Why Do YOU Buy Used?

[RaikuFA]

I do it to make sure Capcom dosen't see any of my money.

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

Money, man. That's what it is. I don't have all too much, so I try n' save. If I had the bob, I would try and buy new.

Oh, and the fact that older games can only be bought used.

captcha: moot point. What is?

 

[Bigbomb94]

Because it's certainly impossible for me to find a new copy of a last gen game. Even if I do, it's usually expensive.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I don't buy used unless there is no other version of the game available. There's just something, I don't know, authentic? No that's not it. Well anyway, buying a game new just makes it feel somehow more mine.

 

[TheGreatAndPowerfulZOG]

At this point, I buy used games for one of two reasons.
1. It's not available new anymore.
2. I want to play the game, but there's a feature I know about that I don't like, so I want to make sure none of my money goes back to the developer.

For example, Soul Calibur IV. I'm pretty meh about fighting games, but I've like the Soul Calibur games for the more visible differences between fighters and combat styles than are present in other games like Street Fighter or Dead or Alive. The character customization is also something I REALLY wanted to have a go with, and the fact that Soul Calibur III was PS3 only had been a big disappointment.

However, Soul Calibur IV had Yoda, Darth Vader, and Galen Marek as guest characters. Now, I don't care about cross promotion, but the idea of any weapons that weren't magical being able to stand up to a lightsaber pissed me off.

So I didn't buy the game new. I bought it used. I've enjoyed the game, and I've even used the guest characters. And none of my money went to the developers or Lucasarts as a result of that cash-in.

o_0 Dude, that seems kind of spiteful. I could understand if you didn't want to pay full price for the campaign of a multiplayer-focused shooter or something, but because there's one character you don't like? I buy used games sometimes, so don't think I'm judging you for that. That's just a really petty reason to withhold support for people whose product you're enjoying. And you'd rather support GameStop? I think they've done some things a bit shadier than include a novelty bonus character in a game.

 

[legend forge]

When it is really hard to find new or significantly (and I mean 20-30 bucks) cheaper. I personally like to support developers when I can, though I don't think that reasoning means used games are a bad thing. I only buy used from smaller disc depots and used games stores, rather then support EB Games' (Canadian GameStop) exploitative actions.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I'm just going to add to the choir and say cheaper.

Though some games I would pay TWICE full price for! Like Fallout 3.

 

[Nexxis]

I buy a game used because it's cheaper and/or it's a game I'm uncertain about that I want to try, but I don't feel the need to pay full price for it. There are also games that I'm interested in, but I feel like I probably won't play them much, so I prefer to pay the cheaper used price.

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

Because it's cheaper, and sometimes you can get games you can't find anywhere else. I don't buy that many new releases, so finding the old ones is important.

I usually do it just when I'm not going to spend a lot of time with the game (play the campaign and be done with it). Although I will be much more likely to buy new, usually pre-order, if I have a good reason to. I pre-ordered Assassin's Creed 3 and Borderlands 2 because of all the stuff they come with. That makes it worth it to buy new. ARE YOU SEEING THIS, PUBLISHERS? No, of course you're not.

Um... yeah, that's exactly what publishers are seeing, and exactly what consumers are getting annoyed about. Pretty much every game out nowadays has a silly preorder bonus.

Unless you mean Collector's Edition, which every high-quality game has done since the dawn of time. Not really seeing what your problem is.

What I mean is including something for free that I would later have to pay for in DLC makes me want to pre-order it more.

 

[Idsertian]

If I buy used (which is pretty regular), it's because it's cheaper. Why pay £40-£60 when I can pay between £3 and £15? Just smart buying. If games were actually worth their exorbitant price tags, then maybe. Even when I buy new, I tend to go halves with my dad to lessen the cost.

So yeah, money.

 

[WindKnight]

I simply cannot afford to buy at full price. So I wait till the price drops to a level I can afford, whether its simply had the price cut, or its ended up in the used column.

 

[somonels]

I don't buy used, I take things other people don't need anymore. They can have it back when they want it again.

 

[Caliostro]

I don't. For the same reason I don't pirate them: Because nothing in this world is free, and for you to play it someone had to make it. If the game isn't worth buying new, it's probably not worth bothering with.

"What if I don't have the money?"

Then you can wait. Like I do very often.

 

[Tanis]

It's games like Fallout 3 that ain't NEAR worth the 60USD they're asking for.

Definitely disagree with this - 150+ hours is definitely worth that. But hey. Subjective.

You may get 150+ hours out of it but at least half of that is walking slowly because of encumbrance or load screens.


For me F03 just wasn't all that 'fun'.
Sure, there was lots to do, but it was pretty much the same damn thing.

If I wanted to do nothing but generic fetch quests I'd play MMOs.

 

[ResonanceSD]

Cheaper. It's that simple.

I can buy a brand new high-profile PS3 game for $110. (Australia. Shut up.)

Or I can wait a few months and buy it for $70. (Seriously, stop laughing.)

Or I can wait a few months, trade in some old games and get it for $30.

I make no apologies for saving money. Fuck the developers and publishers. If they want my day-one new game money they can either lower prices or make games that are really worth those ridiculous prices.

I just bought two new game imports for $90 together. Max Payne 3 and Assassins Creed 3.


Only suckers buy retail.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

For the previous gen games, it is because they are no longer available new in stores, so I need to find them either online or at a used game shop. For some of the more recent titles, I tend to wait until the priced drops a little and then buy it new. If there's a promotion going on in which I can get multiple used games at a discounted price, I will go for that instead.