Xbox Live The Deal Of The Week

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Deal of the Week: Ikaruga

Xbox LIVE Gold Members can now grab the Arcade game Ikaruga for only 400 points. Normally 800 points, this Deal of the Week will be available until Monday, July 20th.

Add Ikaruga to your Xbox 360 download queue

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/07/13/...ek-ikaruga.aspx

Edited August 24, 2009 by DrunknMunky

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

*Braid. :o

That game was always worth 800 MS points anyway. That's good value.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Why only Gold members? Can Silver members not buy arcade games or something?

Better value anyway, going over ?10 for smaller titles can be questionable in value. Might finally get around to playing Braid now:))

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Silver members aren't paying a premium so they're not part of the 'Club' - therefore they're not eligible for special offers and deals.

It's an incentive to buy a gold membership.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Silver members aren't paying a premium so they're not part of the 'Club' - therefore they're not eligible for special offers and deals.

It's an incentive to buy a gold membership.

For the sake of the devs putting these titles on XBL it would be much more financially sensible to offer sales to everyone to generate revenue from all users. Did anyone see the sales Valve pulled in off the L4D sale? Ah well.

[undu]

For the sake of the devs putting these titles on XBL it would be much more financially sensible to offer sales to everyone to generate revenue from all users. Did anyone see the sales Valve pulled in off the L4D sale? Ah well.

They are looking for Gold member loyalty too, not only selling games, they also make money from subscriptions ;)

[Olemus]

Wut, i just bought this 2 days ago :(

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

^ Unlucky dude.

I guess the new rule of thumb will be waiting for Monday to see if there is a price drop before buying on XBLM/A.

[Remysaus]

do want, but this month is way more expensive than i was hoping for already. halo wars, killzone 2, lost and damned and we have the whole week of partying here so i'm pretty broke. :(

[+Mystic MVC]

Sounds like a great idea. I just need to wait for something good now. :p

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Gave Braid another go as I was never a fan and even for the smaller price tag I couldn't justify it. The game just doesn't click with me.

Looking forward to these weekly deals though :)

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

So now I wait a few months for the lost and the damned to drop and then I get it.

I checked out the Braid demo when it was first released, and definitely did not click with me

[spenser.d]

Heh. I never finished Braid. Got stuck on World 5 and then kinda stopped playing. I'd probably start again, but I'm currently out of an Xbox.

-Spenser

[+John. Subscriber¹]

This sounds like a pretty good idea. I don't think I'll like braid that much though, so I'll skip.

[what]

I guess I'll wait patiently for San Andreas to drop to 800 points.

I'm glad to see they're going to make it a regular thing. Just one more reason to have a gold member account.

Does the PSN have regular sales like these? Just wondering if it'll be more ammunition for the free vs paid multiplayer argument.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Does the PSN have regular sales like these? Just wondering if it'll be more ammunition for the free vs paid multiplayer argument.

Just seasonal/occasion sales - Like at Easter/Christmas/Summer/Winter, etc.

Sometimes thing go on sale at random dates (sometimes if a dev releases a new game, makes old ones cheaper), but apart from the loose seasonal holiday timetables, there's no guaranteed re-occurring sales theme, like "deal of the week".

[Rudy]

it's a shame because I would buy it for 800ms points but I have a Silver membership

[+Mystic MVC]

it's a shame because I would buy it for 800ms points but I have a Silver membership

See if you can get a 48 hour or one month free trial from anybody around here.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

I've got two of them to give out I guess.

[GameOverRob]

The 48hour trial allows you to play online for 48hours, it does not upgrade you to gold for 48hours so that would be pointless!

[ramsy66]

Would be much better if it was 400 points. Now that would be a deal!

[SuperJediMedia]

This is the game that Idiot rapper Soulja Boy said has NO point.

Me want!!! :woot:

[-Hiroshi-]

Yeah saw this on the Marketplace yesterday.. no MS points, tried the demo and absolutely hated it, so I'll have to wait and see what comes around next week.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Updated the OP, gonna keep this going as an official topic.

[GameOverRob]

Andy, why not make an archive at the bottom of the 1st post, saying what each weeks deal was so that posts below don't look random and irrelevant.

For Example

Week Commencing 23/02/2009 - Braid - Usually 1200 Points. Now only 800 Points. -400Points [33% off]