Xbox Live Deals of the Week for the month of October

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Microsoft just put out a press release announcing this month's Games on Demand. However, it also included this month's Gold Deal of the Week which are actually pretty lame.

Prices reported by Joystiq.

October 5th - Prince of Persia Epilogue [560 Points]
October 12th - Hasbro Family Game Night games [400 points each or just wait for the retail release]
October 19th - Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode [240 Points]
October 26th - Fable II Pub Games [400 Points]

http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2009/10/08/jui876.aspx

Quality downloadable games at value prices are an easy find with a fun-filled Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week lineup. With an assortment of Arcade titles offered at a bargain price, you’ll find the perfect downloadable treat. October 5th venture to ancient Persia and heal the world from the evil corruption in “Prince of Persia® Epilogue” (Ubisoft). October 12th, break out the popcorn as “HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT” (Electronic Arts) is a bundle of family fun with cut backs on prices for each beloved favorite (BATTLESHIP, CONNECT 4, SCRABBLE, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE and SORRY! Sliders). “Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode” (Capcom) offers more bio hazardous challenges for less on October 19th, and play three exciting casino-style games set in the world of Albion at half-off with “Fable II Pub Games” (Microsoft Game Studios) on October 26th. Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week continuously delivers more fun for less, and is available exclusively for Xbox LIVE Gold Members.
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Will definitely pick up Scrabble for $5. My 2 year old makes playing that on the table hell the last year or so. :)

Thats about it though. Might consider Sorry! for the alternate version.
 
[quote name='sleepydumbdude']I'm really surprised MS didn't try to sell a fallout dlc or a few since goty is coming out this month.[/QUOTE]


that would make the developer more then a little mad.
 
Hasbro stuff sounds good. Put my Connect Four skills to the test -- undefeated for the last 20 years or so, but mostly played against ex-girlfriend and my wife. :)
 
[quote name='loomis1975']Will definitely pick up Scrabble for $5. My 2 year old makes playing that on the table hell the last year or so. :)

Thats about it though. Might consider Sorry! for the alternate version.[/QUOTE]


Exactly...Scrabble only for me.
 
[quote name='eastx']Probably because you have to play an individual game for like a million hours to win anything substantial and that most people would prefer to play a real gambling game than a phony one. Plus it's extracting and selling a dopey minigame from a retail title for way too much money.[/QUOTE]

If you're good, you don't have to play for very long. I didn't. Maybe I'm blinded by my affinity for Fable 2. But, I have to say, I really do enjoy Fortune's Tower in pub games.
 
[quote name='msdmoney']Microsoft continues to not understand downloadable pricing and continues to give reluctant people little incentive to move to downloadable games. Not only that, but they make these sales exclusive to gold subscribers, which baffles me, they should be trying to expand their downloadable market not limiting it.

They offer pub games for $3, meanwhile Direct2Drive has been offering tons of great full games for $5 over the past few weeks. People who don't normally buy pc games, let alone downloadable pc games are buying because the price is right.[/QUOTE]

I do agree that MS is insane on some of their pricing, everyone probably does. Although I do understand the DotW thing. MS recently has really been trying to justify the cost of $50 bucks a year for live. With the playstation network getting better, they have to do something. So they are slowly limiting what you can do as a silver member and make them perks of being a gold member. IE: Party chat, Video chat, DotW, netflix, soon to come social networking. None of this still justifys the price of live, but it helps a little bit.

Rather than doing a DotW, MS should give a % discount on all marketplace sales, for people who buy a ton of content it would totaly make gold worth it, and would influence others to become gold memebers.
 
[quote name='dualedge2']I totally know what you mean. I broke down and bought themes. I mean, freaking THEMES. All because there weren't any good deals and I highly doubt there will be any good deals, anytime soon.

THEMES...I feel dirty :lol:

They were pretty cool themes though.[/QUOTE]


Same here. I bought the new Halloween theams and I have to say that are pretty freaking sweet. :D
 
[quote name='RaidenMGS3']Or you could just wait for the retail disc of Family Game Night coming out November 3rd.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75991

It'll actually work out to be the same price as the XBLA games (six on the DOTW sale at $5 bucks apiece, plus the seventh one not on sale is $10 would equal the $40 bucks they want for the retail disc), but I know some of us still prefer discs over downloaded content we can't resell down the road.

Cheers![/QUOTE]

I'm a bit confused... What is this "7th one" you speak of? The XBLA Marketplace & the disc only list 6.

1. Yahtzee
2. Boggle
3. Battleship
4. Connect 4
5. Sorry
6. Sorry Sliders

The disc will be 39.99 + tax at release.
The downloads (on sale) are 400 pts./ea. - 2400 total ($5/ea. - $30 total)

So a savings of $10+. Unless I've missed something?
 
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