Excited that 20 bucks will buy me the Skyrim DLC.

It'll force me to get back to it.

Jumping into the OP to add the Scratch "prize", as well as clarify which are confirmed D3/Atari price-drops ... back in a jiffy! ... Done!

Originally Posted by Stellar Inertia You have to play the scratch game and lose, then it will show you the "loser deals".

Originally Posted by sicsonic Do the scratch & match contest. It won't cost you anything, and if you lose (likely will), you'll see the deals.

Thank you, and Thank you! I didnt even know this.

Originally Posted by Solder Excited that 20 bucks will buy me the Skyrim DLC. It'll force me to get back to it.

Looks like a bait n switch on the Skyrim DLC. Just like Max Payne a few weeks ago. Re-check Major Nelson's post.

Originally Posted by Cleaner7 Zombie Wranglers is a bad game. I think I won a copy when it came out and towards the end of last year I revisited it. It's a fairly easy 200 GS and features online co-op, but that final boss is really cheap and made me want to delete the game upon completion. I'd say save your money. The trial for All Zombies Must Die wasn't that fun to me either.

I remember being very psyched when ZW simply had a teaser trailer up before release since it *looks* like it should be in the vain of ZAMN... and then I played the demo.

Originally Posted by sicsonic Oh another thing, I've never regretted any XBLA purchase more then I have ZA2: NDA, and I've bought some other very poorly recieved games (ala Daggerdale, Nexuiz, etc) Seriously it's months later and I'm still a little annoyed I actually bought NDA. :sigh: Oh well.

BTW congrats on the supersonics coming back (or seattle kings?)

Why can't I find the 'Sales & Specials' app anywhere on my console? It's not in the "Games" section like the website indicates. I did a Bing search as well. Nothing. Where do you download this damned thing? Those loser deals look pretty good this week.

Originally Posted by ERROR SUCCESS Looks like a bait n switch on the Skyrim DLC. Just like Max Payne a few weeks ago. Re-check Major Nelson's post.

Well shit.

kinda pissed I can't get the Limbo discount because I don't have access to Xbox Live right now, is there no way to get that discount on xbox.com?

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Originally Posted by iNFiNiTE HORiZON kinda pissed I can't get the Limbo discount because I don't have access to Xbox Live right now, is there no way to get that discount on xbox.com?

correct. this is a deal only available through the scratch and match section in the sales & specials app on your xbox console. technically, it is not a deal of the week sale, which is why you do not see it on xbox.com

edit: can anyone tell me if limbo has been cheaper in the past? i used to own the triple pack and sold it just a few days ago. i looked on xbldb.com but i have a hard time interpreting the info. wasn't it super cheap during a holiday sale?

and what is this i read about a skyrim abit and switch? dragonborn is the only dlc i need to buy and i was planning on doing it next week

Originally Posted by tribalnoise correct. this is a deal only available through the scratch and match section in the sales & specials app on your xbox console. technically, it is not a deal of the week sale, which is why you do not see it on xbox.com

You have until Tuesday morning (2/19) around 2am PST to get to a functioning Xbox 360. You've still got lots of time to make arrangements. Remember that any game you purchase has 2 licenses ... 1 for the XBL account (as long as it's online), and 1 for the 360 it's originally purchased upon (for offline use). Even if you're logged into a friend's or family member's 360, you'll still be able to play "Limbo" while your gamertag is online. Every 4 months or so, you can also reset all purchased content to a new physical 360 (go to http://www.xbox.com/drm for details), so you'll eventually have offline access to the game as well, even if you don't purchase on your own 360.

Originally Posted by tribalnoise edit: can anyone tell me if limbo has been cheaper in the past? i used to own the triple pack and sold it just a few days ago. i looked on xbldb.com but i have a hard time interpreting the info. wasn't it super cheap during a holiday sale? and what is this i read about a skyrim abit and switch? dragonborn is the only dlc i need to buy and i was planning on doing it next week

All done in the OP ... grabbed a snapshot of the Dashboard's "price drops", so I separated the "announced" vs. "unannounced" so newbie visitors can understand how we make these determinations.

Yes, Limbo's been cheaper quite a few times, and I've ensured all 3 "scratch" deals have their xbldb, Metacritic, and Quick Look links intact.

Give the "Skyrim" / "Oblivion" sales a chance to post ... remember there's countless licensing agreements to wrangle whenever a sale occurs, and a Skyrim sale may very well be North America only, or some finite number of countries. As we always say here ... YMMV.

Originally Posted by tribalnoise correct. this is a deal only available through the scratch and match section in the sales & specials app on your xbox console. technically, it is not a deal of the week sale, which is why you do not see it on xbox.com edit: can anyone tell me if limbo has been cheaper in the past? i used to own the triple pack and sold it just a few days ago. i looked on xbldb.com but i have a hard time interpreting the info. wasn't it super cheap during a holiday sale? and what is this i read about a skyrim abit and switch? dragonborn is the only dlc i need to buy and i was planning on doing it next week

Looks like according to xbldb the lowest Limbo has been is 600 points unless if it was on sale on the S&S app for lower.

