Poll: Why do they sell Prima Guide bundled games?

[IDBash]

Personally I really fail to understand the whole concept behind a prima guide for any game, but I thought it was particularly weird when I cruising D2D and came across "The Sims 3 with Prima Guide bundle" and immediately my brain exploded... WHY??!?! What could you possibly need a Prima Guide for the Sims?!! There is no win or lose, or anything to be gained from playing the game except wasting time! So why on earth would you need a Prima Guide?

So this all brought me to the realization I have never used a Prima Guide for anything... at all. It came with a lot of games, but I never ended up using them.... Are they really useful?

 

[delet]

Any guide you have to buy is, generally, a rip off. The only game I ever found a guide slightly useful for was old school Spyro The Dragon on the PS1, and Star Ocean 3 and 4, because those are the games of that series that I've played. I needed that guide more for SO3 than SO4, though...

 

[kawligia]

All that info is available for free on the internet.

 

[Chicago Ted]

I use them occassionally. Get a guide for a most RPGs since I can't use a computer and play my 360 so it's a lot more helpful.

 

[Brokkr]

I occasionally use them, mainly on RPG's. The internet usually has the same informaion but it is easier to read and reference certain things in book form.

 

[Radeonx]

My brother used to get them when having trouble with games as a kid, but now, he either figures them out himself, or go to Gamefaqs, which has tons of walkthroughs for free. I find them to be better than the online ones, but I don't plan on spending money on them any time soon.

 

[IDBash]

My brother used to get them when having trouble with games as a kid, but now, he either figures them out himself, or go to Gamefaqs, which has tons of walkthroughs for free. I find them to be better than the online ones, but I don't plan on spending money on them any time soon.

The whole concept seems just a tad silly to me.. not only can we go online but it seems to take some of the fun out of the game...

 

[Flying Dagger]

i had one for pokemon gold/silver... but that was quite useful before broadband internet access in my house.