Adam Tyner

If you're adventurous enough to use this hack...! (more info)

I wish I had more GameCube games. I was way too into the original Xbox and only had a tiny handful of GC games, and I wound up giving a couple of them away to family. That's part of the reason why I wish Nintendo would remaster Super Mario Sunshine! I've been itching to give that one another shot.

Baron Of Hell

This is the only reason I don't have a wii u right now. Eternal Darkness is awesome also.

fujishig

Well, the newer Wiis didn't play Gamecube games either...

mattysemo247

Yeah, I heard about that hack before. It's not worth it to me, I'll just keep the Wii hooked up. It would have been nice to retire it though since I currently have the sensor bars stacked on top of each other

Now that you mention it, I should give Super Mario Sunshine another shot. I don't remember much about it, other than I played it for a few hours and wasn't feeling it. Same thing with the Resident Evil games. I ended up picking all of them up (including Code Veronica) and only got around to finishing the first one. And to this day, I still regret getting rid of some of my GameCube games. Skies of Arcadia Legends, MGS Twin Snakes, Luigi's Mansion, and Super Smash Bros Melee immediately come to mind, but I'm sure there are more.

Adam Tyner

buy.com is doing one of their Wii U deals on eBay: new 32GB deluxe with Super Mario 3D World and Nintendo Land for $259.99 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wii-U-32GB-B...d/361232805151

They do this fairly regularly, so if you miss out, don't sweat it.

Decker

Now it's an official permanent price drop.

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/just-3...club-unlocked/

Supermallet

No bonuses for people who signed up before the price drop? Thanks, Best Buy.

Note: I didn't pay $100 for my membership, but still, it's the principle of the thing!

mattysemo247

I have to admit, that is a little concerning. I wonder if they end up scaling back on some of the discounts now. I'd be pissed if they got rid of the 20% off.

MoviePage

20% off is part of the deal, so I don't think they can legally take that away from current members unless they refunded the entire cost of membership.

Decker

Yeah, I'm not at all worried about that. My guess is that they looked at sales numbers and found that people bought it a lot at $30 and almost none at $100-$120 (which was a really high price, even if the benefits are awesome). I don't see how they make money on this, but then again, I haven't bought a single game from another retailer since this program began.

Michael Corvin

$100+ was always absurd, even with the discount. You'd have to buy 9 $60 games just to break even.

The $10 bonuses have been dwindling. I'd imagine those all but go away with this announcement.

fujishig

Posted this in CAG:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/global-p...UnnGUoXcJetGhw

Yeah, the margin on new video games isn't enough to justify this now. At the very least, I'd suspect they take away the online ordering part, since the actual stock of b&m stores is so hit and miss (outside of preorders). Or remove the discount for figures.

Supermallet

They trumpeted the discounts on figures as one of the selling points in the price drop announcement. I think they're hoping that the lower buy-in locks people into getting all their gaming needs met at BB.

dsa_shea

If they cancel our GCU memberships after collecting a bunch of subscribers at 30 plus all of us that have locked in for the long haul then that will spell trouble. I would minimize my purchases with them if that happened.

fujishig

I don't think they'd just cancel the memberships, but they have a history of altering membership benefits (for rewardzone) then spinning it as a good thing. We'll see. If it's to increase foot traffic, letting people order online doesn't help them. I can see them using this similar to loss leaders, but otherwise just on new game sales this has to be losing them money. And consumers are fickle... I know since GCU started, I've been buying most of my games at BB, but if it's over I'd switch back to Amazon or whomever in a second.

Unless the margins on new videogames are much better than I've been lead to believe...

MoviePage

I buy all of my games via Best Buy now, and all of my purchases are online. You can believe I'd be complaining (and shopping elsewhere) if they removed that possibility.

Canis Firebrand

Saw the email on the price drop. Figured that would happen. $100+ was always really high..

My account is now all straigtened out it seems.

Originally I had my expiration date showing in 2017. I got in on the last deal where you bought a phone and got 2 years free. After it didn't apply for a few weeks, I sent a message through the forum thing. Shortly after that, my expiration date showed 2015.. so I lost 2 years... sent another message that they would fix it before expiration date.. so now it shows 2019 which is correct.

All of my game purchases lately have been from Best Buy as the instant $12 off of a new game makes it quite nice.. especially on games where you get a $10 reward cert for pre-ordering the game. Effectively makes a brand new game $38 which is a good deal.

Supermallet

Yep, and then if you don't like it and trade the game in within a week or so, you'll likely make most of that $38 back in store credit.

mattysemo247

So I checked this out last night and the only thing I really saw was worth it was Wolfenstein. I think it was $15 for 360/PS3 versions and $20 for XB1/PS4 versions. They also had Project Spark (XB1) for $25ish and a bunch of Wii U games and a ton of older 360 & PS3 games. I would say most of the stuff fell in the 50% off range.

Deftones

this looks like this may be a good deal on xbox one. all digital: 3 months of live, monopoly, risk, trivial pursuit along with brotherhood of max and zoo tycoon for $59.99 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...amazon0b53-20/

mattysemo247

Metro Redux and Tomb Raider Definitive Edition are both $19.99 over at Amazon

Adam Tyner

If you can find one at a GameStop near you, the 8 GB Wii U Skylanders Swap Force bundle is $199.99.

mattysemo247

Xbox One w/ Bonus Controller & Halo: The Master Chief Collection for $349 w/ Free Shipping @ Walmart

http://slickdeals.net/f/7739845-xbox...-free-shipping

mattysemo247

The Order 1886 is part of a two day sale at Best Buy. $39.99 (or $31.99 for GCU). Honestly, it's probably worth picking up for that price, blowing through it, and trading it back in within a week and getting all your money back.

Gooter

The current TiV is $22. That's really low for a newly released game. I still may pick it up though as $32 is a lot better than $60 when all I'll be doing is watching a movie.