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    Amazon to stop selling XBLA games.

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    #1  Edited By DevWil
    Gamasutra's got it. 
     
    I dunno.  It was nice to get games without buying points, but ultimately it doesn't make much of a difference to me.  Anybody outraged or even inconvenienced?
     
    You'll still be able to buy points on Amazon.  Article doesn't get specific about if you can still buy points codes or just the cards, but I'm assuming you can still buy codes.
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    #2  Edited By wefwefasdf

    That's depressing. I liked playing cash for XBLA games. :/

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    #3  Edited By LordXavierBritish

    I wasn't even aware you go do this. 
     
    Oh well.

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    #4  Edited By JJWeatherman

    It always seemed like a strange business practice.

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    #5  Edited By DevWil
    @JJWeatherman:  yeah.  it occurred to me one day "wait, how is this good for amazon OR microsoft?" 
     
    maybe the numbers worked out in such a way that would surprise me...but yeah...weird thing.
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    #6  Edited By StarFoxA

    Awww.... I bought a lot of games that way.

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    #7  Edited By scarace360

    I didnt even know that was real. Amazon you still surprise me.

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    #8  Edited By herocide

    They did this?

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    #9  Edited By ReyGitano

    I liked the idea, but they never seemed to have the games I wanted to buy on Amazon.

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    #10  Edited By DevWil

    pretty funny to me how few people even knew this existed.

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    #11  Edited By apathylad

    Amazon does this with PSN games. These codes occasionally go on sale. 

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    #12  Edited By Malakhii
    @DevWil said:
    " pretty funny to me how few people even knew this existed. "
    I wish I had known it existed, then I probably would have used it and I'd probably be PO'd right now. But because I didn't all I can say is, meh......
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    #13  Edited By maxszy

    Why wouldn't you just get them with points? It wasn't any savings this way was it?
     
    Seemed strange to sell them this way in the first place anyway.

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