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Has anyone else with an R800x noticed that the wapshop.gameloft.com, Gameloft's in-phone purchasing site, now detects the specific R800x and lists the device as having no games available??
I had just visited the site, and later in the day I was checking again and suddenly it now shows "Sony Ericsson Xperia Play R800x"
"Sorry, there are no available games for your mobile."
If I click on the phone name I can select the Xperia Play from a list, and it gets me back to the Xperia Play store page, as would previously load, and I can even access my downloads again...
Just thought it was strange. I thought I'd give it a couple of days to see if they'd add games or fix the re-direct, but it doesn't seem to be changing at all.
Anyone else notice this? Anyone know what's going on with this? Is there some corporate behind-the-scenes Verizon Market vs. Gameloft Shop vs. Android Market exclusivity battles going on?
Not trying to be alarmist, but it's a weirdly sudden change. I'm using same browser and same bookmark I've always used.
Same happens for me. Noticed it a few days ago. I hate how the apps are in different stores. I also wish gameloft would release all their games in the android market. I bought 4 gameloft titles on my previous phone and now I'm going to have to re buy them which is stupid. I also bought a game from them like a week ago through the wap shop and never got a link to download it. I sent an email and haven't received one back. I'm getting kind of pissed at them.
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thats why I download them on my computer. If you change what phone you are using and click on the my downloads button, it will give you a download link for any game you have bought on that computer but for the phone model you selected! I figured this out a while ago and havent had to rebuy a single game since. Even though I already had bought them all like 3 times at that point lol.
Yeah, I have the same problem. They're having a Club membership deal. 2 games $7/month, with two free games at the beginning. I'm going to try it out, see what happens.
maybe its a region thing?
i have 2 options here, i can go to wapshop.gameloft.com and it will show me all of the available "hd" games for the xperia play at 2.99 each, and if i go to the xperia play app and click on one of the games available for sale it will redirect me to my carrier's own gameloft shop which has them for the same price but in mexican pesos
robvp said:
maybe its a region thing?
i have 2 options here, i can go to wapshop.gameloft.com and it will show me all of the available "hd" games for the xperia play at 2.99 each, and if i go to the xperia play app and click on one of the games available for sale it will redirect me to my carrier's own gameloft shop which has them for the same price but in mexican pesos
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Probably. If I'm on 3G, it takes me straight to verizon.gameloft.com or something like that and it says "no games available". If I use Wifi, I can actually see games.
I have the same problem. They advertize the Verizon app store underneath where it says they have nothing available. I'm really wondering if Verizon pays them to not allow us to buy games from them directly or some nonsense like that. I can find N.O.V.A. 2 in the Vcast app store but not in the Android Market even though the game WAS released to the market. I'm never ever going to buy from Verizon's app store... what if I change carriers?
I'm having the same issue, I was going to get NOVA2 but it's not available in the Android Market. I saw it was available on the website https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftN2HM&feature=search_result , but it's "not compatible" with my phone.
There must be some confusion about the R800x on their end.
This issue is very concerning to me as well. I have been able to get around this issue buy selecting the phone explicitly on gameloft's site but its not streight forward. I like this phone a lot but I am worried if Verizon is trying some kind of lock down. In the end it will only hurt all parties if this is the case.
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ny_amigo said:
This issue is very concerning to me as well. I have been able to get around this issue buy selecting the phone explicitly on gameloft's site but its not streight forward. I like this phone a lot but I am worried if Verizon is trying some kind of lock down. In the end it will only hurt all parties if this is the case.
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Agreed. I don't care if it serves me caviar on toast. I will not use a _CARRIER_ provided App shop. Unless it allows me to go download my apps/games/etc once I'm safely with another carrier. I guess I'll just buy over my wifi and then download it similarly. (which considering the size of some of these games, isn't a bad idea). Still, to yank the ability to buy games directly from the creators at reasonable prices instead of the carrier having to get their extra pound of flesh (or pound note, or US$2-3 in this case), it just screams greed and lock-down (based upon greed and insecurity).
