Yeah prices on GoD are a joke. Even worse is that they usually don't include extras that retail packages have. For example I used my Holiday Bundle token for Alan Wake and it doesn't come with the first DLC pack which is free in retail copies. That is lame. Alan Wake is 19.99 on amazon and you get the token for the first DLC or you can pay 29.99 on GoD and you don't get a token with it. Get with the program MS. I'd buy more titles on GoD if they were more competitively priced and had all the extras retail package contains.
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The 360 Games on Demand Thread of UnUnified Prices, Releases & Paying Way Over Retail
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jonnybryce
Member
Sharkington said:
Why don't you want discs? Won't you miss out on pretty much all games if you rely on GoD?
AndyMoogle
Member
It's the publishers who set the prices, not MS.Dark Octave said:
Well, our Games on Demand portfolio in Brazil is ridiculously small yet, but every week we get one or two additions. Here are the current games and their prices in Brazilian reais:
R$ 39,00
BioShock
Ghostbusters: The Game
Mass Effect
R$ 59,00
Halo Wars
R$ 79,00
Crackdown 2
Dante's Inferno
Halo 3
Need for Speed: Shift
Super Street Fighter IV
R$ 119,00
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
R$ 159,00
Red Dead Redemption
Transformers: War For Cybertron
R$ 39,00
BioShock
Ghostbusters: The Game
Mass Effect
R$ 59,00
Halo Wars
R$ 79,00
Crackdown 2
Dante's Inferno
Halo 3
Need for Speed: Shift
Super Street Fighter IV
R$ 119,00
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
R$ 159,00
Red Dead Redemption
Transformers: War For Cybertron
Diablohead
Member
lol wow, so the digital version doesn't come with a VIP code? that is beyond shitty service.Captain N said:
Captain N said:
That is terrible. For all the advancements MS has made with online, it amazes me how big a step back GoD is. They are treating a new paying customer like they rented the game or bought it used. Do any of the digital items contain the extra content found in retail boxes? I fear a MS nickel and dime future if they go digital.
Mrbob said:
I just ordered Alan Wake from Amazon for this week for that very reason, but the original Dead Space is only $19.99 on GoD which is the same as it costs at Amazon.
I probably would have bought it a while back if I knew it was only $20, even though I already played Dead Space on PC. But Alan Wake and Katamari Forever should be arriving from Amazon either tomorrow or on Saturday, so I'll pass.
[EDIT] I see from the last page that Dead Space has actually being available for $20 for more than a year. Oh well.
I've noticed there was a price drop for GoD on Polish marketplace and Red Dead Redemption is now cheaper than at retail (when buying with MSP).
However some of the comments in this thread are worrying. Does anyone know if there is something missing in digital version of RDR when compared to the retail one or are they exactly the same?
However some of the comments in this thread are worrying. Does anyone know if there is something missing in digital version of RDR when compared to the retail one or are they exactly the same?
AndyMoogle said:
While they, of course, work with publishers, I'm pretty sure MS sets prices. I think, under the law, MS is the 'retailer.' And the retailer is the only one who can set prices. This is why you see 'suggested retail price,' etc. Price fixing, collusion complaints are taken seriously in the U.S.
AndyMoogle
Member
RDR will have the same content as the vanilla RDR retail version.BiasedGamer said:
sweetvar26
Member
Some of the games are way over priced, *SIGH*.
I never purchased a game yet but I was looking for some yesterday.
Alpha Protocol - not available
Fallout 3 - $40, pass
Halo Wars - $35, pass
Also I got a question. I have North American accounts, both American and Canadian. I am visiting my grandparents in India, got bored and bought an X360 here. It is an asian make with PAL region coding. If I download any game from games on demand, will the PAL xbox let me play the game? Obviously I will be downloading from my North American account and it will have NTSC as the region code.
Any experiences at all in the past?
I never purchased a game yet but I was looking for some yesterday.
Alpha Protocol - not available
Fallout 3 - $40, pass
Halo Wars - $35, pass
Also I got a question. I have North American accounts, both American and Canadian. I am visiting my grandparents in India, got bored and bought an X360 here. It is an asian make with PAL region coding. If I download any game from games on demand, will the PAL xbox let me play the game? Obviously I will be downloading from my North American account and it will have NTSC as the region code.
Any experiences at all in the past?
