If you're serious, I'll take the over on 3 games being 75% off.
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Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale - Feb26-Mar4 (Press X to switch from cash to MSP)
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
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If you're serious, I'll take the over on 3 games being 75% off.
How long were you planning on playing any of these??? If the discounts are really that good just throw some points down and enjoy.
Syphon Filter
Member
heh everyone has their their foil hats on since they think there wont be bc just because sony doesn't have it. this could be a test on steam like sales for next gen as we move further into DD.
graywolf323
Member
that's because ODST and Combat Evolved Anniversary aren't on Games on Demand
Technically, the original price was around $60 when they were first released for Dreamcast.
Honestly, if you haven't seen a sale now, you won't see one. And every day you wait is another day you haven't played Rez or Ikaruga.
Well, that would explain it. Thanks! Any reason why those two aren't on Games on Demand?
Baconsammy
Banned
Same for me. Also wont be buying anymore retail or downloadable games for the PS3. Rent or borrow. I have no interest in keeping my PS3 when PS4 launches. Should net me at least 150 towards the price of a PS4.
I already have a small backlog; anything I'd be buying now would only be because it was on a really good sale but I wouldn't be getting to it for a while, very possibly next gen...where it might not be playable.
They taking your Xbox away?
Can't say the same. I'll for sure be getting State of Decay from xbla when it releases... I love zombies too much not to.
No, but I have no intention of keeping the system long-term. I'm not going to realistically keep a hardware for a few games at best, and that's ignoring space considerations (already running a ghetto setup to get 3 consoles on this stand along with a receiver/etc), and the fact that we've had more Xboxes die this gen then every other console both me and my wife have had in 20 years combined so I have no faith in the hardware lasting like I would say a Nintendo system. If one of the games on sale was something I was going to play right now sure; but I would only be buying anything on that list because it was on a killer sale and probably wouldn't be getting to it for a good while anyway.
Also I think everyone on the planet has forgotten that when you migrated your gamertag/account from the original Xbox to 360 that it was a one-time move that also invalidated it on the original hardware. And if that's true this time as well I'm then fucked if the 720 isn't BC and I want to play any of those games online I wouldn't even be able to do that on the 360 if I kept it.
MajorGravy
Neo Member
Might pick up a few console exclusive games from this upcoming sale. 
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
They still haven't said there's a new console yet.
I (like many of you) think this certainly means no BC on the next console. It kinda pisses me off that they wait so long. I do think I will be buying grid, dishonored, MGS Peacewalker and a couple of others.
I want xbox to know that I will buy digital downloads when there are huge deals.
Hopefully it becomes a trend in the face of FTP games and reorganizes the price model for games.
I want xbox to know that I will buy digital downloads when there are huge deals.
Hopefully it becomes a trend in the face of FTP games and reorganizes the price model for games.
j0hnny_385
Member
Hm...are we talking Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition or vanilla? Kinda interested in that if the price is right (8-9 quid)
Miles Quaritch
Member
Boxart suggests vanilla and it's currently priced for £44.99. Madness!
bigtroyjon
Member
Your account is valid on Windows 8, Windows Phone, ios, android and other devices. Registering on any of those has not somehow made the 360 invalid.
Miles Quaritch
Member
The Christmas sale was impressive, so I'm hoping this will follow its lead.
Some of the games are criminally overpriced however, so even with a reduction, they can just barely be considered good deals.
Yeah, I bought Forza Horizon from the MS store for $15 during the sale last year, beat it, and just sold it to Gamestop for $33(they have a 50% trade in bonus going on now). So, all in all, I think that worked out nicely.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Wonder what L4D2 will drop to. I can't find it new anywhere around here and used it's still like $40.
They're going up on the 26th. One more day to go.
TricksterLoki
Member
No tales of vespiria :/ pass
toythatkills
Member
This is one of the Games on Demand which is already very reasonably priced.
Colonel Nasty
Member
I have an XBLA Crysis code if anyone wants to barter.
bigtroyjon
Member
I'll probably get Halo Wars for $10, no interest in 3 or Reach.
Gonna have to be a lot more than just 3 games a day to get through 60 in a week so there must be other stuff along with this.
If the Holiday sale is any indication, they'll go live plenty early
Gonna have to be a lot more than just 3 games a day to get through 60 in a week so there must be other stuff along with this.
If the Holiday sale is any indication, they'll go live plenty early
friskykillface
Banned
If Halo 3 included all the dlc maps then i would buy it for $10 but i think i'll pass
lets go more $10 games, hope for some $5 games too
lets go more $10 games, hope for some $5 games too
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Only 3-4 games I'm interested in providing they end up cheap enough.
Dark messiah
El Shaddai
Tekken 6
Virtua Fighter 5
Dark messiah
El Shaddai
Tekken 6
Virtua Fighter 5
Weren't the Bungie Halo games optimized to heavily cache on the HDD, so that the prevailing thinking was that you should not install them to the HDD, since that would make the game be double-reading the HDD? If so, wouldn't that make the GoD versions perform worse than the disk versions?
Yes
Yeah, they actively told people NOT to install reach to your HDD.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Halo 4 is $40 on Games on Demand, I wonder if this is the sale price. I was kind of hoping for it to go to at least $30.
That probably is the sale price because I remember it launching at $60 at the start of February.
That was only Halo 3, Reach runs great off the hard drive.
Glorified G
Member
I wish there were Arcade titles on sale than GoD. They take up way too much space.
The MSRP is $40 now. It's been available at that price constantly for a month (at least on Amazon), but the TV commercial for the Majestic map pack mentions it as being permanent. "Now $39.99!"
Baconsammy
Banned
Check the MSRP on Amazon. If it's different than that, it's the sale price.
Edit: MSRP still 59.99 on Amazon, but their price is 34.99. If the sale price on XBL is 40, dont buy it.
It was only 3 as Blamite said, and the penalty isn't really enough to notice.