Just when I thought I was done buying music games altogether (especially anything in the Guitar Hero franchise), Amazon and Activision have to both offer concurrent deals that are making me reconsider my stance.
Guitar Hero 5 for $60 is far too expensive considering how many music games I already own. But now Amazon is giving away a $10 gift card with pre-orders of the game, and ECA membership (10% off on all video game purchases at Amazon) make this net out to $44. This is also not to mention Amazon giving a free $5 credit for MP3 downloads off their site as well with this pre-order.
In addition to the Amazon deals, Activision is giving away Guitar Hero Van Halen free with the purchase of Guitar Hero 5. While I don’t really care much for Van Halen, the soundtrack has plenty of contemporary guest bands that I’m digging such as Foo Fighters, Weezer, Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, The Offspring, Third Eye Blind, and Fountains of Wayne.
So in the end, if you buy this Guitar Hero 5 off Amazon, you’re basically paying under $50 (or $40, in some cases) for Guitar Hero 5 and Guitar Hero Van Halen. Part of me suspects that Activision is running this promotion because they suspect Guitar Hero Van Halen won’t sell well, and I guess that makes sense considering the music game genre is oversaturated by this point. Ugh maybe I have to pre-order this after all. With all these $10 gift cards, Amazon is quickly becoming the main vendor that I’m pre-ordering all my games from this Fall season!
do you have an ECA membership? I just noticed this for the first time in another slickdeals post yesterday… is it even worth joining at their membership price?
ya i have a membership. if you spend at least $200 in buying video games off Amazon a year, it becomes worth it. With all the various $10 off coupons Amazon has for this fall season, I sprang for it and with my current pre-orders, have already made more back than the $20 I paid for it. of course, if you’re still going to be doing your primary game shopping from brick & mortar stores like gamestop, it won’t be worth it.
newegg is win. usually they have small 10% discounts, and free shipping + no tax in ny.
when i used to live in ny, i did begin to start buying more of my games from newegg since amazon started charging sales tax. but now that i’m down in the dc area, amazon is tax free again so i’m back to amazon. but yeah, newegg may very well be the best way to go for ny state residents, although amazon’s certainly running more promotions on this fall’s titles so far.