I thought I had a good one yesterday, but today is all games too (and quite a few I've been waiting on):



Wii
A Boy and his Blob
Klonoa
Monster Hunter 3
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Red Steel 2

DS
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Originally Posted by INMATEofARKHAM Which, brings up my next question... If you check uninterested on one of the platforms (in the case Alpha Protocol for the PS3) will Amazon still try to tempt you with the 360 version or are you shooting yourself in the foot?

That's a very good question for which I don't have a definitive answer, but I would have to say it should not rule out another platform. I have the 360 version of FFXIII marked as such, but I still have the PS3 copy in my recommendations. If I get it in my picks, we'll know for sure.

Dunno how I didn't see this thread immediately when it popped up (I had a blog about Amazon Quick Picks a week or so ago) but I definitely learned me some new stuff.

Yesterday I FINALLY had two games pop up that I was trying to get in there: Super Mario Galaxy 2 and A Witch's Tale.

Now I'm trying for Brutal Legend something fierce. I "pre-ordered" Dragon Age: Origins CE, BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, and Assassin's Creed 2, while rating and saying I owned Wet.


Edit: And to answer the question you were trying to answer Jodou, I can confirm that it does not rule out that other platform. I've had it happen with both Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno. Both appeared in my Quick Picks on one platform (PS3 in this instance) while their 360 counterparts were marked Not Interested.

Well I guess that sums it up. 1: Either fake pre-order or actually pre-order games. 2: Make sure the games you want are actually showing up in quick picks.

Timeline:
9th: Ordered Demon's souls deluxe and brutal legend, without quick picks
10th: Got heavy rain and 2 junk items
11th: Got Resonance of Fate, Professor Layton and the diablolical box and real triggers for a ps3 controller(triggers and resonance are in my recommendations)


Oh and quick edit, I'm going through my "not interested" list taking some things off it now that I've gotten the majority of games I wanted. Maybe I can get upcoming games to pop up if I decide I want one of them later. But I am seeing the new professor layton, which did appear in my quick picks today, in my not interested list.

So even marking something as not interested doesn't necessarily preclude it from your picks as I just got uncharted 2 in there the other day after checking "not interested" on that weeks ago.

Originally Posted by Jodou That's a very good question for which I don't have a definitive answer, but I would have to say it should not rule out another platform. I have the 360 version of FFXIII marked as such, but I still have the PS3 copy in my recommendations. If I get it in my picks, we'll know for sure.

Yeah, I went ahead and said not interested in Alpha Protocol for the PS3 but most, if not all, of the PS3 games that drop in are exclusives... (which is pretty much all that I want.)


I'm tempted to cancel my Demon's Souls Deluxe preorder... and try to get it into my gold box but they have dropped the price on it since I preordered it and I'm not sure I really want to play that game as I'm not sure how long its been sitting at 66.99. (I actually wrote them asking for when they would have it the same day Atlas announced the Deluxe edition... My Asian copy went on eBay soon after that. )


Tempted to do the same thing with a few other games but, well, I'm not sure I want to take the chance...

Originally Posted by INMATEofARKHAM I'm tempted to cancel my Demon's Souls Deluxe preorder... and try to get it into my gold box

I'd caution you that they may have remove this for gold picks eligibility since it has not been seen in a while. There's no harm in trying save for having the locked in price of $66.99. I've been trying to do the same with Star Wars: TFU Sith Edition PS3 for a while now and it's just not eligible yet.

Originally Posted by Vortextk Oh and quick edit, I'm going through my "not interested" list taking some things off it now that I've gotten the majority of games I wanted. Maybe I can get upcoming games to pop up if I decide I want one of them later. But I am seeing the new professor layton, which did appear in my quick picks today, in my not interested list. So even marking something as not interested doesn't necessarily preclude it from your picks as I just got uncharted 2 in there the other day after checking "not interested" on that weeks ago.

You have a bizarre quick picks, because I've never had that problem. It's funny, but I'm doing the same today by removing Metal Gear Solid: Rising and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow from my not interested list. Before I had a full grasp of the system, I just eliminated everything from my recommendations that I wasn't specifically targeting at the time. Now that I'm more enlightened, I'm pre-ordering Halo Reach to get MGSR, which will then get me Castlevania. Should be an interesting couple of days.

Originally Posted by Nirron Edit: And to answer the question you were trying to answer Jodou, I can confirm that it does not rule out that other platform. I've had it happen with both Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno. Both appeared in my Quick Picks on one platform (PS3 in this instance) while their 360 counterparts were marked Not Interested.

Excellent, I'll add this to the FAQ. Thanks!

Right now going though all my recommendations to try and get rid of a bunch of junk. Like I told it it to stop looking at the textbooks I bought and such. Here is what I got today if its of any use also:
Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls
Wii Sports Resort
Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector's Edition
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

My Quick Picks were doing awesome on two different accounts and then they got stale. It went back to showing me complete junk that has nothing to do with my interests. I've tried tweaking my recommendations, owning/rating more items, etc.. but can't seem to get it back to where it was showing me 5 or 6 upcoming games per day. Then again, I did order most of them to lock in Goldbox + ECA, so maybe I've simply run out

Originally Posted by Tomeeboy My Quick Picks were doing awesome on two different accounts and then they got stale. It went back to showing me complete junk that has nothing to do with my interests. I've tried tweaking my recommendations, owning/rating more items, etc.. but can't seem to get it back to where it was showing me 5 or 6 upcoming games per day. Then again, I did order most of them to lock in Goldbox + ECA, so maybe I've simply run out

You're correct, there comes a point where you simply will run out of games eligible to show up. The days where you get 5-6 games are because you've got a ton of stuff for it to build that list from. When you narrow down what you're after, it slows to 0-2 a day. I prefer getting want I'm after the next day rather than 5-6 games I don't want.

