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Here is a list of all the current and upcoming Xbox Live Marketplace Sales for the US*. This includes the Deal of the Week, Family Plan Sale Item, and any other sales or promotions. I have also included the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade releases. Most sales are for one week.* Please feel free to PM or post if you see anything not listed here. Please note: ALL ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! and some sales are for GOLD MEMBERS ONLY*. Have fun and enjoy.
(*unless otherwise noted)



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Xbox Live Deal of the Week:



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GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
48 Hours Gold trials and free Gold weekends won't get you the sale price.




12/27 -Family Games

XBLA:
-Full House Poker - 480 Microsoft Points - 40% off

DLC:

Hasbro Family Game Night: (Not really DLC, but you need the HFGN hub to launch these games)
-Battleship - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Boggle - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Connect 4 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Connect 4×4 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Jenga - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Pictureka - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Scrabble - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Sorry! - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Sorry! Sliders - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Yahtzee - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Here is a list of discs that contain these games
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Hasbro Family Game Night:


-Battleship
-Boggle
-Connect 4
-Scrabble
-Sorry
-Sorry Sliders
-Yahtzee
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Hasbro Family Game Night 3:


-Clue
-Game of Life
-Mouse Trap
-Twister
-Yahtzee Hands Down
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Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show:


-Bop-It Boptagon
-Connect 4 Basketball
-Scrabble Flash
-Sorry! Sliders
-Yatzhee! Bowling
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Hasbro Family Game Night Fun Pack (FGN 2 & 3):


-Bop-It
-Clue
-Connect 4x4
-Jenga
-Mouse Trap
-Operation
-Pictureka
-The Game of Life
-Twister
-Yahtzee Hands Down

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1/3 -Dancin’ Dancin’ Dancin’

DLC:
Dance Central:
-Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 01 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 02 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 03 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 04 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 05 - 480 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 06 - 960 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 07 - 960 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Marathon Pack 01 - 1400 Microsoft Points - 58% off
-Marathon Pack 02 - 1500 Microsoft Points - 58% off






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Family Gold Pack Deal:
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GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
(lasts one week)






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Misc Sales:
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If a start and end date are not listed. Act fast as these "sales" could end anytime.


2011 Holiday Premium Theme - FREE


12/20 - 1/2 - Countdown to 2012
This is a two part sale. One part lasts the until 1/2, the other is 1 Day only sales.


XBLA:
-After Burner Climax - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-BloodRayne: Betrayal - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Peggle - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Plants vs. Zombies - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Portal: Still Alive - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Renegade Ops - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look


DLC:
-L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass - 480 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Peggle Nights Content Pack - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic


Games on Demand:
-LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - 1800 Microsoft Points ($22.49) - 25% off - Metacritic
-The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 1800 Microsoft Points ($22.49) - 25% off - Metacritic


Avatar Store:
-Cactus Dog (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Fastball Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Gears of War 3 Berserker Pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Gears of War 3 Ticker Pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Grappling Hook (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Halo Flood (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Home Run Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Inferno Skateboard (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Labrador Dog pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Moneky pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Ninja Kick Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Red Dragon pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Touchdown Dance Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Training Dummy (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/20 - 12/31 - Countdown to 2012 1 Day Only Sales

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12/20 1 DAY ONLY
-Bastion - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/21 1 DAY ONLY
-Hole in the Wall - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Leedmees - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% of


12/22 1 DAY ONLY

Fallout 3
-Broken Steel - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Mothership Zeta - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Operation: Anchorage - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Fallout: New Vegas
-Dead Money - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Honest Hearts - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Lonesome Road - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Old World Blues - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/23 1 DAY ONLY
-Deadliest Warrior: Legends - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Deadliest Warrior: Legends Joan of Arc DLC - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Mortal Kombat Season Pass - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/24 1 DAY ONLY
-Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look EX w/ Seth & Derek of Capcom


12/25 1 DAY ONLY
-Fruit Ninja Kinect - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look


