Poll: Where do you prefer to buy your games? And why?
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I get the bulk of my games via Steam Sales, new releases are are cheaper at a physical retailer, usually EB games (a Gamestop rebranding I think) . Pluss the midnight releases they hosted were really fun, giveaways and wntertainment untill the release time. I still remember the Skyrim release with the heavy duty re-enactors with actual armour and weapons duking it out, with the crowd betting on who would win with the first spot in line the prize.
Generally a mix of larger companies like best buy and smaller shops when possible but there really are jack and shit for smaller shop choices where I live. Sucks to have to give money to companies I don't like (gamestop for example) but I will if the need arises.
Pretty much gamestop all the way. Rewards points are a nice bonus. I don't get many used games, more focusing on pre-paid cards to buy games from console stores.
Thrift stores. I like to pick up old PC games for $0.50 and try to get 'em working. I think GalCiv2 cost me $0.75. I even bought my last console game from such a place. Dragon's Dogma. $7.00, if I remember correctly.
I mostly play older games. Very little has caught my interest in the past 3 years.
Oh, and kickstarter, so I guess by extension from that... Steam. C'mon Wasteland 2...
I mostly play older games. Very little has caught my interest in the past 3 years.
Oh, and kickstarter, so I guess by extension from that... Steam. C'mon Wasteland 2...
Not at my JB Hi-Fi. When they first opened they undercut EB on every single game without fail, but now that they've been open for awhile and have secured their customer base they sell everything for the same price. That pisses me off.smithy_2045 said:
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For games that I don't really care about enough to want a physical copy (note, this doesn't mean I don't like them it just means it's not something I've been waiting for as impatiently as that rare game a year I get hyped about), Steam, because of those insane sales and fast access from pretty much anywhere. For games that I want a copy of to put on my shelf (These come out about once a year), Amazon, because it's cheaper, and it's pretty hard to find slightly more obscure games in the area I live in (and by slightly more obscure, I mean smaller than stuff like CoD or GTA).
I go to GameStop, the guy who is ususally working there when I go is a real cool guy. He never bugs me with special offers or anything, only if I want gameprotections for the games I buy. He even let me buy Mass Effect 3 when I was a couple of bucks short since his manager wasn't around, I reason now that I did in fact NOT pay for the Ending of the game. And he also sold me the shelf and commercial copy of Enemy Within, which was a huge bro move seeing as that was the only copy of the game for 360 they got ^^
I usually go to 'Fore games'. A game store that also sells used games and hardware, retro and merchandise. I usually go there because I like the people working there, and more than often I stick around chatting with the store clerk after my purchase about games. And their prices are very good.
I only buy online through the playstation store or steam when I feel lazy and poor xD
I only buy online through the playstation store or steam when I feel lazy and poor xD
Specialty retailers (though I don't have a GameStop anywhere nearby). Anytime I've dabbled into anything else has been a bad experience.
Wherever is cheapest. Simple answer. I'll go for the cheapest option.
If I can get a steam code for £3 on a website like gmg, then I will go for thatover a £10 disc copy.
If I can get a disc game from Amazon cheaper than from the store, I'll wait a couple of days for that game.
Vice versa applies.
With PC the majority of my games are digital. It's just cheaper.
With console the majority are on disc. Same reason.
If I can get a steam code for £3 on a website like gmg, then I will go for thatover a £10 disc copy.
If I can get a disc game from Amazon cheaper than from the store, I'll wait a couple of days for that game.
Vice versa applies.
With PC the majority of my games are digital. It's just cheaper.
With console the majority are on disc. Same reason.
I like many gamers only buy games when they have gone down i price for a few months or years, by then, they are available used for a fraction of their retail price. i only do this because i am poor, otherwise id be all for digital, and although digital is cheaper as well, it rarely has what im looking for on sale AND be available on my OS
Digital distribution, mostly. I also go to a comic book store that sells old games. I once bought a Mario game from there but Mario was all like "666" and Yoshi exploded in hyperealisticblood and I went back to return the game and an old woman was all like "There's never been a book store here then I realised the game was THE DEVUL!!!11!
...So yeah, Steam, GoG, Desura, that kind of thing.
...So yeah, Steam, GoG, Desura, that kind of thing.
I have no real preferences, but most of my recently purchased games have been bought from Gamefly with the occasional purchase from Amazon.
Who I buy from mostly depends on who has the best deal on the game I want to buy.
Who I buy from mostly depends on who has the best deal on the game I want to buy.
I buy my stuff at Gamestop and I get my Xbox Live and PSN cards and so on from Best Buy... for some reason.
I just got into PC gaming so I've got a few games off of Steam but if I can get it for a console, I get it for a console.
I just got into PC gaming so I've got a few games off of Steam but if I can get it for a console, I get it for a console.
Steam, GOG, Greenman, etc. are all great places to buy games for one reason... They're cheap. That's all there is to it, I save hundreds with them.
Pretty much online retail like Amazon. They are just to much cheaper compared to physical retail like GAME. Before you mention Steam I don't have one (yes I know I should but I don't see the point in installing games that I don't have the time to played).