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did you ever buy a game before you got the console?

yes i do 41 43.16%
 
if there is a great deal 16 16.84%
 
no i just buy games when i buy a system 38 40.00%
 
Total:95

Bought blue dragon and dont own a 360. I also bought a vita game on psn called dokuro because the story seemed cool. Dont own a vita. Maybe one day.



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Never did that yet honestly. I've always just waited to get the system first.



I would never do it. the only reason I would see to do it is if a game comes out that i know is limited in print and wil increase in value. But I haver bought a game like that before.



I got Mario Kart and Street Fighter 2 a year before I got a Super Nes. I thought I was getting one for Christmas. Imagine my surprise.

I also bought Tomb Raider before I got a PS1. They was a shortage in 1997 or something. Couldn't find one anywhere so I just bought the game. Spent hours listening to the music and dialog from the game before I actually played it. Needless to say, the story was ruined.

I think that's it.



Ended up picking up Disgaea 4 for free off Gamestop.com long ago with some odd promo code I had hanging around. Oddly I never got a PS3 and ended up giving the game to a friend for free. He was pretty happy so it ended up working out in the end.

There was another game I bought for PSP (can't recall which) that I bought a year before I ended up buying a PSP.



It's just that simple.

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The only time i have ever done that was when the PSP came out. i brought Midnight Club 3: DUB addition i think it was called for £45 before the release date.



I was 15 and working a part time job so I had to order my PS2 from a catalogue and pay it weekly. While I was waiting 3 weeks for its delivery I bought final fantasy 10. The next week I bought a 8MB memory card. Console arrived, happiness ensued.



I bought Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 before my PS3 arrived. And I had controllers and 2 games before I could even find a Wii.



I made sure I bought Ocarina of Time 3D on day one even though I didn't have a 3DS at the time.



     
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Because some games really hard to find after sometime.