Originally Posted by EddieRoadDogg I also have some of the games on disc and want to do a trade up with gamestop doing the 60% extra. Mk would be 11 X tekken would be 6(worst of bunch) Arcade would be 12.

I doubt you would come out ahead on that (expecially X Tekken). I hold on to them until the sale

Originally Posted by SilentBob50023 Saturday's list of games is probably the best single day of the sale so far. Topped off my remaining points with another 4000-pointer yesterday and still have about 190GB free on my 320GB drive. Choices, choices.

Really? Nothing really seemed that amazing to me, but idk, different strokes for different blokes

Originally Posted by MrNinjaSquirrel I doubt you would come out ahead on that (expecially X Tekken). I hold on to them until the sale

Yea as I notice the values and compare them to your chart which I think is the likeliest prices the trade up doesn't make sense at this moment. I have enough points now for either mkvdc or kof13 definitely. I know the trade up ends tomorrow so I will know hopefully soon.

Originally Posted by MrNinjaSquirrel IMO the achievements in SFIV are not something a casual fighting fan could very easily accomplish (ie. complete every character trial). I would advise you try the demo for both, as I did and didn't like either. I must really suck at any racer besides Burnout and Forza because I spent the majority of both flying off the road and doing donut (not on purpose). So yeah, give them a try first (but I think most people are saying Dirt)

As for racers I am more of a simplistic arcade style racer but with some appreciation for simulation. I found that Grid matched what I wanted to a T. Dirt was cool for me but just didn't feel right in some ways.

Originally Posted by SonictheHedgehog1337 I am entitled to better prices on better games. Why is there so much hype and the best deal is a Dreamcast game from the year 2000? My mommy told me I am special. I deserve to have better deals after reading all of this amazing hype in this thread. Why isn't Black Ops 2 and Madden 13 on sale for $2.99 like El Shaddai? I am entitled to better deals. you Microsoft!

I'm so glad everyone is either entitled to complain about the sales or complain about those complaining about the sales....(or in my case complain about those complaining about those complaining about the sales) ....so here goes.... Why can't people discuss how game x is NOT worth 800 points? How is that entitlement? It's called business. The gaming industry is driven by consumers (like almost all business). Consumers have a right to want better prices because it's their damn money they are spending. Microsoft wants my damn money they have to do better because gaming is not a vital part of life. So I will wait for better prices. God I'm so entitled....

Originally Posted by irafreak I'm so glad everyone is either entitled to complain about the sales or complain about those complaining about the sales....(or in my case complain about those complaining about those complaining about the sales)

This feels like Threadception

Originally Posted by irafreak I'm so glad everyone is either entitled to complain about the sales or complain about those complaining about the sales....(or in my case complain about those complaining about those complaining about the sales) ....so here goes.... Why can't people discuss how game x is NOT worth 800 points? How is that entitlement? It's called business. The gaming industry is driven by consumers (like almost all business). Consumers have a right to want better prices because it's their damn money they are spending. Microsoft wants my damn money they have to do better because gaming is not a vital part of life. So I will wait for better prices. God I'm so entitled....

There's a difference between wanting better prices "this game is $10? I won't buy it" and going about your day vs whining like a petulant 7 year old because you cannot comprehend how dare a company not put a game on sale at the price (OR LOWER!!!) you want to buy it at.

"Arkham City is $15? Darn, I wanted it at $10. (closes wallet)"

vs

"WTF MICROSOFT. HOW DARE YOU! BIOSHOCK IS 5 YEARS OLD! IT SHOULD BE $2! YOU'RE COMPANY SUCKS! ALSO, WHERE ARE THE _____ GAMES? I WANT THOSE GAMES TO BE ON SALE. THIS SALE IS TEH LAMEZ! THANKS FOR NOTHING! I HOPE YOUR COMPANY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. YOUR AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!"

Anyone else close to filling there 320GB Hard Drive? I have over 100 XBLA Games and 42 Games On Demand. I Only have about 25 Gigs left. I plan on finishing up the sale with both of the Mortal Kombat games and maybe Civilization.

Originally Posted by xboxdude Anyone else close to filling there 320GB Hard Drive? I have over 100 XBLA Games and 42 Games On Demand. I Only have about 25 Gigs left. I plan on finishing up the sale with both of the Mortal Kombat games and maybe Civilization.

I've still got basically half my 250GB. But most of that is just installs and demos. I only got my 360 last october though.

