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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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deepio3680d ago

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

Volkama3680d ago (Edited 3680d 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-Rays11093680d ago

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

Dannyh3680d ago

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

Bolts-N-Rays11093680d ago

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

Dannyh3680d ago

Thanks I'll check now

bunt-custardly3680d ago

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

Volkama3680d 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.

ZombieDust3680d 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.

Fasttrack763680d 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...

Volkama3680d 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.

Edvin19843680d 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.

oKidUKo3680d 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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The Epic Games Store Has Two Freebies for You This Week

From outer space to stealing in Europe, The Epic Games Store has two free games you might like.

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein48d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga47d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo47d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken48d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN47d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199247d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.

Stuart575648d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies48d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde47d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.

No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.

CobraKai48d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken48d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
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Eonjay47d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.

SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5

Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"

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EA And Sony Layoffs, Entertainment News And More Skewedcast

Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.