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I just pirate them a week early, Day -5
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There are still a few retail games I would do day one purchases but it's usually far and few between.
In the case of smaller digital titles it's less of a cost issue though. Playing the waiting game for game sales really is the best unless a game has a big multiplayer component that you want to keep up with.
Last edited by Will; 14 May 2014 at 09:49 PM.
Day 1 is only for something I really want. And even then I still find a way to get money back.
I am at the point where $10-$20 games are not impulse purchase any more. Part of it is my own fault for having so many, and part of it is that I find most games to be pretty boring. Maybe I am just growing old and grumpy.
The amount of games I'm willing to day 1 is very small now because of the lack of games that interest me enough to buy them and the little time I'd have to play more than a couple. I won't run out to buy games like God of War or Halo 4 because even though I really enjoy them, I know that I'll be looking at the credits roll in about 10 hours, and that's no longer worth $60 to me. Also, I don't play competitive multi-player. At a discount, those games are much more appealing to me.
Titles like the Elder Scrolls series or Dark Souls 2 I will gladly buy on launch day, because I know I'll be getting a lot of playtime out of them. Since I buy fewer modern games at launch now, the ones I do pick up have to last me longer.
Almost 100% of my purchases are Day 1, and have been so for years. Granted, I only buy one game at time, and play it until it's thoroughly beaten or I get sick of it. I like playing whatever is new (and at this point, I have a good idea if it's a game that will appeal to me), and in general, I get a reasonable amount of entertainment for my money. That works out much better...and as far as I can tell, cheaper...than my old days of buying everything, even on the cheap, and basically never playing half of them, and generally enjoying the games less. $15-$60 for many hours of the latest entertainment seems fair to me. Put differently, I blow a lot more money on things I enjoy a whole lot less.
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Skate 4 would be day one. Anything else, not so sure anymore.
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