If you own a PS3, you better make sure you keep an eye on Amazon today. The site’s Gold Box page always features one main deal that lasts all day, and then a number of other deals that are only available for a limited time throughout the day. Today, March 22, 2010, all the sale items are PS3 games.
There’s only one exception. The Deal of the Day is Dante’s Inferno for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. If you paid the full $59.99 retail price for Dante’s Inferno, you may not want to hear this, but Amazon is selling new copies of the game today for $38.99. Amazon normally sells it for $56.99, so that’s a pretty striking deal, especially if you were slightly interested but not totally sold on the game’s concept.
As for the hourly sales, only one’s been completed so far. The first was Batman: Arkham Asylum for $29.99, and the sale lasted from 6am PDT to 9am PDT. The current sale item is Tekken 6 for $17.99, and that sale will end at 1pm PDT. There are four more game deals after that.
Here are the hints for the four other sale games, and my guesses as to what games the hints are referring to.
- 1pm PDT: “You might have played this RPG on your 360.” – I think there’s a good chance this could be Eternal Sonata. It could be Star Ocean: The Last Hope International or Final Fantasy XIII, but both of those just came out pretty recently. Update: It is Star Ocean: The Last Hope International. The sale price is $44.98, and the normal price is $59.99.
- 4pm PDT: “Help Lego Dr. Jones through your favorite cinematic moments” – I’ll go with Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, since it’s normally $46.99 at Amazon.
- 6pm PDT: “Wave around your PS3″ – Joystiq suggests the Nyko Blu-Wave Infrared Remote, and I agree.
- 7pm PDT: “Don’t ‘tapout’ on this great MMA deal” – The only possibility is UFC 2009 Undisputed. It’s pretty cheap normally at Amazon ($29.96), so I wonder what the sale price will be.
Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 3:32pm CST, March 22, 2010, to confirm the games that were later put on sale.
hey thanks for the info, interesting deal. will surely check it out. thanks