Amazon U.S. September bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

[RJ_Sizzle]

SWORDF1SH said:

RJ_Sizzle said:

But MS does, regularly. When Sony has a marketing deal on a big game, MS will counter by having a free game deal with the purchase of their system to counter it. Without directly implying that you can have that game for free on Xbox One... more or less. MS foots the bill for games purchased with XB1 in that period. It skirts the marketing deals in place. Even Sony did it toward MS once with a Madden deal at GS.

MS already gives away the house when it comes to Xbox One, what's a $60 dollar game of choice going to set them back?

Are those retailer deals or MS deals?

Those are MS sponsored deals. Retailers wouldn't all unite at once to give away free Xbox games. Chances are, most of the deals you've been seeing like that are vendor sponsored anyway. Retailers don't get much back from selling games, especially hardware. Retailers usually discount games that don't move, not give them away. They'd eat up too much of the cost. Or, worst case scenario, return them to the vendor.