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| shateredsoul:
creepy! i liked it! Anyways, man.. seriously? Used games have always been around. When the original Nintendo was new, used games were a big things. I remember you coudl buy them at small game shops, from friends, flea markets/swapmeets. It was awesome. Less people bought games in general back then, so why is it an issue now? Because more people are buying and that % of people buying used is now pretty big. I'd buy used even if I had to do it at swapmeets or ebay. I buy new when it's a game I really am excited about. The biggest change seems to be the overflooding of the market with used games. People buy and sell used right after, if you don't want them to sell make something someone wouldn't want to sell back to a game store. I'd say the sweet spot is 6 months after a game is released. YOu can often buy it for $20 used sometimes new. it goes up after that because then it become a collectible I guess. |
| LeedsFan:
One of the other problems with buying new in recent years is the tendency for games to be released unfinishedmany bugs. This is particularly prevalent with RPG type games. Dragon Age: Origins and Fall Out New Vegas are prime examples of this. Fans pay full price and are in effect final Beta testers! :angry: If you wait 6-12 months you can pick that game up for a bargain price and at the same time get it patched to iron out most of the initial problems. Publishers are far too quick to release games these days before they are ready. |
| shateredsoul:
yup, that's what going online has really brought to gaming. Giving the developers the opportunity to say, "We'll patch it later". I played online and it's great, but I really do miss playing against people who were actually in the room. That was way more fun. Part of it is that life has changed since I was a kid too. ha ha |
| rlemmon:
I actually like gamestop myself. We just now got one in town. It's nice to be able to go down and look around and grab something rather than order it. It suprises me that people are willing to buy there used games for $5.00 less than new. I have tried to buy gamecube games from them a few times in the past but they were always scratched to hell and back. Nice commercial btw. |
| Malenko:
--- Quote from: LeedsFan on December 12, 2010, 05:17:22 pm ---The thing is games like Black Ops and other online games and MMORPGs need a registration code to activate them. And once that is used the game cannot be resold. I never see any used titles of WoW or FFXI on sale. --- End quote --- Black Ops does not require a code. And I used to be opposed to Jims stance until all my local gamestops started trying to push used copies of games on me when I wanted a new one. Then right after trying to push a used copy on me in the next breath they were trying to get me to pre-order something else! The only time I ever took a used copy over a game I wanted new was when the new copy was the copy the employees took out and the seal was broke and the disc was already scratched. |
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