Jables Swan
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No worries.
Beaten by a bloke with an F1 avatar, no less, haha.
lol super fast.
Nice avatar btw.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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lol super fast.
Nice avatar btw.
Amazon Video Gamer
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Not to sound snarky, and I preface this question with that statement because I am genuinely curious. Can you name one sale that Steam has run on content that we both carry that has been better than an Amazon sale in the past 8 months?
I track sales daily and I can't find a single one.
Cheers,
Tony
XANDER CAGE
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Well... LA Noire was 5 bucks on Steam last week, wasn't it?
Ooo this gon b gud
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Yes it was, the same price we ran it for on 3 separate occasions of the past 3 months. We beat them to that price point by a full quarter.
Cheers,
Tony
XANDER CAGE
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Oh, I thought you meant compared to this sale. Doy. Didn't know that! The only other thing I can think of would be San Andreas, which has been 2.50 fairly recently on Steam, if I remember right.
Wow, Amazon is... an... entity?
Glass Rebel
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Tony, since you're here, what are the chances that MW2 will be cheaper during this sale? 
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
Lol what do you mean?
Tony, since you're here, what are the chances that MW2 will be cheaper during this sale?
Definitely not during this sale. I keep pushing for us to get back to the price point but all signs point to it not happening again in the near future.
Sorry
.Cheers,
Tony
Jables Swan
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My comment was made without any facts whatsoever. Checking the site now and I've shut my mouth.
It's your avatar made. I'm just an admirer.
Glass Rebel
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Definitely not during this sale. I keep pushing for us to get back to the price point but all signs point to it not happening again in the near future.
Sorry
Cheers,
Tony
Hehe, I admire your openness. I'll think about purchasing it at this price. Thank you anyway!
Also highly active, very informative and unfailingly polite in the Amazon DD thread. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456563
More people to check out that thread
. Either that or I may have to make Amazon threads more frequently besides big sales.toddhunter
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The current summer sale has been way better. I'm saving a lot more than I thought I would.
Seriously though, how do you track against green man gaming for preorders?
My purchase cycle typically goes gmg for new stuff, steam for indie games and everything else I may or may not want during a sale and gog for the old nostalgia fix.
All that would be left for amazon are recentish games I don't want like mp3.
Amazon Video Gamer
Banned
My comment was made without any facts whatsoever. Checking the site now and I've shut my mouth.
It's your avatar made. I'm just an admirer.
Lol no worries about "shutting your mouth"
just like to keep people informed about the fact that it is really difficult to find examples of deals better than those we run regularly. They exist, but I don't see them very often.Word
More people to check out that thread
The GMG question isn't something I can answer professionally with any level of depth, it just would be appropriate.
As for the indie stuff, we're making a big push in that direction this year and I imagine you'll see more and more of them up on Amazon as the indie guys realize that there is a retailer who won't say "no you can't sell your game on our platform".
That doesn't answer your question super well but that is the info I can share.
Cheers,
Tony
Yaska
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I think Amazon is gonna see influx of Valve, Microsoft and Google orders which originate from EU
Rawket Lawnchair
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I still believe Valve is experimenting this summer, by pushing their own sales as back as possible. Last time Amazon matched them day by day, they want to try avoid that - hopefully with uber price drops.
Gabe, You shall not find my faith wavering.
Does that actually work?
Doesn't the billing address need to match the one registered with your CC?
Alex
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Well, they got me for forty, then I turned around and bought a chat pad from them too.
Sorta wanna get Max Payne 3 as well... but I've just got too much to play and 30 bucks is still quite a bit for a DD game I just don't really want right now. By the time it's cheaper I'm sure i'll have time to play it. :lol
Although, if they'd put RDR on the PC, I'd probably replay that right away. Lookin' for an excuse to go back through it and try out some of the multi stuff they added with a friend, anyway. I have it for PS3, so it'd be really nice to have a 1080p, gussied up PC version.
Sorta wanna get Max Payne 3 as well... but I've just got too much to play and 30 bucks is still quite a bit for a DD game I just don't really want right now. By the time it's cheaper I'm sure i'll have time to play it. :lol
Although, if they'd put RDR on the PC, I'd probably replay that right away. Lookin' for an excuse to go back through it and try out some of the multi stuff they added with a friend, anyway. I have it for PS3, so it'd be really nice to have a 1080p, gussied up PC version.
Jables Swan
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Bully normally $14.99. Wow. I found it in a bargain bin at EB for $2.
Some good sales there though. Plethora of Paradox Games is cheap.
Some good sales there though. Plethora of Paradox Games is cheap.
iNvid02
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not for game downloads, use your real cc with any US address and your order will go through instantly.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Boom goes the dynamite.
Glass Rebel
Member
The Mafia II DLC situation is shit. You can't even get "The Betrayal of Jimmy" without buying the Director's Cut. Fuck this.
EternalGamer
Banned
What is weird to me is that all the Dlc for Crusader Kings apparently comes in the $7.49 pack but the base game apparently doesnt?
Seems so.
And on that note, I hate "Complete Packs" that don't include DLC (hello Dawn of War 2!).
That pack is for buyers like me who bought the original paradox bundle so we didn't get left out on the savings for the new bundle.
Glass Rebel
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Yeah, it's a shitty practice imo. Luckily it's multiplayer only stuff.
Just bought it. It works. Make sure you buy the steam version.
Amazon (Tony) sacrificed a goat to the god of merchants or something, they now sell both Steam and Non Steam versions of a bunch of games.
Almost done downloading it on Steam, so yea, it works ;-)
Just make sure you tick, Steam DRM, in the Amazon options.
(It's not Steamworks as far as retail activation is concerned, but, apparently, R* isn't averse to supplying Steam-friendly keys.)
Edit: Beaten by the man himself.
Well it says on the page there's a steam drm version buy yes it does. Amazon got steam keys for many games alongside offering non steam versions.
Glass Rebel
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Fuck it, I jumped on the Darkness II deal. Steam better not have it below 10.
JaseC, you've been beaten three times on this page already. Go to bed.
JaseC, you've been beaten three times on this page already. Go to bed.
For those who don't know this site:
http://www.cheapshark.com/
Very handy for keeping up with all the different sales.
http://www.cheapshark.com/
Very handy for keeping up with all the different sales.
Any reviews or impressions of that game?
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