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Hey CAGS,

I’ve got some news I’m both excited and sad to share with you at the same time. I’ll be leaving the Digital Video Games team in Mid-March to join the marketing team for Amazon.com’s Loyalty and Rewards program, Amazon Coins. My boss and I have talked extensively about how to maintain and continue our presence here and across the other communities we’ve created in the past couple of years. To that end I’d like to introduce you to Josh, who take over monitoring, updating, and responding to this thread. Josh will be ramping up over the next couple of weeks, he  will be posting shortly to introduce himself.

Now that the “what’s going on” part of the message is out of the way I want to tell you all how much I love CAG and the posters here. This was the first community I joined when I started this job (anyone still remember that first thread?) and all of you have had a huge hand in shaping how we think about and execute Community Development and Management here at Amazon, which has in turn shaped my career these last two and a half years.

I started to write out a section calling out the regular posters and realized the list would be both overly long and incomplete at the same time. Instead I’d like to thank you all again, you all have my deep and sincere gratitude. I’ll still be around and my gaming accounts aren’t going anywhere so feel free to hit me up anytime you want to chat. I’ll probably still hang out in the thread too :).

Thanks again everyone, let me or Josh know if you have any questions!

The Indie Store has launched!
Amazon.com is launching a storefront dedicated to supporting and promoting PC/Mac/Web-based Indie Games. Our Digital Video Games team is a small group of passionate gamers and we’re all really excited to help Indie developers reach more customers quickly by providing a quick and simple process for bringing their games to market. Additionally we’ll be supporting the Indie Store with a ton of promotions, both at and after launch. Many of these promotions are designed to give the developer the opportunity to maximize their revenue. For example, Amazon is forfeiting all royalties from bundle sales and passing them along directly to the developer, we’ve also created an “Indie Spotlight” program to help customers learn more about the games and developers they love. We view the Indie developers as some of the most creative in the industry and we want to help them continue to create new and innovative experience for customers.

Why we are doing this:

  • Allow customers to discover an entirely new category of games on Amazon.com
  • Help developers reach new customers quickly. Our onboarding process is straightforward and we want to sell every Indie game available
  • We want to leverage our strengths to support and help the developers who are driving forward innovation and creativity in the games industry
General Information

Hi CAGs,
I'll be posting deals we're running on Digital Games (PC/Mac, Free to Play, Sony/Microsoft Points/Subs).

I'm also here to answer questions you might have, get you closer to the developers by hosting Q&As, setting up podcasts, live streaming gameplay etc. If I don't respond to a question you have in thread please send me a PM. These ping my email address and make it more likely that I will see your question and respond more quickly.

Cheers,
Tony


FYI. EA Games sold by Amazon will not activate on Steam.
F.A.Q.S.:

1. Does the game I'm buying from Amazon Activate on Steam/Origin/Uplay? What DRM does the game use?

There are two places to identify DRM on a digital video game detail page:

At the top of the page, below the title:

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In the "Product Description" section:

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2. Note on Electronic Arts Games - For the most part, EA games sold on Amazon do not activate on Steam. Most activate on Origin.

3. Note on DRM with limited activations:

Our Policy



4. Sometimes I'll do giveaways.

5. I work with developers and publishers to get fun (or at least what I think is fun) content to share with you all. Here are some examples:

a. Check out the Pax Gameplay videos here: Xcom: Enemy Unknown I played Xcom with Jake, the Creative Director for the game, a few months before the game came out Also, on this page, check out the Q&A, also a community driven event.

b. Check out the interview on this page: Borderlands 2 we did this interview at E3 with Randy Pitchford this year.

c. We've partnered with the ++GoodGames Podcast to feature many of the games we carry. They talk to the developers about the game development process, how the games are conceptualized and managed, all kinds of fun stuff. I'm working on putting together full link list and will update when I have it.

What else do we sell?

Xbox Live Points and Subscriptions:

1600 Microsoft Live Points
4000 Microsoft Live Points
12 Month XBOX Live Subscription
3 Month XBOX Live Subscription]
12 Month + 1 XBOX Live Subscription

PSN+ Subscriptions and PSN Points:

$20 PSN Points
$50 PSN Points
12 Month PSN+ Subscription
3 Month PSN+ Subscription

We also have a Free-2-Play store supported by our GameConnect technology. Gameconnect allows you to link your Amazon.com account with free-2-play and MMO accounts so that you can buy things like in game currency, premium game time/subscriptions, in game items, etc. on Amazon.com using your Amazon.com payment options and have this content delivered directly into your game.

5. Price Matching notes: Generally we do not match international retailers (GMG, Gamersgate, etc) or physical retailers (Best Buy, Newegg.com, etc.)
To check out the Free-2-Play games we offer you can visit our storefront here: Free-2-Play Store

 
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Tony,

I know you convinced Ubisoft to let you sell certain games with Steam keys.

If there's any way you could work some of your magic and convince them to sell some of their older games with Steam keys, I'd be greatly in your debt.  Anything is great; but it'd be awesome to have Steam codes for the Rayman, Prince of Persia, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six or Splinter Cell series.

