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Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 sale [begins Dec 18th]
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
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Diablohead
Member
about 400 off was what I had expected, skyrim is doing well enough where it doesn't need to half price but the steam sale price the other night was better value at 50% off if you wanted it on pc.
80 ms saving on the home DLC sucks though, I have it and hardly access the areas, the default home the game gives you is enough.
80 ms saving on the home DLC sucks though, I have it and hardly access the areas, the default home the game gives you is enough.
Not sure why that would matter considering the likes of Trials Evolution has sold a lot of copies yet went with 50% off. Bethesda are tight arses and have let a great deal period go out on a serious bummer.
Hopefully nobody picks up the DLC.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Would have gotten heartfire for 300 points but I'm not about to spend $10 just to get that extra 20 points
No kidding. I was kinda hoping for a half off at least. Not gonna bother at this price.
sneakypete
Member
finally got it to download, yay!
i ended up going to bully's game page on xbox.com and clicking the 'download again' button over and over until it started.
fastballspecial
Member
So... I just grabbed Dawnguard for 800 points. I loaded a page that said 1,200, clicked the link that said "learn more" and it changed to 800. I bought it real quick and it checked out at 800 points.
Keep an eye out for this.
Keep an eye out for this.
WickedLaharl
Member
Sweet dawnguard showed up @ 800MSP and that is good enough for me.
bumpkin
Member
Hmm... Really tempted to go for VF5 FS. I got it as a Plus freebie on PSN several months back though, and generally feel as though I'm better with a PS3 pad than a 360 controller or my 360 TE Fightstick playing VF (or Tekken).
Alternatively, I see a purchase as a gesture (of using my wallet) to show Sega I too approve of them releasing their arcade offerings digitally. Decisions, decisions.
Alternatively, I see a purchase as a gesture (of using my wallet) to show Sega I too approve of them releasing their arcade offerings digitally. Decisions, decisions.
bigtroyjon
Member
Major Nelson made his post and 50% off is the correct price for everything, aside from Oblivion.
Clay Davis
Member
dragonborn is the bigger expansion. dawnguard offers some new powers, etc but not that big in expansion terms. not many new locations, etc whereas dragonborn has new locations, etc.
Clay Davis
Member
there are a number of new weapons and armours, shields, amulets, rings, etc and you apparently gain the ability to craft your own arrows. something was much needed in the base game.
you can also craft a number of new dragonbone weapons too. something else that was lacking in the base game.
Monkeylord
Member
Grabbed Dawnguard at 800, and likely Heathfire when it eventually becomes 200... takin' its bleedin' time though.
Blue Ninja
Member
If you like vampires, or killing vampires, Dawnguard offers plenty of both. It's also one of the better questlines in the game, with some really impressive sights and sounds.
Clay Davis
Member
yep, I nearly bought heathfire until I noticed it was full price. :/
Monkeylord
Member
This is getting ridiculous now... half the day is over and they still haven't gotten their prices right!
Diablohead
Member
I noticed that one of the skyrim dlc's is 800 instead of 1200 now? I was going to buy it anyway so nice extra saving there, also picked up dragonborn as I am playing skyrim currently and if it's available i'll take it instead of revisiting later on.
Jawmuncher
Member
Honestly this whole Xbox deal countdown was pretty weak compared to most other sales in recent memory. MS just isn't caring at this point.
what? the sale was insane.
Jawmuncher
Member
I don't know what sale we were looking at but I easily passed every deal they offered. Might have had a bit of those Steam sale prices rubbing off on me.
Clay Davis
Member
you're joking. please tell me you're joking. this sale was insane, they offered some amazing deals.
how were the steam sales this year?
Jawmuncher
Member
Oh the steam sales were pretty crap, however with a new PC it was still nice buying some cheap stuff at 2.50 and what not (kind of already had everything major I wanted)
Like I said I guess I was just wanting some more flat out steals on XBL than just some 50% off (which if it wasn't DLC or Dowbloadable was already cheaper than that)
Like I said I guess I was just wanting some more flat out steals on XBL than just some 50% off (which if it wasn't DLC or Dowbloadable was already cheaper than that)
Clay Davis
Member
yeah, I edited my post regarding that.
I thought the microsoft sale was pretty competitive with the sales on steam this year. like for like games of course. the fact that you can buy points cheaper than rrp if you shop around meant the prices were even lower for some people.
fair enough. the sale exceeded all my expectations after the past few sales microsoft have had, but if you're comparing on just price, steam would always win out with their larger selection and more freedom to reduce prices.
Jawmuncher
Member
Looking back at through the sales (starting at day 1) I guess it does look better than I was giving it credit for. But I noticed a lot of what was on sale I already had bought so maybe I'm just bitter about it lol
Clay Davis
Member
yeah, I was ever so slightly bitter over the reductions to a few titles. walking dead comes to mind as does joe danger 2, trine 2 and a couple of others.
not allowing my bitterness to cloud my judgement, it was a great sale for microsoft. easily one of the best they've had. their next sale has a lot to live to.
HammerOfThor
Member
Got Heathfire for 200, I'll probably also pick up Super Meat Boy when I get home.
Monkeylord
Member
Location?
Still 400 here in the UK, and I just checked the dashboard and it's not even showing up with the other Elder Scrolls deals
Clay Davis
Member
Location/
Still 400 here in the UK, and I just checked the dashboard and it's not even showing up with the other Elder Scrolls deals
It's jumping back and forth between 400 and 200 on the website. not sure what's going on. :/
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/P...e6?nosplash=1&DownloadType=GameAddon#LiveZone
Monkeylord
Member
It was 200 on the US website, and it let me buy it at 200 too, so if you want it, do that
Clay Davis
Member
It was 200 on the US website, and it let me buy it at 200 too, so if you want it, do that
it's finally settled at 200 on the uk store. just bought it before it could change again.
thanks for the heads up though.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I bought one for 200 and the other for 800. Not sure why the prices are changing rapidly.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I thought it was a pretty great sale by MS standards (both in quantity and quality), but The Walking Dead was the only multiplatform game where the 360 discount was comparable/greater than the PC discounts, and the biggest XBLA game of the year didn't go on sale at all. So I'd basically say if you're comparing to other MS discounts, this was a great sale, but if you're comparing to, say, PC gaming, still pretty weak.
Minecraft ? If you're not speaking about it. I'm looking for a new XBLA Game... So if you have an other game in mind, I'd like to know which one is it.