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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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Didn't see much on the Steam list for me (own almost all of those). 

I may consider Pac Man Championship Edition DX for $4.99, although that might be lower around Christmas.

Once again, my lone missing LEGO game - LEGO Indiana Jones - eludes me. 

 
Are some of these deals not up yet? I looked at the "all deals" list on the Amazon page, went to the Max Payne 3/LA Noire link and it says it is currently unavailable.

 
hal said:
Didn't see much on the Steam list for me (own almost all of those).

I may consider Pac Man Championship Edition DX for $4.99, although that might be lower around Christmas.

Once again, my lone missing LEGO game - LEGO Indiana Jones - eludes me.
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I need LEGO Star Wars and Indy, but I know the feel.

 
i didnt receive any confirmation for editors choice credit

is that normal?

I bought

Mystery Masters: 10-Pack Adventure Bundle 

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DP5VFX8/ref=oh_d__o00_details_o00__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

an excellent deal ,good adventures and best thing  is

that there are no serials in library

,which probably means they are drm free

that would be awesome since some of these games have really nasty drm(from a different publisher)

downloading now ill post feedback

 
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puffy said:
i didnt receive any confirmation for editors choice

is that normal?

I bought

Mystery Masters: 10-Pack Adventure Bundle

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DP5VFX8/ref=oh_d__o00_details_o00__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

an excellent deal ,good adventures and best thing is

that there are no serials in library

,which probably means they are drm free

that would be awesome since some of these games have really nasty drm(from a different publisher)

downloading now ill post feedback
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Normal, yes and no. I vaguely recall last year there was a delay in when people started receiving the promo email and some orders had to be backfilled for various reasons. I wouldn't sweat it just yet, Tony and Amazon always come through. And that is a great price on that Adventure Bundle. If only I didn't already own the majority of them.

 
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yeah I have duplicates too

but I wanted zerzura and haunted( $7  seperately)

i missed black mirror sequels and so blonde so I decided to pay the extra $3

but if  all these turn out to be drm free,

I will be really happy since normally over 5 of these have securom or other drm

 
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If Chaos on Deponia was on steam I would have insta bought that, but i guess I'll have to wait till next week to pick-up DI Riptide and Payday2.Unless something catches my eye that I missed on the spreadsheet. Awesome job as always Tony. :bow: 

 
seamoss said:
Can you let us know when you find out? I have 7 out of 10 already but still considering it...
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sure i ll let fellow cags know :)

dloading zerzura now and then ill download haunted ,

dtp entertainment versions have drm

ill post feedback in few hours

 
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Neuro5i5 said:
Normal, yes and no. I vaguely recall last year there was a delay in when people started receiving the promo email and some orders had to be backfilled for various reasons. I wouldn't sweat it just yet, Tony and Amazon always come through. And that is a great price on that Adventure Bundle. If only I didn't already own the majority of them.
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Last year some of the coupons were delayed and we incessantly bugged and PMed Tony about it and he came through... and then left us...to never return...

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Last year some of the coupons were delayed and we incessantly bugged and PMed Tony about it and he came through... and then left us...to never return...
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Lol, you'll be happy to note that I told Mom I'm not going home for the holidays this year so I'll be around to support all the deals :).

She was sad, many baked goods were shipped from Florida to Washington...and she sent me a 12lb turkey, Spiral Ham, 8 sides and 3 pies from Honeybaked Ham for Thanksgiving...I think she is under the impression that I open my house up to homeless people on Thanksgiving.

voken said:
Tony,

Sonic Everywhere Pack hasn't got the price change showned in the Spreadsheet

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GJ2HZ7E?tag=cheapassgam08-20
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Starts 12/1, and it is noted as such in the spreadsheet (at least the one I'm looking at).

Cheers,

Tony

 
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Oh, got it, we fixed this.

Also, for those looking at the GTA IV/Max Payne 3 Bundle here is the correct link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BFZEREY

Cheers,
Tony
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I know that this is great deal but before I buy it I must be sure if that bundle GTA4 Complete + MP3 + Rockstar Pass that is linked in spreadsheet is just a wrong link and it should be normal GTA4 linked or will it be available?

