Age of Empires 3 10 cents from microsoft

Im just going to say...Jango is right for whoever is arguing with him....You have to be more than rockheaded for them to advertise it as a dime and then say "LOL THEY MADE A MISTAKE ITS A DIME". It's the price they put it at, I dont see how you argue they messed up......Regardless of "they arn't making profit it can't be true"...it's spreading the word of the service. Nuff said. (On side note, bought and downloading!)

I probably won't play this game for more than five minutes.

Im just going to say...Jango is right for whoever is arguing with him....You have to be more than rockheaded for them to advertise it as a dime and then say "LOL THEY MADE A MISTAKE ITS A DIME". It's the price they put it at, I dont see how you argue they messed up......Regardless of "they arn't making profit it can't be true"...it's spreading the word of the service. Nuff said. (On side note, bought and downloading!)

trijity

[QUOTE="murekkep"]Not available outside of US. How nice.blangenakker

Works in the UK, downloading now for 10 MS Points. Listed as 10p but I had 80 MS Points that I've had left over for years and thought might as well.

Edit: To all the people saying it's a mistake - GFWL is having a relaunch soon so this gets the word around about the service. Plus isn't it Black Friday time in America anyway where massive discounts abound?

Bought it for the hell of it. No idea really what the game is about.Remmib

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Did you even check the front page?

JangoWuzHere

Fair enough, but how is it an error like you said?

I'm at the download page, but I'm nervous. What if I purchase it now, but Microsoft realizes that they've made a mistake and charge me the full price at a later time? Can they do that? By the way, what is the full price?

BluRayHiDef

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I'm at the download page, but I'm nervous. What if I purchase it now, but Microsoft realizes that they've made a mistake and charge me the full price at a later time? Can they do that? By the way, what is the full price?

Bangerman15

LOL yup. Ubisoft made a mistake just like this and priced Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 animus bundle at $1. Luckily, I grabbed it up before they changed the price back.

Thinking about it, I could be possible that they priced it at 10 cents just to promote GFWL. Usually when it's a mistake they they catch it really quickly and change the price back. Everyone wins in this situation I guess.

I got my for dime but Jess I never seeing a game that cheap.

Got it, works in Finland too. I think it's because AOE Online or whatever is coming, so this game won't be worth much after that, might as well give it away and hopefully attract new fans for the series.

[QUOTE="Bangerman15"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

I'm at the download page, but I'm nervous. What if I purchase it now, but Microsoft realizes that they've made a mistake and charge me the full price at a later time? Can they do that? By the way, what is the full price?

Elann2008

LOL yup. Ubisoft made a mistake just like this and priced Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 animus bundle at $1. Luckily, I grabbed it up before they changed the price back.

Thinking about it, I could be possible that they priced it at 10 cents just to promote GFWL. Usually when it's a mistake they they catch it really quickly and change the price back. Everyone wins in this situation I guess.

I already have it, but that's a great deal for US residents who don't. My favourite RTS by far.

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[QUOTE="Bangerman15"] no they cant because then they are breaking the law for false advertisement. anyways 10 cents is a steal, im not a big rts guy, i have SC2 and what not its cool but i dont really play it... but might as well get this for 10 freakn cents lolBangerman15

LOL yup. Ubisoft made a mistake just like this and priced Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 animus bundle at $1. Luckily, I grabbed it up before they changed the price back.

Thinking about it, I could be possible that they priced it at 10 cents just to promote GFWL. Usually when it's a mistake they they catch it really quickly and change the price back. Everyone wins in this situation I guess.

It works outside of US if you visit your local Marketplace-site and then navigate to AOE III. The link links to the US store which is why some can't buy it.

Edit: To all the people saying it's a mistake - GFWL is having a relaunch soon so this gets the word around about the service. StormtrooprDave

Ah but here is the funny bit, they have already had their re-launch. The Marketplace was relaunched on the 15th November 2010 and less than a week later they are having to resort to cheap tricks like this to actually get people to use the service :roll: .

