PS Vita Deals & Discussions Thread

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Since I thought the cheap 3DS games thread was a good idea. I thought I would start one for the PS Vita. I will maintain this site a few times a day going forward. Post links up to new deals and I will add them to the OP. Anyhow, here we go:

Updated 2/5/2014

Amazon:

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational $15.50

Lumines- Electronic Symphony $18.49

MLB 12 The Show- $5.88

Silent Hill: Book of Memories- $11.68

Spy Hunter- $14.89

Gravity Rush- $18.53

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time- $19.12

Need for Speed: Most Wanted- $15.99

Persona 4 Golden - $19.99


Best Buy:


GameStop:

Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified $19..99 New/ $17.99 Used

 
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You've got to be kidding me..

We dont give the Post Office credit?  LOL.  They deserve nothing for when they don't do their job and deliver crap to the wrong address.  It's a joke and delays getting the actual package by a week.

 
mcdull said:
Might be true a couple years ago, I wouldn't say it's "cheap mailing options" now. The priority mail cost went up like crazy. First class is ok, but anything over 1lb needs to be mailed by Priority. So anything over 1lb I now mail by FedEx SmartPost which is much cheaper for anything a little heavier and in fact will be delivered by USPS at destination.
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Your right actually, but currently I'm selling tons of books through them, and media mail cant be beat. LOL

Yeah, the last few years, rates have sky rocketed. I've actually been using FedEx ground more in the last year than I ever have before, as the postal rates have gotten beyond silly, and that's for their parcel post service which is slow as hell.

Their actually trying to phase out the standard shipping options, as Priority mail is where the money is made, but unless I'm sending to 1-2 states over, Priority mail is to expensive as well. The flat rate boxes have there place as well, but to make those worth wild, you have to cram in the qty, and that's often not an option.

This whole issue of pricing is the issues I'm referring to, in regards to the business being ran poorly. Rates are up, and service is down. In a normal situation, they would have to get their shit together to compete, but since they can't technically go out of business, the dumb shit persist with no motivation to do better.

It's really sad, as they could be doing rather well in certain areas of shipping and first class mail, but they continue doing the same things, and while most under achievers would expect a different result based on that, they are so clueless, I don't even think they care one way or another.

 
MunkichioO said:
Anyone know if DQ Builders is getting a vita release or is it digital in the US ? gotta know before I buy a 2nd copy xD
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Going to have to import the asian english to get it here physically. I've got my PS4 copy pre-ordered and will grab my vita download once it goes live.

 
chrislaustin said:
Your right actually, but currently I'm selling tons of books through them, and media mail cant be beat. LOL

Yeah, the last few years, rates have sky rocketed. I've actually been using FedEx ground more in the last year than I ever have before, as the postal rates have gotten beyond silly, and that's for their parcel post service which is slow as hell.

Their actually trying to phase out the standard shipping options, as Priority mail is where the money is made, but unless I'm sending to 1-2 states over, Priority mail is to expensive as well. The flat rate boxes have there place as well, but to make those worth wild, you have to cram in the qty, and that's often not an option.

This whole issue of pricing is the issues I'm referring to, in regards to the business being ran poorly. Rates are up, and service is down. In a normal situation, they would have to get their shit together to compete, but since they can't technically go out of business, the dumb shit persist with no motivation to do better.

It's really sad, as they could be doing rather well in certain areas of shipping and first class mail, but they continue doing the same things, and while most under achievers would expect a different result based on that, they are so clueless, I don't even think they care one way or another.
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Service is actually way up, I'm not going to pull out of our tracking DB at work but I can tell you that once you account for regional differences the introduction of the IMPB has in fact improved service dramatically. The only thing I've seen that is worse across about 3 million data points is UPS ground in certain regions which never meets the qouted(though not guaranteed) delivery dates. Of course UPS bumped 4.5% this year and is going to bump again I believe another 4.5% in 2017. The USPS is at the biggest disadvantage since they can't offer special rates for business in the way that independent companies can and the PRC screwed them over with the prefunding like you stated.

