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Microsoft offers Summer of Arcade rebate

With four of the five titles in this year's Summer of Arcade promotion carrying 1,200 Microsoft point ($15) price tags, some gamers are no doubt reminiscing about the days when the only title on the service commanding that fee was Bankshot Billiards.Microsoft is not entirely deaf to those...

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With four of the five titles in this year's Summer of Arcade promotion carrying 1,200 Microsoft point ($15) price tags, some gamers are no doubt reminiscing about the days when the only title on the service commanding that fee was Bankshot Billiards.

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Microsoft is not entirely deaf to those consumers' pleas, as the publisher has updated its official Summer of Arcade Web site with news of an 800 Microsoft point ($10) rebate for those who buy every title in the promotion. US residents aged 13 and up who purchase all five games--'Splosion Man, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Trials HD, and Shadow Complex--before August 31 will automatically have the points credited to their accounts by mid-October.

The full list of Summer of Arcade games, release dates, and prices follows below.

July 22--'Splosion Man--800 Microsoft points ($10)
July 29--Marvel vs. Capcom 2--1,200 Microsoft points ($15)
August 5--Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled--1,200 Microsoft points ($15)
August 12--Trials HD--1,200 Microsoft points ($15)
August 19--Shadow Complex--1,200 Microsoft points ($15)

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Buy 5 get 1 FREE!...For some reason that doesn't feel right.

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An offer you can actually refuse :D

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The only game I want on that list is Shadow Complex. Might get 'Splosion Man if I have points left over, but the Peggle trial has been taunting me.

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Id prolly only get tmnt IV other than that MvsC2 is too expensive, and the other games dont appeal to me, thats no deal anyway! who would spend that much on all those games?!

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the games on arcade are way better than the garbage three years ago. no wonder new games cost more, they're worth it. some gamers are so damn cheap

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MvC2 might be the only game on this list that is a steal for what it costs. That game is being overcharged by resellers.

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How about they just make the games cheaper in the first place? I realize it's not necessarily MS' choice for the price... it's the choice of the game publisher, but still... it's just insane. MvC2 is how many years old? They barely did anythign to it and are charging 15 bucks... screw that. The only game I bought is sposion man. Thats worth 10 bucks. Maybe shadow complex, but that debatable. I really don't like this new expesive xbla. Everyone go buy Miner Dig Deep! It's only 200 points and f'ing addictive.

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meh most of those games aren't worth $15 its a useless deal unless you plan on buying all of them DX. the only one i'm interested in is splosion man.

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I'm only buying Shadow Complex anyway and maybe MvC2.

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Sounds like a way to just get people to buy all of the games. 800 MS points for buying 55$ of games...lol. I guess its nice for people planning on buying all the games, though I really don't like how expensive the average games on the arcade are getting. 1200 seems like it was being eased in and is now starting to take over. M$ needs to fix their prices.

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Can't believe they're asking 15 bucks for Marvel vs Capcom 2! TMNT got reworked so I can see why it's 15 bucks.

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@DemannameD 'Splosion Man is actually an awesome game, it's a great throwback to the platformers on the NES. Try it and then you'll only have to waste $15 to get that rebate!

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Aw why US residents only....Damn!

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I can't believe that people still complain after MS is going to give you some money back. Wow, grow up people.

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WOW u.s. residents only? whats with stuff like this.? what about british, canadians and all the other countrys that play alot of games too?

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That would be a waste for me, because all I want is MvC 2. Lol.

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why can't they just use regular money and not dumbass points, i'd like to know how much something really is in plain old digital cash instead of in points

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wow tisk tisk microsoft another crappy move.

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It's a pretty nice deal in my opinion. The only problem here is that I only want two of the games on that list.

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something is better then nothing. but i would rather had buy 3 get one free

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Thats a crappy rebate... I mean I would just rather not buy trials... or splosion man and save my self $25... I just bought MVC2 and I plan to buy TMNT 2 and Shadow complex... but I'm not going to spend an extra $25 to get a $10 rebate on games I can do without.

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While i personally wont' be taking advantage of the summer of arcade, every promotion that puts a little money back into our pockets is great.

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LOL that is bull*$(% MS. Come spends $70 and they will give u 10 fake dollers that can only be spent on MS things lol.

