Halo infinite @costco 29.99

Seeing as the multiplayer is free to play, this is essentially just a campaign which means I think this will drop in price pretty fast.
 
Just saw yesterday at Manassas, VA Costco.  It was 19.97!!

Holy shit.  

Question.   How can I PM that with the near by best buy so I can get the steelbook as well?

When I try to pull up the web site for the price, it says you have to log in to costco.com    Anytime I do a PM, the associate pulls out their cell phone to check themselves.

 
If you want the steelbook, I recommend purchasing the game at BB at their price and then having the price adjusted/price matched another day.

As far a price-matching, the online price at Costco is $54.99 so that won't work. Either try getting a picture of the in-store tag or show them a copy of the receipt from Costco.

 
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Mattiful-Joe said:
Disgusting. Yet another step to ending physical game ownership for consumers.

Some folks might love MS but no company has done more to hasten the end of physical game ownership.

Not liking that PlayStation and Nintendo are moving in the same direction.
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This has already happened games need so many day 1 patches whats on disk is rarely useable.

 
$19.99 at my Costco today.

Checked the trade in value at GameStop and it was $30 so bought 2, one to play and one to trade in.
 
z3razerviper said:
This has already happened games need so many day 1 patches whats on disk is rarely useable.
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I don't agree that most discs nowadays are unplayable without patches. That's a gross exaggeration. Do some games run better with day 1 patches? Sure. Are MOST games not at all playable without their patches? No, that's just not true.

That said, does Microsoft want that to happen? Absolutely. Sony and Nintendo want that, too, though MS is much more driven to do it because of gamepass and increased profits from selling digital products (which cuts down on a lot of costs connected to retail).
 
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Mattiful-Joe said:
Disgusting. Yet another step to ending physical game ownership for consumers.

Some folks might love MS but no company has done more to hasten the end of physical game ownership.

Not liking that PlayStation and Nintendo are moving in the same direction.
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Sadly normies are too short sighted to understand why this is a problem.
 
I think we will just have to agree to disagree. For me it really struck home with the master chief collection.

Mattiful-Joe said:
I don't agree that most discs nowadays are unplayable without patches. That's a gross exaggeration. Do some games run better with day 1 patches? Sure. Are MOST games not at all playable without their patches? No, that's just not true.

That said, does Microsoft want that to happen? Absolutely. Sony and Nintendo want that, too, though MS is much more driven to do it because of gamepass and increased profits from selling digital products (which cuts down on a lot of costs connected to retail).
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Gideon68 said:
If you want the steelbook, I recommend purchasing the game at BB at their price and then having the price adjusted/price matched another day.

As far a price-matching, the online price at Costco is $54.99 so that won't work. Either try getting a picture of the in-store tag or show them a copy of the receipt from Costco.
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So I tried what you suggested. Placed the order online, got the steel for free and a code for a skin or whatever and the game. Picked it up. Showed them a picture of the receipt of when I bought it at costco and they wouldn't believe me. So I finally tracked it down at another location because when they reprinted the receipt it was some generic print out with no logo or anything making it questionable. I bought another copy and went back to BB and they *ALMOST* did it until they realize that because its a bundle they can't honor the price. IF I get the game without the steelbook then yes they will honor that price. They wouldn't budge.

 
people need to accept the change... physical gaming had a good run it had 30+ years.. and its not fully dead so enjoy it while it lasts.

 
ITDEFX said:
So I tried what you suggested. Placed the order online, got the steel for free and a code for a skin or whatever and the game. Picked it up. Showed them a picture of the receipt of when I bought it at costco and they wouldn't believe me. So I finally tracked it down at another location because when they reprinted the receipt it was some generic print out with no logo or anything making it questionable. I bought another copy and went back to BB and they *ALMOST* did it until they realize that because its a bundle they can't honor the price. IF I get the game without the steelbook then yes they will honor that price. They wouldn't budge.
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yeah, it's a gamble if they'll PM with the steelbook that's why I suggested you buy it first w the steelbook so they hopefully won't see it when they adjust the price. That's how I was able to get the extra steelbook for Yakuza.

 
Derrick1979 said:
people need to accept the change... physical gaming had a good run it had 30+ years.. and its not fully dead so enjoy it while it lasts.
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Not for a minute do I think there is any change in the trend or trajectory incoming. Physical gaming as we knew it 5 or more years ago is clearly on the decline.

That all said, it's a shame consumers have been so easily willing to give up ownership for convenience. Publishers are of course incentivized to do it to drive up revenues.

Yes, digital sales and subscriptions are definitely the future of games (and pretty much everything media). I do think physical media, however, survives. It'll just be a much smaller niche product line, and priced pretty high for collectors with disposable income.
 
Gideon68 said:
yeah, it's a gamble if they'll PM with the steelbook that's why I suggested you buy it first w the steelbook so they hopefully won't see it when they adjust the price. That's how I was able to get the extra steelbook for Yakuza.
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Yeah , went to another BB. Got shot down hard. Got so many excuses like,

-"Has to be the same day"

-"We don't price match xx.97 because it's on clearance. I know I use to work there..",

-"We can't accept copies of the receipt (When the actual receipt right in front of them),

-"It's a bundle so we can't PM it."

-We have to see it on the web site (when the web site has it higher than the actual store :bomb: )

Then the LOD had the audacity to ask if they had any more, in which I said, "If you can't help me , then why should I help you?"

Yeah I might as well return the bundle to BB. The only problem is that digital code. I could hear them making excuses about that "We can't return it because we don't know if you use the code or not."
F BB

 
I sure hope this sort of publishing practice by MS is a one-off ... but I doubt it.
 
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