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[Game Deals] Thread: Stuff for the Stuff God!

Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho HoDisconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
edited April 2020 in Games and Technology
Lower prices on games. I like 'em. You like 'em. And here is where we tell others about 'em. So if you know about a deal or sale on games or gaming devices, post them here!

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    As of today (8/3/2014) deals we're talking about are Target selling funbux cards at buy one get one 25% off and it applies to about everything they carry.

    Also:
    nusu wrote: »
    Sunday ad game deals:

    Target:
    Buy an Xbox One, get a $50 Target gift card

    Preorder EA games, get 30% off other EA games.

    BF4:
    49.99 on PS4/XBO
    29.99 on PS3/360

    Garden Warfare:
    29.99 360 (not sure if that's a sale price)

    Best Buy:
    Get $150 trade in value towards a XBO for certain consoles

    Save $30 on Ghosts with purchase of XBO
    Save $20 on 1 year of Live with purchase of XBO
    Save $10 on a controller with purchase of XBO

    $49.99
    Titanfall
    AC4 (XBO/PS4)
    NFS Rivals (XBO/PS4)
    BF4 (XBO/PS4)
    Fifa 14 (XBO/PS4)

    44.99
    Murdered Soul Suspect

    $39.99
    Watch_Dogs (360/PS3/PC)
    South Park Stick of Truth

    29.99
    Tomb Raider Def Ed
    Madden 25
    D3 Reaper of Souls (PC)

    $10 BB gift card with purchase of:
    Sacred 3
    Ultra SF4

    9.99
    WoW battle chest (vanilla through cata)

    Frys:
    PS4 with FF14 399.99
    PS3 with Watch_Dogs 199.99
    3ds XL with Tomodachi life 199.99
    PS4 Camera 49.99

    39.99
    Titanfall
    BF4
    Murdered Soul Suspect

    29.99
    Skylanders Swap Force (PS4)

    25
    Super Mario 3d land
    Animal Crossing 3ds
    New Super Mario Bros 2 3ds

  • dougyfreshdougyfresh Registered User regular
    Bringing this over from the last thread

    The best buy tradein offer makes 0 sense to me. Minimum 150, but they only offer 100$ for the console? Are you supposed to trade in multiple consoles?

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    dougyfresh wrote:
    The best buy tradein offer makes 0 sense to me. Minimum 150, but they only offer 100$ for thr console? Are you supposed to trade in multiple consoles?

    @dougyfresh It's a bit misleading.
    Valid 8/3/14–8/9/14. In store only. Trade in any working Xbox 360 or PS3 console and receive a $50 coupon toward an Xbox One. Trade in a working Xbox 360 250GB or Sony PlayStation 3 Slim and receive a minimum $100 gift card. Trade in a working wireless Microsoft or Sony controller (up to 4) with console and receive $10 per controller. Not available in all locations, and some stores may have additional limitations. Console must include AC adapter/power cord, power on, not be damaged or have its warranty seal broken to be considered working. Condition, documentation and accessories may affect value. Not compatible with other trade-in offers. You are required to agree to the Terms & Conditions. No dealers. Limit of 1 coupon and trade-in offer per person. See a Customer Specialist or BestBuy.com/Tradein for details.

    Any working 360 or PS3 gets $50 toward a X1. But a S or E model 360 and a PS3Slim get an additional $100 gift card (presumably good for anything). The wording in the ad basically suggest that they really only expect to get newer 360s and PS3s for trade-in.

  • dougyfreshdougyfresh Registered User regular
    Weird, i did not read that as an additional 100$ giftcard. I literally thought they wanted two seperate consoles

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    I can see that. And it might be true. However, the basic wording of the deal is '$150 minimum' which tells me that you'd get $150 total for trading in a working slim PS3.

    It's the added wording for specific consoles that separates it from 'any'. It wouldn't surprise me to see a place try and cheap somebody out of the full $150 given various horror stories, but I doubt it. I'd probably just find a better BB to go to at that point.

