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Xbox One Thief, Tomb Raider and Ghosts sale now live.

Hey hey, it’s time for some Xbox One titles to get some rather decent price cuts in this weeks Deal of the Week and the best thing about it? The sale is now live.

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deepio3704d ago

BF4 & AC4 are still £55 ($90) each on the UK store. The digital rip-off is still alive and well.

Volkama3704d ago (Edited 3704d ago )

I saw the Marvel Lego game on Steam for £4.99 the other day. Figured it was a pretty good deal but then I saw it was only reduced from £14.99.

So I decided hey at £14.99 I will get this for my XBox One, and have it easily accessible for my children to play.

I fired up the XBox One and did a little search. £49.99.

Digital rip-off is right.

Bolts-N-Rays11093704d ago

Time to go buy Tomb Raider, so I can finally play it.

Dannyh3704d ago

Do they have time period for how long the game market place on Xbox one will be down

Bolts-N-Rays11093704d ago

It's up for me. Just started downloading Tomb Raider.

Dannyh3704d ago

Thanks I'll check now

bunt-custardly3704d ago

Hmmm I feel if I'm more patient, these will come down further in the coming months.

Volkama3704d ago

That's generally how it works.

It's strange, if you choose to follow the gaming market about 12-18 months behind then the hobby is about a 5th of the price, and the experiences you get from it do not diminish at all.

But that logic doesn't matter, because we have to have the latest and greatest ASAP.

ZombieDust3704d ago

Thays fine and all waiting and saving money... But without the people that cant wait and need a game at launch industry would cease to exist because there would be no money to be made.

Fasttrack763704d ago

Correct me if wrong but ms need to do there maths again. Thief 50% off. Was £49.99 now £27.99.that don't look like 50% to me...

Volkama3704d ago

It is also the exact price that Thief cost brand new if you pre-ordered it on Steam.

I'd say MS need to do their math again, but also their overall pricing strategy.

Edvin19843704d ago

Steam prices and consoles prices should not be compared. If you were making games you'd want to earn as much as possible for your work. I am sure when you have down time at work, you do not go to your boss and say hey I am slow right now pay me less.

oKidUKo3704d ago

Maybe it's a mental aspect but for me if it was actually half I could justify it. Those extra 3 pounds made me doubt the purchase!

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws16h ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman14h ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath214h ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai6d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga5d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole3d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville3d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens525d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_5d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville3d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM5d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka5d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_5d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long9d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz099d ago (Edited 9d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.