Probably US only and for a short time everything Gameloft is 99 cents
http://gloft.co/d0fea1cc
Hmm what should I pick up next...... I'm still sitting on Eternal Legacy, downloaded it and havent even played it yet. Still finishing Assasins Creed and just started Modern Combat 2
Your link works in Canada too (over wifi). Bought them all at earlier promotions in the uk but 99 cents would beat our promotions. Wish they more games even so I have not played most of the already purchased.
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At this price you could buy all of the Xperia Play games for under $20
hairdewx said:
At this price you could buy all of the Xperia Play games for under $20
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Even minecraft??
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That link works in Mexico too!! I just bought Eternal Legacy HD for a buck.
Links works for me From Canada
Now what to buy
aww it still says 5$cad when I hit a game from the launcher
Gameloft is pretty lame tbh.
I have bought my last titles from them forever.
They shamelessly rip off better games that you probably would have more fun playing the original on an emulator.
I was playing Sacred Odyssey thinking it was original... Had never played Zelda:Orcania of Time. Now i am playing it on N64oid and I am like "WTF Gameloft you cheap c%*$".
Sacred Odyssey - 1Gig
Zelda - 25mb
The funny thing is the 25mb game is better than the 1 Gig rip off.
Cat_On_Droid said:
Even minecraft??
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Minecraft's not from gameloft..
Also, link shows me 4.99 USD.. Im in SG.
Promo is not available in my country also, it is still 2.99$.
Anyway some Gameloft games had an issue esp the controls in MC2 and splinter cell conviction..
I really wan't to play that splinter cell, but the i'm always having a hard time using the controls, the sensitivity is too fast when using the right touchpad and there's no option to decrease it..
Not to mention the bug riddled Backstab.
Really have lost faith in this developer.
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subcu1ture said:
Gameloft is pretty lame tbh.
I have bought my last titles from them forever.
They shamelessly rip off better games that you probably would have more fun playing the original on an emulator.
I was playing Sacred Odyssey thinking it was original... Had never played Zelda:Orcania of Time. Now i am playing it on N64oid and I am like "WTF Gameloft you cheap c%*$".
Sacred Odyssey - 1Gig
Zelda - 25mb
The funny thing is the 25mb game is better than the 1 Gig rip off.
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Actually Gameloft only charges $5 max while Zelda cost me $70 back in the days.
Even at $5 I think the games are worth it
I agree %110 with previous poster. Gameloft's re-makes of some classic titles is pretty shameless. I give them credit for being one the first to bring these genres to android masses.
That said, Xperia play owners should expect to pay a lot less for gameloft titles than some of the better titles in the same genre. I just finished battlefield 2. That games was done really well. The developer had the time to make it right. The controls are so fluid...man is was great. In contrast, play black pegasus 2, and your rubbing the controls constantly. This seems to be there method of there control skeme. Even in splinter cell conviction, as much as I would like to continue trying to play it, I cant stand the controls. EA's games of much higher production quality imho. I have been playing dead space and once again intuative controls.
Graphically the games seem to be somewhat sub-par by comparison to some of the EA releases. I would not have paid for asphalt before nfs but I digress. So 99 cents ain't to shabby. Fair exchage is not a robbery, right.
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Getting ALL of these.
Sometimes I'm thinking too not to buy again from this publisher, but still I continue buying their games. Last night I even bought their UNO game thinking that I can play poker, or pusoy, or tong-its on that, haha.. I just played it once gets bored coz I don't understand what am I doing while playing that..
I really hope that they will fix the controls of splinter cell.
brochador said:
I really hope that they will fix the controls of splinter cell.
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Gameloft needs to get on the EA Store... purchase the Xperia PLAY version of Dead Space... play it extensively... then revise EVERY ONE of their shooters until the aiming controls work JUST like that. Unless they issued a new update that made things awesome, I remember Modern Combat 2 having controls that were poor, but doable... then they issued an update that made already sub-par controls into something that was simply IMPOSSIBLE to use.