    (True story: BB was having a deal on Gamecubes way back when. It was buy a GCN and get one of four games free. [Metroid Prime. Whatever Zelda at the time. And two others I forget.] So I grabbed a Sunshine bundle and Prime and went to buy it. They tried to charge for the game, but I pointed out the sign they'd put out. The sign wasn't specific that bundled GCNs didn't count. So they honoured the deal and I still have my sealed copy of Prime.)

  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    Just a heads up on the Target gaming funbux deal, some of them get the bonus 5% off if you have a Red card. I saved a few extra dollars on my PSN card purchase today.

  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited August 2014
    DotW starting tomorrow:
    Gold Only wrote:
    CoD Ghoooooooooosts! (GoD) 50% $29.99
    Rock Band 3 (GoD) 50% $9.99
    Green Day American Idiot Album (DLC) 50% $8.99
    Terraria (XBLA) 5067% $4.94

    Again with the damned CoD. This list feels small. If it gets updated, I'll add to it.

    Also, there is a bunch of stuff either on sale or getting a price cut from Capcom. Resident Evil, Dead Rising, DmCmo, Remember Me, Street Fighter, Lost Planet. GoD versions, DLC, XBLA, just an assload of Capcom shit. I'll get the list up when I can, but too much to bother with the pretty colours.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    Again with Ghosts, yeah, but I think that's the deepest cut I've seen of it.

    And can't forget to mention that Blitz is a good deal either way if you want more songs for regular Rock Band or want a new way to play all your old RB DLC.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Not sure if it's a Canada thing, but at Target, a lot of games are on clearance. I was able to get Ninja Gaiden for the WiiU for $10, and Gran Turismo 6 for $20.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Still haven't played it. Guess I could now that my internets are more stable. But honestly, I never cared for the idea and only bought it for the songs when it went on sale for $7.50. Then they went and released the songs individually. Oh well.


    And as I was typing that, it occurred to me the sale price was weird. RBB is normally $15 not $18. Turns out it's the American Idiot Album. So that's a pretty fucking random sale.

    EDIT:
    Yeah, added RB3 to the list. This week is going to be weird.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    Not sure if it's a Canada thing, but at Target, a lot of games are on clearance. I was able to get Ninja Gaiden for the WiiU for $10, and Gran Turismo 6 for $20.

    Clearence items tend to be local/regional.
    Like A LOT of Targets in my old area had stacks of Remember Me for like $17. Haven't checked any in this area though.

    Local Wal-Mart had some Reach bundles (Special Edition, no statue) for $50 and "Xbox Live Gold Starter Kits" for $75 (1yr Live, headset, chat pad/keyboard and $5 funbux)

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Here's the full list of this week's sales. The Capcom stuff is for everybody:
    Call of Duty Ghosts Games on Demand 50%
    Terraria Arcade 67%
    Rock Band 3 Games on Demand 50%
    The Doors Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition Add-on 50%
    Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition Add-on 50%
    American Idiot Album Add-on 50%

    Capcom Sale*

    Asura’s Wrath Games on Demand 75%
    Bionic Commando Rearmed Arcade 50%
    D&D Chronicle of Mystara Arcade 66%
    Darkstalkers Resurrection Arcade 67%
    Dead Rising Games on Demand 66%
    Dead Rising 2 Games on Demand 75%
    Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Games on Demand 66%
    Dead Rising 2 Case West Games on Demand 50%
    Dead Rising 2 Case Zero Games on Demand 50%
    Devil May Cry HD Collection Games on Demand 67%
    DmC Devil May Cry Games on Demand 50%
    DmC Devil May Cry Vergil’s Downfall Add-on 50%
    DustForce Arcade 50%
    Final Fight Double Impact Arcade 60%
    Lost Planet 2 Games on Demand 75%
    Lost Planet 3 Games on Demand 66%
    Mega Man 10 Arcade 50%
    Mega Man 9 Arcade 50%
    Remember Me Games on Demand 75%
    Resident Evil 4 HD Games on Demand 67%
    Resident Evil 5 Games on Demand 67%
    Resident Evil 5 Untold Stories Bundle Add-on 67%
    Resident Evil 6 Additional 3-Mode Pack Add-on 50%
    Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD Games on Demand 66%
    Resident Evil Revelations Unveiled Edition Games on Demand 66%
    Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Games on Demand 71%
    Street Fighter III : Third Strike Online Edition Arcade 75%
    Street Fighter X Tekken Additional Characters Pack Add-on 75%
    Super Puzzle Fighter Arcade 50%
    Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Arcade 66%

