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 Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:46 am
Do you rent them? Do you borrow them off friends? Do you buy them online or instore? Do you buy them brand new or wait till they're cheaper? Or do you buy pre-owned ones?
I used to buy my games from GAME or Gamestation, but lately I've been buying them from Play.com because most of them are alot cheaper. Plus GAME and Gamestation sell their games instore dearer than they are online. I often buy pre-owned ones though because they're cheaper and it's not like they are in really bad condition.
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:18 am
I usually just buy them from EB Games. Sometimes on Amazon, if it's cheaper. Like with Ratchet and Clank Crack in Time, which was $50 online, $60 at the store. And because it was still over $40, I got free shipping on it.
But mostly at EB Games. They usually have all the promotions going on, pre-order and you get the soundtrack, etc. And I love those types of things.
I don't really buy pre-owned games lately. I don't know why, but on PS3, I kinda want my games all in mint condition, which also means without those annoying yellow price stickers on the box, which never peel off clean.
That and there aren't really any games I want that much. And the ones that I DO want, are coming out now, which means getting them on release date, which means they're obviously brand new.
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:16 am
I rent most games. I got a LOVEFILM subscription which for £10 a month gets me at most 4 games a month, 2 out at a time.
I'll buy the odd game, one I know I'd like to have for a long time, but on most I rent stuff, play it, then hoof it back.
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:55 am
I never rent. The only time I'd rent is when it's like... I dunno, SingStar or something. Something I'd bring over to a friend's place.
Most games I play I usually know roughly what I'm getting myself into, and with the vast majority of them, they do end up being the types of games I'd be playing well more than once. I have some games I've beaten over 20 times. Some over 30.
The odd time I'm disappointed in a game, such as Dead Space, I trade it off, and yeah, I might lose some profit on it, but whatever. It rarely happens, since 80% of my games are parts of series that I follow... Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Mortal Kombat, etc. etc. etc. So I know I'll be keeping all of them, and replaying them.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:21 am
Biohazard EXTREME The odd time I'm disappointed in a game, such as Dead Space, I trade it off, and yeah, I might lose some profit on it, but whatever. It rarely happens, since 80% of my games are parts of series that I follow... Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Mortal Kombat, etc. etc. etc. So I know I'll be keeping all of them, and replaying them. That's what I'm saying though, for a game like Metal Gear or God of War, game series I love, I'll buy them and keep them, but when it's something I'm not that interested in but still want to play like Brutal Legend or Uncharted, I'll rent it out. Plus I use rentals to play games I'm usually not into and check them out. It's how I learned Stormrise is actually a kinda good game.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:42 am
I just play demos to decide whether to buy a game or not. Brutal Legend demo hooked me, and then I bought the game.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:11 am
Biohazard EXTREME I just play demos to decide whether to buy a game or not. Brutal Legend demo hooked me, and then I bought the game. A fair system, and until I got a rental service I did the same thing too, but my gripe about this is the games that don't release demos, or the demos that are totally misleading. I had no interest in playing Cross Edge and I'm sure a demo would of probably swayed me at the time, but when I put it in my Lovefilm list, low priority, just to fill a list and got to try it out it actually turned out to be a fun game. And you could not fault people who played the demo to Brutal Legend and found it to be a quirky hack & slash game only to realise it's more RTS with hacky-fun tacked in. It would of made more sense for the demo to of include the first stage battle too. Overall though demos are good, there just needs to be more of them, and to truly represent the game to expect.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:40 am
I play demos to help me decide whether to buy a game or not. I think all games should have demos because otherwise how would you know you like the game? I think demos give more people the chance to try out a game, and it might attract people who usually wouldn't play that sort of game and then they might go out and buy it, so surely it's a good thing for the games developers??
