Whaddaya Buyin’? Five Resident Evil Titles Discounted on Xbox Live
Welcome! Got a fine selection on sale, stranger! Marking Day 3 of Xbox Live’s Ultimate Game Sale, every Resident Evil title available for download through Games on Demand has seen a significant price cut.
Whether you’re just breaking into the series or have been looking for crazy deals on your horror favorites (Code: Veronica’s five-fucking-dollars?!), Xbox owners would do well to check out the sales below:
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD - Was: $19.99/Now: $4.99
- Resident Evil 4 HD - Was: $19.99/Now: $9.99
- Resident Evil 5 - Was: $19.99/Now: $9.99
- Resident Evil 6 - Was: $39.99/Now: $19.99
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - Was: $39.99/Now: $19.99
Unfortunately, the closest Xbox fans can get to the key hunting, backtracking days of retro Resi is in Code: Veronica which, admittedly, has not aged gracefully; HD coat of paint and all. Still, even if it sits dormant on your harddrive, it’s difficult to feel buyer’s remorse over $5.
The rest of the collection features more modern examples of RE and their gun-toting glory, including RE4 at just $10, one of the best and most influential games of the last decade (not owning it can be called a “constant mistake” or an “everlasting D'oh!”). For the same price, you can grab its co-op clone, RE5 (still love it, but I call ‘em like I see 'em)
And, yes, its poor performance means you’re able to snag the utterly reviled Resident Evil 6 at an all time low of $20 – if you’re asking me, it breaks into the top five of my series favorites; hell, the superior Mercenaries Mode – and the hundred hours I’ve sunk into it – is worth that cost alone. Hmm, what’s that? What about Operation Raccoon City? Personally, I think free-to-play would be too high of an asking price on that clunker, but if you’ve got a strong constitution and a blinding love for everything Resident Evil…you should still stay away. Far away.
All deals, forthcoming and currently standing, end on March 4th, so jump on them before the prices become unreasonable once more. [Over, out, and done with. The Res Evil sale ended the same day it started, but you can catch many more sales until the 4th.]