12/26 1 DAY ONLY
Forza Motorsport 4

DLC:
-November Speed Pack - 280 Microsoft Points - 50% off

-Season Pass - 1800 Microsoft Points - 25% off

Avatar Store:
-Drifter Race Suit (Male/Female) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-White Racing Suit (Male/Female) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/27 1 DAY ONLY
Halo: Reach

DLC:
-Defiant Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Noble Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Games on Demand:
-Halo: Reach - 2400 Microsoft Points ($29.99) - 25% off

Avatar Store:
-Halo Energy Sword (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Kat SPARTAN 320 Armor (Male/Female) - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Themes/Etc:
-Halo: Reach Anchor 9 Theme - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Halo: Reach Noble Team Theme - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/28 1 DAY ONLY

XBLA:
-Sonic Adventure - 320 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look (after Game Room)
-Sonic The Hedgehog - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I - 320 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look

DLC:
-Sonic Adventure DX Upgrade - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off


12/29 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
Red Dead Redemption:
-Legends and Killers Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Liars and Cheats Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Undead Nightmare Collection - 800 Microsoft Points - 50% off (Contains Liars & Cheats, Legends & Killers, and Undead Nightmare)
-Undead Nightmare Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look



12/30 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
Gears of War 3:
-Season Pass - 1800 Microsoft Points - 25% off
Contains 4 pieces of DLC from November - February. You save 50% buying now vs buying it all separately.
1. Horde Command Pack - 800 MSP (Out Now)
2. RAAM's Shadow Campaign DLC - 1200 MSP (Out Now)
3. Fenix Rising DLC - 800 MSP (Out 1/17/2012)
4. February DLC - 800 MSP (TBD)
(Epic's DLC Blog Page)
-Weapon Skin Collection - 1800 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Avatar Store:
-Boomshield (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Gold Lancer (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off THIS ITEM WILL BE DELISTED 12/31/2011!
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The items below are still "unconfirmed" (pulled from an accurate leaked list)
12/31 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Games on Demand:
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 1200 Microsoft Points ($14.99) - 25% off
-Modern Warfare 2 - 2400 Microsoft Points ($29.99) - 25% off






1/3 - 1/9 - Electronic Arts Publisher Sale
Up to 50% off EA content




?????? - Pets GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
-Cat (Pet) - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Pug Dog (Pet) - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off









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I agree, norkusa and for some reason the game companies are not dropping the price. Can't please everyone though because when there is a sale, people will still complain and say "the cag in me permits me of this purchase...i'll wait for it to drop even lower in price" or something along those lines. Then, when a sale like this comes along it isn't good enough. I suppose you can say you are entitled to sales/deals for paying an xbl gold subscription but within those 12 months in a year, they have plenty of promotions going on.

Then, people use Bing to get free stuff. They have giveaways, Microsoft partners up with other companies (like Food companies) and they have different promotions, but that still isn't enough for some people. It's costing them time and money to run so many programs at once no one thinks about things but oh well.

Back on topic, is Warhammer Kill Team worth the purchase? No online co-op/multiplayer, no avatar awards, got a barely passing review as i've read so far..
 
[quote name='intoxicated662']As I have stated before, IT IS NOT UP TO MICROSOFT TO PUT GAMES ON SALE in the end. They get together with developers/publishers and talk to those companies then see if they can come to an agreement to have a certain game (or games) go on sale for a certain price for a promotion like black friday, deal of the week, etc. Stop blaming microsoft for everything. Go complain to capcom, ubisoft and all those big companies about them not pushing sales on Xbl.

Also, you can always cancel your xbl gold account and get credit of xbl gold monthly codes & sell/trade them away.[/QUOTE]

I don't understand though why Steam can get these companies to agree to some truly epic deals, but a company as big and influential as Microsoft can't? It seems like it's a bit more give and take than just saying it's 100% not up to Microsoft at all.
If Steam can do things like sell every GTA game and piece of DLC for £5, for example, or Borderlands GOTY for £5, I see no reason why Microsoft couldn't shoot for something similar, whether it's with games on demand or arcade games. It just seems to me like Microsoft doesn't really bother trying to carve out any great deals to rival others out there.
 