Trying to decide if any of the zombie games are worth it.

Originally Posted by midloo Why can't I find the 'Sales & Specials' app anywhere on my console? It's not in the "Games" section like the website indicates. I did a Bing search as well. Nothing. Where do you download this damned thing? Those loser deals look pretty good this week.

Check the OP again ... the directions are still intact:

1. Navigate to the "Games" channel (aka the "Games" tab)
2. Select the "Browse Games" tile (middle of far left on that "Games" tab)
3. Select the "Sales and Specials" tile (upper right on that "Featured" tab)
4. Now select the S&S+ tile (it's the blue/purple one at the bottom) ...
5. ... and if prompted, choose "Get the Free App".

The "Scratch & Win" deals are in the lower-left corner of the S&S+ app. The "Chain Reaction" deals are in the upper-right corner of the S&S+ app.

As for "why these aren't on Xbox.com" ... read the exhaustive FAQ in the OP. But to summarize, you're buying games from a unique (kludgy) region, because the Marketplace has no way to show a "special" price based upon where you see it, and so instead, you're viewing a price for a region that otherwise doesn't exist. This is also why the game may not reflect as "Already purchased" when you go back to your Marketplace, because you're viewing your own region, not the unique S&S+ region. Lately, the Xbox folks are getting behind at porting over the S&S+ purchases (in their unique region) back to your own region's Marketplace ... and if that seems like a problem for you, you should poke the @XboxSupport folks on Twitter, or on the Support forums, to encourage them to "close the loop" and get their records up-to-date.

Originally Posted by ERROR SUCCESS Looks like a bait n switch on the Skyrim DLC. Just like Max Payne a few weeks ago. Re-check Major Nelson's post.

What was the bait, and what was the switch?

But it still sucks that the one good thing for next week is now gone.

Originally Posted by Stellar Inertia Im gonna pass on All Zombies Must Die just because it looks like another Zombie Apocalypse game and I don't need anymore of the same thing.

Zombie Apocalypse was a fun (if at times monotonous) twin stick shooter. I completed it in less than 24 hours (mostly solo). However, Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone is a totally different animal, made by a totally different production company (and this is not a good thing). The game is relatively easy, however it is broken. If you don't go for ALL the single-player achievements before playing the multiplayer, then ALL your stats are incorrect and you'll never know how far you have to go to get certain number of weapon kills etc. unless you keep playing forever. The game has been released for a long time and no sign of a patch. I knew about this, and did the terrible grind before doing the multiplayer cheevos. Oh, and then ALL the multiplayer co-op matches are REGION LOCKED. There's usually no way to get a full game of four players together from different countries. I tried multiple TA matches and all were fails until all players were from USA. Again, broken game.

So, the two are totally different animals, although they share a common title.

And with this week's announcements, I'm officially silver again. I hope the DOTW picks back up in the future.

Originally Posted by ERROR SUCCESS Looks like a bait n switch on the Skyrim DLC. Just like Max Payne a few weeks ago. Re-check Major Nelson's post.

Yikes, that sucks. I can understand why they removed the Max Payne sale, but this one makes no sense. Kind of BS, especially considering that our DotW next week consists of probable crappy prices on Oblivion and Skyrim GoD and Oblivion DLC that's been on sale plenty of times already.

Originally Posted by LordVila Looks like according to xbldb the lowest Limbo has been is 600 points unless if it was on sale on the S&S app for lower. Trying to decide if any of the zombie games are worth it.

Yeah, Limbo has never been below 600.

Originally Posted by ERROR SUCCESS Looks like a bait n switch on the Skyrim DLC. Just like Max Payne a few weeks ago. Re-check Major Nelson's post.

Er, that's not a "bait and switch".

Still sucks, though. My disappointment at yet another TES sale had been lessened by the chance to get Dragonborn for 800 MSP.

Haters be damned, 480 points is a complete steal for Spelunky. It's been my go to "pick up and play" game since it came out and it's perfect for short sessions. For that reason alone, I hope that a handheld (non-iOS, gotta have buttons for this one) version is released someday.

Just may go down as my favorite XBLA game of all time.

Excellent price on Limbo if you haven't picked it up yet. I also thought it was a tad over-hyped but it's still a good game. I played through the original ZA title and like it well enough for what it was. It's not one I ever went back to play after 100% the achievements but I easily felt I got $5 worth of entertainment from it. The demo for the sequel was enough to make me not purchase it. As others have said it feels quite a bit different from the first. I also found the voice acting extremely obnoxious.