Direct2Drive's Anniversary Sale is Ridiculous

John Funk

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Direct2Drive's Anniversary Sale is Ridiculous



Do you like cheap PC games? Do you like lots of cheap PC games? In honor of its fifth anniversary, digital distribution service Direct2Drive is offering tons of PC titles for just $5 apiece.

Something I always like about Steam is its weekly sales. Oh sure, sometimes that means I end up dropping $30 on three games I'll never end up playing, but they were so cheap! How could I pass that up?! Similarly, Direct2Drive's fifth anniversary sale [http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5] may end up with me spending money on games I never get to play, but that's okay because it's just $5, right?

Here's the gist of it: Every week for five weeks, they'll be offering a new genre for download, with every game just $5. This is week two, "Action Games" - last week's was the "Ubisoft/Strategy" sale, which can be found at the bottom of the page. While the vast majority of the titles are being marked down from $15 or $10, there's still some damn good deals there: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena down from $40, Saints Row 2 down from $30, and BioShock down from $20 - to name the big ones? That'd warrant a whistle or two, if you could hear me over the computer.

Next week's sale will be RPGs and MMOs, the week after that will be Indie games, and the sale will close with War games. So if you've been dying to try an older title for a while but haven't had the spare cash, keep an eye out on this one. I mean, $5? That's the price of a footlong sandwich at Subway. I might love a good footlong as much as the next guy, but a sandwich vs a game? Well, it'd better be a really good sandwich (or, alternatively, a really bad game.)

Check out the on-sale games here [http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5].

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ChromeAlchemist

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Wait, what's that in pounds? *figures out*

[HEADING=1]OH MY GOD!![/HEADING] *runs, even though he didn't have to go anywhere*

EDIT: Oh wait, the cheeky bastards kept it at five pounds as well.
 

Hybridwolf

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ChromeAlchemist said:
Wait, what's that in pounds? *figures out*

[HEADING=1]OH MY GOD!![/HEADING] *runs, even though he didn't have to go anywhere*
Damn, that is cheap. No reason to go straight to plan c, but still, that is extremely good value. You'd think they'd want the business or something...
 

Ranooth

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Downloading £5 Saints Row 2 now!

Although for some fucked up reason it said i wasnt using a UK IP when i ordered and customer services didnt seem bothered to help.
 

spike0918

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So now I wonder if I will regret getting a PS3 soon if I could make this computer to work with games and get tons of $5 games. Oh well I am after all a console gamer at heart.
 

drakenabarion

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I cant download anything. I am told that there are regional restrictions!

The games sold in Ireland are the exact same selection as sold in UK. I really hate this. Its not the only site that do this.

e.g. Amazon have no problem posting a product to me, but if I try to download the same product first, I am regionally restricted...
 

Inuprince

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This is really a great offer - but I don't buy games online - I like to have them here on my shelf in there original casing :)
 

Sewer Rat

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I'm gonna need to keep my eye on that, I really hope CoD 4 goes on sale... Yes, I am one of 5 people who has yet to play that game.
 

drakenabarion

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
drakenabarion said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
If you're in the UK, you have to go to the UK IP server instead of the link.
Any tips if you are neither in UK or US?
Difficult, go for the closest as I think they only work in those 2 countries.
That's a pity. I didn't want Saints Row 2 until I saw it got 5 pounds. Now I think I cant live without it. (even after exchange rates that's a great price!)
 

Rathy

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Well, this is tempting. Though the big challenge is going to be to remember to check it for the other sales that are gonna happen.
 

Varchld

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There's a UK option right there on the main page...but there is no Australia option >_>
 

Clashero

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I'm eagerly hoping all Guild Wars campaigns get put on sale. I'd love to complete the set (I still need Prophecies and Nightfall).