Isn't Microsoft the one making DLC so expensive in the first place though?

Anyway, I agree with the complainers on this one. Thhis 1-day sale is really lame - last years sale was WAAAAAY better, and left me expecting much more from this. Its not entitlement that leaves us disappointed, its the expectation of a great black friday sale at a particular store just like every other store is doing, and getting possibly the worst 1-day sale in XBL history.

I was really hoping for some FO:NV and DX:HR DLC discounts, personally. How about everyone else?
 
[quote name='XxLady_AthenaxX']Not to mention that "special Gold-exclusive sale that will run from November 25th to the 28th"... whatever happened to that?[/QUOTE]

I mention this before, but I think he meant this that is listed on the BF-week long sale page.

[quote name='Xbox.com']
Not a Gold member yet? Upgrade to Gold now and enjoy all the benefits with a 33% discount on a 12-month membership.
[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='intoxicated662']As I have stated before, IT IS NOT UP TO MICROSOFT TO PUT GAMES ON SALE in the end. They get together with developers/publishers and talk to those companies then see if they can come to an agreement to have a certain game (or games) go on sale for a certain price for a promotion like black friday, deal of the week, etc. Stop blaming microsoft for everything. Go complain to capcom, ubisoft and all those big companies about them not pushing sales on Xbl.

Also, you can always cancel your xbl gold account and get credit of xbl gold monthly codes & sell/trade them away.[/QUOTE]

This is garbage. Microsoft is absolutely to blame for much of this. Those same companies have better sales on PSN for the same games. Borderlands GOTY was available as a $15 download on PSN in July. On XBox, the best you get is 50% off the individual DLC packs. Also, Burnout Paradise was available for $8. There is NOTHING like that happening on XBox Live and these games are on both systems. Then you factor in other information...they won't let Valve release a free update to Team Fortress 2. They don't want games coming to XBLA if they were on PSN first. The list goes on.

I own just about everything that you can play games on and my 360 is definitely my favorite, but you have to admit that there are some corporate shenanigans going on with Microsoft that is resulting in an online marketplace that is less appealing than what the game publishers would like.

The most likely situation is that Microsoft is demanding a bigger cut than Sony, and if that is the case, I absolutely blame Microsoft.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']The sense of entitlement in this thread is crazy.[/QUOTE]

Since when did CAG turn into a place where people aren't proud to be cheapasses? I see much more whining about whiners than in years past.

CAG has always been a highly discriminating place when it comes to what is a deal and what isn't, but apparently that is taboo here now; just pay what is offered or shut up?

too bad, it was nice having a lecture free zone.
 
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[quote name='trent82']
The most likely situation is that Microsoft is demanding a bigger cut than Sony, and if that is the case, I absolutely blame Microsoft.[/QUOTE]

Couldn't have said this better myself. Bravo.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']The sense of entitlement in this thread is crazy.[/QUOTE]

The misuse of the word "entitlement" on the internet is crazy.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Cyber Monday stuff has already been announced. PLEASE don't expect any more. Bastion & From Dust probably wont happen until the end of year sales, and I think Swarm has been on sale before.

Half Minute Hero is due for a sale.[/QUOTE]

Ah, yes, I see I missed that.
 
Picked up Warhammer 40K: Killteam only because I had 90k+ ms points burning a hole in my pocket. Have the other games. Heck i'll probably even buy the crappy D&D game on monday.
 
[quote name='sleepydumbdude']Picked up Warhammer 40K: Killteam only because I had 90k+ ms points burning a hole in my pocket. Have the other games. Heck i'll probably even buy the crappy D&D game on monday.[/QUOTE]

Its obvious you are posting this just asking for attention but Ill bite. Why do you have so many points?
 
