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Amazon Summer Sale July 1 | Not steamy but very hot (non-US buyers: read OP)

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Amazon Video Gamer

Banned
sazzy said:
where's the EA pack :(:(
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FYI, the boys are working on it over here. For as clear an explanation as I think I can give (because I'm not 100% sure what I was told from a technical perspective) we made a bunch of bundles, all at the same time, and then they started selling like bacon wrapped flapjacks, this caused the piece of software that makes bundles work freak out.

As a result, new bundles are taking forever to go live.

Stay tuned, I promise there is NOTHING else our OPS guy is working on right now.

As an aside, I'm really hoping this thing takes off from a sales perspective because I made our OPS dude come in at 4:00AM this morning to start working on it lol.

Peace,
Tony
 
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Mavromatis

Member
Jobacca said:
I play it just fine on Windows 7. Typo maybe?
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I'd say GTA 4 isn't compatible with PCs, the huge system requirements make the game unplayable for me :(
Yet I don't think using Windows 7 64bit didn't cause all that lag. It worked for me. On steam if it matters.
 
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Jobacca

Neo Member
kodt said:
I play it fine on Windows 7 on Steam. But that amazon version has a bunch of negative reviews... sounds like it really doesn't work perhaps?
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Ah I see. I have it on Steam as well.. I wonder what would be so different that it works on one but not the other?
 
sazzy

sazzy

Member
Amazon Video Gamer said:
FYI, the boys are working on it over here. For as clear an explanation as I think I can give (because I'm not 100% sure what I was told from a technical perspective) we made a bunch of bundles, all at the same time, and then they started selling like bacon wrapped flapjacks, this caused the piece of software that makes bundles work freak out.

As a result, new bundles are taking forever to go live.

Stay tuned, I promise there is NOTHING else our OPS guy is working on right now.

As an aside, I'm really hoping this thing takes off from a sales perspective because I made our OPS dude come in at 4:00AM this morning to start working on it lol.

Peace,
Tony
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Oh man. Forward them a hearty thanks from GAF! :D
 
sazzy

sazzy

Member
Jobacca said:
Ah I see. I have it on Steam as well.. I wonder what would be so different that it works on one but not the other?
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from the user reviews i've read, seems to be a problem with their downloader program.

i've only used it twice and its worked fine, so it might be game-specific. dunno.
 
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Megasoum

Banned
Amazon Video Gamer said:
We're selling the Steam version....

Peace,
Tony
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ROFL

Edit: And yeah I played both GTA 4 and Episodes on Win7 without any problems (except the shitty FPS but that's just normal for GTA4...)


sazzy said:
from the user reviews i've read, seems to be a problem with their downloader program.

i've only used it twice and its worked fine, so it might be game-specific. dunno.
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Well it is a G4WL game (even the steam version) so maybe that's why they are having some problems... That's to be expected with G4WL (and has nothing to do with Amazon).
 
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codhand

Member
Megasoum said:
Edit: And yeah I played both GTA 4 and Episodes on Win7 without any problems (except the shitty FPS but that's just normal for GTA4...)

Well it is a G4WL game (even the steam version) so maybe that's why they are having some problems... That's to be expected with G4WL (and has nothing to do with Amazon).
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I think this, because I get "could not validate product key" errors on my Steam version of GTAIV, it has never worked, I have uni/reinstalled, "validated game data" delete Steam config, or whatever, nothing. Seems like G4WL issue, just not sure how to fix it.
 
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Jobacca

Neo Member
sazzy said:
from the user reviews i've read, seems to be a problem with their downloader program.

i've only used it twice and its worked fine, so it might be game-specific. dunno.
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Same. As someone just said, could be GFWL causing the problems. Sucks that Amazon gets the bad review though, its out of their control.
 
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Beer Monkey

Member
Just a heads up, Bioshock 2 does NOT have 360 controller support or any other gamepad support. Which is a shame, because the first Bioshock had great controller support.
 
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codhand

Member
Beer Monkey said:
Just a heads up, Bioshock 2 does NOT have 360 controller support or any other gamepad support. Which is a shame, because the first Bioshock had great controller support.
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Weird, doesn't do much to help the opinion that b2 is vastly inferior. Not that I feel that way...
 
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PrematureQuiche

Member
I got off a live chat with EA and they say the code is already connected to my Origin account then said it was a issue with Amazon :/ sent another email to Amazon to see if they will give me a third code :/
 
sazzy

sazzy

Member
PrematureQuiche said:
I got off a live chat with EA and they say the code is already connected to my Origin account then said it was a issue with Amazon :/ sent another email to Amazon to see if they will give me a third code :/
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EA's live chat support is terrible.

FWIW I didn't even bother trying to register Bad Company 2 on Origin, just downloaded it from Amazon and entered the key during installation.
 
Boss Doggie

Boss Doggie

all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Seems like the US address only thing is only for real object purchases. Digital game codes aren't affected.
 
A

Amazon Video Gamer

Banned
FYI I know someone was asking about Payday at one point.

I don't have DLC info.

I do have sale info.

7/4-7/14:

Single game will be $4.99
4-Pack will be $14.99.

Enjoy

Peace,
Tony
 
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Raijin_Cain

Member
Man, I have been itching to buy GTAIV even though I already played the hell out of it on console.

I want to see it running on a good PC.

Im trying to convince myself to hold out for GTAV. :p
 
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Megasoum

Banned
Seraphinianus said:
Nevermind...back to being happy then :)


Gonna mod the hell out of this game
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That, on the other hand, might be a bit more problematic lol.

The last time I checked most of the mods (ENB for example) didn't work well with the latest version of the game which made the steam version of the game very difficult to mod since it's always up to date unlike the retail version.
 
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Seraphinianus

Banned
Nelo Ice said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436159

Takes some work but you can also get it running on the Steam version.
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should I use this or ENB?



Megasoum said:
That, on the other hand, might be a bit more problematic lol.

The last time I checked most of the mods (ENB for example) didn't work well with the latest version of the game which made the steam version of the game very difficult to mod since it's always up to date unlike the retail version.
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gah, this emotional roller coaster must stop now. you're tearing me apart, gaf!


i didn't activate it on steam, downloaded it directly from amazon to my hdd....maybe I'll get an unpatched version?
 
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Jobacca

Neo Member
Raijin_Cain said:
Man, I have been itching to buy GTAIV even though I already played the hell out of it on console.

I want to see it running on a good PC.

Im trying to convince myself to hold out for GTAV. :p
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Looks great actually. I like it much more than on console, surprisingly. Thought driving on a keyboard is a bit odd. Having to either go full speed or tap it to go slow. Otherwise, it plays fine for me. Id go for it!!
 
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Raijin_Cain

Member
Jobacca said:
Looks great actually. I like it much more than on console, surprisingly. Thought driving on a keyboard is a bit odd. Having to either go full speed or tap it to go slow. Otherwise, it plays fine for me. Id go for it!!
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If I bought it, Id use the 360 controller for PC. Mouse is great, but I dont do well with keyboard.

dont tempt me! :p
 
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Delusibeta

Banned
Mavromatis said:
Hey Tony can you enlighten us on this subject, for non-us people?

If you can't talk on the subject as some people implied just say something else, thanks.
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is why I'm pissing and moaning about getting a localised version. If Amazon are banning accounts with faked addresses, I'd be extremely hesitant to buy anything from them (and certainly won't buy anything that can't be activated on Steam or Origin or similar).
 
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