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OnLive 100% off Anything(Including MicroConsole) with $10+ purchase

Rather DashingRather Dashing
edited June 2011 in General Chat
OnLive is running a pretty insane promotion through Saturday:

Pay $10, get 100% off ANYTHING(only pre-orders are excluded). You can get a MicroConsole for about $20 this way($10 purchase+$10 shipping). I don't know when the actual coupon expires, but there's another promo going on that has a coupon that expires on July 3rd, and so this might be a cheap way to snag Duke Nukem Forever if the coupon doesn't expire before the game's release.

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  • RibsRibs
    edited June 2011
    Wait, what? This is incredibly confusing.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Wait, what? This is incredibly confusing.
    OnLive is running this promo.

    If you spend $10 or more before Saturday, you get a 100% off coupon around the 13th.

    The $10 can come from game purchases, game rentals(2, 3, or 5-day passes), or getting a month of the PlayPack bundle(think GameTap). You'll end up paying at least a bit more than $10 exactly, because everything in their store at that point is $9.99, which doesn't count. Combined or cumulative totals count, so you can pick up two things that add up to more than $10 and you'll get the coupon after the promo period.

    The 100% off coupon that they send you can be used on anything that isn't a pre-order, including their MicroConsole(usually $99 or given with a major game pre-order, you still have to pay shipping), and should include Duke Nukem Forever considering the coupons are given out pretty close to the game's launch on the service on the 13th.
  • RibsRibs
    edited June 2011
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    OnLive is running this promo.

    If you spend $10 or more before Saturday, you get a 100% off coupon around the 13th.

    The $10 can come from game purchases, game rentals(2, 3, or 5-day passes), or getting a month of the PlayPack bundle(think GameTap). You'll end up paying at least a bit more than $10 exactly, because everything in their store at that point is $9.99, which doesn't count. Combined or cumulative totals count, so you can pick up two things that add up to more than $10 and you'll get the coupon after the promo period.

    The 100% off coupon that they send you can be used on anything that isn't a pre-order, including their MicroConsole(usually $99 or given with a major game pre-order, you still have to pay shipping), and should include Duke Nukem Forever considering the coupons are given out pretty close to the game's launch on the service on the 13th.

    That's a bit insane. I mean, god! A new game for 10 dollars?
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited June 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    That's a bit insane. I mean, god! A new game for 10 dollars?

    You have to deal with their weird streaming service, though.
  • nOmArchnOmArch
    edited June 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    That's a bit insane. I mean, god! A new game for 10 dollars?

    /snigger
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited June 2011
    Boo to US only offers.
  • RawrRawr
    edited June 2011
    That's because the service is US only.

    Mind you, my internet isn't even good enough for game streaming. Can't get any better in my area. Instead BT etc are too busy putting in fibre optic in areas which already have fast broadband...
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    Rawr wrote: »
    That's because the service is US only.
    No it's not.
  • RawrRawr
    edited June 2011
    Heh, well if I was going to be pedantic it does say that it isn't out till Autumn, either way my second point still stands.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited June 2011
    All these deals when I literally don't have a dollar to spare... I hate you, internet. :p
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2011
    ShaggE wrote: »
    All these deals when I literally don't have a dollar to spare... I hate you, internet. :p

    Don't hate internet, hate poverty!
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited June 2011
    This is a bit frustrating since all their prices end in .99 and most of them end in 9.99 and I don't really want any of them

    I'd like to have the microconsole just because the free demos are neat, but I don't know
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    LuigiHann wrote: »
    This is a bit frustrating since all their prices end in .99 and most of them end in 9.99 and I don't really want any of them

    I'd like to have the microconsole just because the free demos are neat, but I don't know
    You could do two $5.99 rentals if you wanted.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2011
    I must say that I'm tempted. But the main problem here is that I don't have a TV...so I don't know how useful a microconsole would be.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I must say that I'm tempted. But the main problem here is that I don't have a TV...so I don't know how useful a microconsole would be.
    Do you have a monitor that supports HDMI input? Because that's the output of the thing. You could play on your computer monitor..but with a wireless controller!

    ...that doesn't sound all that exciting.

    You could always use the coupon for a game.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2011
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Do you have a monitor that supports HDMI input? Because that's the output of the thing. You could play on your computer monitor..but with a wireless controller!

    ...that doesn't sound all that exciting.

    You could always use the coupon for a game.

    Well, the thing is, weird as it may sound, I'd prefer to get something that I could use at school, so monitor is sorta out because that would mean I'd have to carry it on the plane when I return. Sorta the same thing with the TV. Technically, my parents own a TV, but it's right in the middle of the house, making it painfully obvious when I'm not studying for the GRE/ doing whatever other thing I'm supposed to be doing that isn't playing games all the time.

    ...I might get a game, though. I'll have to do a bit of browsing first.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    Curious about Duke Nukem Forever's eligibility, I sent a message off to OnLive support, and just got this back:

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us, and for your interest in OnLive. When the codes are sent out they will be good for any active game in the Marketplace, so as long as Duke Nukem isn't pushed back again for old time's sake then the code should be good for it. You never know when it comes to the Duke...

    John
    Customer Service Representative
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