[QUOTE="StormtrooprDave"]

Edit: To all the people saying it's a mistake - GFWL is having a relaunch soon so this gets the word around about the service. charmingcharlie

Ah but here is the funny bit, they have already had their re-launch. The Marketplace was relaunched on the 15th November 2010 and less than a week later they are having to resort to cheap tricks like this to actually get people to use the service :roll: .

I take it you haven't actually BEEN to the GFWL site recently? They have been having deals like this every day SINCE the 15th of November, to get more publicity and encourage more people to see the new relaunch.kieranb2000

Erm no they haven't, they haven't had a single game on sale at the GFWL marketplace for 10p until now. They were selling GTA 4 for about £7.50, then it was Dawn of War for a tenner if I remember and then they had Bioshock for £1.99. In short their deals have struggled to match anything that steam has to offer during their various sales. So in order to actually get people to USE the service they have resorted to this 10p deal with AOE III, it just smells of desperation.

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"] I take it you haven't actually BEEN to the GFWL site recently? They have been having deals like this every day SINCE the 15th of November, to get more publicity and encourage more people to see the new relaunch.charmingcharlie

Erm no they haven't, they haven't had a single game on sale at the GFWL marketplace for 10p until now. They were selling GTA 4 for about £7.50, then they had Bioshock for £1.99. In short their deals have struggled to match anything that steam has to offer during their various sales. So in order to actually get people to USE the service they have resorted to this 10p deal with AOE III, it just smells of desperation.

Uhhh...believe what you want to believe. The truth of the matter is MS owns the AoE franchise, and publishing rights, and shut down the developers AND AoE stopped selling a long time ago. They lowered the price to this for the sole reason that they could.kieranb2000

I know they own the A0E franchise, they lowered the price to GET people to USE their service. It is a "loss leader" you offer a deal like this to get people in the "virtual door" hoping they will spend more. Now that isn't very promising if it is happening less than a week after their great grand "re-launch".

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]Uhhh...believe what you want to believe. The truth of the matter is MS owns the AoE franchise, and publishing rights, and shut down the developers AND AoE stopped selling a long time ago. They lowered the price to this for the sole reason that they could.charmingcharlie

I know they own the A0E franchise, they lowered the price to GET people to USE their service. It is a "loss leader" you offer a deal like this to get people in the "virtual door" hoping they will spend more. Now that isn't very promising if it is happening less than a week after their great grand "re-launch".

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[QUOTE="StormtrooprDave"]

Edit: To all the people saying it's a mistake - GFWL is having a relaunch soon so this gets the word around about the service. kieranb2000

Ah but here is the funny bit, they have already had their re-launch. The Marketplace was relaunched on the 15th November 2010 and less than a week later they are having to resort to cheap tricks like this to actually get people to use the service :roll: .

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"][QUOTE="charmingcharlie"]

Ah but here is the funny bit, they have already had their re-launch. The Marketplace was relaunched on the 15th November 2010 and less than a week later they are having to resort to cheap tricks like this to actually get people to use the service :roll: .

Elann2008

Why do you say that though? It's the perfect way to advertise a re-launch. Steam did sales too when they did their UI overhaul. Hell, Direct2Drive did it when they revamped their SEARCH ENGINE. In fact, when Valve released the Mac version of steam, they gave away Portal for FREE. Are you going to say that was "desperation" ? No, it was marketing. This is common practice.kieranb2000

Yeah you see when D2D revamped their search engine and Valve released the Mac version of steam the offers were on LAUNCH of the improved services. This AOE 3 deal is a week after GFWL relaunch. So a week after they launched their service they are now offering this deal, how can you not see this could be construed as "desperation" ?

