Originally Posted by KrayzieKMF I think they should have at least made it 50% off.

I want to say they've both been 50% off before, I have MM 9 & 10 and I can't believe I'd have paid 800 points apiece.

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Originally Posted by Jaysonguy Enjoy your rentals that you had no choice in picking

what about the heavily discounted games? they discount critically acclaimed games weekly by 75%...also, i will enjoy my free rentals, thank you. like im going to be caring about mega man 10 in three years, lol

When sales of high quality appears, this thread just overflows with activity. This week will make me run through my remaining Microsoft Points from my estimation at this time. I am waiting until the change of the month to make my purchases, in hopes the February Xbox Rewards offer would stack with the bargains this week.

EA keeps making discount offers on the 360, even when they had another week of them not too long ago, and I just start considering purchases. I keep telling myself to avoid EA games if possible, because I just don't want to deal with getting to the game from my backlog on their schedule opposed to my own choice in my schedule due to EA server shutdowns. However, I'll grab the SSX content, because I enjoyed the previous editions of the game series (the backwards compatible SSX 3 finds its way into my 360 every now and then; I don't have Tricky for Xbox). I will probably pay the 400MSP for Shank 2, even though I have it on another platform (it was given with membership to their service) just to keep consistent with the first game in the series which I first got on the 360 (from a prior discount offer). Too bad now that I've given up on a 360 edition of Mass Effect 2 that's complete with all the DLC will be available, they stopped offering the DLC at significant discounts (50% or more).

Since the likeliness of a complete edition of Dragon Age 2 feels improbable, and I have waited for any form of discount on the DLC, I'll take what I can get at this time. Sure I'd prefer if they were all at 50% or more of a discount, but I am not sure if I'd see them offered again. Did the signature edition of Dragon Age 2 come with anything not included in The Exiled Prince (and all the preorder formerly exclusive stuff they gave out for free this past holiday season)?

Similarly, it seems Capcom gives no love to the 360, maybe those prices are just reflective of Microsoft not taking their cut or something (just speculating). I didn't choose to wait for a discount for Megaman 9 on release; as it stands, had I waited for a discount on the 360, I would need to be a gold member to save 200MSP after a bit over 4 years, but I probably would have broken and taken what I could get, so I understand if others feel the same way. I did double dip on another platform the game was available for because it was given to those who paid for their service, but it is so enjoyable to me that I wouldn't mind playing it again, besides, I find 9 much better than 10.

The same trend of minor discounts continues with Capcom's offering of characters and costumes for Street Fighter X Tekken. Again, I'd begrudgingly make the purchase because of the pittance of a discount, but I still intend on getting the game for the competing platform for its product differentiation, and hope there will be a proper bundle discount on the added content (I know, on-disc). This bothers me a bit, because I have been waiting on discounts for costumes for other Capcom fighters which I have chosen the 360 platform for, such as Street Fighter 4 (the costumes transfer over to the later edition), Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition, and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. The cost of the bundles (I want them all) are still priced too high for me to make a purchase, and if Capcom is only at best willing to place a 25% discount on the combined 5480MSP of the bundles of content (my horrid math says the price would be around 4110MSP), despite my desire for the content, I will have to live without them at that price. It is the same issue I have with all the Dead or Alive 5 and Otomedius Excellent, although I want the DLC, all of it, but I just cannot commit that much Microsoft Points to the game, in part because I see it inflating the amount I will spend towards the game (which I don't mind for games I love, but eventually there is a limit to how much I am willing to spend). I guess at best this tempers my expectations when/if the additional costumes for the other Capcom fighters get a discount.

Originally Posted by Dustinator Almost makes me wanna save this quote since it's so ing hilarious

It was for the few which may know from an old Dreamcast game trailer, Illbleed. Which I found amusing at the time, enough to give the game a try (wasn't good in its day, but I can appreciate it for being quirky different). Without that trailer, I probably would have not paid any attention to the game back then.

Originally Posted by ooga Damn, all these arcade games on sale and I have all of them. I guess I should be glad, my HD is down to it's last 10 Gigs of free space.

I'm there with you at just under 10GBs of space left on a 250GB. That's already with me getting rid of all the stuff I felt were expendable. I guess the next set of things to be culled for deletion are all the indie titles I wanted to get to try but only few ever got so far (though I did buy a few, those stay). Even if I remove those, I think I only gain back about 5GBs. Pretty soon, my 360 will just have a whole bunch of USB sticks pointing out of it. Sure I can delete some games/DLC, but I actually do revisit quite a few games and I like to stay nimble/ready for some game sessions with friends. I rarely ever 100% anything (last one was Xbox Live Labs which has been removed from my hard drive). It would be easier to rectify had Microsoft allowed the primary storage option (main hard disk) capacity to adjust with the times (I think the largest allowed is 320GBs). I do value some convenience, just having everything there without me swapping hard drives. I wonder how people who play games as I and choose to buy from the Xbox music and video marketplaces manage, since the gaming portion already eats up more than what I have.

Originally Posted by Zonic505 Slightly annoyed that the Scott Pilgrim online pack still costs money, but $2 is still much better than $5. Plus it's nice to see it finally has a release date.

I am still doing the happy dance. Will make the purchase, twice (both platforms). It's been over a year or so that I've last played the game, this DLC should bring renewed interest. I look forward to playing this alongside others.

