Is it worth it anymore?

[EvilMog]

I guess if I felt buyers guilt about paying $50 for a game I would care but usually I know the game I'm buying will justify the $50.

Plus with me buying games at $50 it shows game companies fools are willing to pay anything for their games and that they can keep the prices up for everyone else. SO HA! Its my fault you guys have to wait for prices to come down!

For future reference, people who pay 'more than they should' = stupid. I've done it myself, years ago, and that was about the point I realized it was lame.

If it's not worth the asking price to you, it's time to use the willpower and wait until it is worth the price for you.

I'm not asking that all video games = 20 dollars max. I'm saying that buying a GC is worth no more than 50 to me, and buying any games on that are worth no more than 20 to me. They get to those points, I'll buy them.

Only games I have bought for full price from last year until the end of this one will be PGR2, BO3 and GTASA.

You know what they say


A fool and my err his money are soon parted.

[Drewbacca]

They also say the bee's knees and nobody knows what the fuck they mean by that.

[dakidski]

I only buy budget or preowned. Only games I paid full price for (EVER) were the Zelda games. I have the patience to wait for however long it must be.

[EvilMog]

I dont get the point in buying preowned games from stores like EB. Everytime I see anything preowned there the prices are so damn high. c'mon, $44.99 for a used game? Eat shit. I'll pay $5 for a new one. Used games would be worth it if I could buy em for half the price a new one is.

[Daitokuji]

I'm afraid to buy games like Prince of Perisa 2 and Jak 3 or Ratchet and Clank because I know they are going to drop in price. They did for the ones before them. I get pissed sometimes cuz i got games like PoP and Legacy of Kain for 50 bucks and now they are so cheap. Yeah I know they are good games but still, I can buy more games when they are cheaper

[Drewbacca]

You're pissed AND afraid?

[gameoverDude]

If all games became $20 all the time people would eventually bitch that they were to expensive.

I do not really think so. Games can not get lower than that as a rule- the $10 titles are generally an exception. There's a limit to reasonable expectations.

maybe if you bought great games for $50 right away rather than these blah titles you might not feel ripped off so much.

Ripped off? Nah. One's "blah title" is another's most-played game. I usually consider RPG's blah, even though there are some good ones out there. Gran Turismo may be good but I consider it one of my personal blahs since it's just not my type of racer.

Now used games are a rip if they cost JUST $5 less than the new price. A preowned title should go for maybe 25% off new. That would likely leave people who trade games in at EB getting less than they do, but patient people in the know can do better on eBay.

[FX]

I don't get things when they first come out. I play games that I already have and wait a few weeks for the new game I want to drop price.

I've hardly paid full price for anything since last year, since things drop so fast.

[Opaque]

I dont get the point in buying preowned games from stores like EB. Everytime I see anything preowned there the prices are so damn high. c'mon, $44.99 for a used game? Eat shit. I'll pay $5 for a new one. Used games would be worth it if I could buy em for half the price a new one is.

It is seriously worth it to buy used. You are getting the same product, with a better warranty, for less money. Why reason could you have to spend more, other than being totally anal?

[Jeremy]

Totally anal? Speaking just for myself, I'd rather spend $5 more to ensure that my game won't be scratched to high heaven, and to have the enjoyment of knowing that I'm the first one to play that copy of the game. Plus, no used stickers, or any of that shit, which can fuck up other cases if you try and remove them. Plus, you get to support the publisher and developer of the product.