    For X1 owners, prepare to be blown
    Angry Birds: Star Wars Xbox One Game 50%
    Call of Duty Ghosts: Gold Edition* Xbox One Game 33%
    Call of Duty Ghosts: Digital Hardened Edition* Xbox One Game 30%

    away.


    And finally, starting tomorrow (Aug. 6), the following X1 games will be permanently discounted to $50 in-store and digitally.
    Dead Rising 3 Xbox One Game $49.99
    Forza Motorsport 5 Xbox One Game $49.99
    Kinect Sports Rivals Xbox One Game $49.99
    Ryse Xbox One Game $49.99

    I'd have liked to have seen the DLC for Remember Me discounted, but eh. Anybody know if RE4 plays any better on the 360? I borrowed it on the PS2 once and just didn't like how stiff it played. I feel like I should play it, but I'm just so apathetic about it.

  • Mego ThorMego Thor "I say thee...NAY!" Registered User regular
    Activision notes industry-wide downturn in pre-orders

    I posted this here because pre-order bonuses dying a fiery death would be the best possible deal for gamers everywhere.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Mego Thor wrote: »
    Activision notes industry-wide downturn in pre-orders

    I posted this here because pre-order bonuses dying a fiery death would be the best possible deal for gamers everywhere.

    Well, for pre-order DLC.

    I'm a sucker for a well-made statue or other knick-knack.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Mego Thor wrote: »
    Activision notes industry-wide downturn in pre-orders

    I posted this here because pre-order bonuses dying a fiery death would be the best possible deal for gamers everywhere.

    Well, for pre-order DLC.

    I'm a sucker for a well-made statue or other knick-knack.


    A statue is the best way to get me to buy your game's CE. I would be sad if Statue CEs went extinct.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • Mego ThorMego Thor "I say thee...NAY!" Registered User regular
    Sorry folks, I mainly meant retailer-specific DLC.

    Although I did get burned on Arkham Asylum CE's "batarang".

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  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    Activision seems to be experimenting with preorder stuffs too. Like actually making collectors editions and limited editions, well, limited (destiny), or providing discounts on season passes (destiny/cod).

  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    Fry's has a few game deals in their Friday flyer today:

    PS4 with Wolfenstein for $399.99
    PS Gold Wireless headset $69.99

    WiiU (NSMBU/NLU) with Donkey Kong and WindWaker for $349.99

  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    Here's your friendly reminder to check the clearance racks at your neighborhood stores...

    I just got the Hardened Edition of CoDoggie: Spooky for $55 at Best Buy. That's the one that comes with the para-cord bracelet and the season pass.

    Normal edition was on sale for $50 and currently on sale on XBL marketplace for $30, but either way I think I came out ahead on this deal.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Santa, RE4 plays great on the 360, that's where I played my first complete run of it. However, the playstyle is certainly different than other action games. I MUCH prefer it to the rough going wanna be Gears of War stylings of RE 6 though.

  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Sunday weekly ads...