Originally Posted by mpaullin So Skulls of the Shogun is coming out tomorrow. Don't know if this was discussed before, but is anyone else bummed that every version of it will have a discount at launch except Xbox? Kind of turning me off from a definite day one purchase.

I have come to grips with the Xbox being the premium platform for games, and the prices are reflective of that premium experience. Just look at the dashboard, years of Microsoft experience and a world class team of designers made it what it is today. I am sure the extra money for the Xbox version covers the cost of the resolution-independent vector graphics to be in high definition.

Originally Posted by nCogNeato Any of you sci-fi or fantasy fans have a means of predicting the future?

Magic 8-ball.



Anyway, I typed enough for now, gotta save some for next time =P. Keep it civil everyone, I'll join the rest of you guys buying in a couple days. ^^

Originally Posted by benjamouth I want to say they've both been 50% off before, I have MM 9 & 10 and I can't believe I'd have paid 800 points apiece.

According to XBLDB, this is the 4th time Mega Man 10's been on sale. The other 3 times were for 400 points, the last time was back in April 2011.

This is the first time Mega Man 9 has been on sale.

I bought MM9 on day 1 and MM10 the first time it went on sale. I've played a bit of MM9, but haven't unlocked any achievements.

Originally Posted by UndyingCarnage That's not necessarily true. There's a handful of GoD games that doesn't include the passes. I just don't wanna spend $15 without knowing for sure.

such as?

Originally Posted by Crono-00 Anyway, I typed enough for now

yyyyyup

Originally Posted by ivegotalobon such as?

Saint's Row the Third
Need for Speed Shift 2
Skate 2
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Homefront
Kingdoms of Amalur
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
Bulletstorm

Bascially a lot of EA published games. Which is why I'm on the fence.

Originally Posted by ivegotalobon such as?

I was about to ask that myself. GoDs never need codes for online play and such. He must be thinking of things like season passes which are not included with physical copies ether.

Originally Posted by fac ownage yyyyyup

This guy seems to be trolling and that first post seemed to be only to stir up hate on XBL and praise and then defend PS+. We really don't need that. That quote added nothing to the thread either. This is my first block in a long time.

@Crono-00 The Dragon Age II LE also had The Black Emporium DLC which added another shop to the game and I think some exclusive items. It's been years so I might be a little off but I do remember that and the Exiled Prince content. One of those may have been a pre-order bonus though.

I forgot the KoA DLC was on sale. I still don't have the game and last time the DLC was on sale I convinced myself I wouldn't get the game but now I kind of want it. I'll shop around to see if the disc can be obtained for cheap. I know BestBuy had it for $10 with GCU but that was the month before I subscribed.

I just tried the Skulls of the Shogun demo and man is it good. It makes me want a windows phone so I could play it asynchronously. Just want to wait until February to see what the Xbox rewards offer is for this month before grabbing it.

Originally Posted by Cleaner7 This guy seems to be trolling and that first post seemed to be only to stir up hate on XBL and praise and then defend PS+. We really don't need that. That quote added nothing to the thread either. This is my first block in a long time.

Seriously. There's been a lot of hate going around recently. I haven't been able to figure out the reason, but it dampens what is probably one of my favorite places in all the web.

-B

Originally Posted by benjamouth I want to say they've both been 50% off before, I have MM 9 & 10 and I can't believe I'd have paid 800 points apiece.

MM9 has definitely never been on sale before. Perhaps you picked it up during an XBL "spend x amount and get y amount back" deal.

So it's safe to say that I a complete edition of DA2 won't be happening and I should pick up the DLC?

Same for KoA DLC?

Originally Posted by Crono-00 Did the signature edition of Dragon Age 2 come with anything not included in The Exiled Prince (and all the preorder formerly exclusive stuff they gave out for free this past holiday season)?

There's also some exclusive side shop that also contains a mirror to change your appearance. I think the Mabari Hound was also exclusive to that too.

Originally Posted by Shifty Effect So it's safe to say that I a complete edition of DA2 won't be happening and I should pick up the DLC? Same for KoA DLC?

There's doubt that a complete edition for DA2 will happen.

A KoA complete will never happen.

Originally Posted by fac ownage what about the heavily discounted games? they discount critically acclaimed games weekly by 75%...also, i will enjoy my free rentals, thank you. like im going to be caring about mega man 10 in three years, lol

That doesn't happen and I love that you think Mega Man is a fad.

This has to be a Spambot right? Someone taught them how to respond now?

Originally Posted by Indignate There's doubt that a complete edition for DA2 will happen. A KoA complete will never happen.

Like Mass Effect 2, right?

But maybe can happen if the third is out this generation.

After all it took 3 years to Bioshock 2 get his complete edition.

So anything can happen ... or nothing. LOL

Edit: Seeing EA revenue for DLC I begin to doubt we will see another complete edition from them.

Might be in for FN Champion.

Capcom, we still want Code Veronica HD at 1/2 off. Do it to it.

BTW, is Far Cry 3 getting any big expansions ala Skyrim style? That game has absorbed way too much time from me lately.

Originally Posted by Saren Arterius Like Mass Effect 2, right?

Is this to imply there is a complete edition of ME2? Because on the 360 there is not. Not even sure PS3 has all the DLC either.

Originally Posted by cancerman1120 Is this to imply there is a complete edition of ME2? Because on the 360 there is not. Not even sure PS3 has all the DLC either.

He's talking about the trilogy.