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With Jodou's advice (I appreciate it!) I was cleaning up my recomendation. It was flooded with textbooks and such.

Many games I am interested in are available such as Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and even Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story. The one game I really wanted to be there, Super Mario Bros Wii, isn't coming up! So frustrating!

Originally Posted by flameofdoom666 With Jodou's advice (I appreciate it!) I was cleaning up my recomendation. It was flooded with textbooks and such. Many games I am interested in are available such as Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and even Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story. The one game I really wanted to be there, Super Mario Bros Wii, isn't coming up! So frustrating!

Ha, getting those started will be rough because they're all linked. What I mean is, if you order any one of those you should see the rest pop up the next day. My advice is to pre-order Super Mario Galaxy 2 for now and rate it. I can almost guarantee you will get one of the other three, if not all of them, the next day. Once you do, order them and cancel SMG2 so it can show up the day after. If it doesn't show up, I'll give you a free ECA account lulz!

Good luck mate!

Originally Posted by Jodou Ha, getting those started will be rough because they're all linked. What I mean is, if you order any one of those you should see the rest pop up the next day. My advice is to pre-order Super Mario Galaxy 2 for now and rate it. I can almost guarantee you will get one of the other three, if not all of them, the next day. Once you do, order them and cancel SMG2 so it can show up the day after. If it doesn't show up, I'll give you a free ECA account lulz! Good luck mate!

Preordering on amazon.com isn't charged until the order is actually sent- right? So if I preorder Super Mario Galaxy 2, it won't even appear on the credit card- right?

Originally Posted by flameofdoom666 Preordering on amazon.com isn't charged until the order is actually sent- right? So if I preorder Super Mario Galaxy 2, it won't even appear on the credit card- right?

You got it.

Okay... I think I'm going crazy. There seems to be one glaring problem that I can't overcome: I don't see "Quick Picks" anywhere! I go to the Gold Box page, the page linked in the very first part of the FAQ, this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/

I see "Deal of the Day", then "Lightning Deals" to the right, featuring all the timed deals coming up today, then below that there's a horizontal scroll bar labled "Best Deals", and I can limit it to just video games, but that just gives me 4 crappy video game deals on a singstar mic and Spongebob. Then below that it just list a bunch of recent forum threads.

As it says in the FAQ -

I keep hearing about 'gold/quick picks'; what are people talking about?
This is refering to the Amazon Gold Box page which lists personal quick picks just below the gold box deals.

Looking just below the gold box deals and not seeing any "Quick Picks". Wtf.

Ok, so maybe I'm lloking at the wrong thing; so I go to the top of the page and choose "recommendations". In the loaded window I choose "See all recommendation", which gives me this page

http://www.amazon.com/gp/yourstore/r...pd_ys_tdy_recs

Then over on the left I limit the view to video games. Here I do see a bunch of games for pre-order, but there's no discount, they're all full price.

Good lord, it's been a long day. I know I'm doing something wrong, but I just followed the links and am just not seeing what I'm looking for. And I read the FAQ 3 times. Again, I think I'm going mad. Thanks in advance for any help.

Originally Posted by Jodou I'd caution you that they may have remove this for gold picks eligibility since it has not been seen in a while. There's no harm in trying save for having the locked in price of $66.99. I've been trying to do the same with Star Wars: TFU Sith Edition PS3 for a while now and it's just not eligible yet.

Cool. I'll just hold pat at my current price, which is still an awesome price, as its WELL worth it! Best JRPG this generation... easy.

Got my God of War Collection today.

BTW: SW: TFU, even in a new wrapper, isn't worth a whole big chunk of change....

Bingo, got Metal Gear Solid: Rising today! All too easy.

Lost Planet 2 and WM+ for me today, both I added into my recommendations yesterday with a few ratings. Is that really ps3 only? Hm. Don't really want the game even for 50$ and so little uses WM+ right now, but it was half a test as well as stuff that I kinda want =P

Found out yesterday that resonance of fate was ps3 and 360 though, thought it was ps3 exclusive. Might have to get the 360 version in my quick picks, we'll see.

Originally Posted by unopepito06 Okay... I think I'm going crazy. There seems to be one glaring problem that I can't overcome: I don't see "Quick Picks" anywhere! I go to the Gold Box page, the page linked in the very first part of the FAQ, this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ I see "Deal of the Day", then "Lightning Deals" to the right, featuring all the timed deals coming up today, then below that there's a horizontal scroll bar labled "Best Deals", and I can limit it to just video games, but that just gives me 4 crappy video game deals on a singstar mic and Spongebob. Then below that it just list a bunch of recent forum threads. As it says in the FAQ - I keep hearing about 'gold/quick picks'; what are people talking about? This is refering to the Amazon Gold Box page which lists personal quick picks just below the gold box deals. Looking just below the gold box deals and not seeing any "Quick Picks". Wtf.

I've clarified the FAQ to include below Best Deals, as well. The only reason you should not be seeing your quick picks is because you're not logged in. If that's not the reason, try opening it in another browser. If it still isn't showing up, I'd contact Amazon technical help.

Ok, so maybe I'm lloking at the wrong thing; so I go to the top of the page and choose "recommendations". In the loaded window I choose "See all recommendation", which gives me this page http://www.amazon.com/gp/yourstore/r...pd_ys_tdy_recs Then over on the left I limit the view to video games. Here I do see a bunch of games for pre-order, but there's no discount, they're all full price.

This is the area you will want to see games you're trying to get in your quick picks. Remove anything you're not interested in and if you follow the FAQ to a T, you should start seeing the games you do want.

Hope this helps!