 
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The deals that really stand out to me.

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Necrotron said:
The deals that really stand out to me (and I need for my collection).

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  • [SIZE=10pt]Saints Row IV - 14.99[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]The Anno 2070 Complete pack for $12.50 (starting 11/28) is a killer deal too, but I already own the base game.[/SIZE]
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payday 2 4pack i got friend who wants in and i want it but i want someone to host tho

 
Necrotron said:
The deals that really stand out to me.

*Starts 11/21/2013*


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Argggh I forgot about these bundle deals. I don't have any GTA games (i know, i know), and I want to get San Andreas. But for just a tad bit more I can get that, Vice CIty and III. Stick to the one I want...or get the better per game deal...

 
pasports31 said:
Argggh I forgot about these bundle deals. I don't have any GTA games (i know, i know), and I want to get San Andreas. But for just a tad bit more I can get that, Vice CIty and III. Stick to the one I want...or get the better per game deal...
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And food for thought, I bought the entire GTA franchise (sans-V) from GameFly earlier this year for $10.

 
SteelOak said:
I know that this is great deal but before I buy it I must be sure if that bundle GTA4 Complete + MP3 + Rockstar Pass that is linked in spreadsheet is just a wrong link and it should be normal GTA4 linked or will it be available?
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Nope that original bundle was made in error.

Cheers,
Tony

 
Sup guys, I recently got a Lenovo Yoga 11s i7-3689Y Processor (1.50GHz 1600MHz 4MB) 8gb SDRAM DDR3, Intel HD graphics 4000 and 256gb SSD. Will games like Metro Last Light, SR4, Battlefield 4, etc. run ok on this laptop without killing it? I'm not a PC gamer but deals like these make me want to start.
 
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Sup guys, I recently got a Lenovo Yoga 11s i7-3689Y Processor (1.50GHz 1600MHz 4MB) 8gb SDRAM DDR3, Intel HD graphics 4000 and 256gb SSD. Will games like Metro Last Light, SR4, Battlefield 4, etc. run ok on this laptop without killing it? I'm not a PC gamer but deals like these make me want to start.
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lolololololol

Edit: Seriously, though, that's not close to good enough. It's tough to wrap your head around system requirements initially because computer components are like a different language when you don't know anything about them...that's a good computer to run less intensive games on, like a lot of indie games or older games. Any even remotely new AAA games won't run on that though.

Double Edit: Start researching how to build a computer if you have money to invest. You can buy pre built gaming computers if you're really uncomfortable doing it yourself, although it's much more expensive. In the long run, you will get many many more games because of how insanely much cheaper it is. My computer has virtually paid for itself w/the additional games I've been able to afford because of it. Also, the graphics wind up being way better than consoles, and mods are awesome. Old games like morrowind and oblivion that have aged poorly look way better with mods installed, there are unofficial fan patches to many games that are riddled with bugs that wouldn't be available on consoles. There are stand alone mods that invent entirely new games out of engines, and mods that add new content to games.

Basically that's the big 3 reasons I can think to invest - 1) More games/cheaper in the long run, 2) Better graphics 3) Mods.

Unless you really want certain exclusives, you'll never buy a console again.

 
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redonkalous said:
Sup guys, I recently got a Lenovo Yoga 11s i7-3689Y Processor (1.50GHz 1600MHz 4MB) 8gb SDRAM DDR3, Intel HD graphics 4000 and 256gb SSD. Will games like Metro Last Light, SR4, Battlefield 4, etc. run ok on this laptop without killing it? I'm not a PC gamer but deals like these make me want to start.
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Probably not. The CPU and graphics card are pretty low you'd be lucky to get decent frame rates on those games. Edit: Not to sound negative or anything >_>

 
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redonkalous said:
Sup guys, I recently got a Lenovo Yoga 11s i7-3689Y Processor (1.50GHz 1600MHz 4MB) 8gb SDRAM DDR3, Intel HD graphics 4000 and 256gb SSD. Will games like Metro Last Light, SR4, Battlefield 4, etc. run ok on this laptop without killing it? I'm not a PC gamer but deals like these make me want to start.
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:-({|=

 
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