Poll: How often do you pick a good game from the bargain bin?

[kasperbbs]

I pciked up gta 3 for 2-3 dollars when vice city was still new, best deal i ever made, but these days everything costs a lot, goddamn mw2 is still selling for more than 60 dollars, thats why i only buy digital nowadays.

 

[kortin]

It's not often that I actually find a bargain bin where I go, BUT, every time I have gone to a store that had a bargain bin, I picked up a good game. So, every time I guess. First time we picked up Dark Cloud and Dark Cloud 2 (both AMAZING games), second time we got kotor (note: I didn't know the awesomeness of the game beforehand, I just saw star wars and thought "hey Star Wars!").

 

[Kotaro]

Let me tell a story (it's sort of a long one so go to the bathroom or grab a snack now)

A long time ago (about 10 years now) I found a game in a bargain bin called Robopon 2: Ring Version for the GBA. I didn't know what it was, but it looked neat. Upon playing it, it was one of the most interesting, fun and funny RPGs I'd played in a long time, with some great selection and customization of the robots....

Holy crap, I actually got that game when it was new. I had borrowed the first one from a friend back in the day, and got the sequel as soon as it came out. XD First one was little more than a Pokemon clone (albeit a good one), but the sequel was completely awesome.

On-topic, I have gotten a lot of great games that I missed the first time around, plucked right out of bargain bins. Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Devil May Cry, etc. Some awesome stuff you can find in those bins now.

 

[winginson]

Yes because:
1) I know enough about the game to make a good choice.
2) A lot of bugs will have been fixed already.
3) An average game seems alot better when it £5 as opposed to £30