In any case, great sale so far!  I look forward to spending some money this week.

 
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Tony, is 7 Gates: The Path to Zamolxes actually a Steam game? I bought it but was given only a direct download link, so I submitted a refund request and while it was obliged, I was encouraged to purchase the game again as a "technical glitch" supposedly prevented my initial order from receiving a key. The thing is, though, I've tried searching for the game in the Steam registry as well as the store itself and came up with nothing, so I think it's simply mislabelled.

Xaliqen said:
Tony,

I know you convinced Ubisoft to let you sell certain games with Steam keys.

If there's any way you could work some of your magic and convince them to sell some of their older games with Steam keys, I'd be greatly in your debt. Anything is great; but it'd be awesome to have Steam codes for the Rayman, Prince of Persia, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six or Splinter Cell series.

In any case, great sale so far! I look forward to spending some money this week.
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I know it was pulled from sale because Ubi refused to provide Valve with the update that fixed the save game issue, but regardless, I'd do anything for a Steam key for Anno 1404 Gold.

 
JaseC said:
I know it was pulled from sale because Ubi refused to provide Valve with the update that fixed the save game issue, but regardless, I'd do anything for a Steam key for Anno 1404 Gold.
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The digital version has crap Tages DRM (MysterD I said the magic word) with limited activations that was never removed. If you get the disc version and install the latest patch for that before actually running it the Tages is gone for good.

I wanted it on Steam but the Steam version is old and won't be updated, getting a key is impossible and anyway it has shitty DRM that I could potentially get locked out of a game I bought. I very rarely by non-Steam (or Desura) games but this is one case where I made an exception and just added a shortcut for it to Steam.

Amazon sells the boxed version in the $10-ish range. I don't know if you can get it much lower than that. Maybe eBay?

 
Tony must have enjoyed a hearty laugh when he discovered that his long-planned vacation coincided with this sale.

Life, right?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX8Qqu_WBIc[/youtube]

 
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Thermopyle said:
He went on vacation for the summer sale, too, didn't he?
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It's a vacation from CAG, he can then avoid the 35654665743 repetitive questions...or the ones people post here and pm him that would be easily resolved with a 5 minute chat with customer service.


Btw does battlefield 3 premium activate on steam?
 
Xaliqen said:
Tony,

I know you convinced Ubisoft to let you sell certain games with Steam keys.

If there's any way you could work some of your magic and convince them to sell some of their older games with Steam keys, I'd be greatly in your debt. Anything is great; but it'd be awesome to have Steam codes for the Rayman, Prince of Persia, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six or Splinter Cell series.

In any case great sale so far! I look forward to spending some money this week.
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u forgetting driver sf deluxe andd anno 2070 complete

 
Drabelincoln said:
Btw does battlefield 3 premium activate on steam?
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Nope. BF3 is not on Steam at all. You can add it to your games list on Steam but only to the extent that Steam can detect when you're playing it, same as any other application you add to your Steam list (I've got a friend whose Visual Studio 2012 usage shows up, for example.)

 
Thermopyle said:
Nope. BF3 is not on Steam at all. You can add it to your games list on Steam but only to the extent that Steam can detect when you're playing it, same as any other application you add to your Steam list (I've got a friend whose Visual Studio 2012 usage shows up, for example.)
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I'd like to check out the deals but when I click the steam link and then try to got o the second page it just gives me a blank page.

 
DarenDF said:
I'd like to check out the deals but when I click the steam link and then try to got o the second page it just gives me a blank page.
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It's been mentioned before. But Tony went on Vacation so don't expect a fix. I guess you could try another browser. Or better yet, shop elsewhere where they have their shit together.

 
Motoki said:
The digital version has crap Tages DRM (MysterD I said the magic word) with limited activations that was never removed. If you get the disc version and install the latest patch for that before actually running it the Tages is gone for good.

I wanted it on Steam but the Steam version is old and won't be updated, getting a key is impossible and anyway it has shitty DRM that I could potentially get locked out of a game I bought. I very rarely by non-Steam (or Desura) games but this is one case where I made an exception and just added a shortcut for it to Steam.

Amazon sells the boxed version in the $10-ish range. I don't know if you can get it much lower than that. Maybe eBay?
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I think I bought a key from Get Loaded... that or I was supposesd to but forgot, haha. Regardless, while I'm not averse to using other services if need be (namely Battle.net/GOG/Origin/Uplay), I'd prefer a Steam version simply for consolidation -- it's where most of my games are as I've been using it the longest -- so needless to say I was greatly disappointed (and frustrated) when I realised I'd missed the boat and later discovered the game's disappearance was solely due to Ubi lacking the bother to provide a patch.

Tages doesn't concern me; I don't condone piracy but from a moral perspective I don't see anything wrong with using a crack in cases where the DRM it circumvents is offensive to the paying consumer.
 
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Motoki said:
The digital version has crap Tages DRM (MysterD I said the magic word) with limited activations that was never removed. If you get the disc version and install the latest patch for that before actually running it the Tages is gone for good.