Mr. Enigma
Member
They just added MLB 2K9 to 360 Games on Demand for...$30.
A 2-year old baseball game that 2K has already disabled a lot of the online features for.
$30.
A 2-year old baseball game that 2K has already disabled a lot of the online features for.
$30.
Mojo said:
yuck, a game not worth 3 dollars much less $30 or -wtf- $99 in funny money
The GFW marketplace seems to be just as out of touch ($40 for DIRT 2???, it's $20 on Steam), Microsauce has a long way to go (or they will just find a way to fuck the money out of us)
Man after two years you would think they would have there shit together. I would love to get rid of my discs for some games I'll always play or have lots of DLC for (Super Street Fighter, Borderlands, BFBC2 etc.) but the prices are from a little to a lot too much still.
There are some ok deals I can see every now and then, maybe it's worth a thread just to point out the 'reasonable' ones?
EDIT:
Done it http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426567
There are some ok deals I can see every now and then, maybe it's worth a thread just to point out the 'reasonable' ones?
EDIT:
Done it http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426567
sweetvar26
Member
Fucking ridiculous.
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is now available on GoD for the frankly unbelievable price of $59.99.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/50-Cent-BotS/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025451083b
I'm actually sitting here with the 360 on debating whether to grab Just Cause 2 for $29.99. That's only a couple of bucks more than Amazon are charging for it, and it seems like a great game to have on the hard drive to mess around with for an hour or two every so often.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/50-Cent-BotS/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025451083b
I'm actually sitting here with the 360 on debating whether to grab Just Cause 2 for $29.99. That's only a couple of bucks more than Amazon are charging for it, and it seems like a great game to have on the hard drive to mess around with for an hour or two every so often.
IrishNinja
Member
aw, what the fuck? it's a really fun game (especially co-op, like a GoW reskin) but you can find it used for less than $20. that price is retarded.
Unregistered007
Banned
Curufinwe said:50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is now available on GoD for the frankly unbelievable price of $59.99.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/50-Cent-BotS/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025451083b
I'm actually sitting here with the 360 on debating whether to grab Just Cause 2 for $29.99. That's only a couple of bucks more than Amazon are charging for it, and it seems like a great game to have on the hard drive to mess around with for an hour or two every so often.
LMAO - I have passed this game off at 14 CDN dollars BNIB.
rhfb said:Kinda glad that the GamesOnDemand store doesn't take points, otherwise I would have made a few bad purchases. Sucks having points burning holes in your pockets though
I hate to be the one to lead you to temptation, but the GoD Store does take points. Press X on the screen where it shows the price to have it converted to MS Spacebucks.
I picked it up the other day. It's not the best game ever but I'm glad to have it for exactly that reason.
Mr. Enigma
Member
rhfb said:Kinda glad that the GamesOnDemand store doesn't take points, otherwise I would have made a few bad purchases. Sucks having points burning holes in your pockets though
You've always been able to buy Games on Demand games with MSPoints.
D
Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Love the new thread title. so true and sad, but also hilarious.
Only GoD game I've purchased is one of the only ones worth it; Burnout Paradise.
Contemplating buying RR6 since my Xbox stopped reading the disc... heh, wonder if I wouldn't even have to download it since it's installed to my HDD already. Oh, Xbox, sometimes you can totally suck.
Only GoD game I've purchased is one of the only ones worth it; Burnout Paradise.
Contemplating buying RR6 since my Xbox stopped reading the disc... heh, wonder if I wouldn't even have to download it since it's installed to my HDD already. Oh, Xbox, sometimes you can totally suck.
sweetvar26
Member
sweetvar26 said:
Just an update to this. I just tried downloading COD4 for $20 and it says, this game is not available in your region.
What the fuck is this shit. I am just visiting this place, I'll be back in North America sometime this month or the next. Fuck this region bullshit man, this is just stupid. I don't know why any developer/console manufacturer/producer would encourage this.
infinityBCRT
Member
The big problem with the 360 games marketplace is they don't have any system for bundles at all. So you can't make one purchase to download multiple items.Mrbob said:
Syphon Filter
Member
If i had a game before on disk and get it again on GOD will it load that save?
Syphon Filter
Member
cool. Is there a reason why there aren't any multiple disk games on Games on demand?
Fox Mulder
Member
Syphon Filter said:
because it's Games on Demand....