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Amazon Summer Sale July 1 | Not steamy but very hot (non-US buyers: read OP)
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Necromanti
Member
I see. In my idiocy, I assumed that the Plethora pack had all the games that were in the Plentiful and Pint Sized bundles. Out of curiosity, why weren't Sword of the Stars I and II included in the Plethora package? Anyway, thank you for the explanation.
Guess I should read the fine print next time.Mavromatis
Member
Individual games costs more than the pack and the Civilization 4 and 5 pack don't have Civ 5 GOTY but the 2K Strategy Pack does.
I escaped the first and bought the Civ 4 and 5 pack thinking that I'm so clever, and noticed that I could have gotten Civ 5 GOTY and Stronghold as extra with just some more dollars with the 2K Strategy Pack.
Also Civ 5 GOTY is 25$ while the 2K Strategy pack including it is 20$.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
I see. In my idiocy, I assumed that the Plethora pack had all the games that were in the Plentiful and Pint Sized bundles. Out of curiosity, why weren't Sword of the Stars I and II included in the Plethora package? Anyway, thank you for the explanation.
No worries, its not idiocy, it is a case of confusing situations. I'm fairly certain this is why most companies don't try and respond with as much agility to customer feedback.
Here was the scenario.
We built the first Plentiful bundle, it had a ton of success, so we wanted to create a better, more comprehensive one.
Our data showed us that the SOTS games were the least desired by our customers so we traded them out for some other stuff (Majesty, Warlock, CKII DLC) and announced the Plethora bundle.
Then, many of the customers who bought the Plentiful Package responded with "ZOMG I didn't even WANT SOTS!!! I would have just waited and bought the new bundle for $19.99 with the new stuff".
In response we created the "filler" bundle, which is the pint sized, but are not advertising it in the main sale on site, or in email.
The reason the bundle was created, however, was to address those who bought the first one...so I let those people know in the forums I participate in that it was available and that information, as a function of the internet, spread to others, like yourself who have the questions you do.
Hope this helps explain, again you shouldn't feel like an idiot, it is a complicated situation.
Cheers,
Tony
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Got it. I guess my question is, how is this different than when Steam does franchise sales where individual games are not as good deals as the bundles?
Cheers,
Tony
Mavromatis
Member
Steam prices the games in the bundle, generally, at sale but a bit higher than the bundle ratio. But the thing is, except the regional exceptions, buying game X on the bundle wouldn't be cheaper than not buying it in a bundle during the sale.
So if game X is 10$ and game Y is 5$ the bundle including both would be between 10-15$, all prices on discount.
Don't get me wrong. I'm really happy with these sales, would be even more happier if the Civ 4 was on steam too but still, really happy.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
This is a technical limitation. The team that manages the points likely has a dartboard somewhere with my face on it. I bother them about when we will get integrated almost every week.
Cheers,
Tony
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Yeah, not asking for you to justify your request, just gathering data so I know how to better structure these deals in the future.
Cheers,
Tony
A thing I'd really like to see is that even if a game is discounted in a bundle, for the time that bundle is around for the game out of the bundle to be discounted too. Maybe not as much as if you bought it in the bundle, but it saves me from buying multiple copies of stuff I already have.
Mavromatis
Member
Well, as long as you are listening to feedback allow me to suggest you something. I know Amazon don't have a Steam Store like interface but pointing out which bundles/packs/deals include the game we are checking may improve the way this sale works. I like checking GAF and reddit for the packs but it would be really easier if we could just see them on the game page.
Let me give you an example:
I would like Bioshock 2 page to include a link to Bioshock Dual Pack page.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
I agree with that completely. Making systematic changes to our product pages is insanely complex but I know it is being worked on.
Cheers,
Tony
Mavromatis
Member
Thanks, you are doing a great job, ask for a raise already.
I got an email telling me that the money is refunded, I'll talk to my bank tomorrow and if they got it I'll send it your way again to get Bioshocks.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Word! I keep buying games during our sales...and telling myself I'm going to start working through the backlog.
Then I enter Summoner's Rift and never come out...
Cheers,
Tony
TheNamelessOne
Member
First day and I've already bought Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line and XCOM bundle. My poor wallet. EDIT: And oh yeah, ARMA 2 as well...
TheNamelessOne
Member
Tony, two things.
I wish Amazon UK had someone as awesome as you, and I wish they did digital PC games for us over here too
You can buy from the US store as long as you have a US billing adress.
can't win them all, but i'm glad as heck your trying your damnest
Trobinson97
Member
Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics bundle would be pretty awesome.