 
I didn't receive any emails about the watch shipping. Did you get any other notification? Anything on the amazon order page? Or just gotta wait patiently for an email that may never come?

billyrox said:
Got my LN Muramasa Rebirth .

It was just the cartridge in a generic blue vita box... ugh.

Should I keep it or return it. It was 16 after taxes... 21 for a brand new one.
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I would say return it and get a new one. You weren't saving that much and the cost of printing plus the hassle just doesn't seem worth it.

 
reaperztoll said:
The USPS is at the biggest disadvantage since they can't offer special rates for business in the way that independent companies can and the PRC screwed them over with the prefunding like you stated.
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This I always have the question.

When I sold something on eBay and use eBay to print shipping label, I get quite good discount compared to USPS's online price. So, eBay get some discount from USPS? (I knows it's definitely not like the big discount for FedEx or UPS corporate account)

In contrast, if I sold something on Amazon, Amazon's shipping label service doesn't have any discount, same as I use usps.com, and even worse Amazon charges service fee, that's ridiculous. (I'm certain their actual rate is lower). So, I always go to Paypal to print label shipping lable, not discount but no fee.

 
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ToCS 2 arrived. I put it in the ToCS 1 CE jewel case (along with the still sealed ToCS 1) where it belongs.

Now where the hell do I put the pin and its box? They didn't expect me to throw away the pin box did they?

 
mcdull said:
This I always have the question.

When I sold something on eBay and use eBay to print shipping label, I get quite good discount compared to USPS's online price. So, eBay get some discount from USPS? (I knows it's definitely not like the big discount for FedEx or UPS corporate account)

In contrast, if I sold something on Amazon, Amazon's shipping label service doesn't have any discount, same as I use usps.com, and even worse Amazon charges service fee, that's ridiculous. (I'm certain their actual rate is lower). So, I always go to Paypal to print label shipping lable, not discount but no fee.
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I never knew that. So I can go straight to USPS from paypal?

 
mcdull said:
This I always have the question.

When I sold something on eBay and use eBay to print shipping label, I get quite good discount compared to USPS's online price. So, eBay get some discount from USPS? (I knows it's definitely not like the big discount for FedEx or UPS corporate account)

In contrast, if I sold something on Amazon, Amazon's shipping label service doesn't have any discount, same as I use usps.com, and even worse Amazon charges service fee, that's ridiculous. (I'm certain their actual rate is lower). So, I always go to Paypal to print label shipping lable, not discount but no fee.
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The downside with that is that you lose Amazon's recent coverage for INR claims when postage is purchased through their interface. Since they only accepted signature prior to this change, it suddenly makes the 7 cents worth it for many Amazon sellers.

From seller annoucements:

Amazon now funds not-received claims on orders shipped via Shipping Services
May 25, 2016
Effective May 1, 2016, if you've shipped an order using a label purchased from Shipping Services and buyers claim they didn't receive their order and file an A-to-z claim, Amazon will cover that claim. In fact, you won't receive a notification about it, and your Order Defect Rate will not be affected. Learn more about Order Not Received Claims.

 
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SonicGamer said:
So whats going on with the watches from amazon? At these point it seems like we wont be getting crap.
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Amazon is pretty fuck useless in all honesty. My GS watch shipped last week, so I'm sure Amazon has receive their qty, but when and what will happen with them is anyone's guess.

They haven't shipped anything, but they haven't relisted new watch bundles either, so I have no clue at this point.

Aksys was all but useless throughout this whole situation, and at this point, they are really the only ones who can get answers, but they have taking the "it's out of our hands attitude" from the start.

They have the retail relationship with Amazon, so they should be able to say if the watches arrived, they can also contact Amazon and say when are these bonuses going to ship for customers, but they seem to not care either way, as they received payment for the games, and at the end of the day, saying they will make this right was and is complete and utter BS!

If I don't hear back by the end of September, I'll be contacting Amazon to return my orders that arrived sans watches.