[quote name='skooks']I don't understand though why Steam can get these companies to agree to some truly epic deals, but a company as big and influential as Microsoft can't? It seems like it's a bit more give and take than just saying it's 100% not up to Microsoft at all.
If Steam can do things like sell every GTA game and piece of DLC for £5, for example, or Borderlands GOTY for £5, I see no reason why Microsoft couldn't shoot for something similar, whether it's with games on demand or arcade games. It just seems to me like Microsoft doesn't really bother trying to carve out any great deals to rival others out there.[/QUOTE]

MS definitely has control of the pricing on XBLA, it is not up to the publishers. Think about all these older games going on sale, would it cut into the sales of newer games just released? I would think so and that is probably why XBLA is notoriously more expensive than STEAM and the only sales we see are through the tightly controlled DOTW.
 
[quote name='XxLady_AthenaxX']I wouldn't say it has to do with having a sense of entitlement. The pure and simple fact is that Major Nelson trolled us. I held off on a few purchases with the hope that "more" stuff would be on sale for Black Friday.

I mean, have you seen the video? At least there's some truth behind the cake, but not Major Nelson... he just flat-out lied. Not to mention that "special Gold-exclusive sale that will run from November 25th to the 28th"... whatever happened to that?[/QUOTE]

He didn't lie. The "more" he mentioned in the video are the GoD, GFWL, Avatar, WP7, and other deals that he didn't cover in the video for the Black Friday/Fan Appreciation sales week. He never said there would be "more" one day deals on Black Friday, then the one announced.

On that note, time to play some poker and kill some of whatever it is I need to kill in Killteam
 
I already have everything I want on this BF sale, MvC2 for 320 is a heck of a deal for anybody that doesn't have it yet, the same with the Pinball FX tables. My only thing I will add to the hate train is Fallout 3 for 22.50? Really? Anyways I look forward to Monday so I can get BG&E for 240, and I hope they have something else I don't have. The one day sales are kinda weak this year but the weeklong sales are actually pretty good this week.
 
[quote name='sleepydumbdude']Picked up Warhammer 40K: Killteam only because I had 90k+ ms points burning a hole in my pocket. Have the other games. Heck i'll probably even buy the crappy D&D game on monday.[/QUOTE]

what is that $1100 in points? Thats quite alot of points.. it would take me 5-7 years to spend that much
 
[quote name='Daemonocracy']MS definitely has control of the pricing on XBLA, it is not up to the publishers. Think about all these older games going on sale, would it cut into the sales of newer games just released? I would think so and that is probably why XBLA is notoriously more expensive than STEAM and the only sales we see are through the tightly controlled DOTW.[/QUOTE]

That's what I thought about MS having control of pricing, but there's always so much talk of publishers being involved too, I thought it had to be at least 50/50 if that was the case.
It seems though like MS often control these sales tightly to the detriment of any long term gain. By being so controlling they might make more money in the short term but I could see sales for a lot of older games dropping off in the long term because they're left to rot at silly price points. I mean Steam wouldn't be able to have the crazy sales they do if they weren't making enough money to survive. Sales on older games probably would impact upon sales of newer games, that's true, but I still think they're dropping the ball time and time again when it comes to sales.
 
[quote name='trent82']The misuse of the word "entitlement" on the internet is crazy.[/QUOTE]

The misuse of "internet" in place of "Internet" is crazy.
 
[quote name='Barry Burton']are the pinball add ons worth it? how many do you get?[/QUOTE]

Each of those packs has 4 tables. The Marvel pack and the FX2 Core pack are definitely worth it. The FX1 Core pack is much weaker, but I like having so many tables to chose from. 1200 points for 12 tables is a great deal in my opinion.
 
[quote name='intoxicated662']As I have stated before, IT IS NOT UP TO MICROSOFT TO PUT GAMES ON SALE in the end. They get together with developers/publishers and talk to those companies then see if they can come to an agreement to have a certain game (or games) go on sale for a certain price for a promotion like black friday, deal of the week, etc. Stop blaming microsoft for everything. Go complain to capcom, ubisoft and all those big companies about them not pushing sales on Xbl.

