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post #151 of 1257
8/6/09 at 3:23pm
The Witcher: DC is $28 on Steam. No excuse for me to keep avoiding it.
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post #152 of 1257
8/6/09 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by BillyG View Post
The Witcher: DC is $28 on Steam. No excuse for me to keep avoiding it.
If you haven't already bought it, regular editions of The Witcher are $15 bucks on newegg with free shipping. As far as i know all the updates come as free patches.
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post #153 of 1257
8/9/09 at 2:07pm
Target seems to be purging their copies of Madworld on Wii. $20.98. If you have a Wii and like violence, you could do worse.
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post #154 of 1257
8/9/09 at 2:22pm
Target doesn't seem to have any rhyme or reason to the way they discount and add games to "clearance". I have to admit though, it makes browsing the shelves a bit of fun though as I never know what is going to have a big read sticker on it at any given time. It reminds me of the mid/late 80's going to the flea market on Saturdays and sifting through box after box of comic books with my fingers crossed.
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post #155 of 1257
8/10/09 at 1:10am
I picked up that Riddick game for the 360 for $15 at Target last week; it could suck but at least I will finally get to play the original Butcher Bay for the Xbox.
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post #156 of 1257
8/10/09 at 1:14am
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Originally Posted by Dr. Strange View Post
Target doesn't seem to have any rhyme or reason to the way they discount and add games to "clearance". I have to admit though, it makes browsing the shelves a bit of fun though as I never know what is going to have a big read sticker on it at any given time. It reminds me of the mid/late 80's going to the flea market on Saturdays and sifting through box after box of comic books with my fingers crossed.
There's some logic to it, but it is unfortunately not synchronized from store to store. You can track certain trends, though. Once a game gets clearanced somewhere, it WILL get clearanced at other stores. When that happens may vary, though. The rate at which the prices drop may vary, as well, but it tends to be one drop per ~3 weeks or so. Usually 30% off, then 50, then 75. After 75% off for a while, they ship them off to Goodwill. The drops seem to happen on Mondays at many stores, but this is not absolute.

You should also be looking for an endcap near the games department that has most of their clearanced stuff on it. They'll sometimes have a few red tags in the glass cases, but those are less common than the endcap stashes.
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post #157 of 1257
8/10/09 at 9:25am
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Originally Posted by TURBO-1984 View Post
I picked up that Riddick game for the 360 for $15 at Target last week; it could suck but at least I will finally get to play the original Butcher Bay for the Xbox.
It's still solid, but I dont know whether the game's just aged or Atari changed something vital in the process, but something is different with the way Butcher Bay plays, and not necessarily better.

Dark Athena, I might add, just sucks.

On topic: Rock Revolution got price dropped to $5 last week. It's gone beyond being a clearance. Now it's just sad.
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post #158 of 1257
8/10/09 at 8:55pm
Friends, ChronoTrigger DS is on clearance at TRU for $10. Get 'em while they last!

(Rondo of Swords, too, if you're interested, and I was.)
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post #159 of 1257
8/10/09 at 10:04pm
GTA: Lost and Damned dropped from 1600 to 1200 Microsoft Vapor Dollars. ($15)
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post #160 of 1257
8/10/09 at 10:48pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
On topic: Rock Revolution got price dropped to $5 last week. It's gone beyond being a clearance. Now it's just sad.
There were at least two dozen copies at Best Buy the other day. I'm almost tempted to say "Poor Konami".

