Forum Posts: 169 | Comment #1 by Arron114 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:00:56 AM | |
Is it just me that gets annoyed that we don't get rewarded for buying titles on release? It's almost pointless now day to buy day one products as they will almost certainly future in a deal or a discount somewhere down the line.
Where's the incentive to buy first day? |
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Forum Posts: 1295 | Comment #2 by UberPirateNinja Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:01:49 AM | |
| december 20th! my birthday! the ad on the dash doesn't explain this very well. |
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Forum Posts: 169 | Comment #3 by Arron114 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:01:59 AM | |
| feature* |
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Forum Posts: 303 | Comment #4 by BUZZARDIO 1080 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:10:10 AM | |
| free points are always good , but i totally agree with 1. |
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Forum Posts: 561 | Comment #5 by Jordbrett Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:10:30 AM | |
| @1 I agree completely. I feel like it's better to wait a week and then buy the game. My friend bought NFS Hot Pursuit day one and my other friend wait until Black Friday just a few days after release and got it brand new for 25.00! I guess pre order incentives are supposed to be our reward but most of the time they suck. |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #6 by paulpenguin Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:11:03 AM | |
@2
SAME :D it's my birthday aswell
But yeh i have half these games already... where's my free points M$? |
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Forum Posts: 340 | Comment #7 by TheDeceiver35 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:12:10 AM | |
| Hmm, I suppose a deal is a deal, even if there was a better once previously. Some decent titles here at least. Still need to pick up Limbo myself. |
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Forum Posts: 149 | Comment #8 by GOWnage Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:26:25 AM | |
| still havent got my 400 from october :/ |
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Forum Posts: 232 | Comment #9 by ChewyTheJuggalo Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:27:27 AM | |
| SON OF A BITCH. I JUST bought Super Meat Boy and Limbo. |
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Forum Posts: 877 | Comment #10 by Giptuc Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:31:54 AM | |
| Plants Vs Zombies and Sonic 4. Was getting them anyway, so might as well pick em up in december and get some points with it |
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Forum Posts: 191 | Comment #11 by Thinreaper Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:35:38 AM | |
| I hope this doesn't mean that none of those games will be reduced during the run up to christmas. I was really hoping to see some of those games, Limbo especially, reduced in the advent calender deals thing that they have done in the past. That way you would save 400 points just purchasing one game, much cheaper than this crappy deal |
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Forum Posts: 60 | Comment #12 by luffybuggy Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:55:20 AM | |
| Nice list but most of these games I have. #1 is totally correct. There is no point to buying any game on xbox the first day. All pre-order incentives are eventually put on marketplace & arcade games are always in a deal not to far off from their release dates. |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #13 by Forkinthetoaster Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:56:32 AM | |
| I hate how you have to spend $20 to get $5 back... That's stupid. It's like getting 2 games for $15... It really isn't worth it to do these deals unless you get 800+ MSP for purchase of two games. How does any of this make sense? |
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Forum Posts: 1405 | Comment #14 by Vigor Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 05:58:49 AM | |
| Scrooge is in town!! |
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Forum Posts: 22 | Comment #15 by Mattymace666 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:02:35 AM | |
| But I have all these. :( Well between me and my little brother I have them, but I still have them! No points for me. :( |
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Forum Posts: 3595 | Comment #16 by [Waggly Bean] Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:03:33 AM | |
@1 When did you ever get 'rewarded' for buying on day 1? If you look at the retail game market, games have been devaluing with time for as long as I can remember. Why should XBLA be any different?
The only 'reward' you get from a day 1 purchase (other than preorder incentives) is bragging rights over your friends who don't yet have the game. THat's it, and that's all there ever has been.
As for this deal, I'll pass as it essentially means you're getting each game for 1000MSP, which doesn't seem all that great a saving to me. I can wait until they hit Deal of the Week for 800MSP. |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #17 by Carelesschris69 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:08:20 AM | |
| Already have these games :( Maybe i should get the 400 points for buying so many? Also when you get the points why do you have to use them by a certain date thats not really fair is it? If i have points i use them when i like not by a deadline!! |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #18 by xvatchi Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:20:31 AM | |
Super Meat Boy rewarded you at first with a discount on it
Also its gay how they pick the ones everyone already has |
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Forum Posts: 73 | Comment #19 by L3DDERS Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:27:42 AM | |
| i brought Plants vs zombies new for 1200, and brought toy soldiers when it was reduced to 800. so i have essentialy already saved 400 points, what ca bad deal |
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Forum Posts: 27 | Comment #20 by JimmyT666 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:28:06 AM | |
| I'm more than happy to wait for each of these titles to be 400 points lighter as a DotW than to only save 200 per title. Remember the Xmas savings on arcade games last year? |
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Forum Posts: 2306 | Comment #21 by Andreas_loel Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:34:04 AM | |
Avoid Blacklight, game wasnt worth it at all one of the worst arcade titles ive played.
