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cAPSLOCK on 04 December 2007

It depends for me. If I don't agree with the company's philosophy (*cough*EA*cough) but I really want to play the game, I won't buy the game new so it doesn't count as a sale and help them.

I dated a woman who worked for Origin when they made the move from Tx to Ca, I will never give EA a dime ever again for what they did to that company and the people who loved the Origin atmosphere.

In fact, if you look at their acquisitions it's pretty much a graveyard of a lot of old great developers.

So yeah, EA games I'll always buy used. If it's a game I like and a company I like, especially a small company (Double Fine making Psychonauts) I'll go out of my way to hunt for it brand new and support them.



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Final-Fan on 04 December 2007
cAPSLOCK said:
It depends for me. If I don't agree with the company's philosophy (*cough*EA*cough) but I really want to play the game, I won't buy the game new so it doesn't count as a sale and help them.

I dated a woman who worked for Origin when they made the move from Tx to Ca, I will never give EA a dime ever again for what they did to that company and the people who loved the Origin atmosphere.

In fact, if you look at their acquisitions it's pretty much a graveyard of a lot of old great developers.

So yeah, EA games I'll always buy used. If it's a game I like and a company I like, especially a small company (Double Fine making Psychonauts) I'll go out of my way to hunt for it brand new and support them.

That's a very admirable way to do it.  Personally I'm just a complete freak about keeping things in "like new" condition, and it kinda defeats the point if it's in bad shape when I get it.  I'll buy used if I see a good price, but I usually balk at what game retailers charge for their used stuff. 

I never buy without a case and manual unless it's a cartridge game (because almost all of them have lost their stuff) or if it's marked down to dirt cheap. 


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