Games have always been clearanced out in this fashion. For example, I can recall $0.99 Atari games dumped into a bin at KB Toys when I was a kid.Originally Posted by skaar
What's different now is how FAST games are clearanced. But with the glut of games on the market, I guess it's not a big suprise to see games that had come out just months before being moved out for 75% or more off the retail price.
So what you're saying is unless he pays full price for the game its cheating the industry? So i guess a game on sale is not giving the developers their due?
I, as well have modded systems and purchase a game and keep it sealed. I play the burned copy. I own EVERY game i burn and this is my way of having my cake and eating it too. I buy the game and get a burned copy to play.
By law you can make 1 backup copy of any software, music cd or game you own.
Please explain to me your definition of pirating?
Well, pirating would be making a profit with someone else's IP and not giving the owner of that IP their due. So basically GameStop.
The only game I would own two copies of is "Outrun: Coast 2 Coast" for XBOX simply because the copy I have it is the only (physical) one I have ever seen.
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This isn't entirely true.
I'm not saying you're right or wrong, but that's the case.
Buying sealed games and only playing copies is a bit asinine though.
I found 2 copies of Disgaea 2 sealed for 11.99 each they are staying sealed at least for a few years until i try to sell them. I always buy sealed games I already have and keep them that way if they are cheap (exapmle: 2 Drill Dozers for GBA 2.99 each sealed.)
Nothing against the sealed collectors, but I'm not one of them. The only sealed games I own are a few in my PS2, Gamecube, and GBA backlogs that will be opened and played one of these days.
Check Blockbuster... they're really clearing out their games. I found one 6 months ago for 14.99 missing the manual- and another CIB for 6.99 3 days ago. Of course, that is if you live around a Blockbuster. Sometimes you have to check as often as once a week. I just found the guy game at one too.
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On topic... I wouldn't buy 2 copies of a game for collecting reasons. But then, I haven't bought a new game in a very long time. Well, I bought guild wars and Half Life 2 for PC new and close to launch. But I can't recall the last console game I bought new. In fact, now that I think about it, I don't think I ever have. My parents let us get SMB, Castlevania, and Blades of Steel when we finally got an NES; then I think we got a couple more new games (Bubble Bobble and Winter Games, I know for sure), but everything since then I think has been used.
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I do it sometime if they are cheap. I would re-sell it or trade it with other games on Craigslist.
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Buying two copies of a game and keeping one sealed implies a profit motive. Games are just a fun hobby of mine and I'm completely comfortable accepting them as a financial loss - like any other form of entertainment.
That's my experience as well. Every Blockbuster in my area had copies of the game for sell almost immediately after it was released, so I've seen quite a few. I bought one new for $29.99 and a used one for $7.99 much much later from them. Can't say I enjoy the Outrun's, though. You intentionaly bash into another car and it just jumps up, spins around in the air, lands on all fours and keeps on going. I'm a much bigger fan of Burnout.
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I've got multiple copies of a few games, mostly because they are desirable and make good trade bait later (lessee, Metal Wolf Chaos, Judgment Silversword, and GC Ikaruga come to mind off the top of my head). But I never trade jack, so I just accumulate and accumulate.
At least I don't do it often!
Please read before commenting, as you have totally missed the point - nowhere in my post did I say what you are implying. It's perfectly fine to wait and buy games when they are on sale, and then play through them. Why would anyone have a problem with that? I'm not interested in getting into a huge discussion over this (that has been had by countless others way too many times), but I had a problem with the following statement, specifically:
It would seem he plays a burn of a game as soon as it comes out, but then doesn't actually purchase a copy until the price has dropped. I just don't understand this logic - why not play the stuff that you can get for cheap right now, and just continue to play this way? It's not like there's some massive shortage of cheap, quality titles at any point in time.
I will admit I've been guilty of the "I want to play this game now, but it won't hit Canada for another month", so I'll download and play a copy until it's released here, but I will buy it as soon as it comes out, especially if I finish the game or play it a lot before it comes out. I don't finish the game using the burnt copy, then wait and pick the game up a year later for a third of the price. I'm not sure why it's hard to understand my logic?
A sealed game would be great but i am a poor pupil, so I only buy one copy and take care of it.
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