cimerians Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 http://kotaku.com/5203480/amazon-starts-se...al-games-online Ok its April 8th and this aint no joke. This can be pretty good depending if your a fan of point systems. I really am not but Im not sure if I'll ever use this. For Sony this would be worthless as they don't have a point system but knowing Amazon they may try and add Sony and Nintendo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Too bad the games aren't discounted any. This is still pretty cool. Now we can buy any game we want and send the code to our Xbox pals, for birthdays or at Xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Amazon is the place to buy games. Here is the first sale: Galaga Legions (360-XBLA) $4.97 at Amazon Amazon started selling Xbox Live codes last week, and now we've got our first game on sale, available at 50% off. Here is the second and most current sale: Pac-Man Championship Edition, Doom, and Undertow (360-XBLA) On Sale at Amazon Pac-Man CE gets CheapyD's personal stamp of approval. Pac-Man Championship Edition $4.97 DOOM $2.97 Undertow $5.00 Thanks to CheapyD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Crap I don't have Galaga yet. $10 was too much but now the sale is over. I see the first Geometry Wars is on sale for $5.00 as well. I'm going to start checking these daily. I wouldn't mind the Hasbro games but I'm not paying $10 a piece for them. Hopefully Amazon will have them on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16-bit Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I might end up buying some off Amazon eventually, especially if they keep having sales. Another nice thing is that you only need to spend the money you have to, rather than buy a bulk lot of points that you're only going to use part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 And now Gamestop/EB can't even hope for a future as a kiosk in the mall that sells the equivalent of calling cards. Now the beast will truly die. All hail the mighty Amazon. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 It looks like if you want games right away you'll still be stuck buying them through Xbox live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Pac-Man CE is $4.97 right now and Doom is $2.97 http://www.amazon.com Edited April 14, 2009 by HammR25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 And now Gamestop/EB can't even hope for a future as a kiosk in the mall that sells the equivalent of calling cards. Now the beast will truly die. All hail the mighty Amazon. I Yes, finally!! Ding Dong the witch is dead.......... well not yet but one can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I haven't seen a sale for a week on Amazon. Think they just did that to promote the new service? Either way, I'm glad I nabbed Galaga Legions at $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm starting to wonder if their Xbox Live deal means they won't be discounting things as much. When was the last time they actually sold a 1 year gold membership for $50? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm not sure if this is an Amazon deal or if they lowered the price because everyone was tired of paying $15 a game and stopped buying, but Amazon has Flock listed at $10. It was $15 when it came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm not sure if this is an Amazon deal or if they lowered the price because everyone was tired of paying $15 a game and stopped buying, but Amazon has Flock listed at $10. It was $15 when it came out. Damn!!! I paid 15 bucks for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Deal alert. JagMX brought this to my attention: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=..._rd_i=979417011 Basically get a 4000 points card you get a $10 credit to the Live store on Amazon, or snag a 1600 points card and get a $5 credit. I have plenty of points but I plan on snagging a couple codes to give away at birthdays and Christmas. One cool thing about this is once you purchase the code you can use it whenever without worrying about losing the code.. It shows up under "Your Account" then Digital Content "Your Games and Software Library" Note this though... -Promotional discount expires at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on June 30, 2009. -Each claim code may be used only once. -Qualifying customers will receive their credit within two business days after the qualifying order has been placed. In other words you have to use the $5 credit before June 30th. So don't sit on that if you do snag this deal. Edited April 23, 2009 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Deal alert. JagMX brought this to my attention: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=...creative=390957 Basically get a 4000 points card you get a $10 credit to the Live store on Amazon, or snag a 1600 points card and get a $5 credit. I have plenty of points but I plan on snagging a couple codes to give away at birthdays and Christmas. One cool thing about this is once you purchase the code you can use it whenever without worrying about losing the code.. It shows up under "Your Account" then Digital Content "Your Games and Software Library" Note this though... -Promotional discount expires at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on June 30, 2009. -Each claim code may be used only once. -Qualifying customers will receive their credit within two business days after the qualifying order has been placed. In other words you have to use the $5 credit before June 30th. So don't sit on that if you do snag this deal. I see that they have an Xbox LIVE Store, so you'd think they'd be pushing affiliates to add banner ads and things to their sites, but there hasn't been a peep about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yes they just started the store (When this thread was started I think) Maybe they want to see if it takes off first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Update: $2.96 Classic Arcade Games on Xbox Live Arcade at Amazon All $2.96 each at Amazon.com Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade $2.96 Gauntlet $2.96 Paperboy $2.96 Ms.Pac-Man $2.96 Golden Axe $2.96 Galaga $2.96 Dig Dug $2.96 Joust $2.96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Too bad people that block signatures won't see the Xbox LIVE Store at Amazon link in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 Too bad I already own most of the ones on sale this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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