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Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:43 pm

Yes, 10 CENTS for Age of Empires III + War Chiefs Expansion + Asian Dynasties Expansion.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:11 pm

I don't think that I would really play it, but for $0.10 you can't go wrong.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:12 pm

While I won't argue with that price, I find it ridiculous that you have to accept some updated xbox live TOS (and login on the xbox page) before buying :lol:.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:31 pm

That is pretty silly, but for ten cents it's hard to go wrong. :wink:
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:29 pm

TurtlePerson2 wrote:
I don't think that I would really play it, but for $0.10 you can't go wrong.

That's where I was with it. Oh, 10 cents, yes. I'll download it and might fire it up once.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:02 pm

I think all games should be this price. Picked one up
To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:24 pm

yeah I did as well, 10/11 cents makes it worth a shot.
 
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:42 pm

Picked it up as well. W00t.
 
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:03 am

So I finished DLin the game and started to install, about 17% into the install it's asking me for a key. Did I miss something? I figured the game would just install on it's own or the game key box would say something other than:

Game Activation Key:
No key assigned


[edit]A quick google shows a number of people with the same issue must be a popular download today...[/edit]
 
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:37 am

They ran out of keys. I guess Microsoft learned that when you give something away for free on the Internet people take it.

I mentioned on a news post once, that the only way the GFWL store was going to catch on is if they try to beat Steam on price. It looks like they're trying to do just that. Apparently they've been running deals like this (not quite as extreme as $0.10) for the entire week.

I can't wait for the Steam sales though.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:26 am

Crap, it wants a key from me as well. Ten cents isn't much to lose, but they took money from us, so they'd better get this sorted soon.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:29 am

Forum post about the problem:

http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/15700.aspx

Due to the overwhelming success of the Age of Empires III sale, we have temporarily run out of keys to unlock the game. You can still buy the game at this amazing price and you will get/see a key in the next week. When new keys are added to the system you will be auto-assigned a key, there is no need to call support or take any other action from your end. We will post here on the forums when the keys are available and the next time you click 'View Game Keys' for the game you should be assigned one.

Thank you for your patience and we hope you enjoy the game.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:53 am

Yeah, I got the same thing this morning when I finally went to install, and then came back to the forum thread to find that. Oh well, I'm sure they'll get it fixed.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:13 am

I picked up a copy yesterday, too, but the GFW Marketplace keeps crashing hard just a percent or so into the download. At least once I had to restart the computer to get rid of the non-responsive program... And I still can't get it downloaded, CD key or not.

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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:40 pm

My key has shown up, so if you bought and didn't have a key, you might be good to go now.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:49 pm

Not working for me yet.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:11 pm

I got mine too, they're quicker than expected! :wink:
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:30 pm

bthylafh wrote:
Not working for me yet.

I still had to type in the key, which is retarded. WHen you click on the game's entry in the GFWL client mid-install (when you're prompted for the key) does it still say "No key associated"? Or do you see the key now?
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:06 pm

Ah, there we go. The key's there, and it is indeed idiotic that I have to type it in.
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Re: Age of Empires III: Complete Collection - $.10

Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:04 pm

There appear to be 2 new MS Games for Windows games for under $1 available, linked via Slickdeals.net. The first is Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition, and the second is something called ShadowRun, the video for which looked somewhat interesting in that players have useable glider wings on their backs.

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