Sorry for the relevance shocker, earlier today. Microsoft’s actual Deal of the Week is for Marvel Ultimate Alliance. This week only, you’ll be able to nab the Hero/Villian pack for 560 Microsoft Points instead of the usual 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. That’s a savings of, um, Points...
The pack adds eight total characters to the game: Cyclops, Doctor Doom, Hawkeye, The Hulk, Magneto, Nightcrawler, Sabretooth, and Venom. As you may have observed, it’s split 50/50 between heroes and villains.
The DLC originally hit in May 2007, so this week’s deal is just a tad dated. Still, though, DLC rarely comes cheap. Grab it while it’s lukewarm.
[via Major Nelson]
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2:30 PM on 05.18.2009
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And yeah, what Jawmuncher said.
If you play the game frequently and have points to burn, I'd recommend getting this. Dr. Doom is a fucking BEAST and can immobilize 3-4 guys at a time with his laser thingy.
Old DLC for a game that barely anyone plays anymore is just evil on Microsoft's part. They need to start putting up some DLC or Arcade games that people will actually, I don't know, buy?
This would be appealing if I didn't know MUA2 is around the corner
Economics 101 should tell Microsoft that older games are far lower in demand, so no one is going to continue paying day-1 prices for this ancient DLC, especially after it gets put on a horrible less-than-half-off-"sale".
These weekly deals would be absolutely perfect if they were permanent price changes every week for older material - which is how physical media is sold: always dropping in order to sell.
But this game is sweet and this dlc was AWESOME. (WHEN IT WAS NEW)
Nowadays it's just old. The DLC is pretty beastly though. Not worth the price though. I mean, gold edition is what, $5?
All DLC should eventually become free.
Cause the gold edition is so cheap, rite guys?
@Tino - My 360 came bundled with Marvel:UA and Forza 2, but it was not a gold edition. =/ Luckily, you can still access the characters if you're playing co-op with someone who does have the DLC.
Still, I wish the regular DLC price were 400, and the sale were 200. With a sequel on the horizon, I have no real incentive other than very cheap prices to buy this DLC, and 560 of my points is not enticingly low.
The fact that this is the "Deal of the Week" makes it all the more pathetic.
I got mine for far less, like $15. So no problem here.
I'm guessing this was when the gold edition first came out? Apparently now its a rare item. Really pissed me off, as I tried to buy it a couple months ago, and ended up getting the regular edition cause it would be much cheaper to do that and pay for the DLC than buy the gold.