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Game stores have balls
Grasshopper:
Personally I never buy PC games when they first come out anyway. They're a complete rip off. I'd rather wait a couple of years and buy them for a third of the price or less when they're re-released on budget. Buying older games also means you can make do with less powerful hardware.
It's even worse for console games because console manufacturers control the market. Basically they sell the consoles at an artificially low price (sometimes even at a loss) and then inflate the price of games to compensate. I'd prefer to pay the genuine market rate for both the console and the games.
tommy:
I do remember one game that i got a good trade in on re4 , it went for more then the gamecube figure that one out. ;D
paigeoliver:
I won't even BUY consoles anymore, not when the console version of a game is $40+ and the PC version is $9.99 at the SAME STORE at the SAME TIME.
cholin:
Im not one to turn but all the consoles that run off CDs should price their stuff a little better considerring that with a 2 minute search and a 20-minute download you can have the origional copy of a game. Especially when you can rent the game for $4.99 CAD and copy it...Id rather spend 85 bucks on a dvd burner than 70 bucks for a game...
shmokes:
It really is kinda funny. Even with brand new games there is a significant difference in price between PC and console. For example, the excellent game Psychonaughts, which will be released in April, can be preordered right now. $50 for Xbox and PS2, $30 for the PC. I guess this is just because there's no PC manufacturer that gets a royalty on each copy of the game.
Consols definitely have their place, though, IMO. They provide a much more social experience than the PC. There's something to be said for being able to get a room full of buddies and play a videogame on a bigscreen TV. Plus, Nintendo doesn't release their games on PC. In fact, the game libraries for consoles absolutely dwarf the PC (I'm talking about brand new, major releases) - most publishers simply don't release their games for the PC anymore. Plus, a console that will play Halflife 2 well costs $150, while a PC that will play it well costs $2,000.
There are tradeoffs, for sure, but there is certainly room in my life for consoles and PCs. Hell, for 100 bucks you practically need an excuse not to own a Gamecube, if you ask me.