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Video game deals for Memorial Day Weekend – 5/23 Update from Amazon and others (US)

Amazon and other retailers are updating their deals for the weekend. There's a long weekend ahead with Memorial Day coming, and retailers intend to attract you this weekend with cool deals.

The PS Vita 16GB Memory card is $29.72 (50% off) on Amazon right now. For Amiibo's collectors our there, there's a cute“End Level”display that'ss up for preorder at $29.99. Various Batman related games are still discounted on Amazon, including the preorder for the Arkham Knight Serious edition (22% off).

PSN's“Extended Play”sale is still going on for PS4, PS3, PS Vita. Check in the article how to buy PSN Codes for the NA PSN, even if you don't live in the US. eBay have a "Memorial Day" sale with up to 50% on refurbished Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 consoles.

Best buy have the Wii U Super Mario 3D world + Nintendo Land bundle for $274.99, and Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Wild cards premium edition for $54.99

Check out the deals on more than 100 games and accessories for Memorial Day weekend

itisallaboutps3277d ago (Edited 3277d ago )

As much as I love game deals and every other type big sales. I find it rather disrespectful we turn a holiday for the fallen soldiers into a sale holiday.

jholden32493277d ago

Commerce. Profit. Personal gain.

These things matter more to most retailers than honoring the lives of those who have served them. Unfortunately, the same can be said for most consumers.

But this is nothing new. Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July... All known for the biggest sales of the year. Black Friday now interrupts Thanksgiving dinner. And for what? To save $50?

That is why I do not partake of Black Friday anymore. I shop online and avoid the stampedes.

wonderfulmonkeyman3277d ago

I kind of agree.
Though I would at least give them bonus points for "clever" irony if most of the stuff discounted happened to be war games, like Civilization and Call of Duty.

Bobby Kotex3277d ago

Restaurants have served fried chicken on MLK day. There have been more ridiculous things when it comes to banking on holidays.

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DarXyde3277d ago

I can see what you're saying. I mostly agree, but the sale is actually very light on war games. They've got some, but not as many as we might expect, given the context.

Meaningful distraction from the fallen, perhaps?

Dee_913277d ago (Edited 3277d ago )

@itisallaboutps
you can be offended or disrespected by anything if you allow yourself to.Its all about perspective. From my perspective, retail sites and retail stores can't turn an "holiday" into anything.The day will always be for our veterans regardless of what anybody or thing does on that day.

n1kki63277d ago (Edited 3277d ago )

Free enterprise, you do not need to participate. Why are you on N4G on such a prized weekend of honor? Free world, and we can celebrate how we see fit.

garypugh19603277d ago

That's why most serve so you can do the things you enjoy. As a veteran I just want people to enjoy their freedom and don't expect special recognition. Now, if the VA wants to start paying attention to me I'd be real happy to get my disability paperwork even looked at after months of silence.

Apollosupreme3277d ago

Every holiday has a special meaning to someone. What, you don't think for example that Easter Sunday is a sacred day? Let's buy cheap video games to honor the ultimate sacrifice of GOD?

Everything is commercialized. They're not disrespecting the vets by offering you cheaper games during a time the vets are being honoured and no one is being taken advantage of. Are you more inclined to buy a game on sale because it's on this particular day? I would have guessed the opposite based on the post.

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SilverClock3277d ago

Wow The Elder Scrolls Online for Xbone and PS4 is on sale..Instead of $59.99 we only pay $59.96 saving a whopping 3 cents!
Now I'll be able to not only buy the game but also afford an old piece of candy!! What a sweet deal!

elnacho3277d ago

But, but... it means if you buy 1999 of them, the 2000th is free!

Apollosupreme3277d ago

It'll be three less cents that you regret spending, that's for sure.

SilverClock3277d ago

Oh I'm playing the Witcher 3 now! It's been keeping me pretty occupied...

Apollosupreme3277d ago

W3 or ESO? Anyone who picks the latter will be in for huge disappointment.

ESO is generic MMO with a coat of Elder's Scrolls paint.

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All Hopes I Had For A Prey Sequel Have Been Crushed — Well Done, Microsoft

The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.

RaidenBlack22h ago

well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3

MrBaskerville2h ago

But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.

-Foxtrot21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Not even this Prey

Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy

The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.

RaidenBlack16h ago

MS closed Roundhouse Studios (ex-Human Head Studios) as well

Yui_Suzumiya5h ago

Yeah, that's who was going to do the original sequel.

isarai12h ago

Came here to say this, my hooes for a Prey sequel died when this "Prey" came out

Profchaos3h ago

Prey 2017 still hurts to play because what could have been looked so incredible

Profchaos3h ago

Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got

LostPotato20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.

Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.

RaidenBlack15h ago

lol, Deathloop came from Prey: Mooncrash idea

Unknown_Gamer57944h ago

To everyone who cheered MS’s acquisitions, we told you so…

Inverno3h ago

Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.

MrBaskerville2h ago

Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.

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Helldivers 2 Star Wars Mod Looks Pretty Insane

Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.

thejigisup6h ago

To you. What makes them interesting?

repsahj5h ago

This is the reason they cancel the psn link.

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Would It Have Even Mattered If Redfall Were Good?

Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.

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Profchaos9h ago

Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.

There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life

jwillj2k49h ago

No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.

Profchaos0m ago

Pretty much no game in Bethesda stables makes cod numbers instantly even fallout 4 Bethesda's best selling game sold 12 million at launch and over the next 10 years climbed to over 32 which cod would do rapidly

CrimsonWing698h ago

I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’

franwex8h ago

Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.

Exvalos7h ago

No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.

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