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Xbox Live Marketplace sale features full game downloads at 85% off
Posted: 22.02.2013 18:20 by JonahFalcon Comments: 17
Major Nelson has announced a massive Xbox Live Marketplace sale for nearly ever full game download ever released on the system for up to 85% off. The sale will run from the 26th February through to the 4th March.


The long list of games on sale include:

* Assassin's Creed
* Assassin's Creed 2
* Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood
* Assassin's Creed 2: Revelations
* Batman Arkham Asylum
* Batman Arkham City
* Bioshock
* Borderlands
* Borderlands 2
* Call of Juarez
* Call of Duty: World at War
* 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
* 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
* Rainbow Six Vegas
* Rayman Raving Rabbids
* Resident Evil 4
* Resident Evil 5
* Resident Evil 6
* Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
* Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
* Red Dead Redemption
* 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

Let us know if any of these titles strike your fancy.
Source: Major Nelson

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 22, 2013
nocutius
I guess the "Steam model" works really well :)
Even if Steam collapses at one point, great sales like this will be it's legacy.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Feb 22, 2013
JonahFalcon
This is more like a reaction to the PS4 unveiling than Steam competition.
By Jasca_Ducato (SI Core) on Feb 22, 2013
Jasca_Ducato
Hmmmm, shame that all the games on that list I might have played already have been played.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Feb 22, 2013
JonahFalcon
I don't own Halo 4 yet. 85% off $60...
By Jasca_Ducato (SI Core) on Feb 22, 2013
Jasca_Ducato
Is this not in the UK marketplace? I just had a quick gander at Dishonored and BlackOps 2 and they're £40 and £50 respectively still.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Feb 22, 2013
JonahFalcon
Check the article: the sale starts on Feb 26.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 22, 2013
nocutius
I just meant that steam popularized this kind of massive game sales and apparently also basically made it the industry norm in the process. Which I believe is a good thing for us :).
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Feb 23, 2013
FoolWolf
Or this is the fire-sale before the new console is out...
The old is no longer worth anything and starting to ship out the new..
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 23, 2013
nocutius
Might very well be the case but I choose to be an optimist :)
By HenoKutus (SI Core) on Feb 23, 2013
HenoKutus
They just copied the PS3 who started these sales some time ago.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 23, 2013
nocutius
Who, Steam or Xbox?
By stuntkid (SI Elite) on Feb 24, 2013
stuntkid
I'm surprised to see some fairly recent titles with such a big discount! Even steam wouldn't do that!
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Feb 24, 2013
FoolWolf
That's why I believe it is the last breath for the Xbox 360 stuntkid.
Something is up to keep the sales and momentum until the release of the new thing. If they can squeeze everything out of it - they can prepare for the new launch.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
SirRoderick
This is when they consider sale revenue to be less important than the brand, trying to get as many people looking at Xbox as they can manage.
By leowaud (SI Newbie) on Feb 25, 2013
leowaud
If they set up the new xbox in a way that allows folks to accesss all their previous bought games for the 360 then this is the ideal way to get people invested in the new 360 before it is even released. whos going to want to switch platforms when they have already got shed loads of good games stored in their account?
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
SirRoderick
IF they DO have full backwards compatibility, that would be hugely in their favour, yes.
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
FoolWolf
That could be a deal breaker indeed SirRoderick - if they sell everything out now - AND have backwards compability - or confirm it to come and you can just log in with everything existing and games being there (which I highly doubt since the technology seems to have changed) I guess they will knock PS4 out of the park by being preferred by owners of Xbox 360 and seemingly offering a better deal for customers in general..