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Interesting just received this email. Didn't know that ign prime discount expired. I wonder if we can renew or is this everyone.

Hello! We just wanted to let you know that the IGN Prime discount promotion will soon expire. We hope you’ve enjoyed your 15% discount and that you’ll still stick with us both at GamersGate (for all your games) and IGN (for all your news). The IGN Prime 15% off discount will stop working in approx. 48 hours, but considering that we’ve already entered our yearly holiday sales (this one is going to be bigger than ever before!) there will still be lots of games and awesome deals to be had! Best, GG Team PS. Of course your loyal Prime pet won’t leave your Minion’s side =) PPS. Unless you don’t like him… In that case we can confirm that Minion-Pet-heaven really does exist. We promise.

I was just coming here to post that my IGN Discount isn't showing up anymore and to see if anyone else noticed this as well. I haven't gotten the letter yet.

The fire pet is still showing but I no longer get the discount and I tried putting a bunch of games in my cart sale or no sale, US or UK site but no dice.

It was just working like an hour or so when I checked too.

Damn. That was a major factor why I shopped there.

Originally Posted by pROvIs Interesting just received this email. Didn't know that ign prime discount expired. I wonder if we can renew or is this everyone.

I got it too....LAME

Wow. This really sucks. The 15% discount was probably the main reason I shopped at GG over other retailers. I still have some blue coins in my account. Didn't know it had an expiration date, but it seems this might be across the board.

That said, with their sales glitches and 75% off prices I will still find enough stuff to use my coins up over time so I am not too upset. Just the end of an era where all my purchases stacked with a supersweet extra discount. :(

I think "expiration date" is their polite Swedish way of saying Oh shit! You mean all those people cancelled and we still left their IGN discount on indefinitely? Oops better fix that ASAP!

Originally Posted by Greyghost I think "expiration date" is their polite Swedish way of saying Oh shit! You mean all those people cancelled and we still left their IGN discount on indefinitely? Oops better fix that ASAP!

I actually paid for a year...my prime is still active..so that isnt it

Originally Posted by Drabelincoln I actually paid for a year...my prime is still active..so that isnt it

Ditto.

Well you guys who paid should go to IGN and make a stink. That discount is still listed as one of the benefits on their IGN prime page.

Okay just checked over there and someone is saying that Gamersgate told them they no longer work with IGN

http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/ca...post-468055171

That really, really sucks for people who already prepaid for a year that were given the impression they would get that discount for the whole time. I can see going forward if they are not going to offer it and of course those of us who got it free can't complain but if they aren't honoring it for the existing members who already paid that is just lame.

Wow, glad I used up most of my coins with Dishonored then. Without the extra 15% off, they rarely have a good enough sale to make them a primary consideration.

For however long, my discount is still showing.

I think it is probably beyond our rights to get too upset as they can always point to the fine print that any benefits may discontinue. I imagine GG got sick of dealing with all the support issues and angry customers over the discount codes.

Originally Posted by pROvIs I imagine GG got sick of dealing with all the support issues and angry customers over the discount codes.

I suspect they are sick of losing 15% of their revenue...

Originally Posted by seamoss I suspect they are sick of losing 15% of their revenue...

You could say that but I think much of it is sales they wouldn't of had anyway. They may be big in Europe but in the US hardly anyone knows they exist. That 15% is an advertising fee more or less.

Originally Posted by pROvIs Interesting just received this email. Didn't know that ign prime discount expired. I wonder if we can renew or is this everyone.

Sad news, but it's been a good run, even for the short time I had my discount.

Originally Posted by seamoss I suspect they are sick of losing 15% of their revenue...

Since it was "permanent", whatever incentive they got from IGN was probably a one off and now they're saddled with giving 15% long after that incentive is gone.

But, that said, whatever profit they got from my sales was 100% over whatever profit they'd have gotten from me anyway if I shopped somewhere else. I'm sure they're aware of this and finally decided that the scales were tipping against them.

Is there any way to tell if a game activates on Steam? I'm interested in Resident Evil 5 but I don't see anything that says if it does or not.

Ah, well, nine months of a 15% discount was lovely. I also cashed out a lot of coins today with Endless Space (strangely no longer today's daily), so I'm happy I went out on a high note.

Originally Posted by wuxbustah8 Is there any way to tell if a game activates on Steam? I'm interested in Resident Evil 5 but I don't see anything that says if it does or not.

It will be listed under DRM so if you see something other than Steam there then the answer is no.

Bummer. I have ~20 in blue coins. I know I will continue to buy some stuff at GG even without IGN, but it's gonna be less. I have just over $20 in blue coins... now I'm considering picking up Dishonored (I was waiting for lower).

Edit: Pout. They already killed my IGN. I feel sorry for CAGs that recently picked up IGN and hadn't amounted $46 in sales yet to recoup their $7 month of IGN Prime cost.

Originally Posted by PenguinJim Ah, well, nine months of a 15% discount was lovely. I also cashed out a lot of coins today with Endless Space (strangely no longer today's daily), so I'm happy I went out on a high note.

I kind of think the Endless Space deal was a screw up. That publisher has been really tightwaddy with the sales on that game. Once before Steam tried to run it as a weekend deal with a fairly significant sale on it but they freaked out and made them take it down citing it was unfair to the people who bought retail box and paid full price or something like that. Apparently it was a "miscommunication" and probably was in this case too because so far no other digital retailer was offering close to 66% off of it

Originally Posted by Greyghost I kind of think the Endless Space deal was a screw up. That publisher has been really tightwaddy with the sales on that game. Once before Steam tried to run it as a weekend deal with a fairly significant sale on it but they freaked out and made them take it down citing it was unfair to the people who bought retail box and paid full price or something like that. Apparently it was a "miscommunication" and probably was in this case too because so far no other digital retailer was offering close to 66% off of it

bah! how did i miss endless space for 66% off? I've been waiting for that to hit the 10-15$ range.