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Hey CAGS,

I’ve got some news I’m both excited and sad to share with you at the same time. I’ll be leaving the Digital Video Games team in Mid-March to join the marketing team for Amazon.com’s Loyalty and Rewards program, Amazon Coins. My boss and I have talked extensively about how to maintain and continue our presence here and across the other communities we’ve created in the past couple of years. To that end I’d like to introduce you to Josh, who take over monitoring, updating, and responding to this thread. Josh will be ramping up over the next couple of weeks, he  will be posting shortly to introduce himself.

Now that the “what’s going on” part of the message is out of the way I want to tell you all how much I love CAG and the posters here. This was the first community I joined when I started this job (anyone still remember that first thread?) and all of you have had a huge hand in shaping how we think about and execute Community Development and Management here at Amazon, which has in turn shaped my career these last two and a half years.

I started to write out a section calling out the regular posters and realized the list would be both overly long and incomplete at the same time. Instead I’d like to thank you all again, you all have my deep and sincere gratitude. I’ll still be around and my gaming accounts aren’t going anywhere so feel free to hit me up anytime you want to chat. I’ll probably still hang out in the thread too :).

Thanks again everyone, let me or Josh know if you have any questions!

The Indie Store has launched!
Amazon.com is launching a storefront dedicated to supporting and promoting PC/Mac/Web-based Indie Games. Our Digital Video Games team is a small group of passionate gamers and we’re all really excited to help Indie developers reach more customers quickly by providing a quick and simple process for bringing their games to market. Additionally we’ll be supporting the Indie Store with a ton of promotions, both at and after launch. Many of these promotions are designed to give the developer the opportunity to maximize their revenue. For example, Amazon is forfeiting all royalties from bundle sales and passing them along directly to the developer, we’ve also created an “Indie Spotlight” program to help customers learn more about the games and developers they love. We view the Indie developers as some of the most creative in the industry and we want to help them continue to create new and innovative experience for customers.

Why we are doing this:

  • Allow customers to discover an entirely new category of games on Amazon.com
  • Help developers reach new customers quickly. Our onboarding process is straightforward and we want to sell every Indie game available
  • We want to leverage our strengths to support and help the developers who are driving forward innovation and creativity in the games industry
General Information

Hi CAGs,
I'll be posting deals we're running on Digital Games (PC/Mac, Free to Play, Sony/Microsoft Points/Subs).

I'm also here to answer questions you might have, get you closer to the developers by hosting Q&As, setting up podcasts, live streaming gameplay etc. If I don't respond to a question you have in thread please send me a PM. These ping my email address and make it more likely that I will see your question and respond more quickly.

Cheers,
Tony


FYI. EA Games sold by Amazon will not activate on Steam.
F.A.Q.S.:

1. Does the game I'm buying from Amazon Activate on Steam/Origin/Uplay? What DRM does the game use?

There are two places to identify DRM on a digital video game detail page:

At the top of the page, below the title:

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In the "Product Description" section:

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2. Note on Electronic Arts Games - For the most part, EA games sold on Amazon do not activate on Steam. Most activate on Origin.

3. Note on DRM with limited activations:

Our Policy



4. Sometimes I'll do giveaways.

5. I work with developers and publishers to get fun (or at least what I think is fun) content to share with you all. Here are some examples:

a. Check out the Pax Gameplay videos here: Xcom: Enemy Unknown I played Xcom with Jake, the Creative Director for the game, a few months before the game came out Also, on this page, check out the Q&A, also a community driven event.

b. Check out the interview on this page: Borderlands 2 we did this interview at E3 with Randy Pitchford this year.

c. We've partnered with the ++GoodGames Podcast to feature many of the games we carry. They talk to the developers about the game development process, how the games are conceptualized and managed, all kinds of fun stuff. I'm working on putting together full link list and will update when I have it.

What else do we sell?

Xbox Live Points and Subscriptions:

1600 Microsoft Live Points
4000 Microsoft Live Points
12 Month XBOX Live Subscription
3 Month XBOX Live Subscription]
12 Month + 1 XBOX Live Subscription

PSN+ Subscriptions and PSN Points:

$20 PSN Points
$50 PSN Points
12 Month PSN+ Subscription
3 Month PSN+ Subscription

We also have a Free-2-Play store supported by our GameConnect technology. Gameconnect allows you to link your Amazon.com account with free-2-play and MMO accounts so that you can buy things like in game currency, premium game time/subscriptions, in game items, etc. on Amazon.com using your Amazon.com payment options and have this content delivered directly into your game.

5. Price Matching notes: Generally we do not match international retailers (GMG, Gamersgate, etc) or physical retailers (Best Buy, Newegg.com, etc.)
To check out the Free-2-Play games we offer you can visit our storefront here: Free-2-Play Store

 
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Am I the only one who knows how Secret Santa works?? OK, new plan, we siphon all the gift games to a little known Steam account, and that account gifts them to Tony. Plausible Deny-ability. Yeah, that's it! Oh wait, I know what's going on here. Tony is the dealer, and a dealer can't start sampling his own merchandise or he becomes just as hooked as his customers. But, you're too late, because you have tasted the forbidden fruit that is Skyrim. Give in to the digital crack you pedal. Become one of us. One of Us! One of Us!

P.S. Totally understand your point about not accepting gifts from customers. But I wasn't joking about the digital crack thing. Welcome to the  cult  club.

 
walkonshadows said:
Am I the only one who knows how Secret Santa works?? OK, new plan, we siphon all the gift games to a little known Steam account, and that account gifts them to Tony. Plausible Deny-ability. Yeah, that's it! Oh wait, I know what's going on here. Tony is the dealer, and a dealer can't start sampling his own merchandise or he becomes just as hooked as his customers. But, you're too late, because you have tasted the forbidden fruit that is Skyrim. Give in to the digital crack you pedal. Become one of us. One of Us! One of Us!

