You didn't by chance take part in the $5 MS Point card fiasco last year? If so, your account may still be restricted. I had to go through 3 different CSRs 6 months after that ordeal just to use their store
Yeah, but it's $60
i'm pretty sure they price match the prices on their site if it isn't the same in-store. i did that once
They do.
Starting tomorrow through 3/30, Thief, Tomb Raider, and Call of Duty Ghosts is 50% Off digital.
Shame... If the physical copies were half off, I would gladly pick up and play through Tomb Raider again. Loved that game.
In my opinion, Ghosts is only fun if you play with friends, but even then it's a pain in the ass having the enemy team spawn right behind you when you're on a kill streak. I haven't had much of a chance to assess BF, but I do know it's riddled with problems. The game looks great though. ACIV looks amazing. I love the visuals, the game is fun as hell to top it off, and I do believe the differences in graphics are noticeable between 360 and X1 - not drastic, but enough to make you appreciate it.
The difference with the PS3 is that PlayStation has a rabid fanbase (many carried over from the wildly successful PS2).
I actually just saw a comparison video on youtube and AC5 on X1 does look significantly better. That being said, it is just an upgraded visual difference really. However, my jaw dropped when I saw the difference with the plants and leaves...it's night and day. I'll keep my 360 version though since I was more concerned that I was missing more features, rather than the graphical difference.
Nintendo PU... I mean Wii U game prices are still too damn high. Not that the Nintendo Cult members care anyway.
Prices are high, but their TIVs are pretty high too. I'm not parting with my SM3dWorld even though I could get 40 in TIV.
Or just sell off the xbox brand, I can't present any evidence, but it's the kind of irreponsibile swerve I'd expect from them. Maybe Google will take it and rebrand it as the G Unit?
MS will not let the Xbox brand go to Google, one of their competitors. Notice how much of the focus on Xbox One is based around your living room or media room. Why would they give up the Xbox brand when they have the opportunity to expand into more homes than ever before? The two people within MS that recommended MS drop Xbox (& Bing as well) were both shuffled to new and outside positions within the company after those statements were made- proving just how outlandish that idea was. If MS ever decided to do something along those lines, there would be an unprecedented backlash likely and the company's image would hit a new low.
If Nintendo games don't get the same kind of sales then that's probably why. I figure retailers now have sales so quickly because after a month or two they have to start competing with the used game market. If there is barely a Nintendo used game market then retailers don't have as much reason to lower prices.
Hit the nail on the head. My thoughts exactly. I've never seen a CoD title since the original Modern Warfare that didn't hold significant value until the next release (and for quite awhile AFTER the next year's release) like Ghosts. I think maybe their sales expectations were a little too lofty. Somebody will eventually dethrone CoD. Battlefield has tried and failed too many times. Titanfall won't do it until they're multiplatform. But something's really got to give with this series.
Did they get your number/card first? In the past I have been able to PM and then get GCU as well but you have to give them your GCU card AFTER the PM is done. If they zap your card first you get the 20% but then it gets wiped out since you are PMing to a lower amount.
I don't think another FPS will beat it in sales. COD will have to kill itself. It will probably be up to fans or show some COD engine fatigue. Black Ops 2 was a start downhill, and now Ghosts becomes a trend down. The series is no longer fresh to its fan base, so I'm interested to see how they react in this next game.
ACIV is amazing and also my first venture into the series. I've been taking my time with it, playing it between other games here and there. Wasn't even really tempted by Best Buy's $45 TIV two weeks ago (though if I had known the game would be $30 at MS Store now I might have). I've actually never really enjoyed COD but if you're looking at single player BF4 was very weak. I just started working my way through Ghost last night and so far I've enjoyed it more than I have the COD games before (Modern Warfare being the only exception). So far feels like they have gotten rid of a lot of the really stupid shit that I hated in previous games, but everyone else seemed to like.
Yes, they will match their online prices. Oh Black Friday 2012 and the Mall of America Microsoft Store, you were my friend.
The PS3 did not outsell the 360 every year. I think the last year is the only year they sold more units, and it is certainly arguable that at that point it was a lot of people who had owned a 360 buying a PS3 because the price had come down a lot making it more reasonable to own both.
No way. They're clearing out these obsolete Xbones so they can release the new and improved Xbod. It comes with 8 Kinect units that you put all all over the room, much like a surround system. This glorious setup not only reads your voice and movements, but can read your mind! Just imagine, no more having to go through the laborious and monumental task of actually pushing buttons or the tedious process of saying things; just THINK about how fun it would be to play Dance, Dance Beiber and magically you're online with 4 year old kids, jumping and flailing away with joy! Just THINK about fantasy basket weaving, and all your favorite star's stats come up instantly! Amazing! MSRP on this world-changing package will be a bargain at only $1999.99!
Oh, I think I can make a prediction.
listen to skeeter , he knows , honk honk
I can see this happening. Titanfall opened the door for them to say screw it to Single Player. They may even go Free to Play for the base and then nickle and dime us with guns and stages.
If they go F2P, then I'm outta here. Any game where performance is not based on skill and instead based on spending money to get better weapons/abilities/shields/etc. is crap. That's why I stopped playing Happy Wars. Was enjoyable at first, then started encountering people with weapons that can kill 3 people instantly with one hit.
that.
I haven't played any of the games and am enjoying myself. I did read up on the overall arching story of the series on Wikipedia as I had no idea what was going on the first time I "came out of the pirate world." Other than that...
I totally forgot Sony store went out of business lately. Shines an extra funny light on the whole, "this is proof that X1 is a failure because Microsoft is selling half a year old games at a sale price!" people. Sony's physical stores literally just went belly up.
I agree totally. I know I just picked up ACIV and guess what, I got the season pass with it, which in essence, I have a boatload of content for the game to last me for quite a while and cheaper than buying it at MSRP.
What do you mean? We haven't even seen sales numbers for TF yet and you think it's going to influence how activision handles COD? Get outta here....
Activision has been wanting to jettison in for a long time but felt they had to have that checkbox. It costs a ton of money, eats resources and most people don't even play it. Back in the day I remember IW talking about the completion rate for just the first level of COD4 being something crazy low (like well below 50%) of all unique players.