I picked up MadWorld on the clearance mrdrow mentioned. Twenty bucks is about the right price for the game. This camera can go screw.
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post #161 of 1257
8/12/09 at 1:53am
Ended up picking up Madworld, Target dropped it down to $14.95
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post #162 of 1257
8/12/09 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by Dr. Strange View Post
GTA: Lost and Damned dropped from 1600 to 1200 Microsoft Vapor Dollars. ($15)
Ignore this. It was supposed to be the XBL "Deal of the Week" but alas, it isn't. A stupid FIFA '09 DLC is the deal instead. I don't understand the point with FIFA 10 right around the corner but what does EA do that I understand? Not much.
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post #163 of 1257
8/21/09 at 11:21am
Gog.com is going to be offering all six Might and Magic games for $9.99. That's the straight role-playing games, not the Heroes of strategy games. Now if they could do this with Wizardry, Bard's Tale and Ultima....
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post #164 of 1257
8/31/09 at 1:25pm
Buy 1 Get 1 Half Off for 360 games @ Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&type=category
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post #165 of 1257
8/31/09 at 2:28pm
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is $10 for Amazon's video game deal of the day.
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post #166 of 1257
8/31/09 at 3:15pm
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Originally Posted by wydren View Post
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is $10 for Amazon's video game deal of the day.
I didn't even like this demo and suddenly I'm looking for $16 more dollars to spend to qualify for free shipping.
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post #167 of 1257
8/31/09 at 3:42pm
That Tatooine level hit last week too... although of course it's the same price as the game.
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post #168 of 1257
9/1/09 at 9:44pm
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (XBox 360) is on sale at Big Lots for $20. It comes with the Aerosmith guitar (blech) but still a pretty good deal.
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post #169 of 1257
9/2/09 at 10:31am
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
Buy 1 Get 1 Half Off for 360 games @ Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&type=category
Up until a day ago this included pre-orders. I was gonna get Dragon Age and Modern Warfare 2. Now they changed it. Bullshit!
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post #170 of 1257
9/2/09 at 10:56am
I picked up Prototype and the orginal Saints Row for £20. Thanks to an overstocked bargin bin at Game.
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post #171 of 1257
9/3/09 at 11:09pm
If you're near a Fry's, there are some good deals on some fairly obscure DS games:

Arkanoid DS - $10.23
Bleach: The Blade of Fate - $8.43
Blue Dragon Plus - $13.69
Dark Spire - $12.24
Dokapon Journey - $17.47
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero - $12.12
Exit - $7.67
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time - $17.14
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates - $10.23
Geometry Wars: Galaxies - $8.43
Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja - $10.23
Luminous Arc 2 - $16.04
Master of the Monster Lair - $10.23
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - $10.23
Ontamarama - $10.23
Puchi Puchi Virus - $10.10
Steal Princess - $13.82
Summon Night Twin Age - $10.23
Super Dodge Ball - $14.74
The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity - $6.24
Tokyo Beat Down - $12.79
Trackmania - $9.98
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume - $17.14
Zubo - $8.20

I bought 4 of the above this evening in Alpharetta.
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post #172 of 1257
9/3/09 at 11:31pm
GoGamer has some excellent deals for its 48 Hour Madness. Mostly PC stuff. Picked up Shadowrun for 1¢. A lot of other great deals for around $5.
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post #173 of 1257
9/4/09 at 9:50am
Dead Space is a Platinum Hit now on 360.

Me and that game have unfinished business.
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post #174 of 1257
9/4/09 at 10:20am
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Dead Space is a Platinum Hit now on 360.

Me and that game have unfinished business.
Having just finished it last night, I can confidently say that, aside from Silent Hill 2 (which is in a class all by itself) it's the best survival horror game I've ever played.
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post #175 of 1257
9/6/09 at 12:19pm
So Best Buy wrapped up their buy a 360 game get the second half off.

Looks like starting today they're offering the same thing for PS3 games...
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post #176 of 1257
9/6/09 at 12:41pm
Shiiiit.
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post #177 of 1257
9/7/09 at 10:30pm
Thread Starter 
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" just hit steam for $9.99.
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post #178 of 1257
9/7/09 at 10:33pm
That remains one of the best games I've ever played. Probably feels kinda clunky these days, but I might just throw down ten bucks to try again. I've no idea where those disks are now.
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post #179 of 1257
9/7/09 at 10:46pm
Played through that sucker just last year on 360. With maybe 2 or 3 exceptions, I would drop just about every other game on my shelf on a fire for another RPG to be as satisfying as KOTOR 1.
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post #180 of 1257
9/7/09 at 11:26pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
Played through that sucker just last year on 360. With maybe 2 or 3 exceptions, I would drop just about every other game on my shelf on a fire for another RPG to be as satisfying as KOTOR 1.
I wouldnt go THAT far, but yeah, its truly one of the greatest RPG's ever made.
What I wouldnt give for Planescape: Torment to get the Steam treatment, dammit. (I own the 4 disc version and use the "installed discs" trick, but I really would love a non disc swapping version).
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post #181 of 1257
10/8/09 at 6:31pm
Target clearance end cap. Terminator Salvation for both Xbox and PS3 with a price of $12.25. Multiple copies of each available, Houston on the corner of FM1960 and Cutten Rd.
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post #182 of 1257
10/10/09 at 10:00pm
If they have it in stock, you can now get the original Wii Fit bundle for $50 at CostCo. That's half the price of the new Wii Fit Plus set.
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post #183 of 1257
10/11/09 at 9:35pm
Buy 2, get 1 free(equal or lesser value, of course) on all games(on all systems) at Toy R Us this week.

