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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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I got my first 5$ credit just now.

And about the giveaway, I think that the other games(not defiance) should be exclusive, so that one person can only get one game(besides defiance)

 
[quote name="ObsidianSpire" post="11411937" timestamp="1388737503"]I grabbed this too, but I figured they would check if the price was over 0.01 before applying a coupon. Anyway, can I safely sleep and not miss the giveaway for the non-Defiance games? (I already have Defiance from Extra Life) [/quote]


spoderman said:
I'd like to know this too.
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Tony said he would probably give the other codes to LN to hand out, so I'd say you're safe.
 
spoderman said:
I'd like to know this too.
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He already said that CheapyD is going to start it during normal wake hours, and give us plenty of warning time first. :)

I'm up to 18 credits so far... this is a bit depressing to me, since it reminds me how much money I've spent on games over the course of one month.

Oh. Another one just came in, so now it's 19. o_O

Tony, I thought you said that they'd take up to 48 hours to get sent out, not 48 minutes! If it keeps up at this pace, I'll need to empty my gmail account otherwise I won't be able to receive any more email. (note: exaggerating)

Edit: And another. *sobs*

 
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SpartenOmega117 said:
is this the cheapest bioshock infinite will go? About to pull the trigger with coupon code
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All the holiday sales are ending. Unless you're willing to take a chance on another sale discounting it in the next couple weeks, it's time to get the games you've been waiting on. :)

EDIT: I stand corrected, as Ashes Kitty pointed out. Since Bioshock Infinite is in the list of Editor's Choice games, you could wait for a bit and pick it up during that sale.

 
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asheskitty said:
Probably not. See link in sig.
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According to the preliminary EC list that Tony posted on Reddit, it'll be around $13.20, so you can get it for $8.20 after EC credit.

Hm, so far I received one more EC credit email than I expected. :)

Duh, never mind. I need to learn how to count.

 
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SpartenOmega117 said:
is this the cheapest bioshock infinite will go? About to pull the trigger with coupon code
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The codes don't apply to any items yet. Tony said they'd start on the 4th, I believe.

@SquirrelOfWizardry Well, I mainly would like to know a rough time to wake up if the codes won't be given out soon. Otherwise, I'll probably sleep half of the day.

 
LN3000 said:
He already said that CheapyD is going to start it during normal wake hours, and give us plenty of warning time first. :)

I'm up to 18 credits so far... this is a bit depressing to me, since it reminds me how much money I've spent on games over the course of one month.

Oh. Another one just came in, so now it's 19. o_O

Tony, I thought you said that they'd take up to 48 hours to get sent out, not 48 minutes! If it keeps up at this pace, I'll need to empty my gmail account otherwise I won't be able to receive any more email. (note: exaggerating)
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Nah, he was kinda vague. He said they'd give away Defiance during normal hours, but didn't say anything about the other keys. That's why Obsidian and I were asking. What he said could've applied to both, but it wasn't clear.

 
[quote name="ObsidianSpire" post="11411960" timestamp="1388738049"]@SquirrelOfWizardry Well, I mainly would like to know a rough time to wake up if the codes won't be given out soon. Otherwise, I'll probably sleep half of the day. [/quote]
One knows neither the time nor the day of Tony's coming.
 
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Just got the emails

Thanks for purchasing from the Amazon Digital Games Store this holiday. Your purchase entitles you to a $5 credit which can be redeemed on a selected group of games designated as our "Editor's Choice Best Games of 2013". Please note: this promotional credit cannot be redeemed until January 4, 2014, and must be used by January 31, 2014. To use the credit, return to http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000728511, purchase an item on the page, and the discount will be automatically applied.

The promotional credit must be used by January 31, 2014. This offer is subject to Terms and Conditions.

Thanks again for shopping with us.
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SpartenOmega117 said:
so probably better to buy now? will coupon even work?
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I only said probably because it's a preliminary list. Tony has been careful with only announcing made-deals though. (However nothing is certain, see Sega 48-game Gensis steam-key non-delivery.) Quite honestly I don't want to be blamed if it doesn't happen. That said, prospects look good if you have an EC coupon.

 
Mmm.. secret amazon creditses.

Yesterday I discovered I had $5 promo credit for Saints Row IV.  I wish I knew that when it was $15.  Ugh.

 
Got the 4 credits I was expecting, now to wait til the 4th and see if there's something to use em on. Are the January sales going to have known end dates so we can plan?

 
don't know how to maneuver this. Definitely want to get both far cray 3 and bioshock infinite and I guess i have the extra $5 promo credit on top of the EC email. I see bioshock infinite on the list for $13.80 but dont see far cray 3 at all. Which one do I buy now?

 
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don't know how to maneuver this. Definitely want to get both far cray 3 and bioshock infinite and I guess i have the extra $5 promo credit on top of the EC email. I see bioshock infinite on the list for $13.80 but dont see far cray 3 at all. Which one do I buy now?
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FC3 was my game of the year when it came out. Other people love Bioshock Infinite, FC3 would be my pick. FC3 for open world awesomeness, BI if you prefer story as the pre-eminent aspect of your game experience.

 
Where are people seeing the prices of the EC games (other than deduction from what's on the list and their current prices and assuming they'll stay the same on the 4th)?

 
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