EDIT: On Amazon's product page(vita version), it states "this bundle contains two items(and they may ship separately)", so all of those orders should be marked within their system, but only time will tell.

https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Time-Dilemma-Limited-Watch-Nintendo/dp/B0111IUMJ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1473258048&sr=8-2&keywords=zero+time+dilemma+limited+watch+bonus+edition

 
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I shot Danny a question on Twitter yesterday about Amazon.  His response was: "Yep, GS was rather quick. Amazon's a lot bigger, I would imagine takes more time to update the system."

Helpful.

 
Callidus said:
I shot Danny a question on Twitter yesterday about Amazon. His response was: "Yep, GS was rather quick. Amazon's a lot bigger, I would imagine takes more time to update the system."

Helpful.
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Well, my GS watch is out for delivery today, so yeah, he was right on one point.

 
Thinking about grabbing God Eater 2. Does anyone know of a cheaper option than Amazon UK for a physical English copy?
 
Been awhile since I scanned this thread. It's so active, I simply don't have the time to keep up. 

Anyhow, any word on any deals out there for Zero Time Dilemma? Don't really care about the watch at all, just want to get the game for less than MSRP. 

 
JoshTX said:
Been awhile since I scanned this thread. It's so active, I simply don't have the time to keep up.

Anyhow, any word on any deals out there for Zero Time Dilemma? Don't really care about the watch at all, just want to get the game for less than MSRP.
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With all the extra copies some of us got lol someone around maybr willing to trade
 
JoshTX said:
Been awhile since I scanned this thread. It's so active, I simply don't have the time to keep up.

Anyhow, any word on any deals out there for Zero Time Dilemma? Don't really care about the watch at all, just want to get the game for less than MSRP.
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There haven't been any deals on ZTD yet.

 
SonicGamer said:
I have three but not for vita lol 3ds they kept resending after complaining about the watch finally I gave up
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Well, shit. I have a 3DS too, but completely forgot about that version. I feel like I would rather play it on Vita, but I will have to think about it.

 
JoshTX said:
Well, shit. I have a 3DS too, but completely forgot about that version. I feel like I would rather play it on Vita, but I will have to think about it.
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3DS version is crap compared to Vita/Steam from what I've read, so I'd suggest going for it on Vita if you can. I'd consider selling you my new sealed Vita copy cheap, but I'm waiting until I get my watch from Amazon before selling it, in case I have to return it.

 
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spoderman said:
3DS version is crap compared to Vita/Steam from what I've read, so I'd suggest going for it on Vita if you can. I'd consider selling you my new sealed Vita copy cheap, but I'm waiting until I get my watch from Amazon before selling it, in case I have to return it.
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Whats wrong with the 3ds version? Im going to unload 2 for ps vita versions then
 
SonicGamer said:
Whats wrong with the 3ds version? Im going to unload 2 for ps vita versions then
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Graphics are worse and framerate is worst of the 3. To some this may not matter, but considering it plays similar to a Telltale game, the graphics/framerate matter to me. I've only played the Steam version though, so I don't have first hand experience with 3DS/Vita.
 
spoderman said:
Graphics are worse and framerate is worst of the 3. To some this may not matter, but considering it plays similar to a Telltale game, the graphics/framerate matter to me. I've only played the Steam version though, so I don't have first hand experience with 3DS/Vita.
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Thanks. I'll hold out for Vita version then.

 
Think we all anticipated this announcement was coming.: =P~

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billyrox said:
which Wild Arms did you get? The first one?
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Yeah, the SNES style 1st game. with the odd 3D battles. I own 4 of the Wild ARMs games, but something about the 2nd one threw me off and the 3rd and 4th ones lost me completely, so this was the reason that I started playing #1 to go through all the Wild ARMs games in order.

 
Well, after waiting several months, I finally got my ZTD watch from GS today. It's actually really nice, and will fit well along side the other two bonus watches from the first 2 games.

Now let's see if Amazon ever comes through?

 
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