the EC list throughout the month of January. I am continually in conversation with our publishers about including and promoting their titles during January. Sega (or whatever publisher is asked about) is one of these people I'm talking to. Many people in the retail industry work insane hours prior to and during the holidays. As such, many of us are on vacation in early January." Cheers, Tony

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals If the package is worth getting RIGHT NOW at $13.19 from Steam, customers can and should do that. Cheers, Tony

That last post wasn't referencing The Sims in particular, but the same idea applies.

Dark Souls is not THAT hard
(the key is remembering that leveling your character scales enemies, but leveling your equipment doesn't)
Also, when you die, it is fun, some of the most fun i have had in recent years is getting killed in crazy ways
its kind of like the first time you get your head cut off by the dude with the chainsaw in resident evil 4 except it happens more often
(the big thing that sold me on dark souls over demon'e souls is that every time you die in darksouls, you go back to a checkpoint with a certain number of health items
you never run out of health items so it is never impossible

Dark Souls is AMAZING!

Originally Posted by Neuro5i5 Tony's sig...

I think Tony's sig is going to be the new most quoted thing during January

Originally Posted by tham1988 every time you die in darksouls, you go back to a checkpoint with a certain number of health items you never run out of health items so it is never impossible Dark Souls is AMAZING!

I hope the game mechanic isn't like Prey... where you sort of never ever die?

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals This makes sense, and we do offer larger bundles with semi regularity (2K Mega Pack, a bunch of the Sega packs, etc.) I just don't focus on them as heavily because I can't enough people like you to buy them. Cheers, Tony

@ Tony What about the "build a bundle" option to alleviate so many repeat copies of games people already have (and sometimes don't buy a bundle because of it). You could either:

1. Create a "base" of games (like 3 games that are set in stone and cannot be traded out) but allow people to chose 2 more from a list (pool) of 6 or so. The 6 available to chose from being different than the 3 "base" games.

OR:

2. Allow people to build the whole bundle (all 6 games) from the pool of availables. Imagine a publisher sale where they have 15 games on sale for the bundle. the bundle price stays at $15, but people are allowed to pick any 6 from the available publishers catalog (pool of games).

Example: The next time you do the paradox bundles, instead of 3 bundles (and let's face it, that did cause much confusion and people whining about what was in which bundle, and this is coming from a guy that bought like 8 of them) put ALL of those games in 1 pool, and let people make their own bundle. You can offset the people who have bought the majority of those games when they were on sale, by offering a DLC bundle just like the base games, but obviously at a different price point.

This would give more control to the customer, thereby drastically increasing their sense of value from the deal, while at the same time letting them pick which games (the extras they already have a copy of) that they can give/sell to friends. Also, if publishers like THQ are willing to do a Humble, then I'm quite sure they'd be up for something like this. Might be the chance to set precedent for other publishers to follow. You could also remind them that this setup protects them from "diluting their brand" by allowing control to them of final sale price. THQ's strategy with Humble was foolish, people paid far too little for great games, and it did little to help them financially.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Tolyngee So, this ain't Battle Toads where you will never ever develop the mad skillz needed to finish the dang thing?

battletoads makes dark souls look like a 3d mario game difficulty wise

Originally Posted by unknown0 Is amazon going to price match the darksiders franchise pack on steam? Tony?

Tony's previous reply...

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals Yeah we are, not matching right now though because, at minimum, we'll have that price, and it MAY be added to the EC list (still figuring it out). Remember the last time we sold the franchise pack for $13.19 and then applied a coupon to it? We had 4098324438480928423094823 pages of rage. Like I said, at minimum, it'll be a DOTW in Jan, I'm giving it a better than 50% chance of making it into EC. Call it like 65% likely. Cheers, Tony

Originally Posted by Neuro5i5 Tony's sig...

Sorry, but I directed the question to Tony.

I just was checking to see if he would pre-announce something before I pulled the trigger on a sale. If it's a problem with Tony, I'm sure he can shoot me a PM or give me some snark on the thread.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals Why else would we be running out of keys? Also, yeah man, anyone can PM me at any time assuming my inbox isn't full (which it isn't currently). Also, no need to edit/delete your posts, there's nothing wrong with them, I'm just trying to help the thread not fall into crap, like I said, you shouldn't read this with a negative tone in your head. Cheers, Tony

Hey Tony, just curious how digital game stores work: you actually buy a number of keys from the publisher or how does it work?

Originally Posted by tham1988 battletoads makes dark souls look like a 3d mario game difficulty wise

If only BattleToads was in the Sega Genesis Collection...

Never mind I fail at reading.

Originally Posted by walkonshadows 1. Create a "base" of games (like 3 games that are set in stone and cannot be traded out) but allow people to chose 2 more from a list (pool) of 6 or so. The 6 available to chose from being different than the 3 "base" games.

This is probably the only option that would be available so you don't have people cherry picking the best games. With this option publishers could still 'force' fairly unwanted titles on to people while generating revenue by including a couple people do want.