You just need to look at the posts in here, when this deal was discovered most thought it was a mistake. Historically Valve has always been generous to their customers. If Valve had done this deal on their service no one would have gone "OMGZ that must be a mistake". Microsoft have never had a history of being generous, in fact they are far from generous and will nickel and dime you to hell and back if they can. Yet all of a sudden a week after launch they do this deal ???

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]Why do you say that though? It's the perfect way to advertise a re-launch. Steam did sales too when they did their UI overhaul. Hell, Direct2Drive did it when they revamped their SEARCH ENGINE. In fact, when Valve released the Mac version of steam, they gave away Portal for FREE. Are you going to say that was "desperation" ? No, it was marketing. This is common practice.charmingcharlie

Yeah you see when D2D revamped their search engine and Valve released the Mac version of steam the offers were on LAUNCH of the improved services. This AOE 3 deal is a week after GFWL relaunch. So a week after they launched their service they are now offering this deal, how can you not see this could be construed as "desperation" ?

The way I see it, not only does this give them tons of advertising from the community, they are also able to get us to basically temporarily void the hundred points that the ten points come from. Because you can't really earn tens of points at a time, if you think about it, you'll have to buy another hundred points at least if you want to get something else on the market that is just above your available points. Unless, of course, they have even more deals like this :D.

The way I see it, not only does this give them tons of advertising from the community, they are also able to get us to basically void the hundred points that the ten points come from. Because you can't really earn tens of points at a time, if you think about it, you'll have to buy another hundred points at least if you want to get something else on the market that is just above your available points. Unless, of course, they have even more deals like this :D.shawnyboy12

[QUOTE="shawnyboy12"]The way I see it, not only does this give them tons of advertising from the community, they are also able to get us to basically void the hundred points that the ten points come from. Because you can't really earn tens of points at a time, if you think about it, you'll have to buy another hundred points at least if you want to get something else on the market that is just above your available points. Unless, of course, they have even more deals like this :D.kieranb2000

How do i make a windows live id? i want to buy the game.

I had 430 MS Points left over from a purchase I made one or two years ago, now I have 420 MS Points. Thanks Microsoft! My first game on your service.

[QUOTE="blangenakker"][QUOTE="murekkep"]Not available outside of US. How nice.hypoty

Ah, I bought it and I'm in Australia.

Lame. Its rejecting every one of my credit cards. I never have this problem on ANY other website. Guess I wont be using the GFWL website. :(

i'm from belgium and i bought the 0.10€ AoE III deal and the bioshock deal.

... something is wrong, my credit card is saying I've been charged $1.00, not .10c... that's not what I thought I was buying the game for. Is anyone else having this happen to them?

wonderful

had 10 points left over from months ago back when i had a 360

Lame. Its rejecting every one of my credit cards. I never have this problem on ANY other website. Guess I wont be using the GFWL website. :(

mkaliaz

If the Gift was possible, I would've bought it for you.

why can't more games be worth the same price? That's what every company should do, after 5 years just sell the game for 10 cents as download

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Lame. Its rejecting every one of my credit cards. I never have this problem on ANY other website. Guess I wont be using the GFWL website. :(

yourmajesty90

If the Gift was possible, I would've bought it for you.

Heh, well thank you for the thought! :D

I might get my roommate to help me out here. Have a huge backlog of games to play, but i simply cant pass on a deal this good.

Already have the game, its alot of fun.

10 cents though! Damn!

Just installed the game and sampled it for a bit. It looks like it'll be pretty fun. It's 10 cents well spent. It runs pretty damn well on my rig as well; 96 framers per second with all settings maxed out at 1920x1080. However, I've yet to play any intense action sequences. Will the performance drop quite a bit during those?

Just installed the game and sampled it for a bit. It looks like it'll be pretty fun. It's 10 cents well spent. It runs pretty damn well on my rig as well; 96 framers per second with all settings maxed out at 1920x1080. However, I've yet to play any intense action sequences. Will the performance drop quite a bit during those?

BluRayHiDef

You shouldn't get any FPS drops on that rig. The game is 5 years old...