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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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asheskitty said:
My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.

--Alceste in Molière’s Le Misanthrope
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

 
ezelkow1 said:
City size for one.
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That is actually the only thing left wrong with it. But it's not game breaking unless its an absolute requirement for you. The region thing works well enough. And there's an outside the box solution to it in the expansion. But it would be nice to build a city as big as I want even if its not necessary for the way the game is designed. I still put in dozens of hours to my cities.


Motoki said:
I'm confused are we supposed to hate EA or hate the people who hate EA?

What about weeaboos with Pokemon avatars who have Gamefaqs PTSD?
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I hate people that hate EA just because other people hate EA rather than them actually having a reason to hate EA themselves. :D
 
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Well if we are in this mood again...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LE0ycgkBQ

Please read the warning in the bottom left of video at beginning

 
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"With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone."

 -- Oscar Wilde

When I stopped reading this thread last night, I wondered to myself why the mysterious "EA rep" had never come forward and announced his presence.

I'm about 16 hours older than I was when that question passed through my mind, and I think I've learned the answer.  

 
nothing to do with the thread but

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Mahatma Gandhi

 
targetbsp said:
Why? What do you think is still wrong with it?
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SimCity 2013 still has the always online-mode....for now.

Until it is officially patched-out w/ that patch released (it's coming soon) and/or the game is REALLY-dirt cheap (like how I treat most online-only games/MMO's), just consider me not interested.

 
SWEET! So EA talked to the pirates on how to make their simcity game offline. Progress!

Hopefully EA is writing royalty checks to all pirates of the world on fixing their game!

....caggers expect your checks next week....

 
kosmos13x said:
SWEET! So EA talked to the pirates on how to make their simcity game offline. Progress!

Hopefully EA is writing royalty checks to all pirates of the world on fixing their game!

....caggers expect your checks next week....
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If CAGs were pirates we wouldn't spend all our time on here trying to save 50 cents.

 
MysterD said:
SimCity 2013 still has the always online-mode....for now.

Until it is officially patched-out w/ that patch released (it's coming soon) and/or the game is REALLY-dirt cheap (like how I treat most online-only games/MMO's), just consider me not interested.
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There'd still be two issues keeping me from buying -- the terrible traffic AI, and the tiny tiny city sizes. When I played the beta, I think it took an hour to fill up 1/4 of the map.

 
Naked Snake Eyes said:
I like it a lot, but the way they've integrated the DLC so that if you haven't bought it you're constantly being hit in the face with it anyway, is kinda infuriating. I posted a big rant about it in the steam deals thread. Other than that, it's better than I expected.
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Look at the mini-map - the cars and events that are $DLC actually have the symbol of the $DLC associated w/ it.

But, yeah - it sucks when you don't check the mini-map, drive up to a car, and find-out the hard way that the car there is $DLC and it takes you to the damn game-store.

I do wish NFS: MW 2012 had some more interesting racing types than what's there. It just seems like typical racing stuff. I wish there was something cool like say NFS: MW 2005 had (Drag, Knockout); NFS: Carbon had (Drifting, Canyon); and NFS: UC had (Highway Battles).

NFS: MW 2012 just feels like Burnout Paradise 2 w/ some NFS elements, honestly.

 
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So I finished Arkham Origins last night.. which I liked it a lot (I enjoyed the other 2 and felt this one was on par with them).

Today, I started Medal of Honor: Warfighter this evening & played it for a couple hours.  It's no where near as bad as the reviews when it came out led me to believe at all (although the character model for the main characters daughter in the cut-scenes are atrocious - no kid I ever saw looks like that).  In fact, I actually kinda like it.  I bit on $5 after coupon, since I occasionally like the mindless shooter & at 6-7 hours I thought it'd be a good 'pallet cleanser' before jumping into another longer game (also because I am a CAG & find it hard to resist buying cheap things even when I don't really "need" another game to play).

 
Enjoying AC IV Black flag, although every once in a while you seem to run into a homing water spout. There are worse things, I suppose, than everyone dying on your ship...

Still disappointed EA can't work some magic to drop the price of FIFA 14 down some more for this promotion as that price point gets listed under "Not going to buy".

Also, posted this with my Skype group, but if nobody has claimed it yet here is a copy of Surgeon Simulator from the humble bundle.

*Link below has been grabbed now apparently*
https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=Sqk3RH2q35pNTUVV
 

 
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glennfrank said:
So I finished Arkham Origins last night.. which I liked it a lot (I enjoyed the other 2 and felt this one was on par with them).

Today, I started Medal of Honor: Warfighter this evening & played it for a couple hours. It's no where near as bad as the reviews when it came out led me to believe at all (although the character model for the main characters daughter in the cut-scenes are atrocious - no kid I ever saw looks like that). In fact, I actually kinda like it. I bit on $5 after coupon, since I occasionally like the mindless shooter & at 6-7 hours I thought it'd be a good 'pallet cleanser' before jumping into another longer game (also because I am a CAG & find it hard to resist buying cheap things even when I don't really "need" another game to play).
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MOH: WF was recently $4 on GMG (1-3-2014).

 
MysterD said:
Look at the mini-map - the cars and events that are $DLC actually have the symbol of the $DLC associated w/ it.
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That only shows up on the map after you check the car for the first time. Since I'm just starting the game I don't find that out til I drive up. And having a permanent DLC reminder on your map is terrible. The way they handled this reminds me of Dead Space 3, and mobile freemium games. Sucks.

 
Naked Snake Eyes said:
That only shows up on the map after you check the car for the first time. Since I'm just starting the game I don't find that out til I drive up. And having a permanent DLC reminder on your map is terrible. The way they handled this reminds me of Dead Space 3, and mobile freemium games. Sucks.
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Only appears after you check a car once? Well, bleh.

You know - they really shouldn't even show the DLC cars on the map period.

If anything and EA wants to keep this terrible approach to show $DLC cars on the map - there should be a symbol overhead we can see in the distance, so we know it's $DLC car.

Bleh @ the way DA:O also handled DLC, as well - if you don't own a $DLC or Ultimate Edition. NPC's selling quests = pathetic.

 
Any chance for a discount on Final Fantasy VIII or at least allow EC credit to work with it?  :D/

Steam:

Metro 2033, Risen, and Sacred Citadel Steam Key

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Dead Space Steam Key

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Lucius:

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Origin:
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Origin Key

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Desura:

Holy Avatar vs. Maidens of the Dead:

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Chernobyl Command:

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ZynK said:
Any chance for a discount on Final Fantasy VIII or at least allow EC credit to work with it? :D/

Steam:

Metro 2033, Risen, and Sacred Citadel Steam Key

VK2R8-LVEIB-DPVR8

Dead Space Steam Key

CPXVD-6EZFY-YDDWR

Lucius:

FBP9R-BTBNP-0I4MB


Origin:
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Origin Key

E3V5-DYN5-TLUS-ZSR4-HSTS

Desura:

Holy Avatar vs. Maidens of the Dead:

M9R4A-AJI8Q-WQN4C-6HJ60-A99AY

Chernobyl Command:

643Q4-B2BBA-44B9H-15039-XV24M
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Thanks took the Metro 2033/Risen/SC key

 
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