Also, you can always cancel your xbl gold account and get credit of xbl gold monthly codes & sell/trade them away.[/QUOTE]

This is 100% completely False. Microsoft is 100% in control of pricing. Everything from how much a game sells for when it first comes out to when a game goes on sale and even what the sale price will be. They also dictate what games will be included in sales like Black Friday. The only thing developers can do is suggest to MS what they want the price of a game to be but in the end, MS has 100% control over pricing.

As I wrote in a earlier post, there was an article in the recent Xbox magazine that discussed how pissed off the developer for Super Meat Boy was because MS had ignored their request to have Super Meat Boy be put on sale. They have been asking since roughly month 2 for it to be included in an upcoming sale. Its very likely the next game they develop will be a PS3 exclusive tho hopefully the fact that its included in this BF sale will calm some nerves.

There is another article in the recent Xbox magazine that confirms that MS has control. In one of the Xbox 10 year anniversary articles, one that discusses the evolution of Xbox Live, a particular developer talks about how they developed an Xbox Live Arcade game with a 400 point price structure in mind but MS wound up doubling the price to 800 points.

Bottom line - If you want your game on Xbox Live Arcade then you hand over all pricing control to MS.
 
I'd like to pick up Warhammer 40K because I loved them demo, but I'm thinking that by the time I actually got around to playing it might be on sale again or even cheaper. I've done nothing, but play Skyrim since it came out and I still have Batman to finish, Halo Anniversary and AC:R still sealed. I also play Gears quite a bit with a pinch of COD3. Should I buy it just to have it or wait? Thoughts opinions. I realize $5 isn't a lot, but being a CAG if it's say on sale for 200 by the time I get around to playing it I'd be pissed.
 
[quote name='Righteous Nixon']This is 100% completely False. Microsoft is 100% in control of pricing. Everything from how much a game sells for when it first comes out to when a game goes on sale and even what the sale price will be. They also dictate what games will be included in sales like Black Friday. The only thing developers can do is suggest to MS what they want the price of a game to be but in the end, MS has 100% control over pricing. [/QUOTE]

It's most definitely not 100% wrong. Let's inject some facts here..

Microsoft asks developers if they want to be involved in a sale. Developers have the right to accept or deny.

See here, on Zen's (Pinball FX2 devs) forums:

http://forum.zenstudios.com/showpost.php?p=17537&postcount=28

Whether the pricing has anything to do with it, who knows.. but the devs are clearly approached before it happens.
 
[quote name='Glasscocked']Its obvious you are posting this just asking for attention but Ill bite. Why do you have so many points?[/QUOTE]

I assume he misspoke and meant 9k. I don't think you can have 90k points. I think the limit is below that.
 
[quote name='Tsel']Just to be clear, I can buy the Marvel pack and play it right? I don't need to purchase anything else, correct?[/QUOTE]

Right. All that's required is a table and Pinball FX 2 which is free.
 
[quote name='louiedog']Right. All that's required is a table and Pinball FX 2 which is free.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the quick response! I'm getting the Marvel pack regardless simply because I'm a Marvel fanatic. I also saw someone recommend the Core pack, so I might get that one as well.
 
[quote name='Smike']It's most definitely not 100% wrong. Let's inject some facts here..

Microsoft asks developers if they want to be involved in a sale. Developers have the right to accept or deny.

See here, on Zen's (Pinball FX2 devs) forums:

http://forum.zenstudios.com/showpost.php?p=17537&postcount=28

Whether the pricing has anything to do with it, who knows.. but the devs are clearly approached before it happens.[/QUOTE]


Well, if that is the case than that is the only control the developers have. Everything in regard to pricing is 100% in control of MS and they still control what games are apart of the sales. SMB is again a perfect example. They wanted their game to be on sale and they had to wait until MS said ok. Having the ability to say no if you dont want your game to go on sale isn't very much control when you look at the big picture. MS still sets the games initial price, they still pick what games will be apart of particular sales and what their sale price is going to be.
 