The version of BIA2 I played was the worst of them all though... for some reason, trying to aim would automatically make me fire, and all kinds of things were just... ugh... Iuno why, but I bought that too... and I guess I'll see soon enough if it's been fixed.
(If nothing else... I get the strangest nerdy pleasure from seeing my list of Xperia PLAY games in the Launcher growing)
I got
Nova 2
Eternal Legacy
Star Front Collision
Uno
Backstab
Rainbow Six
Brothers in Arms 2
Assassins Creed
For $8
hairdewx said:
Actually Gameloft only charges $5 max while Zelda cost me $70 back in the days.
Even at $5 I think the games are worth it
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I would happily pay PSP prices for games like Zelda if they were available.
I am not happy paying 9NZD for a game that doesn't function properly and is filled with bugs.
May look nice and all, but with their "style of content" ethos they are pretty much making mass turds of bloatware games that lack two of the major ingredients of making a game enjoyable.
I have a long list of things I could buy for $9NZ, like the Baldur's Gate 1+ 2, a PS2 platinum title, PSP platinum title and Minecraft Pocket.
They can't even take time out of their day to come up some original content so these games ain't even worth 20cents tbh.
Tried to get the games and it would not let me. Error after I entered all my info. I'm in Los Angeles it will work but at 4.99. Wishful thinking damn and I was going to get everything too.
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CapNM77 said:
Tried to get the games and it would not let me. Error after I entered all my info. I'm in Los Angeles it will work but at 4.99. Wishful thinking damn and I was going to get everything too.
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Did you select the R800x from the drop down and scan the QR code? Thats the only way to get that price otherwise you get hit for full price if you try and go through their wapshop.gameloft.com
As for everyone's criticism, I tend to agree in a way. I own a few of their games and yes they do rip off other franchises (ex Star Battalion is a huge ripoff of the story of Star Wars), but the production values in the games are decent. That said they are like just 1 notch below ready. Theres lots of little glitches in Assassins Creed that are a little annoying, and yeah the MC2 controls do suck pretty bad, Apshalt 6 has a few glitches as well. They feel like beta releases, almost ready for prime time but missing the polish and final fixes. This is why I wouldn't pay $5-$7 bucks for these games. But they continuously run sales like almost every week with either buy 1 get 1 free, or 99 cent games, if you're patient you can get any game of theirs you want for a buck. I've spent a total of $2.97 with them and have 3 of their games. While not perfect, at that price they are good enough.
subcu1ture said:
Not to mention the bug riddled Backstab.
Really have lost faith in this developer.
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Every single game since 1990 is a rip off of a spectrum/amstrad/amiga game anyway
SoundHound
Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD
Minecraft - Pocket Edition
SwiftKey X Keyboard
Endomondo Sports Trackerrd
Great Little War Game
Fieldrunners HD
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.subatomicstudios&feature=apps_timed_promotionSketchBook Mobile
Color & Draw for kidshone
Paper Camera
Yes! This is awesome. My collection of free/cheap apps is growing daily... Between this deal and Amazon I think I have about $100 worth of apps for free/cheap.
Wow this is much better than getting just a single app for free They should have more sales like this.
Thanks OP for the heads up!
Thanks for the heads up on this after I read your post I headed over to the android Market for some sweet justice lol great stuff.
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Any idea what tomorrow's apps will be? At $0.10, I'll buy the dumbest of apps - like a talking donkey ass!
ZiZi_G2X said:
Any idea what tomorrow's apps will be? At $0.10, I'll buy the dumbest of apps - like a talking donkey ass!
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Well personally I already owned several....
And, even at 10 cents, I wouldn't buy an app I don't like. Think about it.. What if you buy "AndFart", and it has to sit in your purchased apps list FOR EVER. Like, 10 years from now, your new wife/girlfriend/kid/grandkid/political foe, etc, is perusing your apps and they notice that at some point in history, you decided "AndFart" was worth purchasing...
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Well personally I already owned several....
