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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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Last bite at the apple for Far Cry 3 on Steam this go 'round… dew i bi eet?  Maybe there's some crazy Ubisoft Editor's Choice Deal…. maybe!?!

 
Mooby said:
Last bite at the apple for Far Cry 3 on Steam this go 'round… dew i bi eet? Maybe there's some crazy Ubisoft Editor's Choice Deal…. maybe!?!
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If you skipped the Deluxe for $7.50 on Amazon you may as well wait for the EC list (even 'though Tony said FC3 is unlikely to make it onto it.)

 
Yeah I intentionally skipped the D-Lux-o version since I still have hardware to buy on Amazon.  And GabeN Bucks are only good for games.  But if somehow there was some good deal on a FC3/Blood Dragon combo or something but… yeah… probably unlikely.  And I have to spend this damn Gabe money on something.

 
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Is Brothers a game I won't want spoiled for me? In other words, is avoiding spoilers a good rationalization for buying it now rather than waiting for it to go lower in price?
 
EC C Credit 

State of DEcay 9.99 before ec after 4.99 then i buy 

Injustice for 17.49 before ec 

if u can this two instant brought

 
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So....is the Sega 48-game pack on Steam just not happening?

I've been clicking on that link for a week and it still says Unavailable, with a price of $60-something...?

 
Tony said he was working on getting more keys .. once more are available he will post it here ..

Just need to be patient and keep checking here as well as refreshing the store page ..

 
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Bizzquik said:
So....is the Sega 48-game pack on Steam just not happening?
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Sepioth said:
Just need to be patient
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is the internet! I thought we established long ago that yelling and screaming and using obscene amounts of profanity was the way to get things done. This 20th Century thinking of yours will get you nowhere. ;)

Honestly, I thought Tony said on Tuesday that he'd have keys on Thursday....and then I couldn't find an update in my search, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks for the reply. :)

 
Trusty Mutsi said:
Is Brothers a game I won't want spoiled for me? In other words, is avoiding spoilers a good rationalization for buying it now rather than waiting for it to go lower in price?
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Yeah, you probably want to play it before someone ruins it for you. Its a pretty short game too so you wont spend too much time with it. FWIW I didnt see what all the hype was about. I thought the game was pretty crappy, but thats just my opinion

 
Trusty Mutsi said:
Is Brothers a game I won't want spoiled for me? In other words, is avoiding spoilers a good rationalization for buying it now rather than waiting for it to go lower in price?
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Well, I only played and beat it recently (around four hours), after it sitting on my backlog for a few months, and avoided spoilers just fine. So no, I don't think it's a good justification for buying it now. It is, however, a good puzzle game with a great story and fantastic characterization, and it has a powerful ending that justifies the dual stick mechanic.

 
Brothers is great but very VERY short - took me under 3 hours - but it was well worth it though I don't find it to be the best game ever/of the year like many people seem to claim but still it was pretty innovative when it comes to gameplay (single player coop describes it best). What I like the most is the way the game tells the story, rather than the story itself since it's pretty mediocre and cheap play on feelings, and the gameplay, again, rather mechanics than the puzzles themselves since they are very easy.

 
Detruire said:
If you skipped the Deluxe for $7.50 on Amazon you may as well wait for the EC list (even 'though Tony said FC3 is unlikely to make it onto it.)
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The deluxe was $7.50? Crap, I thought it was just the basic version. Oh, well. I'll be waiting the EC also then.

 
pyschonerd2 said:
I'm sick of all these region free keys
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I love how people like this post like no tomorrow despite it's being a troll post, whereas my post - even when I am helpful - never get any.

CAGers, I'm disappoint. Son. Really.

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And I bought Dust on Steam. Should've bought it from Amazon for the EC Coupon. Pity me - I forgot about daily deal price matching.

 
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Neuro5i5 said:
How about a pity like.
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Well that was tongue in cheek... or whatever it's called in English. Now if I could remember the phrase I would like to use...

That's what I get for not speaking English daily. Gotta get a wife that's native speaker, I guess.

Stonekeep said:
The deluxe was around $9.99 if I remember correctly.
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Yes, the base game - which I bought - was 7.5. I bought Deluxe upgrade on Steam IIRC 2.5 USD.

 
zeroxxx said:
That's what I get for not speaking English daily. Gotta get a wife that's native speaker, I guess.
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Steam is gonna have those on a flash deal tonight around 2AM if you're gonna be around.

One copy per Steam account, but you can always get a few more on your alts.

Not sure if you can get them cheaper from the Russians in the trading thread, but I doubt it.

 
Nemo_Hyde said:
I'm sick of hoarding games that we'll never play. I think we should re-think our life choices.

:D/
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Skip that.

If I ever have the desire to play a hard-to-find title or something that isn't being sold anywhere for whatever reasons (game license issues, music-license issues, distrubition issues, publisher issues, etc) - I won't have to look around or buy the damn thing! I already have it and can pull it from out of the library.

{stares @ my retail copy of Venetica PC}

EDIT:

{also stares @ my retail copy of DIRT 1 PC}

{smiles @ DIRT 1 PC also being in my Steam library}

EDIT 2:

{stares @ my retail copy of Hitman: Contracts PC}

 
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MysterD said:
Skip that.

If I ever have the desire to play a hard-to-find title or something that isn't being sold anywhere for whatever reasons - I won't have to look or buy the damn thing! I already have it and can pull it from out of the library.

{stares @ my retail copy of Venetica PC}
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Venetica is on PC?! I can't find it on Steam anywhere!

 
tjs09 said:
Venetica is on PC?! I can't find it on Steam anywhere!
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This is exactly my freaking point.

Yes, Venetica was released to PC retail.

I bought it years ago from GameStop for $10.

BTW - the game's DRM-FREE on disc.

For all of the publishers listed on the Venetica PC game-box: DTP and Atari. Deck 13 developed it. So, you might want to talk to those, to see who of those guys have digital rights to the game.

 
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Bizzquik said:
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is the internet! I thought we established long ago that yelling and screaming and using obscene amounts of profanity was the way to get things done. This 20th Century thinking of yours will get you nowhere. ;)

Honestly, I thought Tony said on Tuesday that he'd have keys on Thursday....and then I couldn't find an update in my search, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks for the reply. :)
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I'm pretty sure he said he'd try to push for the game to show up in the encore sale next week.

Or maybe Sega's dragging their feet, which wouldn't surprise me at this point.

 
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