Amazon Gold Box: PlayStation 3 deals

by James Ransom-Wiley { Dec 18th 2008 at 9:00PM }

~~Motorstorm: Pacific Rift~~ [sold out!] Fallout 3 is the Gold Box deal of the day for $49.98 (17% off). Also, if you purchase the $500 160 GB PS3 Uncharted bundle today (offer expires 2:59 am ET tomorrow), Amazon will toss in a free Blu-ray remote ($25). Of course, you can also score a free Blu-ray remote by purchasing any eligible PS3 game and Blu-ray movie together. Here are today's timed impulse buys:

9am ET – Pro-Evolution Soccer 2009 [expired]
1pm ET – Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway [sold out!]
~~2pm ET – Harryhausen Boxed Set~~ [expired]
~~3pm ET – Tomb Raider Underworld~~ [sold out!]
4pm ET – SingStar ABBA [sold out!]
5pm ET – Resistance 2 Collector's Edition [sold out!]
~~6pm ET – Spider-Man Trilogy~~ [sold out!]
~~8pm ET – Animation 3-pack~~ [expired]
9pm ET – Naruto Ultimate Ninja: Storm [sold out!]

That's it folks! Thanks for playing.

Tags: amazon, amazon-gold-box

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

DonWii @ Dec 18th 2008 12:54PM

Code: MSTORM10 for additional $10 off Motorstorm.

PersonOfSorts @ Dec 18th 2008 1:00PM

No worky...

DonWii @ Dec 18th 2008 1:26PM

oh well

Rollins @ Dec 18th 2008 12:55PM

I'd love a good deal on the console itself. Unfortunately it doesn't look like that's happening.

Deck @ Dec 18th 2008 8:03PM

You hit the nail on the head right there.

343 Guilty Fart @ Dec 18th 2008 1:00PM

I can't WAIT to get Spiderman on HD-DVD at 8pm!!

dabamf @ Dec 18th 2008 1:02PM

Well done.

Gman @ Dec 18th 2008 2:29PM

HD DVD has been dead since May.

You should know this if you own a PS3 and read Joystiq.

SoulBlade @ Dec 18th 2008 2:32PM

Gman, look over your head.

343 Guilty Fart @ Dec 18th 2008 3:23PM

Gman- you should know that the internet is full of sarcasm and lies. You would know this if you read Joystiq.

Reader @ Dec 18th 2008 10:26PM

Blu-Ray won?! This is madness!

dabamf @ Dec 18th 2008 1:02PM

Damn $10 for Brothers at Arms that's crazy!

Haha @ 343! +1 sir!

cantbeatmegaman @ Dec 18th 2008 1:05PM

Mamma mia? Mario?

Jimmijam @ Dec 18th 2008 1:16PM

Probably "Mamamia" the movie.

LaughingTarget @ Dec 18th 2008 1:17PM

Or a PS3 branded ABBA CD.

ravishi @ Dec 18th 2008 1:53PM

i don't think there will be any blu-ray movies. this one will most likely be Singstar Abba and the spidy reference will be Spiderman: Web of Shadows, not Spiderman 3 Blu-ray (HD-DVD i mean)

and the 5PM should be Resistance 2, not lost planet.

Haggard @ Dec 18th 2008 2:04PM

But then why would the put 'in high-def' on the end of those two and none of the others?

KarlW @ Dec 18th 2008 2:07PM

"My my, how can I RESIST you"

Marty @ Dec 18th 2008 2:21PM

"But then why would the put 'in high-def' on the end of those two and none of the others?"

Because Ravishi is completely wrong and there will be Blu-Ray movies in the list.

ravishi @ Dec 18th 2008 3:14PM

@Marty

i already am wrong due to the last deal being a set of movies.

i'm still thinking 4pm will be Singstar Abba. lets see if i will be wrong twice today.

Skyelark @ Dec 18th 2008 3:15PM

NO, you are all wring, it'll be Singstar ABBA

Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Dec 18th 2008 3:40PM

wring wring wring wring wring wring wring,

Banana Phone!

cantbeatmegaman @ Dec 18th 2008 4:03PM

You guys called it.

roxmyballs @ Dec 18th 2008 1:06PM

Wow, 100% done in five minutes...

Deck @ Dec 18th 2008 1:09PM

9.98?! 83% off?

Holy...that's, that's amazing. No matter what the game is.

