All of the sales are much better if you pay with Microsoft points instead of credit card. For example: $15 games show as 1040 points, $10 = 680, $5 = 360 and some of the $3 games show as 200. Some of the games like Max Payne 3 don't even show the sale price unless you switch to points. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Canada gets Dirt 2 for cheaper than US as well. It's showing as $3.

Originally Posted by dotCody They do on the Dashboard, just not on Xbox.com/en-Ca

The prices are still different on a number of them than they are for US. Some of these "sales" are no cheaper than hopping over to Wal-Mart and grabbing the game from the bargain bins.

My theory is that Xbox live is preparing for their own version of PS+'s instant game collection. So this is a last ditch effort to cash in as much as possible on all of these bargain bin titles before they start phasing them into the game collection.

The Mortal Kombat sale today is a joke. That game is $20 in stores, it should be $10 on a digital download sale.

Originally Posted by anikan72 The Mortal Kombat sale today is a joke. That game is $20 in stores, it should be $10 on a digital download sale.

If that. I told myself I'd pick it up for $4.99-5.99.

MK is a pretty good fighting game. It was the first one I'd played since the arcade days. Lots of content and is fun just for nostalgia's sake.

I picked it up just after it came out on a $40 FS sale...then sold the included Reptile classic costume code on ebay for $60...

Ahh...stupid people, the funny thing is that they released the classic costume pack a few weeks later for $10.

Isn't the bigger joke that the first iteration of Street Fighter IV is priced the same as the last?

I gotta say, this was a bad sale. I'm not sure how they can classify it as 'Ultimate'. I'll give them credit for $2.99 games, but more games that are 5 years old+ need to be at this price - permanently - for digital download type copies. If you want the disc, I understand a $4.99 price tag for old games. Even $4.99 was nice to see, but to me it feels like this should be a much more common occurrence.

I guess I'm also jaded because of the sale prices that some games have already been out at and then they get jacked back up for months, only to finally be dropped back down to reality and they call this a 'sale'. Max Payne 3 being $5 cheaper than it was 3 months ago isn't an 'ultimate' sale.

Originally Posted by Stanger31 I gotta say, this was a bad sale.

El Shaddai for $2.49 made the whole sale worth it for me. Sales like this, I'm impressed if I manage to get anything out of them.

Originally Posted by Jogurt the Yogurt El Shaddai for $2.49 made the whole sale worth it for me. Sales like this, I'm impressed if I manage to get anything out of them.

I seriously looked at it, but with my back log of games and the reviews, it just didn't seem like my kind of game, or that I'd get around to playing it... ever. I can appreciate the few cheap games and I know there is always a bunch of people that do like these games... Just not my style.

I'll keep my money for now...

Originally Posted by Stanger31 I seriously looked at it, but with my back log of games and the reviews, it just didn't seem like my kind of game, or that I'd get around to playing it... ever. I can appreciate the few cheap games and I know there is always a bunch of people that do like these games... Just not my style. I'll keep my money for now...

Yep, that's usually the case for me too. That's why if I can get one game out of a "blowout" sale like this I consider it a victory. Usually it's all the same old tat. (This sale was pretty much the same old tat, too.)

Hilariously, I saw Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition at Future Shop, new, for $19.99, the same price as this Games on Demand regular DLC-free edition. Briefly considered the retail copy.

Ended up grabbing SSF IV: AE and Bioshock. Been having fun with Street fighter (even though I already owned the original SF4 release) and played a bit of Bioshock (not as hooked on it as people say one should be).

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Originally Posted by Korahn Ended up grabbing SSF IV: AE and Bioshock. Been having fun with Street fighter (even though I already owned the original SF4 release) and played a bit of Bioshock (not as hooked on it as people say one should be).

Bioshock = overhyped. Still well worth playing though. I give it 8/10.

Originally Posted by BellardB Bioshock = overhyped. Still well worth playing though. I give it 8/10.

I'm seeing that. I mean the atmosphere and scenery are amazing and I'm sure the story is pretty good, but the gameplay itself just isn't doing it for me. Still, for $5, it's less than the cost of a rental.

Originally Posted by Korahn I'm seeing that. I mean the atmosphere and scenery are amazing and I'm sure the story is pretty good, but the gameplay itself just isn't doing it for me. Still, for $5, it's less than the cost of a rental.

Bioshock was great... but perhaps if you didn't play it when it came out years ago, it might not be as good by today's standards. I liked the whole story and the world they created was amazing. I'd happily still pay $10 if I didn't own it already.

The ridiculously high enemy respawn rate detracted from the wonderful atmosphere. I think I enjoyed the story...sometimes the old timey slang made it hard to follow what was going on. I remember LOLing at parts that weren't meant to be funny cause they went so over the top with the 50's lingo.

Originally Posted by BellardB The ridiculously high enemy respawn rate detracted from the wonderful atmosphere. I think I enjoyed the story...sometimes the old timey slang made it hard to follow what was going on. I remember LOLing at parts that weren't meant to be funny cause they went so over the top with the 50's lingo.

Ok... You got me there. I can't even argue that.