Originally Posted by confoosious There's a difference between wanting better prices "this game is $10? I won't buy it" and going about your day vs whining like a petulant 7 year old because you cannot comprehend how dare a company not put a game on sale at the price (OR LOWER!!!) you want to buy it at. "Arkham City is $15? Darn, I wanted it at $10. (closes wallet)" vs "WTF MICROSOFT. HOW DARE YOU! BIOSHOCK IS 5 YEARS OLD! IT SHOULD BE $2! YOU'RE COMPANY SUCKS! ALSO, WHERE ARE THE _____ GAMES? I WANT THOSE GAMES TO BE ON SALE. THIS SALE IS TEH LAMEZ! THANKS FOR NOTHING! I HOPE YOUR COMPANY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. YOUR AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!"

I agree 100%!

I think the sales have been pretty good.

That being said. I think some publishers have missed the boat here - especially when it comes to games with multiplayer. It's a 1 day digital only sale. There won't be any used games from this, and it's a great way to get players into your game hoping they'll drag their friends in a week later at the full price.

The way I look at it, if you get 10 sales from people that never would have bought your game, and out of those, they talk one person into a full price purchase later, then it was really successful. It's money you would have never had with no production costs and no devaluation due to more used copies in the marketplace.

All these games are on the tail end of sales, anyway - why not get all the revenue you can AND have Microsoft pick up the tab on marketing? You also get all those DLC purchases for people that end up liking the game ... So, while I think the sale has been good, it could have been better and benefitted everyone.

Just my two cents ...

black ops 1 price is still at $19.99 while the others have gone back to regular price. maybe they are sneaking in a price drop (a very appropriate one)

Originally Posted by tribalnoise black ops 1 price is still at $19.99 while the others have gone back to regular price. maybe they are sneaking in a price drop (a very appropriate one)

I actually bit on that because I am always rebuying it after I sell it so might as well go digital.

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Debating Arkham City and Orange Box for $15. Think I will hold off and try to find cheaper physical copies.

I will for sure cop Orange Box if it's $10 and Civ Rev if it's $10-15.

Originally Posted by xboxdude Anyone else close to filling there 320GB Hard Drive? I have over 100 XBLA Games and 42 Games On Demand. I Only have about 25 Gigs left. I plan on finishing up the sale with both of the Mortal Kombat games and maybe Civilization.

I have 27 GoD, and around 140 XBLA games, plus other various DLC. I have 47GBs free, and that's after I got a 32GB USB to put all my Rock Band stuff on (which only has 4GB left).

Hopefully, Fallout 3, The Orange Box, and Civilization Revolution will be cheap enough for me to get all for 2000 MSP, I think they will take up about 18-19GBs altogether.

Originally Posted by xboxdude Anyone else close to filling there 320GB Hard Drive? I have over 100 XBLA Games and 42 Games On Demand. I Only have about 25 Gigs left. I plan on finishing up the sale with both of the Mortal Kombat games and maybe Civilization.

My 250 has been completely full for awhile. 188 XBLA and 14 GoD, not to mention all of the 1-2 GB DLC. The difference between the 250 and 320 isn't worth the upgrade cost to me. If I could put a 500+ GB drive in there I'd have done it awhile ago. With all of the propriety memory crap that Sony has done over the years across so many product lines in different divisions, I can't believe they were the ones to let us put swap in off the shelf drives.

edit: And I just read that the ME3 Citadel DLC is split into 2 downloads because it's too large, which means >2 GB. It's shit like this, Microsoft. I realize this impacts a very small percentage of users, but making it impossible for the people most invested in the platform to have it all in one place sucks.

Originally Posted by MWB I don't know if this has been mentioned at all, but Xbox treats the vanilla version of Batman: Arkham Asylum and the Game of the Year edition as if they were completely-different games. So if there's anyone (like me) who owns the GOTY edition but wants to go through the game again for more achievements or whatever, the $10 for the vanilla version may be worth it.

Was just going to ask about this to see if it was the vanilla or the GOTY. Looks like I'll be getting AA.

Originally Posted by tribalnoise black ops 1 price is still at $19.99 while the others have gone back to regular price. maybe they are sneaking in a price drop (a very appropriate one)

Is it sad that I've been pricing out black ops 1 for months just so I can play Zork on my 360? I'll answer that: yes, yes it it.

Any guesses as to how much Civ Rev and MG Solid HD will be?

Originally Posted by veronesepk Any guesses as to how much Civ Rev and MG Solid HD will be?

I'm hoping for $15 for MGS HD, but I'm doubtful. Will probably be $20.