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Hmm... Not really that great of a deal. I would have to pay $70 to get $10 back (all in non-refundable MS Points, of course). If you fully intend to buy all of these, go for it. But if even one doesn't strike your interest, you should most certainly pass. The only two on that list I would play is Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Turtles in Time. And even then, I wouldn't get my $15 worth out of Turtles in Time.

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seriously?

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so basically who every buys all of the titles will get there money back or what? I just bought Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and it is good. I was thinking of getting the other games but then i just decided to go for one.

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Only Shadow Complex is worth the price they're asking. And MAYBE MvC2 if you already own an arcade stick and have nostalgia.

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hey, i bought splosion man last week mattg. its worth it. i waited all nite for mvc 2. for some reason, microsoft has really did it with this year's lineup. after reading up on em, i planned on buying the first 3, spipping trials and going for shadow complex, but i read up on trials(which they dont speak about, its only on the website) and it seems interesting. a racer/platformer? ill give em all a shot so, i guess its a thank you to fans too.

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wow, not really a super great deal but hey, wont really affect me. i only plan on buying shadow complex for sure, with splosion man as a maybe.

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Should be if your on your 5th xbox, you never have to pay for Live again.

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Btw LOL at people who complain and talk trash to microsoft...Seriously this is a GREAT deal since all of those games are awesome and i don't why someone wouldn't like these good titles. @ taylormadederek: Not all Arcade games are 15 dollars. Only the best do and i don't mind paying for a good game with alo't of replayability value than downloading a free one and deleting it because it was dumb.

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I was going to buy ALL of these titles so this is a MUST do for me. Thanks Microsoft.

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Too bad I'm only interested in 2 out of those. I already bought MvC2 in the morning.

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About a 13.5% discount overall, or Buy 4 get 'Splosion free. Still not interested, but a worthy attempt by MS. Although it's downright sad that the refunds have to be verified manually for the following six weeks. They should hire a software company to automate it. OH DIP!

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this is awesome! I was planning on getting all of these games anyways, but the fact that MS is offering to pay you for buying all of them is a good deal. Provided its still a fairly large chunk of change Im letting go for the games but still imho its such a great offer!

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well whoever says these games are lousy...gtfo...marvel vs capcom 2 is freaken amazing i bought it today and its worth the 15 bucks over the 200 ppl demand on ebay

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But im only gonna get 2 of these, splosion man cause its a lol and shadow complex because it looks awesome. This is a poor deal microsoft shame on you.

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So...buy extra games I had no intention of buying in the first place and get money back that I would've otherwise had by not buying said game. Thank You for your generosity Microsoft.

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There's no need to complain. These are all good games and this offer just dulls the sting of spending $70 a little.

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Im only interested in shadow complex which looks to be well worth 15$

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Generic_Dude..how can you say all the game ar lousy. if you dont got the games?...the 2 games that ar out now got great Reviews all over the web...kid this days lol

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How about I just don't buy any of them.

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The Arcade Live games are over-priced PERIOD. The average game should only be 400 or 500 points. A good game no more than 800 points. And a premium game no more than 1000 points. Map packs should standardize on 400-500 points each. And expansions no more than 1000 points for premium content. And as far as I am concerned, ALL themes and gamer pictures should be FREE - as they provide advertizing for their products. Why should I pay for the privilege to advertize for anyone. It ain't gonna happen. Come on Microsoft, reduce those prices. It's the right thing to do! And let companies give things away for free if they want to. STOP THE INSANITY!

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ummm i dont think so, out of all these i think im going to download shadow complex and marvel vs capcom 2, i think ill pass on this deal, u gotta be as dumb as a rock to go for M-Softs offers

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i'm actually a 360 owner, and this is just ridiculous. Reminds me of when they announced the free game to make up for service disruption, only we got a really crappy game and no other choice.

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LMAO!!!

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I'll stick with buying the indivual over-priced arcade games as is... thanks Microsoft for listening to our pleas :roll:

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But I'm only buying 3 of them? I'd need more incentive to spending an extra $30 to in the end still wind up spending $20 on 2 games I have little interest in.

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Buy $70 worth of lousy games get $10 in non-refundable points! W00tz!

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What a pathetic deal.

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