XBOX Live Ultimate Game Sale - Many Games up to 75% Off - 2/26/13 through 3/4/13

Quote from pacman85 : I would love if someone would post prices (perhaps on major nelson's blog comments) from the cheapest retailer for the specific game(s) on sale that day to show how you can probably find every one of these games cheaper somewhere else. I realize you are buying the game for the higher price for the convenience of not having to put in the disc but still the prices will probably be ridiculous. Since none of us here work for the XBox Marketing/Deals team who make/schedule these deals, we don't know any more than you do. P.S. For what it's worth I would recommend buying Trials Evolution at full price as it is absolutely worth the $15 price tag. Especially if you can a discount/free on Microsoft points through ways some people mention in this thread.

Knowing my luck, right when I buy Trials Evo, it goes on sale.

Nobody knows any prices yet, but there are already 3 pages of posts. This sale could range anywhere from totally awesome if the discounts are good to total garbage if the discounts are bad. As someone who has serious trouble paying more than the equivalent of $10 for most games (with a few exceptions), the chance of most of these games being 1000 points or less is small. Also, if these prices are set by Microsoft, who graces us with crappy Deals of the Weak most of the time with either the same old same old stuff or not very good prices, chances are this will be a crappy sale. If the prices are set by the publisher, then there's a chance it could be OK. I hope for a good sale as I have a load of Xbox Live points from BF, but I won't hold my breath.

So I've made a note to check back on the 26th. Until then, unless the prices leak, everything said here is just useless speculation.

Quote from boourns84 : Not excited for this sale, never saw ANY good deals on xbox when it comes to games on demand. The disc based version is always a cheaper buy, except nba2k13 I was impressed with the $29.99 price they had it at last week, but the disc based version has been on sale for that price before. No point in buying it digitally when you can get it for either cheaper or for the same price. I think games on demand are great for people in foreign countries where the games retail for $100

Not always true, Left 4 Dead 2 was on sale a month ago as DD for 19.99. You find it that cheap let me know. I have a feeling it will be that cheap is not cheaper. I for 1 will be buying it again.

Quote from boourns84 : Not excited for this sale, never saw ANY good deals on xbox when it comes to games on demand. The disc based version is always a cheaper buy, except nba2k13 I was impressed with the $29.99 price they had it at last week, but the disc based version has been on sale for that price before. No point in buying it digitally when you can get it for either cheaper or for the same price. I think games on demand are great for people in foreign countries where the games retail for $100

Digital versions of course have the lazy factor of not putting a disc in, but the real advantage is in sharing marketplace content with a friend. In order to accommodate families with multiple consoles, the first box you download to/purchase from* actually gets the content registered across every gamertag on that box. And of course the gamertag it was purchased with can download again on any other box, but only that gamertag would get whatever it is**. Now it would be fraud and against ToS to exploit this with just anyone, but the only ones banned have been hackers that tweaked it to share over and over again.

However, it is working as intended that any console you play on with other people will have the content you purchase on it available to the people you play with and around (sounds funny, but I regularly play single player games in a group). I don't see anything against visiting my brother for xmas, playing some games with him, and being able to continue those games online after I got home. I also think it justifies the inordinately high prices on most marketplace content.

*If you purchase thru live.xbox.com you just need to download it first on the community box. If you purchase thru the console it registers to that console when you purchase, so make sure you're on the right one.
**Online passes, Games on Demand, DLC, avatar junk, season passes to DLC, arcade games - all better with friends. Haven't tried myself or googled about xbox video and music and whatall, but I bet that'd share too.

Quote from STICKYBUMPS : Not always true, Left 4 Dead 2 was on sale a month ago as DD for 19.99. You find it that cheap let me know. I have a feeling it will be that cheap is not cheaper. I for 1 will be buying it again.

Was it really $19.99? Damn it...

Quote from MFlash321 : Was it really $19.99? Damn it...

Yea, pissed I missed it. Well I saw it and did not pull the trigger. I will this time!!

Quote from STICKYBUMPS : Not always true, Left 4 Dead 2 was on sale a month ago as DD for 19.99. You find it that cheap let me know. I have a feeling it will be that cheap is not cheaper. I for 1 will be buying it again.

Quote from STICKYBUMPS : Yea, pissed I missed it. Well I saw it and did not pull the trigger. I will this time!!

Been looking to grab it. Can't find it less than $30 new, $23 used--would like it new and I have Microsoft Points, so I'd def. jump on it if the price is right.

Quote from MFlash321 : Was it really $19.99? Damn it...

This is a good price for the 360 version? On the pc is has been less than $5 a few times during steam sales, not to mention you get KB / Mouse controls.

Quote from protivakid : This is a good price for the 360 version? On the pc is has been less than $5 a few times during steam sales, not to mention you get KB / Mouse controls.

KB/Mouse=pita to me. Yea, L4D2 has held it's value very well. It is a great game on 360 not sure about PC but I am sure it is very similar adding the sore back and carpel tunnel

Quote from STICKYBUMPS : KB/Mouse=pita to me. Yea, L4D2 has held it's value very well. It is a great game on 360 not sure about PC but I am sure it is very similar adding the sore back and carpel tunnel

Yep, great price. Paid $18 for the first one, still fun to play from time to time

Quote from STICKYBUMPS : KB/Mouse=pita to me. Yea, L4D2 has held it's value very well. It is a great game on 360 not sure about PC but I am sure it is very similar adding the sore back and carpel tunnel

Actually played BLOPS2 this weekend and was when using the keyboard (mouse wasn't bad tho), switched back to my old beat up wired controller and everything was cake

Day 1 sale
http://majornelson.com/2013/02/25...rts-today/

Halo 3, Halo Reach, Halo Wars are $9.99
Halo 4 is $39.99

nvm day by day sales ..//

1st day's sale is disappointing...