The Xbox LIVE Ultimate Game Sale February 26 - March 4, 2013

Allyall

Looks very promising.. Starting on Tuesday

I wanted to let you know that starting February 26, 2013 and running through March 4, 2013, over 60 Xbox 360 Games on Demand titles will be on sale up to 75% off with some as much as 85% off for the “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale”*
Each day, a different set of titles will be on sale, so be sure to follow me on Twitter where I’ll announce what that day’s special offer. The Ultimate Game Sale only occurs once a year so you won’t want to miss it

Some of the titles you can expect to see on sale:
Assassins Creed
Assassins Creed 2
Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham city
Bioshock
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Brotherhood (Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood)
Call of Juarez
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Code Veronica
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements
Dead Island
Dirt 2
Dishonored
El Shaddai Ascension of the Metatron
Fable III
Fallout 3
Fallout 3 New Vegas
GRID
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo Reach
Halo Wars
Kane & Lynch Dead Men
Left for Dead 2
Max Payne 3
Metal Gear Solid HD
Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat vs. DCU
Orange Box
Portal 2
Raccoon City
Rainbow Six Vegas
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
Red Dead Redemption
Revelations (Assassin’s Creed Revelations)
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Streetfighter IV Arcade Edition
TC’s H.A.W.X.
Tekken 6
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The Darkness
The King of Fighters XIII
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tomb Raider Legend
Virtua Fighter 5
World at War (Call of Duty: World at War)
*Content availability and pricing may vary by region

http://majornelson.com/2013/02/22/the-xbox-live-ultimate-game-sale/

Dotcomdolly

Any of these you think a 10 year old boy would love?

Jet Black

Only really Rayman Raving Rabbids.

Allyall

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Any of these you think a 10 year old boy would love?

I'm sure he'd love most of them, but whether or not you think which ones are suitable for him.
Games that should be definitely suitable (AFAIK)

Dirt 2
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Streetfighter IV Arcade Edition
Tomb Raider Legend


Maybe some others.

Dotcomdolly

Allyall wrote: »

I'm sure he'd love most of them, but whether or not you think which ones are suitable for him.
Games that should be definitely suitable (AFAIK)

Dirt 2
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Streetfighter IV Arcade Edition
Tomb Raider Legend


Maybe some others.

Thanks for info. He's getting an Xbox for birthday next month so might try get Rayman and tomb raider.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Any of these you think a 10 year old boy would love?

Get him one of the call of dutys, all his mates will be online playing it!

Spipov

Gary Loud Highway wrote: »

Get him one of the call of dutys, all his mates will be online playing it!

seriously? a 10 year old?

he is still in primary school. his mates are NOT all playing this. it is a BAD example to use.


stick to rayman and driving games.

Dotcomdolly

Spipov wrote: »

seriously? a 10 year old?

he is still in primary school. his mates are NOT all playing this. it is a BAD example to use.


stick to rayman and driving games.

I was hoping he was aiming at sarcastic humour

Quackles

What about portal? That's not violent (from what I've seen) and it gets some nice lateral thinking going on there. Unless there's some bit of the game I missed that has naked chicks dancing on tables.

Chewabacca

Spipov wrote: »

seriously? a 10 year old?

he is still in primary school. his mates are NOT all playing this. it is a BAD example to use.


stick to rayman and driving games.

I'd be willing to bet that at least a few of his mates will be playing it. Lot's of parents don't mind their kids playing that sort of game.

They're not as bad as the media makes out to be, if you played them you'd know that. I'm not saying that I think all kids should be playing it but the media jumps on things and exaggerates them.

Portal is a very good suggestion, absolutely nothing unsuitable for kids in it and it really does get you thinking. It might be a bit difficult for him though.

Cheers, some great titles in that list.

Dotcomdolly

Chewabacca wrote: »

I'd be willing to bet that at least a few of his mates will be playing it. Lot's of parents don't mind their kids playing that sort of game.

They're not as bad as the media makes out to be, if you played them you'd know that. I'm not saying that I think all kids should be playing it but the media jumps on things and exaggerates them.

Portal is a very good suggestion, absolutely nothing unsuitable for kids in it and it really does get you thinking. It might be a bit difficult for him though.

Cheers, some great titles in that list.

Thanks for that, might go for Portal, I'm sure oh would like it if it is too hard for kid.
Would rather keep him away from call of duty type games for several more years.

welkin

So it's just full price games?

I'm still looking to buy Fez.

welkin

welkin wrote: »

So it's just full price games?

I'm still looking to buy Fez.

Just buy it, well worth the cash in my opinion.....

sweetie

Got it cheap in December?

johnf26

this only for US?cant see anything for ireland

jcrowbar

johnf26 wrote: »

this only for US?cant see anything for ireland

It's for Ireland too. Halo 4 is €30 and Reach is €10.

ablelocks

i've never downloaded games - wheres the best place to purchase points?

where's the best place to see the deals - it's not obviously displayed on xbox.com

Mr E

http://majornelson.com/

Where you see a $, put in € (yeah I know, very fair!)

balfe1990

ablelocks wrote: »

i've never downloaded games - wheres the best place to purchase points?

where's the best place to see the deals - it's not obviously displayed on xbox.com

Per your first question; cheapxboxlivecodes.com.
Dodgy sounding name, I know, but I've used them many times and they've never failed me. Pay through PayPal and have a scan of a points code emailed to you in mere minutes. Not to mention, they're ridiculously cheap in comparison.
e.g. 2100 points RRp is around 25 euros. On CXBLC, it works out as €18.50(£16).

