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[Michael-5]

AWESOM-O said:

Michael-5 said:

 

When I go to metacritic, I read reviews from websites I trust. I usually avoid user reviews, as people after over-eggagerate their scores to make the average go higher/lower. In what crazt persons eyes are Halo or GT 2/10 games?

I almost never buy games brand new, or day 1. I can name all the games I've bought day 1 probably for the last decade. I didn't even buy Mass Effect 2 day 1, I waited for the first sale. Only game I bought full price last year was Halo: Reach, and Golden Sun for DS. Prices drop so fast nowdays, and all games released in the holiday season go on sale in the next couple months.

However this year, Gears 3, Forza 4, and Mass Effect 3 I must get day 1. I might only get the basic edition, but still. I'd get The Last Guardian day 1, but I have a feeling that that game will only be a 10 hour single player game like God of War, so I can wait a year for it to drop in price. Uncharted 3, and Zelda, I'll wait for a deal on, I'll be too busy with the above mentioned titles.

Some of the deals I find are crazy. I paid $45 for Black Ops, and $20 for Metroid: Other M just by waiting until January. Also because I bought a lot of used games with my Wii, I got a $25 gift card in return and only paid $20 for Donkey Kong Country Returns.

yea i cut out buying games at full price.... its too costly.... i look for em on sale, i think the best buy ive ever found was motorstom pacific rift a couple years ago, was 60 bucks, i got it for 12 bucks at a retail store hahaha i was hells yeah..... i have bout move games brand new but there only 40 dollars which is good.... thats why i want my friend to get killzone 3 bundle cause my friends and me all rotate games and play each others games, saves alot of money

I tend to buy most of my games $20-30. Usually if you wait a year, any non CoD title goes down to that price. Also because I have so many games, I'm never too rushed to get a new one. The games I'm currently playing now are Reach, Black Ops, PGR4, Magna Carta 2, GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony, DBZ: Burst Limit, Dead Space 2, Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros, and Donkey Kong. Only 4 of those games came out since 2010 started.

BTW, just to name some of the prices I've paid for my games recently. Fire Emblem Wii $12, Mad World $5, Sin & Punishment $10, Alan Wake $20, Conviction $20, Dead Space 2, $25, Dragon Age 1 $12, Lost Planet 2 (just 2 weeks after launch) $20, etc, etc. Could have bought Vanquishfor $30, but I essentially beat it when I rented.

Also like I said, I trade games/systems with my friends, so just like you I save that way too. Thats why I gave my dying PS3 to a friend, I felt I owned him cause he always gets games new.