I would rent if I was unsure of a game I wanted to buy but I haven't got anything from Blockbusters in so long that I'd have to set up my account all over again. Plus you only get a game for 2 days and I can't be bothered making the effort to specially make a journey to the shop to take it back. And I don't like renting off the internet..don't like paying monthly fees because what if I don't want to rent anything that month? and I don't trust internet and postal services lol.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:18 am
Yuuki Rosaro A fair system, and until I got a rental service I did the same thing too, but my gripe about this is the games that don't release demos, or the demos that are totally misleading. I had no interest in playing Cross Edge and I'm sure a demo would of probably swayed me at the time, but when I put it in my Lovefilm list, low priority, just to fill a list and got to try it out it actually turned out to be a fun game. And you could not fault people who played the demo to Brutal Legend and found it to be a quirky hack & slash game only to realise it's more RTS with hacky-fun tacked in. It would of made more sense for the demo to of include the first stage battle too. Overall though demos are good, there just needs to be more of them, and to truly represent the game to expect. Well, luckily so far all the games I kinda wanted had demos, which swayed me one way or the other. The only games that I own that I didn't play demos of are the ones where I KNEW I'd be buying them either way. Uncharted 2 (Multiplayer demo doesn't count), Silent Hill Homecoming, Metal Gear Solid 4 (didn't have a demo when it came out), Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, etc. But yeah, that's just me. I'm sure there's a ton of people out there who didn't buy Mk vs. DC because there's no demo out. Sometimes even demos aren't enough though. I mean, there was no demo for Dead Space. But even if there was, when I bought the game... It was my most anticipated game of 2008. I started playing it and it was pretty cool. It wasn't until I got to about the third chapter that I got immensely bored with it. And even then, I kept going. And it wasn't until I got to about the seventh chapter, when I said, "Screw it. I can't keep up this frind fest anymore!" And went and traded it off. I got a good deal though, I pretty much traded it off for the retail price, at this trading website, goozex.com But still, Dead Space was such a disappointment, and I doubt I would've realized that just from a demo.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:47 am
Shadow__Dweller I play demos to help me decide whether to buy a game or not. I think all games should have demos because otherwise how would you know you like the game? I think demos give more people the chance to try out a game, and it might attract people who usually wouldn't play that sort of game and then they might go out and buy it, so surely it's a good thing for the games developers?? INTERESTING FACT: In 2007 EA Sports learned that demos damage their franchises. After releasing demos for most of their titles they saw a major downturn from the previous year on certain titles. They worked out that more people will buy FIFA, Madden, NBA, NHL etc. regardless of gameplay criticism from reviewers just to try them out for themselves. Now each year EA Sports release a minimal amount of demos, picking only their top contenders. So listen up kids: If you are the kind of person who plays EA Sports games then check for demos. If there are none then be wary of the game. And for those who don't play EA Sports games: For the love of god don't reply to this post just to say that.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:47 am
Yuuki Rosaro Shadow__Dweller I play demos to help me decide whether to buy a game or not. I think all games should have demos because otherwise how would you know you like the game? I think demos give more people the chance to try out a game, and it might attract people who usually wouldn't play that sort of game and then they might go out and buy it, so surely it's a good thing for the games developers?? INTERESTING FACT: In 2007 EA Sports learned that demos damage their franchises. After releasing demos for most of their titles they saw a major downturn from the previous year on certain titles. They worked out that more people will buy FIFA, Madden, NBA, NHL etc. regardless of gameplay criticism from reviewers just to try them out for themselves. Now each year EA Sports release a minimal amount of demos, picking only their top contenders. So listen up kids: If you are the kind of person who plays EA Sports games then check for demos. If there are none then be wary of the game. And for those who don't play EA Sports games: For the love of god don't reply to this post just to say that. That's pretty interesting but surely that shows how bad EA are lol. I don't like sports games because I find them really boring so it wouldn't affect me anyway but I thought, as a general rule, demos would make more people interested, so for it to backfire on EA must show how poor their games are.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:33 am
Shadow__Dweller Yuuki Rosaro Shadow__Dweller I play demos to help me decide whether to buy a game or not. I think all games should have demos because otherwise how would you know you like the game? I think demos give more people the chance to try out a game, and it might attract people who usually wouldn't play that sort of game and then they might go out and buy it, so surely it's a good thing for the games developers?? INTERESTING FACT: In 2007 EA Sports learned that demos damage their franchises. After releasing demos for most of their titles they saw a major downturn from the previous year on certain titles. They worked out that more people will buy FIFA, Madden, NBA, NHL etc. regardless of gameplay criticism from reviewers just to try them out for themselves. Now each year EA Sports release a minimal amount of demos, picking only their top contenders. So listen up kids: If you are the kind of person who plays EA Sports games then check for demos. If there are none then be wary of the game. And for those who don't play EA Sports games: For the love of god don't reply to this post just to say that. That's pretty interesting but surely that shows how bad EA are lol. I don't like sports games because I find them really boring so it wouldn't affect me anyway but I thought, as a general rule, demos would make more people interested, so for it to backfire on EA must show how poor their games are. Now now, though I am not the biggest fan of sports game, it's worth pointing out EA Sports are the best at what they do. I just wonder why they insist on making a game a year when overall they work so hard to come up with something new each year that they usually leave something good out from the previous games, especially when they do a year like 2007 where they all worked harder on using the right stick in new ways and nearly all of their franchises came off amazingly, but cocked it all up tweaking it for 2008.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:34 am
Usually dependant on price. I predominantly bought from Game and Gamestation, but am buying more and more from Amazon lately.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:19 pm
Yuuki Rosaro Now now, though I am not the biggest fan of sports game, it's worth pointing out EA Sports are the best at what they do. I just wonder why they insist on making a game a year when overall they work so hard to come up with something new each year that they usually leave something good out from the previous games, especially when they do a year like 2007 where they all worked harder on using the right stick in new ways and nearly all of their franchises came off amazingly, but cocked it all up tweaking it for 2008. Well, the general consensus was that NBA2K9 was a lot better than NBA '09. So they're not always the best at what they do. I dunno about 2K10, because I stopped selling games this year.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:09 am
Biohazard EXTREME Well, the general consensus was that NBA2K9 was a lot better than NBA '09. So they're not always the best at what they do. I dunno about 2K10, because I stopped selling games this year. Oh, they aren't perfect. God knows the amount of years Pro Evolution Soccer topped FIFA by player opinion, yet every time a sports game is made by another company they are always immediately compared against the EA Sports games. It's widely accepted that to be the best you need to be better than what EA Sports offer. That's how high the gaming industry standards are for EA Sports games. I never said they make the best sports games, I said they are the best at what they do, and what they do better than anyone else is control the sports gaming market.
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