And, even at 10 cents, I wouldn't buy an app I don't like. Think about it.. What if you buy "AndFart", and it has to sit in your purchased apps list FOR EVER. Like, 10 years from now, your new wife/girlfriend/kid/grandkid/political foe, etc, is perusing your apps and they notice that at some point in history, you decided "AndFart" was worth purchasing...
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I think you are way too worried about about what other people think.
Just tell them that Google was having a 10ยข sale to support its top developers and you felt like doing your part.
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Todays 10cent Apps will be:
NFL Rivals
Reckless Racing
Read it Later Pro
Flick Golf
Fruit Ninja
Christmas HD live wallpaper
AirSync by doubleTwist
Star Chart
Beautiful Widgets
Where are they?
I can't see the ones from today? My Market is still showing the ones from yesterday...
Is it normal? What time will they change over?
UPDATE: Nevermind.... I can see them now....
Random question, after I buy these games for my g2x, will I be able to download them and play them on my tablet in the future (once I buy one)?
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Random question, after I buy these games for my g2x, will I be able to download them and play them on my tablet in the future (once I buy one)?
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Yes, since they're linked to your account.
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How long is this promotin goinng to last. All week or all month anyone?
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How long is this promotin goinng to last. All week or all month anyone?
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10days only
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dkb218 said:
NFL Rivals
Reckless Racing
Read it Later Pro
Flick Golf
Fruit Ninja
Christmas HD live wallpaper
AirSync by doubleTwist
Star Chart
Beautiful Widgets
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I'm playing the cranky old curmudgeon here
So.... absolutely nothing I actually want to buy, and 2 I've actually previously refunded....
AirSync sounded good, but between AudioGalaxy and Google Music, I really don't see a need...
Beautiful Widgets were beautiful... in 2009.
The rest? Not even a comment.
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Yes, since they're linked to your account.
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Not so true........if the app isnt linked to used on a tablet...then no he wont.
Markets: It will phone to phone but not always for phone to tablet.
There's ways of getting the app on the tablet but will be it optimized for tablets
Todays 10 cent apps are:
Talking Tom Cat 2
Reckless Getaway
ADW EX Launcher
Tetris
Space Physics
Can Knockdown 2
Homerun Battle 3D
Toki Tori
Kids Learn to Read
Blue Skies Donation Wallpaper
Sure there are some apps that I don't have an interest in, but for $.10 it is hard to pass up.
Minecraft, ADW EX, SwiftKey X, etc.
There are some really good deals out there for the price. For example I don't always use ADW EX, but I have purchased it in the past and do like to rotate it in occasionally. And it worked out with my Asus Transformer tablet because ADW EX is one of the new launchers that works with Honeycomb (and ICS now).
SwiftKey X wasn't my forte on my mobile, but on my tablet it works great. I think the past few days I've spent $.90 cents on a bunch of great apps and games... can't complain.
Just downloaded the Blue Skies Donation Wallpaper and it's pretty slick. I now have it running on my Transformer's background.
app list here
Todays 10cent Apps will be:
Spirit HD
Shazam Encore
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Farm Frenzy
Toddler Spanish
Need for Speed Shift
Jelly Defense
Game Dev Story
Baseball Superstars 2011
My Beach HD
Anyone else getting errors trying to buy some of today's apps? Getting errors trying from both my phone and via computer.
market place has 10 apps for 10 cents each for 10 days https://market.android.com/details?...WRfbXVsdGlfX18xX3Byb21vXzEzMjMxODcwNjMwNzMiXQ..
Thanks for the heads up... Just purchased 2 apps
I purchased 2 apps as well. Thanx!
40 cents later...
$1.00 later what a bargain bought them earlier was stoked!
grabbed my wife,daughter swiftkey
grabbed me 3 games !
Nice find. I purchased SwiftKey, pretty slick keyboard.
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Thanks for the heads up!!!
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More apps today
NFL Rivals
Reckless Racing
Read it Later Pro
Flick Golf
Fruit Ninja
Christmas HD live wallpaper
AirSync by doubleTwist
Star Chart
Beautiful Widgets
Wow. Asphalt 6 for 10 cents! Can't beat that. Sucks that it needs to download 525MB to my phone, but thats what unlimited data plans are for. Suck it up AT&T!