GhostofGrendel @ Dec 18th 2008 1:22PM

Is it true that the PS3 has no backwards compatibility anymore? I was looking on wikipedia and it says neither the 80GB or 160 GB models can play ps2 games. What about ps1 games? I can't really find any info on that. I want to get rid of my ps2, but not my ps2 games. Sounds like i might be out of luck. I want to get a ps3 after christmas, mainly as a blue ray player, but I would love to be able to play FFVII without having to hook up my ps2 anymore.

LaughingTarget @ Dec 18th 2008 1:26PM

All PS3s are PS1 compatible.

phinn @ Dec 18th 2008 1:30PM

PS3 doesn't come with PS2 backwards compatibility anymore. Every PS3 ever made has PS1 backwards compatibility. So you can play FF-VII for example perfectly (and you can turn on filtering and stuff to make it look a little better).

Roto13 @ Dec 18th 2008 2:56PM

Apparently half of my PS1 games won't work very well, though.

Sony fails at backwards compatibility this generation. And Microsoft, too, for that matter.

Haggard @ Dec 18th 2008 3:43PM

The corporate point of view: why should they care about the old games you've bought when they have wonderful new ones to sell you!

Night Elve @ Dec 18th 2008 3:48PM

You sir are so full of bullshit even my WarCraft II works like a charm on my PS3.

Night Elve @ Dec 18th 2008 3:48PM

My comment was for Roto13.

Roto13 @ Dec 18th 2008 8:08PM

Yeah, go look around the list of backwards compatible PS1 games and see how many of them have problems. I got to a certain point in Chrono Cross and the game started freezing. I had to quit.

Face it. Sony fails miserably at backwards compatibility.

Eh @ Dec 18th 2008 1:34PM

the others are are obvious but whats 5 and 9?

elitypes @ Dec 18th 2008 1:45PM

#9 "kage bunchin no jutsu" is in reference to a Naruto move so I'm assuming this is a deal on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm.

Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Dec 18th 2008 1:48PM

SOMEONE SAID kage bunchin no jutsU?!!!!

Mayenko Sharingan!!!

(Lost Planet or Center of the Earth)

Christopher @ Dec 18th 2008 1:48PM

5 - Resistance (2?)
9 - Naruto

Brucie B @ Dec 18th 2008 1:48PM

Got my brothers in arms for $10 shipped... Sweeet

*Ebay?
**Trade?

Alzheimers @ Dec 18th 2008 3:54PM

I don't even own a PS3 yet, so none of these deals really move me. There aren't even that many exclusive titles that I'd be so interested in playing -- Resistance, LBP ... God of War 3, someday.

What would move me? A PS3 priced at $299, or $349 with LBP. A free Blu-Ray remote? Meh.

Jimmijam @ Dec 18th 2008 5:08PM

So I snagged the Resistance 2 deal, sitting in my shopping cart, by when I go through the checkout, the "submit order" page shows the full price, not the Gold Box Deal...

WTF?

Danny F. @ Dec 18th 2008 5:11PM

Same here, decided to just get it as a gift and no lie 7 minutes after the deal is up all 100% discounts are claimed. Wtf?!? how many were they selling like 5?? Its not that great of a game to be getting without a discount.

mazoku @ Dec 18th 2008 5:14PM

It worked fine for me. It shows the price as $79.99 but then lower down there's a discount listed:

"Lightning Deal: -$30.01"

I think it sold out in two minutes. Jeez.

phobic99 @ Dec 18th 2008 5:27PM

Yeah it worked for me too. I clicked add to cart then I preceded to look on ebay and other sites to compare prices, then I looked at how much the used non-collector's edition was...
then I walked away for 5 minutes...
then I saw the game was sold out...
opened my cart and saw that the price was still $49.95.
???
Amazon profits (aka they got my money).

Duke @ Dec 18th 2008 5:30PM

I walked away for a minute and they were sold out. I am so bummed out - that was the deal I was hoping for today! Damn work!!!

Green Monkie @ Dec 18th 2008 6:37PM

Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I clicked on the deal as soon as it popped up but by the time I changed the shipping option and confirmed the purchase the deal was 100% claimed and back to the full price of $79.98. So I called Amazon and explained that I had added it to my cart through the Gold Box deal and they readjusted my price back to the $49.98 without any problems. If you went ahead and ordered it, I would suggest giving them a call and saving yourself thirty bucks. After that, you can call GEICO and potentially save 10% on your car insurance. Deals all around!