P.S. Totally understand your point about not accepting gifts from customers. But I wasn't joking about the digital crack thing. Welcome to the cult club.
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UN Convention Against Corruption ...I mean jeez, International Anti-Corruption Day was only 15 days ago.

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Hey Tony, could we get a list of EC games, at least somewhat accurate as a xmas gift? xD I see at least 3 games(Caste of Illusion, COJ Gunslinger, Defiance) and some others that I may want to buy(maybe Ducktales, ACIII, Castlevania). But I would like to know if any of them will end up in EC list, since im short on money, I wish to save as much as I could. thanks in advance, if you'll see this post.

 
MrWhitey said:
Hey Tony, could we get a list of EC games, at least somewhat accurate as a xmas gift? xD I see at least 3 games(Caste of Illusion, COJ Gunslinger, Defiance) and some others that I may want to buy(maybe Ducktales, ACIII, Castlevania). But I would like to know if any of them will end up in EC list, since im short on money, I wish to save as much as I could. thanks in advance, if you'll see this post.
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Don't want to put words in his mouth and this is just me speculating but my guess is Amazon is intentionally withholding the EC games until the promotion starts January 3rd. I might be wrong but I could have sworn by this time last year there were at least a few entries up. Goes hand-in-hand with delaying the start until after the Steam sale is over. Not a complaint, Amazon is a for-profit business, just an observation.

I stand corrected.

 
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INMATEofARKHAM said:
Thanks! After the Sega thing was swapped I got a bit gun shy...
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^_^ Glad I could help. It's not that difficult once you're used to it, but, if you're not, it's easy to make a mistake. Amazon has gotten it's act together with those DRM-tags indicating if steam or not. Last year was a mess... so many posts trying to figure out if game-x was steam or not.

 
MrWhitey said:
Hey Tony, could we get a list of EC games, at least somewhat accurate as a xmas gift? xD I see at least 3 games(Caste of Illusion, COJ Gunslinger, Defiance) and some others that I may want to buy(maybe Ducktales, ACIII, Castlevania). But I would like to know if any of them will end up in EC list, since im short on money, I wish to save as much as I could. thanks in advance, if you'll see this post.
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Man :( CAG killed my multi quote.

Answering this first, EC is gonna come out on 12/26 I hope, we're huddling to get confirmation on as many deals as possible so we have a decent initial list to present. For full transparency, we aren't delaying the list intentionally, I'm of the opinion that we'd be selling more if we had it up right now, we're just really buried and haven't had a chance to flesh it out yet.

Also,

Without quotes (I hope I get everything, let me know if I miss something):

1. Thanks for all the kind words guys, you rock :).

2. The Dungeon Siege 3 Pack was adjusted up from $2.99 to $5.99 in the $5 Tomb Raider update, sorry about that

3. AIV Credit = Amazon Instant Video Credit, so you can use it to buy movies and such (I just bough The Hobbit) for example

4. I just killed another dragon while wishing my dad merry Christmas.

5. Download AC:M soon too :).

Cheers,

Tony

 
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Man :( CAG killed my multi quote.

Answering this first, EC is gonna come out on 12/26 I hope, we're huddling to get confirmation on as many deals as possible so we have a decent initial list to present. For full transparency, we aren't delaying the list intentionally, I'm of the opinion that we'd be selling more if we had it up right now, we're just really buried and haven't had a chance to flesh it out yet.

Also,

Without quotes (I hope I get everything, let me know if I miss something):

1. Thanks for all the kind words guys, you rock :).

2. The Dungeon Siege 3 Pack was adjusted up from $2.99 to $5.99 in the $5 Tomb Raider update, sorry about that

3. AIV Credit = Amazon Instant Video Credit, so you can use it to buy movies and such (I just bough The Hobbit) for example

4. I just killed another dragon while wishing my dad merry Christmas.

5. Download AC:M soon too :).

Cheers,

Tony
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what is #3 refering to? is that a coupon? please elaborate.

 
Mooby said:
Don't want to put words in his mouth and this is just me speculating but my guess is Amazon is intentionally withholding the EC games until the promotion starts January 3rd. I might be wrong but I could have sworn by this time last year there were at least a few entries up. Goes hand-in-hand with delaying the start until after the Steam sale is over. Not a complaint, Amazon is a for-profit business, just an observation.

I stand corrected.
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Yep I remember last time, I was excited when Tony said there will be Walking Dead for 12.49 at EC, it was a such a steal for 7.49$ with a coupon back then.

 
So the remaining tables for Pinball FX2 (those that weren't in the HB) comes to $6.19 @ 75% off right now on Steam.  Ms. Splosion Man table @ 100% off won't go into the cart and Dr. Strange table @ 0% off = No Sale.  Also bit on Surgeon Simulator for $2.49.  Looking forward to that EC list in a couple of days.  Hope everybody has a great Christmas!

 
Hate To Ask, But If I Buy Assassins 3 (I Know it Redeedms On steam) Can That Key Be Redeemed On Uplay? I Ask Because All My Other AC Games Are On Uplay And I'd Prefer To Keep Them together
 
how Do I Do That? Is AC3 On Sale Somewhere Else Or Can I Change The DRM Version Somehow?

Also, Sorry About Caps, My Phone Always Caps Every Word In Forums For Some Reason.
 
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Hey dude,

I forwarded to cs and forgot to follow up with you. We'll get you sorted :).

Cheers,
Tony
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Thanks Tony. I did get an email an hour ago, not sure if that was down to you, or the person in the live chat that said they were going to forward it. All it said in that email was to retry the key, or contact Sega. My problem is that I have one key instead of four, not that I don't know how to redeem a key lol.

 
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