[quote name='XxLady_AthenaxX']I wouldn't say it has to do with having a sense of entitlement. The pure and simple fact is that Major Nelson trolled us. I held off on a few purchases with the hope that "more" stuff would be on sale for Black Friday.

I mean, have you seen the video? At least there's some truth behind the cake, but not Major Nelson... he just flat-out lied. Not to mention that "special Gold-exclusive sale that will run from November 25th to the 28th"... whatever happened to that?[/QUOTE]

Who cares what he said. MN is lame beyond belief.

There are probably fewer deals this year because 360 is killing it in sales.
 
[quote name='louiedog']I assume he misspoke and meant 9k. I don't think you can have 90k points. I think the limit is below that.[/QUOTE]
I think MS limits you at 10K
 
[quote name='seanr1221']Who cares what he said. MN is lame beyond belief.

There are probably fewer deals this year because 360 is killing it in sales.[/QUOTE]


Yeah gotta agree on that one. I cant believe people actually watch those clips. I had to turn off the Black Friday clip roughly 15 seconds in. Way too annoying for me.
 
I thought the deals this year where ok, and we still have BG&E to come on Monday.

I don't know what the hell people were expecting, and looking at last years BF XBLA sales they weren't that amazing, people are acting like last years sale was 75% off everything or something !!
 
[quote name='reddjoey']I think MS limits you at 10K[/QUOTE]

I dont know what the limit is in regards to how many you can have at one time but I do know there is a 10k buying limit every 24 hours. I went on a big splurge last month and spent 10k points in just a couple hours. I tried adding more points and it wouldn't let me. I thought something was wrong with Xbox Live so I contacted an MS rep and he told me that there is a 10k limit every 24 hours. He told me to try again tomorrow and it should work fine. He was right. As soon as 24 hours hit, it allowed me to add more points.

As for this BF sale, I think it was decent. I wouldn't say it was spectacular but I also wouldn't say it sucked. They have had decent sales on a regular basis all year long so I am pretty content right now.
 
[quote name='Surreal_Sunshine']Physical inventory gets discounted to move it out and make space for higher priced/better selling product. Virtual goods don't have the same incentive. It's quite likely they've done the math and wouldn't get enough extra sales to make up for the difference in income per sale.

That doesn't mean I'm happy about it. I am a cheap ass too. It's the main reason I don't want games to become download only.[/QUOTE]

Inventory space isn't the only reason stuff is discounted. Virtual goods still need to compete for your gaming dollar, especially when there is competition in that space. I would say it is more likely that Microsoft hasn't done the math on the extra income they would make from a sale, or more likely they just don't put the effort or focus into pushing the downloadable space like they do in their retail space. Steam has released numbers in the past that showed how much more money they made on games during their sales.

I also think people have a misguided perception of the pricing of downloadable games because their main experiences are psn and the 360. These are closed platforms where the platform holder is the distributor and keeps very tight control over the store and content. The main problem with this system isn't that the games are downloadable, but that the pricing is so tightly controlled by the platform holder. Once you've purchased a 360 they control the distribution to you. Just look at the difference in pricing on a closed platform that isn't so tightly controlled like the iphone. And look at the downloadable prices on an open platform like the pc where Steam, Amazon, D2D, greenmangaming, impulse/gamestop, and GOG are all competing for your money. Check out the sales on downloadable games in those CAG threads and then tell me transitioning to downloadable games will be a bad thing for CAG's.

It's not a sense of entitlement, it's more frustration at how much money they are leaving on the table.
 
[quote name='msdmoney']Inventory space isn't the only reason stuff is discounted. Virtual goods still need to compete for your gaming dollar, especially when there is competition in that space. I would say it is more likely that Microsoft hasn't done the math on the extra income they would make from a sale, or more likely they just don't put the effort or focus into pushing the downloadable space like they do in their retail space. Steam has released numbers in the past that showed how much more money they made on games during their sales.