I'm not sure if you can mix or match games from different systems though.
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post #184 of 1257
10/11/09 at 10:21pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Buy 2, get 1 free(equal or lesser value, of course) on all games(on all systems) at Toy R Us this week.

I'm not sure if you can mix or match games from different systems though.
YMMV, but there's rumor going around a lot of Best Buys are price matching this.
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post #185 of 1257
10/11/09 at 10:27pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Buy 2, get 1 free(equal or lesser value, of course) on all games(on all systems) at Toy R Us this week.

I'm not sure if you can mix or match games from different systems though.
I cant find the link to the article, Cheap Ass Gamer reported that they are allowing mixes.
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post #186 of 1257
10/13/09 at 4:44pm
Name your price for World of Goo!
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post #187 of 1257
10/13/09 at 4:46pm
Thread Starter 
Titan Quest and its expansion is 10 bucks on steam...good fix till Diablo III arrives if you ask me, and ther'es going to be daily THQ offers this week.
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post #188 of 1257
10/13/09 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Buy 2, get 1 free(equal or lesser value, of course) on all games(on all systems) at Toy R Us this week.

I'm not sure if you can mix or match games from different systems though.
Of course the only games left in stock are absolutely terrible. My TRU only got in 5 copies of uncharted. WTF.
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post #189 of 1257
10/13/09 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Augustine View Post
Of course the only games left in stock are absolutely terrible. My TRU only got in 5 copies of uncharted. WTF.
Usually they offer rain checks for sales like this. That doesn't get the games in your hands today, though.
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post #190 of 1257
10/13/09 at 6:03pm
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Originally Posted by ryoken View Post
Titan Quest and its expansion is 10 bucks on steam...good fix till Diablo III arrives if you ask me, and ther'es going to be daily THQ offers this week.
I see friends playing this often on Steam, anybody care to give me a reason it wouldn't be worth 10 bucks to try out?
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post #191 of 1257
10/13/09 at 6:09pm
If you're dying for a Diablo clone, Titan Quest is pretty good. It's worth $10, but it's nowhere near as good as either Diablo I or II. I gave up on it at some point after getting to Egypt - I recall the game spamming me with shitty item drops and getting really bored with the upgrade system.
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post #192 of 1257
10/13/09 at 11:48pm
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Originally Posted by ryoken View Post
Titan Quest and its expansion is 10 bucks on steam...good fix till Diablo III arrives if you ask me, and ther'es going to be daily THQ offers this week.
Showing as $20 to me?
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post #193 of 1257
10/14/09 at 9:02am
Because the sale was only on Monday for that game.
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post #194 of 1257
10/14/09 at 9:33am
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette View Post
Because the sale was only on Monday for that game.
Well shit. I went the same day Ryoken posted it.
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post #195 of 1257
10/14/09 at 9:35am
He posted it the wrong day, because he thought it was a weeklong sale on that game. It's a THQ sale this week on Steam. Monday was Titan Quest, yesterday I think was Company of Heroes titles. Don't know what today is.
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post #196 of 1257
10/14/09 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Augustine View Post
Of course the only games left in stock are absolutely terrible. My TRU only got in 5 copies of uncharted. WTF.
Try pricematching the B2G1 deal at Best Buy (depends on the manager, but it can be done)
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post #197 of 1257
10/14/09 at 12:18pm
To celebrate its one-year aniversary, 2D Boy is letting you pay your own price for World of Goo. It normally sold for $20, but you can get it for a penny of you're a really cheap bastard. Sale goes for a few more days (ends Sunday 10/18, I think.)
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post #198 of 1257
10/14/09 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by nekkerbee View Post
To celebrate its one-year aniversary, 2D Boy is letting you pay your own price for World of Goo. It normally sold for $20, but you can get it for a penny of you're a really cheap bastard. Sale goes for a few more days (ends Sunday 10/18, I think.)
Hey, awesome post.
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post #199 of 1257
10/14/09 at 12:24pm
If you pay a penny for that, you're a dick.
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post #200 of 1257
10/14/09 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
Hey, awesome post.
Sorry Jake, I did a quick scan to see if anyone else had posted it but must've missed it in my bleary-eyed precaffeinated state.
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