Might buy the Deathspank game and the lara croft one, but that depends on if i can get points. |
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Forum Posts: 104 | Comment #22 by ThunderingLefty Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:43:30 AM | |
"Avoid Blacklight, game wasnt worth it at all one of the worst arcade titles ive played."
Well, then you obviously weren't very good at it. On my other profile I was regularly going 40 kills and 5 deaths. |
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Forum Posts: 18 | Comment #23 by green117 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 06:57:59 AM | |
| Not interested really with this offer. Happy enough with the Reach DLC, the where-the-hell-did-that-come-from BF:BC2 Map Pack 7 DLC, plus Vietnam in a few weeks time. Plenty to keep me busy, along with a few XBLA titles i brought last month but my Degree has kept me from playing them as it is. |
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Forum Posts: 116 | Comment #24 by Teddythegr8one Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:04:05 AM | |
| @1 Super Meat Boy makers were nice enough to charge us 800 on release. That is basically a 400 rebate for spending 1200.. There is your incentive, and it was a better deal.. |
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Forum Posts: 316 | Comment #25 by KiddingPigeon Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:05:51 AM | |
| @1 the incentive will come most likely with this new reward scheme |
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Forum Posts: 232 | Comment #26 by cassetto Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:13:02 AM | |
| europe too? |
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Forum Posts: 169 | Comment #27 by Arron114 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:13:40 AM | |
@24
as much as that incentive was appreciate. as there's an average 3 releases a week 1 first day incentive even in a year would ratio it at 1/156.
@25
with the reward scheme,as theres no definition when you buy the products.wouldnt you rather get them discounted and claim the same rewards? |
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Forum Posts: 147 | Comment #28 by silentbob0 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:20:13 AM | |
| Rubbish deal tbh. Anf they may do daily deals on XBLA like they did last year during Christmas - alot of them were half price so I definitely wouldn't bother with these deals. |
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Forum Posts: 147 | Comment #29 by silentbob0 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:21:17 AM | |
*And*
Damn typo. |
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Forum Posts: 179 | Comment #30 by Luis Ownz Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:29:38 AM | |
| I already have Comic Jumper (fucking amazing), Trials HD, and Battlefield 1943. I've been meaning to get Limbo and Super Meat Boy since they released. ESPECIALLY Super Meat Boy. I missed out on that month long discount for it too :(...oh well. Atleast now if I buy the two arcade games I want most, I'll get points refunded. |
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Forum Posts: 447 | Comment #31 by MoldyClay87 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:44:55 AM | |
Already have Limbo, SMB, Sonic 4, Shadow Complex and Plants vs. Zombies.
Only real interests here are Costume Quest, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Comic Jumper. We'll see if I am willing to spend $30 on them now so I can pretend I spent $25 on them later. Or if I'll just wait for discounts later on that are a much better deal.
I like how they are trying to push Trials HD like crazy. Between the Black Friday deal and now putting it on this list, and the DLC came out. |
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Forum Posts: 504 | Comment #32 by twinkie Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:51:33 AM | |
| man, can we just buy one and get 200 back? i would gladly buy Costume Quest otherwise, i'm keeping my points for BC2 Vietnam DLC |
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Forum Posts: 2253 | Comment #33 by Shelton Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 07:58:15 AM | |
@22- Why do you immediately assume he didn't like the game because he sucks? No where did I see him mention anything about it being difficult. I could go positive easily on Blacklight when I tried the demo, but I thought it was shit. Too much gray, too much spawn killing and the matchmaking was atrocious!
As for this deal, there is nothing here that I want for 1200 points. Will wait for them to go on sale, which they will. Eventually. |
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Forum Posts: 1186 | Comment #34 by Gor1lla Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:12:02 AM | |
| Payback is always nice, but i'll pass this time. |
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Forum Posts: 1528 | Comment #35 by Baihu1983 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:13:02 AM | |
| Ill pass on this one. Why dont MS do like the did last december and have 25 days of special deals? |
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Forum Posts: 855 | Comment #36 by Flibbity Floid Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:17:27 AM | |
| @ 1 - That's totally up to the consumer. They shouldn't have to elbow and push at us to buy their product. They went through the effort of creating it and marketing it. That's their job. Ours is to buy it. |
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Forum Posts: 15 | Comment #37 by Jack Flak Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:18:47 AM | |
| spend 30 and get 5 back? Wow and I thought the 30-10 was bad. MS sucks. |
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Forum Posts: 82 | Comment #38 by ghostlymostly Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:44:35 AM | |
| deal or no deals i'm still waiting for limbo to hit 800msp :D |
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Forum Posts: 278 | Comment #39 by DarnedCargo Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:53:44 AM | |
| there are only 4 games in that list that i don't have and i don't really want any of them which kinda sucks. |
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Forum Posts: 95 | Comment #40 by B Rock3232 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 08:57:24 AM | |
@ 5
I did the same thing with Fable 3. I preordered it but waited around for a couple of weeks before I bought it and on black friday it was $39 instead of the $59. So procrastination does payoff sometimes! :) |
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Forum Posts: 115 | Comment #41 by Blaze1983 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:00:37 AM | |
| Agree with Number 1, Whats the point in day 1 with DLC & XBLA, I used to spend a ton on dlc etc but gonna wait till the bits i want are in deals like this from now on |
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Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #42 by ViNyLek Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:01:22 AM | |
| There is a lot of games I am waiting to go on sale in here. And I am pretty sure they make this, because there is a lot of fools that will buy it just to get 400ms back. Then come December 21st and we will see some of them on DoTW for Christmas. I will wait till then:-P |
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Forum Posts: 262 | Comment #43 by muffinmastergw2 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:11:45 AM | |
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its actually $30 for 2 of these games |
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Forum Posts: 400 | Comment #44 by UltimateAuron32 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:35:41 AM | |
@1 im with you on this, i bought ALL the DLC for borderlands as and when it came out on the market place, and for what, a GOTY edition with an EXCLUSIVE beta access for Duke Nukem Forever!
