Bargain Thread 2011 Edition

Citiznmatt · 2011-11-02T18:23:01.000Z

So, uh, I bought all the Geneforge games. Which one should I start with? 3? 4? 1?

Dan_Theman · 2011-11-02T18:29:37.000Z

kerzain:

I currently have a self-imposed moratorium (3 days in, woo) on buying more games till I work off my backlog a bit… but All the Geneforge games for $16? What is Jeff Vogel trying to do to me!

Also, does Toki Tori work with a gamepad? I just asking… for a friend.

Yes … or so a friend told me.

Sebmojo · 2011-11-02T18:49:39.000Z

Cormac:

Anyone have experince with Play-SC.com? Are they legit?
They’re selling the Skyrim steam code for 48$ / 35€

Similarly theres Onlinekeystore, with the same prices…

There aren’t loads of complaints on the net about them, which betokens cautious optimism. Buy one and tell us how it goes!

That gamerkeys one looks sketchy as hell though.

rei · 2011-11-02T18:53:35.000Z

FIFA12 is 66% off in-Origin client at $16.

Dawn_Falcon · 2011-11-02T18:57:51.000Z

Sebmojo:

That gamerkeys one looks sketchy as hell though.

If it’s selling steamworks games, once you have it who cares if they “look” sketchy?

And use your credit card, you have excellent fraud protection that way…

rei · 2011-11-02T18:59:24.000Z

Don’t be a moron.

Steam can blacklist your entire Steam account or just the grey market game.

malkav11 · 2011-11-02T19:36:20.000Z

Citiznmatt:

So, uh, I bought all the Geneforge games. Which one should I start with? 3? 4? 1?

Since you have all of them, I’d start with 1. A lot of people will tell you to start with a later entry, since there are ongoing design and UI improvements as the series progresses, and though the world develops over the five games, each one’s actual plot proper is standalone. I think this is exactly why it’s best to start with #1 - it would be much more difficult to go back to its relatively primitive UI and game design after playing a late entry in the series.

Dawn_Falcon · 2011-11-02T19:42:46.000Z

rei:

Don’t be a moron.

Steam can blacklist your entire Steam account or just the grey market game.

Which is illegal in the EU. Don’t be an American, you mean.

lordkosc · 2011-11-02T19:43:19.000Z

Over at slickdeals, its mentioned that Uncharted 3 is now added to the B2G1 deal at Amazon.

I grabbed: Uncharted 3, ICO/Shadow of the Colossus and Red Dead Redemption GOTY for $95 before my many credits were applied.

http://www.amazon.com/Uncharted-3-Drakes-Deception-Playstation/dp/B004EQCCI4/ref=sr_1_2?t=slickdeals&tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&qid=1320280819&sr=8-2

:)

This is the 3rd time I am buying RDR, lol.

RickH · 2011-11-03T08:37:49.000Z

Dawn Falcon:

If it’s selling steamworks games, once you have it who cares if they “look” sketchy?

Steam has in the past de-authorized game keys from outside the user’s territory.

McKnight · 2011-11-03T08:42:18.000Z

Dawn Falcon:

Which is illegal in the EU. Don’t be an American, you mean.

They are perfectly within their rights to blacklist the key and remove it from your list of available games if the key was gained through disreputable means. And since most of those keysites use Russian or Chinese keys… Not hard to prove you didn’t buy 'um yourself :)

But yea, they can’t remove access to your entire account for it (at least as far as I’m aware).

Talorc · 2011-11-03T08:45:23.000Z

McKnight:

They are perfectly within their rights to blacklist the key and remove it from your list of available games if the key was gained through disreputable means.

Acquired by disreputable means yes

acquired by parallel importing from a different region where the game is quite legally sold for a lesser price, no.

en.wikipedia.org

Parallel import

A parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. Parallel imports are often referred to as grey product and are implicated in issues of international trade, and intellectual property. Parallel importing is based on concept of exhaustion of intellectual property rights: according to this concept, when the product is first launched on the market in a particular jurisdiction, parallel importation is authorized ...

McKnight · 2011-11-03T08:47:07.000Z

I knew that was the case for other EU countries but didn’t think it applied to Russia. Not exactly my area of expertise though admittedly.

Talorc · 2011-11-03T08:58:35.000Z

It probably doesn’t apply to Russia

Crater · 2011-11-03T09:44:08.000Z

Just a reminder that Target’s B2G1 sale is on all platforms - I lucked out at my target last night snagging Uncharted 3, Dark Souls for the 360, and Battlefield 3 for the PC.

It’s a good thing we needed more baby food at home, so I had to stop by the Target…

teabiscuit · 2011-11-03T10:03:47.000Z

Steam daily deal for 4th nov is conflict : denied ops at 75% off $7.49

Sanctum is also at 50% off and is free for play till sunday on steam

Christoph · 2011-11-03T12:39:21.000Z

RickH:

Steam has in the past de-authorized game keys from outside the user’s territory.

The country written in my passport?
The country where I mainly live?
The countries where I sometimes travel to?
The country that my current IP is associated in some geodatabases?
The country my credit card is registered to?

This makes me afraid:(

McKnight · 2011-11-03T12:44:08.000Z

What?

OrfBC · 2011-11-03T12:45:24.000Z

Christoph:

The country written in my passport?
The country where I mainly live?
The countries where I sometimes travel to?
The country that my current IP is associated in some geodatabases?
The country my credit card is registered to?

This makes me afraid:(

Are those all really different countries?

Telefrog · 2011-11-03T14:20:06.000Z

Xbox Live Gold 12 Month Card - $37.99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-Live-12-Month-Gold-Membership-Card/270838312605?afepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267&_trksid=p1468660.m2000036