Yeah I know (and I plan to) but it'd still be nice to see Amazon bring the service over here.
iNvid02
Member
Tony, two things.
I wish Amazon UK had someone as awesome as you, and I wish they did digital PC games for us over here too
1. go to amazon.com and sign into your account (even if it is from UK)
2. add new address, anything from US will do as long as its real, fake number too
3. buy the game you want, select the new US address, use your regular CC, done
Amazon UK will prob have their own DD service by next year i believe, should be good
But i doubt it will beat our insane price drops, retail is already too good to us sometimes
See my above post. I know you can do this but it'd be nice to see it available natively for us in the UK.
zero margin
Member
Max Payne 3 bought. <3 amazon.
preordered NCAA college football '13 earlier today for PS3 as well. Even if it is a price match $45 is awesome.
preordered NCAA college football '13 earlier today for PS3 as well. Even if it is a price match $45 is awesome.
Mavromatis
Member
There is no one playing it. This is the sad truth I noticed after getting it recently from a sale. You can wait for half an hour and not see even a single person matched to your game. But if by any chance you get it add me on steam so that we can get the number of active community members to 2.
Heh, thanks. I'll be passing on this one.
I played recently (1 or 2 months ago) and there was still a ton of players online. Seems to be a bug with the matchmaking servers which makes it take a while to start but once it's on there's no problem playing with people. When I played I was level 1 (I played on 360 only when the game came out, got it on pc recently) and I was the only one that wasn't at least a couple of times prestiged in the game haha.
There are certainly a LOT of players still playing. Matchmaking sometimes sucks and takes a while.
Not that the game is worth it anyway. Multiplayer is only explosive spam.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I played the first 7 "milestones" (out of 20) in Syndicate after picking it up for 15$ and I honestly don't even know if I would qualify what I have played so far as being 15$ material.
The game feels completely devoid of character/soul.
The game feels completely devoid of character/soul.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
First day and I've already bought Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line and XCOM bundle. My poor wallet. EDIT: And oh yeah, ARMA 2 as well...
Lol this is awesome.
Tony, two things.
I wish Amazon UK had someone as awesome as you, and I wish they did digital PC games for us over here too
Edit - Before I get quoted again, yes I know I can buy games from the US site.
Hey there, I'm not sure what the plan is, if there is one, for UK expansion. I know we just launched in Germany and Japan.
If we do launch a UK DD business maybe I'll try to get transferred
. London sounds fun.Yep
. Make sure to buy the "Steam" version, this is indicated on the page.Cheers,
Tony
Is this the coop or SP?
Duxxy3
Member
I already regret buying max payne 3. I was very critical of the PS3 version but figured the PC version would have been a better fit for me since that's how i played MP1/MP2.
That's just not the case, i simply do not like this game. Max controls like he's moving in molasses, checkpoints are waaaaay too few and far between, the gunplay is not as satisfying as 2 and the worst... the cutscenes. The ENORMOUS amount of game disrupting cutcenes. I could go on and on but it's not worth my time.
The game does look great it and runs smoothly on my machine. So there's that.
It's been said before and i'll just repeat it. Max payne 3 feels like a rockstar game, not a max payne game.
Slightly offtopic, i thoroughly enjoyed alan wake and played through it in about a day. I guess that makes me a remedy fanboy?
If it were console game i would be trading it in for whatever i could get for it.
That's just not the case, i simply do not like this game. Max controls like he's moving in molasses, checkpoints are waaaaay too few and far between, the gunplay is not as satisfying as 2 and the worst... the cutscenes. The ENORMOUS amount of game disrupting cutcenes. I could go on and on but it's not worth my time.
The game does look great it and runs smoothly on my machine. So there's that.
It's been said before and i'll just repeat it. Max payne 3 feels like a rockstar game, not a max payne game.
Slightly offtopic, i thoroughly enjoyed alan wake and played through it in about a day. I guess that makes me a remedy fanboy?
If it were console game i would be trading it in for whatever i could get for it.
JustProgress
Member
How's Max Payne and Spec Ops PC performance? Got 580 SLI
EternalGamer
Banned
If you have 580s SLI, why would you even bother asking other than to tout your hardware?
You will be able to max them. Just like everything.
specialguy
Banned
Guiz what kind of setting can I get on my i73930k @5ghz and dual GTX 690's doe?
720p should be doable
JustProgress
Member
Because R* games are notoriously crappy on PC? Calm down, though.
With that PC, it will barely run at all, might as well just get the 360 version.
La noire runs reasonably fine on my clunker and GTA4 as well, if anything that's more of a CPU limitation from a shitty port than a GFX one.