View Full Version : Where Do The Video Games Go?
slip81
12-04-2004, 07:58 PM
When a video game mag gets a copy of a game for review purposes; what happens to the game after they're done with it? Do they have to send it back to the developer, or do they keep and archive it?
joshnickerson
12-04-2004, 07:59 PM
I think they normally get to keep it.
orangemage
12-04-2004, 08:00 PM
i think they get to get to keep it
Gapporin
12-04-2004, 08:04 PM
I think they have to...send it back? :?
I dunno. I think it depends on the developer.
kai123
12-04-2004, 08:11 PM
I remember in one of my old EGM mags they said they will keep them for archive purposes, unless the developer requests they send it back.
I remember in one of my old EGM mags they said they will keep them for archive purposes, unless the developer requests they send it back.
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slip81
12-04-2004, 08:38 PM
Well if they do get to keep them then mags like Gamepro, Nintendo Power, and EGM must have insane collections.
Tritoch
12-04-2004, 08:47 PM
Well if they do get to keep them then mags like Gamepro, Nintendo Power, and EGM must have insane collections.
My little site (http://www.vgf.com) doesn't get a copy of every game or anything, but we've always gotten to keep the ones we get.
Kejoriv
12-04-2004, 09:16 PM
I remember in one of my old EGM mags they said they will keep them for archive purposes, unless the developer requests they send it back.
There were a few pics of their vault of games, I saw on the net a few years ago. I bookmarked it, now Im going to try and find it.I will post here if I found it.
EnemyZero
12-04-2004, 10:06 PM
yeah through out the years there have been many issues of egm where someone asked them that question and im sure they got to keep them....
Promophile
12-04-2004, 11:11 PM
Game magazines get sooo much cool crap. Like these slides. Do they still use slides like this?
http://starmen.net/merchandise/misc/ebslides.php
thehistorian
12-05-2004, 12:56 AM
Unless they request that we return it I've always kept the games. THough sadly I'm no loinger in a position to be on the receiving end of that gaming goodness anymore.
Ed Oscuro
12-05-2004, 01:00 AM
Game magazines get sooo much cool crap. Like these slides. Do they still use slides like this?
http://starmen.net/merchandise/misc/ebslides.php
I've got a couple for some game called "The Legend of Zelda 64," whatever that was.
No, nobody uses slides anymore, but I suppose PowerPoint slides are nice, too... :o
Jasoco
12-05-2004, 05:35 AM
When my friend ran FunXbox.com, (R.I.P. Sold for $1600. Turned into XboxAdvanced. Refugees from FXB now live at GeekPub (http://www.geekpub.com). Designed by me. End shameless plug.) he got games all the time. Even a copy of Blinx: The Time Sweeper packaged and shipped in a cat carrier.
He got to keep both. Sometimes I wish I ran a game review site so I could get free stuff. But I don't think I'd like the work attached to it. So I can buy my games.
You get to keep them. They oftentimes don't come in finished final packaging. Nintendo used to ask for stuff back once in a while, if it was a piece of hardware. However, my first Cube was totally free, as was my XboX. I own quite a few pre-release Cube games, all in blank clear plastic cases, no graphics on the discs. Maybe they'll be worth something someday. LOL
Phosphor Dot Fossils
12-05-2004, 09:15 AM
I've never had to send a review copy of anything back.