I wanted it on Steam but the Steam version is old and won't be updated, getting a key is impossible and anyway it has shitty DRM that I could potentially get locked out of a game I bought. I very rarely by non-Steam (or Desura) games but this is one case where I made an exception and just added a shortcut for it to Steam.

Amazon sells the boxed version in the $10-ish range. I don't know if you can get it much lower than that. Maybe eBay?
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That's complete & utter garbage that Ubi patched-out the retail version, yet they didn't even bother to at least make Tages inert on the Steam-version. On Steam-versions, Steam DRM is enough.

 
DarenDF said:
I'd like to check out the deals but when I click the steam link and then try to got o the second page it just gives me a blank page.
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Well, I just tried something out in Chrome that is a workaround. If you get a blank page while filtering, just double click on something in the address bar to highlight it (not the entire address, but just one section, like the word 'amazon') and hit Enter, the page will load properly. I'm not savvy enough to know what is wrong or why this works, but I can say, that is one long address and a seemingly lazy way to filter.

Edit: Actually you don't even have to highlight anything. If you just have your cursor in the address bar without the entire address being highlighted and hit Enter, it will still load the page properly.

 
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I think Amazon has lost it's Steam  ... no pun intended :) .. when it comes to these sales now.

Seems Steam has beat them to the punch again .. Aliens: CM is $1 cheaper on Steam.

The sales feel like they are just getting repetitive .. same crap same price .. and this goes for the big Steam sales as well ..

Maybe it just because I have bought everything already :p

 
Sepioth said:
I think Amazon has lost it's Steam ... no pun intended :) .. when it comes to these sales now.

Seems Steam has beat them to the punch again .. Aliens: CM is $1 cheaper on Steam.

The sales feel like they are just getting repetitive .. same crap same price .. and this goes for the big Steam sales as well ..

Maybe it just because I have bought everything already :p
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Filling up backlogs like some of us do here certainly doesn't help matters for us - especially if Amazon DVG gonna keep putting a lot of stuff I own already on sale!

Though, I did buy GR: Future Soldier today for $5 from Amazon DVG as my next short-term gaming fix, since I finished the incredible Bioshock: Infinite last night.

 
ScottsUSERID said:
Bought need for speed digital package. Pro Streets activation key doesnt work on origin, but the 3 others do. Who can I contact?
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Some of EA's older games just don't activate up on Origin. I don't recall ProStreet being one of those.

I never could get my retail copy of ProStreet activated up on Origin.

Same goes for my retail copies of Crysis 1 + Warhead, BTW.

Why not EA Origin's live support and see if they can help you?

That's like rolling the dice on a 50/50 shot that they might get it working or might not. Never know w/ EA Support - but anytime I've bugged them, they've surely tried like Hell.

Another thought - you might wanna try this before bugging EA Origin live support.

Try some of the OLDER EADM/Origin activation links - see if the code works on any of those:

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Never know, unless you try.

Links:

https://activate.ea.com/activategame.do

https://activate.ea.com/gameactivation.do

https://www.origin.com/us/activate/create

 
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MysterD said:
Some of EA's older games just don't activate up on Origin. I don't recall ProStreet being one of those.

I never could get my retail copy of ProStreet activated up on Origin.

Same goes for my retail copies of Crysis 1 + Warhead, BTW.

Why not EA Origin's live support and see if they can help you?

That's like rolling the dice on a 50/50 shot that they might get it working or might not. Never know w/ EA Support - but anytime I've bugged them, they've surely tried like Hell.

Another thought - you might wanna try this before bugging EA Origin live support.

Try some of the OLDER EADM/Origin activation links - see if the code works on any of those:

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Never know, unless you try.

Links:

https://activate.ea.com/activategame.do

https://activate.ea.com/gameactivation.do

https://www.origin.com/us/activate/create
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Cool. This worked! Thank you!

 
Does anyone want to Split the Settlers bundle? I already own Settlers 7 (not the DLC))  + Dawn of Discovery(Anno).

So you would get the Settlers 7 (not the DLC) and Dawn of Discovery..  I would get Settlers Heritage of Kings, DLC for 7)

 
When I click "redeem a gift card or promotional code," I show $17.52 of software/video games credit. I know $7.52 of that is for 2K Games, but how do I find out what the rest of it is for?
 
Got Majesty gold hd edition!  $2.5 is a pretty good price for such an old game.

Too bad Majesty 2 is still so expensive at $10. I'd bite at 75% off but not 50%.

 
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
there's a joke to be made here somewhere ;)
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Ice cold bitches melt down when in my clutch
And want their titties sucked, ice cream
Yeah, your guts
Ice cold bitches melt down when in the clutch
They want they titties sucked, ice cream


One love to my chocolate deluxes, keep your nails done
And your wigs tight, word up
One love to my butter-pecan Ricans for calling me Papi
That's for real
One love to caramel sundaes, with the cherries on top
Yeah and big up to my French Vanillas
Parlez vous, francais, mi amor, merci, oui oui, bon bons
And all that good stuff
 
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