As for your second question, try here. Official MS lackey and will be posting all the deals on his blog and Twitter daily.

Tinie

GRID for €5 is decent, but could probably got cheaper with a physical copy, but I guess your paying for convenience.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/GRID/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802434d07ff

TC’s H.A.W.X is €3

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/TCs-HAWX/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80255530816?cid=search

so is TC's Rainbow Six Vegas

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/TCs-RainbowSix-Vegas/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802555307d6?cid=search

johnf26

Tinie wrote: »

GRID for €5 is decent, but could probably got cheaper with a physical copy, but I guess your paying for convenience.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/GRID/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802434d07ff

TC’s H.A.W.X is €3

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/TCs-HAWX/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80255530816?cid=search

so is TC's Rainbow Six Vegas

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/TCs-RainbowSix-Vegas/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802555307d6?cid=search

there great prices

ShaunC

I don't suppose you can pay for any of the games with MS points, you need to use your CC and then MS will hope you leave your CC details on the system for future use.

Kev.

ShaunC wrote: »

I don't suppose you can pay for any of the games with MS points, you need to use your CC and then MS will hope you leave your CC details on the system for future use.

You can pay with MS points...

Conar

Kev. wrote: »

You can pay with MS points...

or PayPal if that suits

evolutionqy7

Ordered 4200 points. Gonna do some shopping on be it arrives :-D seems to work out a little cheaper that way

grimm2005

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Ordered 4200 points. Gonna do some shopping on be it arrives :-D seems to work out a little cheaper that way

The €2.99 games are actually more expensive with points at 480MSP, but the €4.99 games are 440MSP. Not sure how they've managed that.

evolutionqy7

grimm2005 wrote: »

The €2.99 games are actually more expensive with points at 480MSP, but the €4.99 games are 440MSP. Not sure how they've managed that.

I was aiming for Halo 4.

Its 30 yo yo's, I got 4200 points from cheapxboxlivecodes for 37 euro's. You need 2500-2800 points to buy Halo. So in that sense it made more sense to use points, still waiting for the duckers to send out the email though, I ordered it around the time of my last reply.

Also want to pick up MGS, but I have a bad experience of bad ports and not being able to finish games due to bugs and Capcom not giving a duck. I've also started looking at other more recent titles, most of them that are 30 Euro you can pick up in Gamestop for 20-25 Euro's pre owned. I personally would rather not have to deal with Gamestop and who needs game boxes hanging around the house?

Tinie

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I was aiming for Halo 4.

I personally would rather not have to deal with Gamestop and who needs game boxes hanging around the house?

People who want their games to have resale values perhaps?

evolutionqy7

Tinie wrote: »

People who want their games to have resale values perhaps?

Meh, the prices GameStop gives you sometimes just isn't worth it, at least you know it will always be available as a DLC, no need to get up and change discs all the time. I love that aspect of digital content on Xbox.

Digitalism

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Meh, the prices GameStop gives you sometimes just isn't worth it, at least you know it will always be available as a DLC, no need to get up and change discs all the time. I love that aspect of digital content on Xbox.

Err, its actually the opposite. When you have the disc, at least your guaranteed to be able to play the game again when you want to, be it 5/10 years down the line. When you buy a game on xbox live, as we've seen with other online download cases, your basically buying a licence, and if microsoft decide to delete a certain game/dlc off the servers to make room for other games, or if no one is using them in a few years, then your sh*t out of luck, as they reserve the right to take it down off the servers. I have already seen it with some items in my download history that I downloaded off xbox back in 2005/06, and when I go to redownload it now, it gives an error and wont let me.

Also, are we really turning into such a lazy society that getting up and walking 2 feet to change a disc in a console is a hindrance?... first world problems and all that.

Also as weve seen in gamestop with their €90 trade in offers, there is some profit to be made there if you look around, and theres adverts/ebay to sell your games.

gotthebug

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I was aiming for Halo 4.

Its 30 yo yo's, I got 4200 points from cheapxboxlivecodes for 37 euro's. You need 2500-2800 points to buy Halo. So in that sense it made more sense to use points, still waiting for the duckers to send out the email though, I ordered it around the time of my last reply.

Also want to pick up MGS, but I have a bad experience of bad ports and not being able to finish games due to bugs and Capcom not giving a duck. I've also started looking at other more recent titles, most of them that are 30 Euro you can pick up in Gamestop for 20-25 Euro's pre owned. I personally would rather not have to deal with Gamestop and who needs game boxes hanging around the house?

Halo 4 hasn't been cut in price only 14 games hav discounts today there will be different games everyday dere not all discounted for now to the 4 so wait till the price gos down lookin like it will be 9.99 or less for halo 4 but will probly be keeping it till near the end