ADW EX today, if you don't have it, it's worth it to buy!!!
I ended up buying fruit ninja, adw ex, beautiful Widgets, reckless racing play andreckless getaway. Hopefullytheres more to get tomorrow
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We got 8 more days to keep checking. I keep seeing new 1's every few hours, the 1's that were already 0.10 cents went back up to original price. All I can say is keep checking every few hours and be QUICK!
Simply buy, and then think. At a $ a day for 10 apps, its not something you would regret buying.
And I am esp in love with fruit ninja! I feel so sorry I realized about this only y'day and missed out on the asphalt 6 on day 1.
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Simply buy, and then think. At a $ a day for 10 apps, its not something you would regret buying.
And I am esp in love with fruit ninja! I feel so sorry I realized about this only y'day and missed out on the asphalt 6 on day 1.
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And their yours for a lifetime until you leave Android and or Change to a new Google Acct.
Thanks for sharing. I will look for those apps.
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I tried to buy beautiful widgets; it said .10 on the app store page, but when it set up the transaction it was the original price. (In fact, it STILL says .10 on the page...)
Heres todays
Spirit HD
Shazam Encore
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Farm Frenzy
Toddler Spanish
Need for Speed Shift
Jelly Defense
Game Dev Story
Baseball Superstars 2011
My Beach HD
klyon said:
I tried to buy beautiful widgets; it said .10 on the app store page, but when it set up the transaction it was the original price. (In fact, it STILL says .10 on the page...)
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Happens when the date is up, and they are updating market with a new set of apps. I faced the same issue for Asphalt 6 HD. After some time I found a new set of 10 apps.
Brorex above has already today's apps list, but my market is still showing me yesterday's list.
MikeyFTL said:
Wow. Asphalt 6 for 10 cents! Can't beat that. Sucks that it needs to download 525MB to my phone, but thats what unlimited data plans are for. Suck it up AT&T!
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Network congestion ftw
Hello all, Dead Space is currently listed at 99 cents for a sale. I was wondering, will the version in the Play store work with our Xperia Plays? I noticed there were no reviews from Play users so just wanted to double check, thanks all.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.deadspace_na
NO
brianchase said:
hello all, dead space is currently listed at 99 cents for a sale. I was wondering, will the version in the play store work with our xperia plays? I noticed there were no reviews from play users so just wanted to double check, thanks all.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.deadspace_na
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no it will not..do not buy it YOU HAVE TO GET IT FROM THE flexion STORE THROUGH THE GAME LAUNCHER
****, just checked and it still goes for $5.99 over there. Shouldn't have expected much from EA.
brianchase said:
****, just checked and it still goes for $5.99 over there. Shouldn't have expected much from ea.
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but it is worth it..game pads work really well.
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but it is worth it..game pads work really well.
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Oh its worth it in my opinion. At one time ages ago, think a year ago, it was free for a time from the flexion store. Even if i didnt get it for free at that time I would buy it, the controls, story, graphics and smooth gameplay are one of the best games to utilize this phone. So if I were you I woul go and buy it from the flexion store. Because if theres one thing everyone with an Xperia play knows its how much touchscreen gaming sucks.
Im still using version 1.1.33 and its perfect.
For me this is the best game we're got from EA untill now.
warning!
i bought this game and i can say the playstore version is NOT Xperia Play optimized!
simpson1991 said:
warning!
i bought this game and i can say the playstore version is NOT Xperia Play optimized!
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It has already been stated multiple times ont this thread and others that the Google PLAY version will not work with our phones gamepad. You have to buy it from the EA Flexion store for $5.99.
I thought when you said, " and a question!", you were going to ask to borrow 99 cents
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Or you can just do like me and get the Play store version and then downgrade to 1.1.33...
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Or you can just do like me and get the Play store version and then downgrade to 1.1.33...
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****, had I known that I definitely would have lol. Too late now but it goes on sale every once and a while; could you post how you managed to do that?