why the fuck are games developers rewarding those who DONT pay full price? why are rewarding those are not true fans of their games, the ones who HAD to be LURED in?
in future im not bothering with DLC, just wait for a GOTY edition, i'll get more of reward for being a tight fisted un-loyal player, as opposed to being a loyal fan. |
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Forum Posts: 467 | Comment #45 by NawtyCawty Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:36:21 AM | |
| How generous of them. Not. |
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Forum Posts: 370 | Comment #46 by Sgt Scyther Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:36:33 AM | |
| I already have Comic Jumper, Super Meat Boy, Limbo, Plants vs. Zombies, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Sonic 4, and Costume Quest. Nothing else here really interests me except for maybe Shadow Complex. |
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Forum Posts: 65 | Comment #47 by TombOfAnubis Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:48:07 AM | |
i always wait for the 1200 games to go on sale for 800. if 2 of these games are reduced in price (like most of them have been), you end up saving at least 800pts - twice as much as the 400pt rebate MS$ is offering with this offer. hell, Trials was just on sale for 400, so if you bought it during their Black Friday sale, you already saved double what this deal is offering! :P
only games on this list that i want but don't already have are the ones that haven't been Deal of the Week yet (Comic Jumper, Limbo, Monday Night Combat, and the Deathspanks), so i'll just wait. :/ |
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Forum Posts: 293 | Comment #48 by gears of crabs Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 10:20:24 AM | |
| i have like 5 of these games already and dont plan on buying any of the others. |
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Forum Posts: 104 | Comment #49 by CrosSBraX Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 11:02:12 AM | |
| I will still wait for any of these games going DotW, giving me 400 and then demanding to spend them within the next six months is a crappy deal if you ask me. |
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Forum Posts: 173 | Comment #50 by Epilogue of Euphoria Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 11:30:44 AM | |
| Already got all the games but 5 on the list. |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #51 by Thrall320 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 12:42:33 PM | |
| Bought Plants Vs. Zombies and Super Meatboy. SMB for my woman, and PvZ for me. ^.^ |
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Forum Posts: 46 | Comment #52 by Ajp121 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 12:53:10 PM | |
| @1 It's basic economics, they are trying to make as much money as possible and split the markert. Those who are willinmg to pay the full amount and don't want to wait will buy it when it first goes on sale, then they drop the price a bit, or put on a deal and then the people who werent willign to pay top buck buy it. This is the same thing companies do with seats for trains or airplanes, just in reverse :D |
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Forum Posts: 77 | Comment #53 by _Nosferatu_ Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 01:05:27 PM | |
| Ah, a nice incentive to finally get Shadow Complex. |
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Forum Posts: 356 | Comment #54 by Ravenhood Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 04:35:20 PM | |
| How unfortunate... of all the games on that list, there's only one I want that I don't already own. Woulda been nice if they had this offer a month earlier, but no big deal. It's only 400 points, nice to have, but no skin off my back. |
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Forum Posts: 167 | Comment #55 by takuto neko Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:10:32 PM | |
| Hmm...does it depend on what country you live in..I'm in Australia but I can't find Costume Quest on the dashboard when I go into the offer area. I was looking to get this game and now kinda seems a good time. |
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Forum Posts: 2504 | Comment #56 by Mister Buds Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 09:23:42 PM | |
| i'll participate only because there's two games on the list that i want. |
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Forum Posts: 43 | Comment #57 by BlO0DJUNKi3 Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 11:43:33 PM | |
I'd rather buy PvZ on disc with peggle and zuma for $20 (1600msp).
Comic Jumper will probably be a DotW.
Deathspanks too.
Limbo for sure will be and probably soon.
I just played the SMB demo and I want that game so bad.
I don't know. I want some of these but the deal just isn't sweet enough to push me in yet. I'll probably fall into it for SMB though and just grab something else with it. |
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Forum Posts: 893 | Comment #58 by DaChiefOfOwnage Friday, December 03, 2010 @ 04:20:19 AM | |
| Still waiting on the previous rebate so I can get the Noble Map Pack. |
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