^I'm going to have to wait on Gears, as that (and Crackdown) won't get here until some time next week. So I guess it's between Fable II and ME. What's the 3rd game you alluded to (the 3 best games)?

I'll take a guess Fallout 3

Just ordered Fat Princess, Army of Two: 40th Day, Star Trek (Blu-Ray), and The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition with my $100 credit. I had a $10 credit for MW2, so I got Fat Princess for -$4.99 from my credit, and am paying $15 for Star Trek (since only $5 credit is left with everything else).

I was going to order Dark Void and Army of Two, but I'm not sure if Dark Void will be good or not, so I decided to pass for right now in-favor of getting more things that I wanted now; and I'll worry about it come January.

Some other cheap but notable games for you new 360 owners would be:

Earth Defense Force
Condemned
Dead Rising
Culdcept Saga

Enjoy your new machine!

so let me tell you how ecstatic i am that i bought a "backup" xbox... i got the RROD on my elite (2nd time).. these things are made out of paper mache

Anybody get their code yet? (that canceled before)

Originally Posted by slimjim2004 Anybody get their code yet? (that canceled before)

I ordered mine on the 10th. I actually received my code around 12:30am on the 12th. Console was delivered at 12:30pm.

I sadly passed on the offer -- couldn't pull the trigger given I have no time to play :-) I guess I'll pick up a 360 after MS releases the 1080 or whatever the next console is.

In the interim, I am of course picking up some cheap 360 games ;-)

Do the 360's still have the Arcade Compilation disc?

Originally Posted by crzyboy88 Do the 360's still have the Arcade Compilation disc?

Nop

Just received my 360 today ... but no code yet.
Ordered on the 14th, aka the last date for the 2nd chance offer.

Also received my 360 today. Have not opened it yet though just in case I don't get the code for the $100 credit and have to return it. I ordered on Friday the 13th.

Got my Arcade after the lightning deal snafu and they extended the offer to me via email. Got the console last friday and the promo code on saturday. If anyone got the code, beware that it is a one time use code so if you use it and only purchase something worth $40 you lose out on the last $60.

Originally Posted by nightmare452 Play Gears 1 first. Gears 2 story won't make as much sense without it, also a ton of fun. Crackdown is mediocre but Fable 2 and Mass Effect are arguably 2 of the 3 best games in the past 3 years, so great selection overall.

Crackdown with keys to the city mode added is undeniable fun to pass time when you're bored ... and Mass Effect rocks for the graphics and story, but Fable 2 is an incredibly mediocre RPG in my opinion. I'd recommend Dragons Age but the PC version far outshines the 360 version. Still, if your PC can't run it I find Dragons Age on 360 far better than the stilted and watered down play of Fable 2 (Fable 1 is actually a better, more fulfilling game if playing the game of the year edition)

Originally Posted by tglaz18 Got my Arcade after the lightning deal snafu and they extended the offer to me via email. Got the console last friday and the promo code on saturday. If anyone got the code, beware that it is a one time use code so if you use it and only purchase something worth $40 you lose out on the last $60.

It's been said that the code can be used once, but the leftover amount is not lost, just stored on your account. Got my jasper arcade today in the mail but haven't received the code yet.

Originally Posted by sillymonkey321 It's been said that the code can be used once, but the leftover amount is not lost, just stored on your account. Got my jasper arcade today in the mail but haven't received the code yet.

I can verify that the leftover does get posted to your account. The problem is that it is applied first and overrides any other possible promotional code you may try to use. For instance, I attempted to buy UP and Cars Blu-ray today. They have a 15 dollar promo code UPBLURAY that takes 15 dollars off the total. I entered it, had 21.XX left to pay, and then entered my promo code for the xbox purchase, which completely overrode the UPBLURAY promo code.

I had Amazon call me and they told me there was nothing that could be done. I couldn't purchase anything that required a promo code be entered until I used all 100 dollars of the xbox promo code. After much haggling, I got them to give me another 15 dollars in promotional money so that I would at least get the deal I was attempting to get on the Blu-ray purchases.

For all those that don't like to read so much. BEWARE USING YOUR PROMO CODE FOR THE XBOX BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE OTHER PROMO CODES UNTIL YOU USE ALL OF YOUR XBOX PROMO BALANCE.

Note this offer is not a gift card, but a promo, and thus has no effect on your gift card balance.

Originally Posted by reininop I can verify that the leftover does get posted to your account. The problem is that it is applied first and overrides any other possible promotional code you may try to use. For instance, I attempted to buy UP and Cars Blu-ray today. They have a 15 dollar promo code UPBLURAY that takes 15 dollars off the total. I entered it, had 21.XX left to pay, and then entered my promo code for the xbox purchase, which completely overrode the UPBLURAY promo code. I had Amazon call me and they told me there was nothing that could be done. I couldn't purchase anything that required a promo code be entered until I used all 100 dollars of the xbox promo code. After much haggling, I got them to give me another 15 dollars in promotional money so that I would at least get the deal I was attempting to get on the Blu-ray purchases. For all those that don't like to read so much. BEWARE USING YOUR PROMO CODE FOR THE XBOX BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE OTHER PROMO CODES UNTIL YOU USE ALL OF YOUR XBOX PROMO BALANCE. Note this offer is not a gift card, but a promo, and thus has no effect on your gift card balance.

I noticed this as well....AFTER I ordered ODST via lightning deal yesterday. It charged my promo code for $47 instead of the $30 lightning deal. Luckily, the Amazon CS was nice enough to change my total to $30, thus giving me $70 remaining on my credit. I should use that quickly, just in case another lightning deal or other promotion comes up...

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Not only the XBOX code overrides any coupon that you plan to use in your cart, game credits do that too, as long as the amount of credits > the order total - coupon/deal.

What you could do is to pre-order some shits that will bring your credit balance just below the order total minus coupon/deal that you actually want to use. Yes, you will have to pay out-of-pocket to foot balance of your order. Just cancel the preorder after you've placed your actual order. That's the only way to work around this, besides calling Amazon and explaining the situation.