I also think people have a misguided perception of the pricing of downloadable games because their main experiences are psn and the 360. These are closed platforms where the platform holder is the distributor and keeps very tight control over the store and content. The main problem with this system isn't that the games are downloadable, but that the pricing is so tightly controlled by the platform holder. Once you've purchased a 360 they control the distribution to you. Just look at the difference in pricing on a closed platform that isn't so tightly controlled like the iphone. And look at the downloadable prices on an open platform like the pc where Steam, Amazon, D2D, greenmangaming, impulse/gamestop, and GOG are all competing for your money. Check out the sales on downloadable games in those CAG threads and then tell me transitioning to downloadable games will be a bad thing for CAG's.

It's not a sense of entitlement, it's more frustration at how much money they are leaving on the table.[/QUOTE]

There is another reason why physical inventory gets discounted, because the developers know that a large segment of the gaming public wont buy games at full price. They understand all too well that they will see X amount of sales at full price, X amount of sales at 25% off, X amount of sales at 50% and so on and so on. How fast a game starts getting discounted depends on things like how good the game is, how much demand there is for it etc... Once sales start slipping they lower the price to cash in on the gamers waiting for that drop.
 
[quote name='Righteous Nixon']I dont know what the limit is in regards to how many you can have at one time but I do know there is a 10k buying limit every 24 hours. I went on a big splurge last month and spent 10k points in just a couple hours. I tried adding more points and it wouldn't let me. I thought something was wrong with Xbox Live so I contacted an MS rep and he told me that there is a 10k limit every 24 hours. He told me to try again tomorrow and it should work fine. He was right. As soon as 24 hours hit, it allowed me to add more points.

As for this BF sale, I think it was decent. I wouldn't say it was spectacular but I also wouldn't say it sucked. They have had decent sales on a regular basis all year long so I am pretty content right now.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I was thinking of the daily limit.
 
[quote name='Righteous Nixon']There is another article in the recent Xbox magazine that confirms that MS has control. In one of the Xbox 10 year anniversary articles, one that discusses the evolution of Xbox Live, a particular developer talks about how they developed an Xbox Live Arcade game with a 400 point price structure in mind but MS wound up doubling the price to 800 points.

Bottom line - If you want your game on Xbox Live Arcade then you hand over all pricing control to MS.[/QUOTE]

MS did not double the price on Geometry Wars 2, it was Activision. Cakebread, the developer in that article, clearly mentioned it was Activision who decided to double the game's price when they bought Bizarre. I haven't seen anywhere that says developers can't set their own launch price.
 
[quote name='Righteous Nixon']I dont know what the limit is in regards to how many you can have at one time but I do know there is a 10k buying limit every 24 hours. I went on a big splurge last month and spent 10k points in just a couple hours. I tried adding more points and it wouldn't let me. I thought something was wrong with Xbox Live so I contacted an MS rep and he told me that there is a 10k limit every 24 hours. He told me to try again tomorrow and it should work fine. He was right. As soon as 24 hours hit, it allowed me to add more points.

As for this BF sale, I think it was decent. I wouldn't say it was spectacular but I also wouldn't say it sucked. They have had decent sales on a regular basis all year long so I am pretty content right now.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I was thinking of the daily limit.
 
[quote name='BudzMcGee']The consensus I got is that the Pinball FX2 "classic" pack is skip-able, right? Grabbed the Marvel one and debating the Core.[/QUOTE]

correct the classic is just a rehash of tables from the first game, marvel and core are the way to go
 
[quote name='BudzMcGee']The consensus I got is that the Pinball FX2 "classic" pack is skip-able, right? Grabbed the Marvel one and debating the Core.[/QUOTE]
I downloaded the demo of all the tables, played them all and decided to get the Core and Classic packs, didn't like any of the marvel tables much. I prefer the classic and core packs over the marvel completely. The Secrets of the Deep table is my favorite, and Agents and Rome are good too. I don't really like the Extreme table or Biolab much though. Either way, I don't think the Classic pack is skip able at all, it's great. Better than the marvel pack to me at least.
 
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