    Target (easy this week)
    Save $35 on 1 year of PS+ with purchase of PS4

    Save $15 on any game $39.99 and up with a pre-order

    Best Buy:
    If you've been wanting a new TV and a PS4, Best Buy has you covered:
    Buy a Sony TV and a PS4, get inFamous Second Son, MLB The show, Killzone and Knack download codes for free

    $10 off 1 year of Plus with purchase of PS4
    $89.99 Sony Wireless Gold headset
    $49.99 PS4 camera

    Madden 15
    Get $25 trade in credit with PS4/XBO Madden 25
    Get $15 trade in credit with PS3/360 Madden 25
    Get a $10 coupon towards Madden 15 with a trade in of last year's version in addition to the trade in credit.

    $54.99
    Disney Infinity 1.0 Starter Packs

    $49.99
    Transformers (all systems)
    Ryse
    Forza 5
    Kinect Sports
    Dead Rising 3

    $39.99
    EA UFC (both systems)
    GTA 5 (PS3/360)
    COD Ghosts (PS3/360)

    $29.99
    Lego Movie game (PS4/XBO)
    Lego Hobbit (PS4/XBO)
    NBA 2k14 (PS3/360)
    WWE 2k14 (PS3/360)
    Skylanders Swap Force (Not sure which systems, may be all)

    $24.99
    Disney Infinity Lone Ranger playset

    $19.99
    World of Tanks (360)
    Sims 3 (lots of sims 3 stuff at 19.99)

    $14.99
    Transformers 3ds

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Here we go again!
    Gold Only wrote:
    Fight Night Champion (GoD) 75% $4.99
    Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) (GoD) 50% $29.99
    Gyromancer (XBLA) 50% $7.49
    Just Dance 4 (GoD) 50% $19.99
    Just Dance 2014 "Can't Hold Us" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Sexy and I Know It" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Timber" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Moon Diver (XBLA) 75% $4.99
    Risen (GoD) 75% $4.99
    Risen 2 (GoD) 75% $4.99

    I don't know if JD4 is compatible with JD2014 songs. But that's just fucking weird. If they add more songs, then whatever.

    Also, did you miss Risen 2 when it was on sale? Now you get it again, this time with the first game, too. So that's nifty. Guess they're hyping Risen 3.


    And at least these two are on sale for everybody:
    Everybody wrote:
    Crystal Defenders (XBLA) 50% $4.99
    Forza Horizon Season Pass (DLC) 60% $19.99

    If they add more, blahblahblah...

    Still wish Fight Night Champion wasn't saddled with shit multiplayer achievements.
    Santa, RE4 plays great on the 360, that's where I played my first complete run of it. However, the playstyle is certainly different than other action games. I MUCH prefer it to the rough going wanna be Gears of War stylings of RE 6 though.

    Eh. Perhaps I'll hold out for a cheaper price. Or, better yet, the month they decide to offer it for free GwG style. Free game I'm indifferent on and the sweet, sweet tears of those who demand Batman Origins or some shit.

  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Eh. Perhaps I'll hold out for a cheaper price. Or, better yet, the month they decide to offer it for free GwG style. Free game I'm indifferent on and the sweet, sweet tears of those who demand Batman Origins or some shit.

    If they offer a Resident Evil for free, it will be 5. If they offer a Batman for free, it will be City. These are my guesses based on the way the program has recently been handled.

  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    City and not Asylum?

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Because it wouldn't be a con week without Nelson not bothering to update his blog with a deals post, here's what I've gleaned (new info in bold):
    Gold Only wrote:
    Fight Night Champion (GoD) 75% $4.99
    Final Fantasy XIII-2 (GoD) 50% $9.99
    Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) (GoD) 50% $29.99
    Gyromancer (XBLA) 50% $7.49
    Just Dance 4 (GoD) 50% $19.99
    Just Dance 2014 "Can't Hold Us" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Don't You Worry Child" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Gangnam Style" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Sexy and I Know It" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Just Dance 2014 "Timber" (DLC) 40% $1.79
    Moon Diver (XBLA) 75% $4.99
    Risen (GoD) 75% $4.99
    Risen 2 (GoD) 75% $4.99
    Space Invaders IG (XBLA) 50% $4.99
    Yosumin! LIVE (XBLA) 50% $4.99


