Amazon Prime used to be the best deal around for gamers. Or, at least, it was on par with the benefits you'd receive from Best Buy Gamer's Club Unlocked. Amazon Prime members got 20% off of new physical video games at launch. From the time a game was available to pre-order, up until two weeks after its release, you could enjoy that 20% discount. Now it appears that Amazon has changed its policy, and the discount only applies to pre-orders.

Just checked a few latest releases, looks like no more 20% off Prime discount on games released within 2 weeks. Discount only for preorders https://t.co/Mj9GP0cXRq

— Wario64 (@Wario64) August 16, 2017

I decided to log into my Prime account to check this as well. I loaded up the listing for Agents of Mayhem, which just launched on consoles. Indeed, Amazon was asking me to pay the full $59.99 price-tag, and the 20% Prime discount was nowhere to be found. This is a bummer, and a huge downgrade for the service as a whole.

You may be wondering what the big deal is. After all, Prime members still get 20% off of any game they might want badly enough to pre-order, and release-day delivery is still a great boon -- when it actually works out.

Posted: Aug 17, 2017 8:56 am
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