Amazon offering some great games for $20 or less

by Ben Gilbert on Nov 16th 2010 7:25PM

Despite what you may think, it would be actually criminal to miss out on today's incredible Amazon game deals. Batman: Arkham Asylum (not the Game of the Year edition, alas) for $15? Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for just $20? Chrono Trigger for $15? It's kind of like a fire sale over there.

You can peruse the entire list for yourself right here, and read our suggestions after the break. Frankly, we're inclined to buy each person on our holiday shopping list a copy of Assassin's Creed 2. It's only $20!

Assassin's Creed 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- $19.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum Platinum/Greatest Hits (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- $14.99
Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS) -- $14.99
Diablo Battlechest (PC/Mac) -- $19.99
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite -- $19.99
Super Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- $19.99

[Image credit: Nic McPhee]

Via: Thrifty Nerd
Source: Amazon

Tags: amazon, Assassins-Creed-2, Assassins-Creed-ii, black-friday-2010, deal, deals, ds, mac, microsoft, nintendo, pc, playstation, ps3, psp, sony, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (49)

I got Batman and Bioshock

@pickupdoctor

Bioshock isn't on the list *scratches head*

@BigE4284
Bioshock was probably bought for the free shipping.

@BigE4284 It probably was earlier. There were WAY more games earlier that morning, joystiq didn't post this til over 12 hours later. For instance, they have Katamari Forever for $9.99, which sold out early.

already bought birth by sleep (also on sale for $20) and arkham asylum earlier today. such a clutch deal

@ben linus wat

Also 3d dot game heroes is marked down to $20

@CRoy
Quit shilling some crap online game, you're almost as bad as those bots that sell "famale" goods.

@CRoy
Quit shilling some crap online game, you're almost as bad as the bot that sells "famale" goods.

@GThang
Damn reply fail...

@ben linus

WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR GOD DAMN FRAT BOYS!?

@ben linus

I find it hard to imagine you even have any friends, let alone "frat bros"

@ben linus

That's...great?

and so it begins. hello cup ramen daily dinners.
picking up bayonetta. don't care if the ps3 version is relatively suckier.

@Howard Roark

Supposedly, after the patch, the two versions are very similar.

No.... Good.... Wii.... Or... DS.... Or.... Pc.... Markdowns....

@Wazzup4567

*Looks at Chrono Trigger*
$40 for that game was a bargain

"The world ends with you" or "4 heroes of light"? Decisions, decisions...

@AnderFREAK

go with twewy! that game is great. the gameplay, story and music are really engaging!

@AnderFREAK

For sure, The World Ends with You. That game is amazing :)

I picked up Birth by Sleep for $20. I'm working a very low paying AmeriCorps position right now, but $20 is just within my splurge zone. I'm always very impressed with Amazon's holiday deals, and the free 2-day shipping I got from my Prime Trial makes it all amazing :)

@AnderFREAK

Jumping on that same train, The World End's with You is by far one of, if not, the best game on the DS.

@AnderFREAK

Jumping on that same train, The World End's with You is by far one of, if not, the best games on the DS.

@AnderFREAK TWEWY was fantastic, and well more than worth its price purchasing new. Best game Squenix has put out in years.

So...no platform listed after Monster Hunter? I apologize that I'm not up on this franchise.. What is it? A book? IS IT MAGIC?

@GThang Stop spamming.

The Joystiq sites have been crap today. People are double-posting all over the place.

They have been slow, unresponsive, and timing out.

@ben linus
how do you bros have time for video games when you're too busy doing jager bombs

real fraternity brothers do not use the term "frat" - it's one of the first things you learn if you actually pledge

My thought process when reading this on the main page:

"What? $15? Chrono Trigger is a $70 CIB SNES game! Wait, what are they doing selling SNES---ohhhh yeaaaaahhhhh it was ported to the DS...:

@CRoy Especially since most his posts have just been generic, "oh yeah that looks good!"

It irks me when they have a sale like this, and the version of a game they sell isn't for the system you want.

For example, if they were selling Street Fighter 4 (which they aren't) they would have it up for the XBox360, but not the PS3 or pc.

@Drakkenfyre

? what are you talking about? Maybe I misread you, but...

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-IV-PH-Xbox-360/dp/B0012N3ZXS/ref=br_lf_m_409566_1_23_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=1280489142&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=409566&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=076XV5SVHMP3C3W2QVKH

click the link and pick the version you want

I was using the first Street Fighter 4 as an example, since they used Super Street Fighter 4 in the post above,

But if you notice, the XBox360 and PS3 version of the game are $15, while the pc version is $27, not on sale. So my point still stands. If you are going to slap a game on sale, it would be nice if all of them were.

I completely forgot Chrono Trigger was released on DS. Damnit Square, start making games people want to play again.

Hmm... I should pick up Arkaham Asylum. I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that haven't played it :/

I haven't played batman arkham asylum yet, but i'm waiting til the goty version drops a bit. i did pick up splinter cell conviction for the awesome $15 price though! woohoo amazon!

I thought those were $200 dollar bills.

Smells a lot like stupid in this comment section.

Okay, so Amazon UK and Amazon USA with sales. Maybe Canada next? I could use that free shipping...

i was actually looking for a good deal in Batman. Nice

@MystileArmor I read it as "fat bos"

Little Kings Story for fifteen bucks, and Demon's Souls for twenty are great deals as well.

If I had to go for one, I'd say that this is a great time to get into Demon's Souls, before they turn the servers off.

On the one hand, I love reading Joystiq for stories such as these, for all the money I can save—getting 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' for $14.99 saves me an entire trip on BlackFriday (based on OTHER Joystiq stories!), but now I'm out $61 since all the other deals for DS and PS3 games alike were irresistible! Thank you, Joystiq—Amazon should almost pay you commission for all the purchases I've made by starting from an article and blinking at my Invoices listings later!

Amazon, the one place I can think of that can save me money and make me go broke at the same time...

Can somebody point me in the right direction? I went to the link last night and found the games I want (Assassins creed 2 and batman xbox360). But now when I goto the link, it just show ps3 games, buy 2 get the 3rd free.

@Ball3rAvery33
Because these deals have already expired, twas just for one day. Same happened to me.

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Amazon offering some great games for $20 or less

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