    Everybody wrote:
    Crystal Defenders (XBLA) 50% $4.99
    FIFA Soccer 13 (GoD) 33% $19.99
    Forza Horizon Season Pass (DLC) 60% $19.99
    Madden NFL 12 (GoD) 33% $19.99
    Madden NFL 13 (GoD) 33% $19.99
    NCAA Football 13 (GoD) 33% $19.99
    NHL 13 (GoD) 33% $19.99
    NHL 14 (GoD) 25% $29.99

    Those EA Sports 'discounts' feel more like a permanent reduction rather than sale. But they're EA games, so who knows? Both Maddens are the same price? Pretty fucked considering they could shut down the online servers any time.

    And for all I know or suspect, there could be more JD2014 songs on sale. But hell if I'm going to comb through the list manually.

  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Nelson finally posted the deals this week. Nothing new and yeah, the EA games are reductions, not sales.

    Here is the sales for X1:
    EA Sports UFC Xbox One Game 33%
    Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Xbox One Game 50%
    Titanfall Xbox One Game 50%
    Titanfall Expedition Add-on 30%
    Just Dance 2014 tracks*
    “Can’t Hold Us” – Macklemore Add-on 40%
    “Timber” - Pitbull Ft. Ke$ha Add-on 40%
    “Gangnam Style” – PSY Add-on 40%
    “Sexy And I Know It” – LMFAO Add-on 40%
    “Don’t You Worry Child” – Swedish House Mafia Add-on 40%

  • AllforceAllforce Registered User regular
    Titanfall is a a sweet deal for 25. And you get to say "XBOX, GO TO TITANFALL" like they do in all the commercials and feel like a bad-ass.

  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Nocren wrote: »
    City and not Asylum?

    Well... they did Gears 1 and Halo 3, which would point towards Asylum, but then they did Assassin's Creed 2, Saint's Row 3, and Dead Rising 2, which suggests third party games pick a middle game in the series (theoretically to get people to BUY the newest available version).

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    City's been on sale for $15 twice now, it's oldddd

  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    I guess they could always hope to recoup the cost via DLC sales...

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Very interesting to see Titanfall get such a steep discount so soon. Is it doing a lot worse than expected or is Microsoft being mega-aggressive?

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    I find it hard to automatically assume doom for a game getting a good price during a weeklong sale. Let's wait until retailers do it permanently, first.

  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    I'm not assuming doom, I'm just curious what's going on.

    Though the retailers have all knocked it down to at least $50, which isn't an encouraging sign.

    Edit: $40 for the 360 version.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    A few X1 games have been lowered to $50. I think you're putting too much thought into it.

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    It's been 6 months since the game launched in March. Plus every other game in existence comes out next month. Respawn just wants some of that delicious X-mas money.

  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    A few X1 games have been lowered to $50. I think you're putting too much thought into it.

    True, but only one of those games was the megahyped exclusive that many were expecting to be a game-changer.

    I just find this crap interesting.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    At any rate, to get things back on topic, Gamefly's doing another big sale, once again with no convenient page collecting it all. Cheapassgamer put together a list.

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  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    Fry's console deals:
    PS4 with Fifa 14 399.99
    XBox One with BF4 399.99
    Wii U with NSMBU, NLBU, MK8 349.99

    1 year PS+ card 39.99

  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Reminder: Today is the last day to get Motocross Madness via GwG. Tomorrow will be Dishonored.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    At any rate, to get things back on topic, Gamefly's doing another big sale, once again with no convenient page collecting it all. Cheapassgamer put together a list.

    @cloudeagle When I click on a game from the list, it only gives me the option to rent it. There's a "keep" link highlighted, but no option to buy. Does that mean it's sold out?

    I've only ever bought digital PC games from Gamefly, so I wasn't sure how it worked there.

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