Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

Brad_Grenz · 2012-11-22T00:40:05.000Z

I’d guess that’s the size of the base game + DLC content.

Papageno · 2012-11-22T00:45:47.000Z

That’s a hell of a price on Max Payne 3–what does the Season Pass have to offer?

Tom_McNamara · 2012-11-22T00:59:28.000Z

I think they’re trying to say that the game’s footprint is 35GB after you’ve installed the Season Pass content.

WarrenM · 2012-11-22T03:31:23.000Z

That was my breaking point for Max Payne 3 … $20 and includes a season pass? Sold.

ineffablebob · 2012-11-22T03:32:03.000Z

Amazon sent me this after I bought Civ V:G&K from them:

Thank you for your purchase from Amazon.com. It is our pleasure to let you know that you have earned a $5 credit toward the purchase of select game downloads starting 1/1/2013 and good through 1/31/2012. To redeem your reward, simply visit http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000728511 in January 2013, click “Buy and Download”, and your promotional code will automatically be applied to your game download. Qualifying codes for this promotion may only be used one at a time.

First I laughed at their proofreading failure. Then I thought, well, $5 off in January might be worthwhile…depends what they put in the sale list then.

Jazar · 2012-11-22T04:29:33.000Z

Forza Horizons $15 SHIPPED. (US Only)

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Shop for the latest software and technology products from Microsoft Store. Experience the best of Microsoft with easy online shopping.

Also:

UNDER $10

Regular price: $19.99-$29.99
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Kinect Nat Geo TV
Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
Kinect Disneyland Adventures

UNDER $15

Regular price: $39.99-$59.99
Dance Central 3
Kinect Sports Ultimate Collection
Fable: The Journey

UNDER $25

Regular price: $39.99-$59.99
Just Dance 4
NBA 2K13
Borderlands 2
Madden NFL 13
Dishonored
Resident Evil 6
Assassin’s Creed 3
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Limited Edition
Medal of Honor Warfighter
FIFA Soccer 13

kerzain · 2012-11-22T04:30:07.000Z

ineffablebob:

Amazon sent me this after I bought Civ V:G&K from them:

First I laughed at their proofreading failure. Then I thought, well, $5 off in January might be worthwhile…depends what they put in the sale list then.

If it’s anything like the January lists in years past that have qualified for those types of promotional credits, it will be a list of full priced (and usually crappy) games.

mtthwcmpbll · 2012-11-22T05:15:35.000Z

Amazon currently has Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Dishonored, and Assassins Creed III on sale for $30 each. I think some of them are supposed to go down another five dollars at some point for lightning deals, but this was good enough for me to not have to keep checking all day. There may be others that dropped to the $30 mark, but these were the only ones I was monitoring with CamelCamelCamel.

SlainteMhath · 2012-11-22T05:23:23.000Z

JoshL:

The Game of Thrones RPG is 50% off at $20. Throw in GoT Genesis, they’ll make it $17.50! http://store.steampowered.com/app/208730/

sangkancil99:

wasn’t there a similar deal on steam before? rumour has it that amazon will have an even better deal soon.

The CAG rumor from the Amazon rep was supposedly Amazon would have the same bundle for $10. But it has yet to materialize. Given that the Steam offer is good through Nov. 27th (the whole sale) I’m going to hold out for the Amazon deal and see where I end up Tursday morning. Given the size of my backlog, I may hold out for the offer to be repeated at Christmas if the $10 Amazon deal doesn’t show up.

See how spoiled we’ve become! ;-)

KiloOhm · 2012-11-22T05:24:36.000Z

thither:

It’s not super navigable at the moment because of the sheer number of games on sale, but http://www.steamgamesales.com/ has a good list of what’s on sale and for what discount, plus they also cover GoG, GMG, GamersGate and d2d.

That site would be much better if they let you filter out DLC. Thanks for the link.

SlainteMhath · 2012-11-22T05:35:11.000Z

Some second tier console style action RPGs are on unadvertised 75-80% sales on Steam:

The Cursed Crusade is 80% off at $5.99
The First Templar is 75% off at $4.99
Both Garshasp the Monster Slayer and it’s expansion Garshasp Temple of the Dragon are 75% off at a lowly $1.24 each.

In the Diablo-like category:
For the half dozen people in the world who still don’t own it, Sacred Gold is 80% off at $1.99. For some reason Steam no longer offers the sequel, Sacred 2, claiming it is “out of region” in the US.

mouselock · 2012-11-22T05:39:22.000Z

Mike Hussey:

Gamestop currently have Skyrim for $15-95 US/£9-99 UK.

http://www.impulsedriven.com/products/ESD-IMP-W2491

Must have been mis-priced, because it’s $30 now. Oh well. :/

robc04 · 2012-11-22T05:42:16.000Z

Forza Horizons is going on a flash sale on Amazon at 9:10 PM PST.
They usually sell out fast.

Ex-S_Woo · 2012-11-22T05:43:03.000Z

I noted Max Payne 3 is $14.99 at Green Man Gaming till Friday - doesn’t include the season pass, but that’s only multiplayer content so depending on your tastes that may actually be the better deal than the Amazon one.

Mike_Hussey · 2012-11-22T05:46:32.000Z

mouselock:

Must have been mis-priced, because it’s $30 now. Oh well. :/

Hmm… it’s still showing at the price quoted for me. I’m in the UK, so I don’t know if it’s a regional thing

Edit - I just tried to buy it and got a ‘not available in you region’ message, so they probably haven’t got round to fixing the price for us yet.

red_guy · 2012-11-22T05:52:33.000Z

Mike Hussey:

Hmm… it’s still showing at the price quoted for me. I’m in the UK, so I don’t know if it’s a regional thing

Just checked: it’s €15 across the pond.

strummer · 2012-11-22T05:53:54.000Z

mouselock:

Must have been mis-priced, because it’s $30 now. Oh well. :/

Well, he did indicate it was within the range of $15 to $95.

legowarrior · 2012-11-22T06:22:07.000Z

Canuck:

Civ 5 Gods and Kings can be gotten on Amazon for $7.50. It’s the Mac version but apparently the Steam key will work fine and get you a Windows copy of the game.
http://www.amazon.com/Sid-Meiers-Civilization-Kings-Download/dp/B008CA9XB2

I was worried for a second that it wouldn’t work, cause my computer was running slow, but so far, steam is installing G & K on my Windows machine without any fuss.

Manresa · 2012-11-22T06:27:26.000Z

Cargo Commander is $2.49 on Steam right now. (I wish the indie games sale was organized better. Right now there’s a short list of featured games, then a “view all” button.)

red_guy · 2012-11-22T06:43:44.000Z

Did anyone else notice Dishonored is 50% off at Gamestop?

Steamworks DRM.

Currently 25% off at Steam, so it’s primed to be a 50% off daily there as well.