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Amazon Summer Sale 2013
- Thread starter Mavromatis
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FunkyMunkey
Banned
Thanks for the info. I think I'll grab LotR and HP and wait on Batman, since those are my favorite universes out of all 3 ;D.
Infinite Justice
Member
But its those discounts that mostly caused the massive popularity surge anyways. :/
That bundle didn't have all the DLC though since Year of the Snake was missing from it but it would have been nice for it to reappear.
Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean are my personal (and my SOs) favorites.
Jawmuncher
Member
Not too impressive
Yeah nothing as good as the last sale amazon had. Best thing I saw was Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3 at 19.99
Cheapest those games have been solo thus far
Clive Barker's Jericho is a steal for less than two bucks.
I know, I know. Lots of people bitched about it. Who cares. I played it and loved the creepy, supernatural storyline. Loved the shooting, which was solid and packed lots of variety because the game lets you switch characters on the fly. Loved the graphics, which created nightmare environments that looked sponsored by ID Software in its heyday.
I played this twice, and enjoyed the hell out of it both times.
$1.69, people. One U.S. dollar and sixty-nine cents.
I know, I know. Lots of people bitched about it. Who cares. I played it and loved the creepy, supernatural storyline. Loved the shooting, which was solid and packed lots of variety because the game lets you switch characters on the fly. Loved the graphics, which created nightmare environments that looked sponsored by ID Software in its heyday.
I played this twice, and enjoyed the hell out of it both times.
$1.69, people. One U.S. dollar and sixty-nine cents.
LEGO Batman 2 has an original (and pretty funny) storyline, while Harry Potter and LotR are just based on the movies (LotR in particular uses voice clips straight from it). They are worth getting though, but I agree that if you get all three at once you will be burnt out quickly.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Fantastic OP awesome work!
This and Mafia 2 are NEVER on sale
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/14-Clive-Barkers-JerichoConvinced me, once it hits that price I'll get it
The logic seems to be that deeper discounts will attract customers and then you experiment with lesser discounts to see how they affect sales performance. We've seen this occur with quite a few publishers on Steam itself: last year Amazon's and Steam's Summer Sales overlapped and the former offered better prices in many cases.
This and Mafia 2 are NEVER on sale
Not a great deal but Far Cry 3 is ~$16 and the Far Cry Bundle ~$23 on Nuuvem.
MikeE21286
Member
Very blah
Tevious
Member
Thanks, $10.19 is a steal.
Im curious as well. Can anyone comment on the quality of the port?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Dark Void Zero is unavailable. Da fuck?
TheLucifer
Member
I'll probably end up buying Fifa for a friend and Battlefield 3 Premium for me. Too bad Amazon doesn't sell Dishonored keys, it's pretty much the only thing I'm looking forward to buy this summer.
Unfortunately nothing this time. NFSMW still too expensive. If they made it into a tenner I might've purchased it. And why is there no separate Bioshock Infinite? The pack is ridiculously priced. $39.99? So BI is $34.99?! Eh, no thanks.
And just as expected from Amazon, loads of Paradox games and separate DLC's. Great for people who like Paradox games, but it seems these games are always there when a Amazon sale occures. So not many surprises.
And just as expected from Amazon, loads of Paradox games and separate DLC's. Great for people who like Paradox games, but it seems these games are always there when a Amazon sale occures. So not many surprises.
mocolostrocolos
Member
I want Monaco.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Can someone tell me how to get these in the UK?
I have:
1. Set up a US Amazon account attached to my normal email address
2. Registered to Borderlinx to get my US address
3. Entered said address as my address for delivery on my US Amazon account
I still can't buy DD games
Where am I going wrong?
I have:
1. Set up a US Amazon account attached to my normal email address
2. Registered to Borderlinx to get my US address
3. Entered said address as my address for delivery on my US Amazon account
I still can't buy DD games
Where am I going wrong?
iNvid02
Member
Can someone tell me how to get these in the UK?
I have:
1. Set up a US Amazon account attached to my normal email address
2. Registered to Borderlinx to get my US address
3. Entered said address as my address for delivery on my US Amazon account
I still can't buy DD games
Where am I going wrong?
all i did was log into my existing account on amazon.com, add a random US address in the address book and use that when checking out. everything else like cc info remained the same
everything goes through fine on a visa credit card, never tried debit card
Can someone tell me how to get these in the UK?
I have:
1. Set up a US Amazon account attached to my normal email address
2. Registered to Borderlinx to get my US address
3. Entered said address as my address for delivery on my US Amazon account
I still can't buy DD games
Where am I going wrong?
Are you sure the US address is being used during checkout? You're given the option to change addresses if not.
Debit cards work just fine as they're functionally identical, just instead tied to a savings account rather than a credit account.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Pretty meh if you already bought what you wanted from the Feb. sale.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Some decent but predictable deals. A little higher prices than last year except for the newer bundled games like Bioshock Infinite.
Where?
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
I hope other sales don't forget Devil May Cry.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I tried again with the US address as the only address on my US Amazon account. Still says 'Game Downloads are only available to US customers'.
Is it because I'm using a VISA Debit card and the billing address is in the UK?
Or is it because my email address is tied to a UK address?
Neither should be the cause: Amazon's checkout system doesn't check the address tied to the card and my Amazon account uses an e-mail address based where I am (Australia). Try changing your US address to that of Google's CA-based HQ; it's the address I use.
Some great Sims 3 deals on there, will probably pick up a few bits. Already own all the expansions other than World Adventures and Showtime but at $9.99 a pop I'll probably pick them both up and complete the set.
Are they doing any voucher things where you buy one thing and get a voucher for another? Amazon usually do that kinda thing.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I just noticed this on the sale page:
Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
Mavromatis
Member
You must use the Borderlinx or similar USA address for Billing.
At least that is how I do.
Yeah, you can ignore that; it's always been present on DD product pages.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I recall people having problems using Google's address...
Underwhelming sale. At least the stupid pricks aren't around to cry entitled. I like sales and spending less money for games why the fuck do you care if I want it for less?
FlyingTeacup
Member
saw this the other day, nearly bought it, until I saw you need both steam and gfw.
i can tolerate steam, but gfw is the last straw.
I've been using that address for yonks and have never had an issue outside of the (very) occasional order needing to be processed manually (which itself has never taken more than 15-20 minutes). The problems you reference are probably tied to the two general things you need to be aware of: you need to ensure that the state in which your nominated US address is based doesn't apply sales tax to digital goods and there's also the very faint risk that Amazon will temporarily disable your account if somebody realises that, given your physical order history, you're not actually based in the US.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Using the US address for my billing address worked! Thanks for your help chaps.
HammerOfThor
Member
The only game I really really want is Metro LL.
I hope Steam has it for less on their sale.
I hope Steam has it for less on their sale.
