Today on Amazon you can preorder numerous games for only $47.99. The discount appears at checkout.
It looks like this isn't just for today. It is a new benefit to Amazon Prime membership. It says that Prime members now get 20% off new game pre-orders and the 20% discount stands for 2 weeks after release. It also says it will be automatically added to any existing Prime Member pre-orders.
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_lin...2383459802&pf_rd_i=B019481Z98&tag=satell01-20
I totally think my Prime Membership is worth the $100 per year. I have been a member for the free 2 day shipping since before video streaming was added. I buy so much stuff from Amazon that this alone was worth it for me to sign up back then.
Now it includes video streaming, their equivalent of a Spotify premium account, free Kindle books, and now the video game discounts. I take advantage of every one of those benefits.
The music service is surprisingly good for an afterthought addition to the membership too. It's not as good as Spotify in that it doesn't have most new music the day it comes out but they usually add new albums from publishers they have deals with within 3-6 months after release.
They don't have everything I want but they have enough that I use it regularly as background music while I play games on my PC or with the phone app while I'm at the gym. They just need Xbox One and PS4 apps so I can stream it while I play games on the consoles too.
It does have unlimited skips, offline listening, and it's commercial free like Spotify Premium though.
Edit: One thing I don't like about the discount game perk is that it doesn't seem to apply to digital PC releases. For example, I'm interested in XCOM 2. The discount applies to the disc copy but I want the Deluxe version that comes with the season pass. This is only available digitally and it doesn't look like the discount applies to the Digital Deluxe or Digital Standard versions of the game.
Edit 2: It doesn't seem to work for digital console purchases either. This looks like it is for physical copies only.