Let's go save some crazy money, with Sega PSN/XBLA sales

Sega is offering discounts on its digital console games this month, on both PSN and XBLA. The regions, timing, and games are all different between the platforms for maximum confusion. In fact, the only thing the two sales have in common is Streets of Rage 2.

Through November 29, North American PSN users will be able to get After Burner Climax for $5, and Genesis classics Streets of Rage 2, Comix Zone, and Golden Axe for $2.99 each. Sega's XBLA sale starts November 22 and runs through November 28, and offers 50% discounts on Crazy Taxi (sale price 400 Points), Sega Rally Online Arcade (400 Points), Streets of Rage 2 (200), Outrun Online Arcade (400), Happy Tree Friends (400), and Phantasy Star 2 (200).

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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON - November 16, 2011
SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced special savings for North American PlayStation®Network fans and worldwide week-long deals for gamers on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

From today through November 29, 2011, PlayStation®Network gamers can enjoy a feast of savings on SEGA classics including:
• Comix Zone™: $2.99 (was $4.99)
• Streets of Rage 2™: $2.99 (was $4.99)
• Golden Axe™: $2.99 (was $4.99)
• After Burner Climax™: $4.99 (was $9.99)

Starting November 22 and lasting through November 28, 2011, Xbox LIVE Arcade players worldwide can be thankful for six select SEGA titles on sale for 50% off their usual prices:
• Crazy Taxi™: 400 Microsoft Points (50% off)
• SEGA Rally Online Arcade™: 400 Microsoft Points (50% off)
• Streets of Rage 2™: 200 Microsoft Points (50% off)
• OutRun Online Arcade™: 400 Microsoft Points (50% off)
• Happy Tree Friends™: 400 Microsoft Points (50% off)
• Phantasy Star 2™: 200 Microsoft Points (50% off)

For a full list of discounted titles in the SEGA November Sales, visit the official SEGA blog at http://blogs.sega.com/usa/

Reader Comments (33)

Happy Tree Friends? wtf

@wqerty

I feel like Happy Tree Friends is about 500 years old in Internet Years.

@wqerty
Take my advice and avoid buying it. Don't even take it for free. It's tucking ferrible.

WHERE THE F* is SONIC!!!!!?!??!??!?

@Ericalvusa91
NO SANIC 4 U

Aw, no Crazy taxi PSN sale :(

@Faenix - You're not missing much. Sadly, Crazy Taxi doesn't really hold up in 2011.

@Mcmax3000 I still love it especially when i throw on some AC/DC hells bells trust me its so much fun.

@Faenix
this version of Crazy Taxi sucks with low resolution and funny UI aspect ratio compared to other DC Collection re-makes. I heard it's a port from PSP version, not from DC or PS2. you aren't missing much.

Outrun Online Arcade is being pulled from XBLA in December. Sega lost the Ferrari license so it has to go. It will remain in your account if you buy it before that. If you're on the fence you should buy it while it's $5.

@louiedog
upvote for great justice.

@louiedog

You sir have won my good Samaritan award of the day. This entitles you to an internet high five.

*unzips pants*.

Whoops, I meant *high five*.

Be advised, the one major downside of Crazy Taxi on XBLA (and Steam) is that they didn't bother getting the licenses from The Offspring and Bad Religion again for the soundtrack, nor the licenses to include real-world locations like KFC, Pizza Hut, or the now defunct Tower Records. As a result you're dashing through streets with generic garage band music to generic locations, making the game feel... Generic.

I hope one day they put out a proper re-release of Crazy Taxi, but this isn't it. The only thing they got right was at least allowing widescreen. I'm surprised they did that much.

@onan Well on the 360 you can at elats make a custom soundtrack with the music you want.

@onan I can't speak for PC but i know on xbox you can put your own music on so it doesn't bother me.

@onan
Both the 360 and PS3 version support custom soundtracks so not only could you play the original Offspring and Bad Religion songs if you have them, you could also play some of your own music if you like.

If the lack of in-game advertising and late-'90s punk rock is keeping Crazy Taxi from greatness, then it just wasn't so great of a game anyways.

I've had my fun with it, but it just hasn't held up all too well to be honest - and it has absolutely nothing to do with the music or advertising.

@onan

YA YA YA YA YA

@onan
I remember a couple years back, people were up in arms about in-game advertising. Now people complain about it being stripped out of the game.

If I didn't already get the Genesis games for free with PS Plus, I'd be all over this sale. Anyone have a recommendation on the XBLA side of things?

Streets of Rage 2 for me. I might even pop on Outrun since it'll be pulled in december like a previous poster said. Crazy Taxi is on that DC disc and I'm sure I'll find that for

Or you could buy Sonics Genesis collection for 20 or less and get Streets of Rage 2, Comix Zone, Golden Axe, and like 20 more games.

After Burner Climax is one of the most underrated titles out there (it also has custom soundtracks, so you can throw on some Minmay and/or Sharon Apple and half-way pretend like you're playing a Macross game that doesn't suck).

@RickGhastly
Actually, that sounds like a plan. I remember playing the original AFTERBURNER games in the arcades, hopefully this one is similar. Perhaps with custom soundtrack on PS3?

Bah, I'll buy it at that price regardless.

It's time to make some CRAAAAZYYY money! Are ya ready? Here we go!

So wait, Streets of rage is $2.99 on PSN but only $2.50 on XBL? NerdRAGE!!!!!

All of these games are still more money than they are worth.

I wonder why Outrun Online Arcade isn't on sale on PSN. I've been wanting to buy it.

@Softserve Apparently it was taken off PSN long ago. That's odd, I could of sworn I saw it in the store recently. Must be nuts.

I recommend this instead:

http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Ultimate-Genesis-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B001G33V8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321547184&sr=8-1

Was waiting for Crazy Taxi to go on sale - no way I'd pay full price for a few memories :)

Ashame Daytona isn't on sale... granted, it just dropped a couple weeks ago, so maybe it'll be on sale during Xmas week.

Also, I fully recommend Afterburner - I purchased it when it was last on sale and had a blast.

I guess I'll buy Outrun just because it's getting taken off the Marketplace. It'll be worth something on eBay later, right?

As cool as this is, I already has the Genesis/Mega Drive classics from Playstation Plus, and I prefer to play retro games on their original console.

Finally got an original copy of Crazy Taxi today. I think it holds up fine. I even found the arcade machine at an airport nearby last year. The game is still tons of fun, if only because it's silly, and the original music is really catchy, even if it isn't all that good.

Crazy Taxi

Let's go save some crazy money, with Sega PSN/XBLA sales

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