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Where do you purchase games from?

Gamestop 20 17.54%
 
Amazon 35 30.70%
 
Steam 12 10.53%
 
Other Retailers 24 21.05%
 
Other Online 23 20.18%
 
Total:114
BloodyRain on 24 March 2013
Leadified said:
Amazon and Steam, sometimes EB Games.


Wait I thought eb games and gamestop merged a while ago. Are there still just eb games stores?



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DamnTastic on 24 March 2013

http://www.gamemania.be/default.aspx

The retailer where I buy my games :) The store is 100meters next to my house^^



UltimateUnknown on 24 March 2013

I pretty much exclusively buy from various online retailers and rarely from actual stores. Many of the more niche games that I like to play like JRPGs are never in stores anyway.



 

BloodyRain on 24 March 2013
Fayceless said:
Gamestop and Steam. People don't understand Gamestop's value to gaming. Wal-Mart and other general retailers stock mainly shovelware and big hits because their uneducated (gaming-wise) consumers only buy crap. Niche games need a physical home, a presence in stores, otherwise they may not be released at all. Why do you think Xenoblade Chronicles was Gamestop-only? They were most likely the biggest retailer who would even stock the game. Do you really think Wal-Mart would move Shooter-Hunter/Colorful Mini-Game 2013 for a JRPG franchise with a cult following? Forget about it, their customers are mainly rednecks and little kids (or their parents) who pick up the redneckiest or most colorfully packaged games.

Someday online will be the way to get games. Until then, we need actual game stores.


Thats a good point, I never really noticed since I'm not really a fan of jrpg', but I see what you mean.



hinch on 24 March 2013

Steam and Greenman Gaming for PC. Amazon and The Hut/Zavvi for my console stuff.



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MoHasanie on 24 March 2013

amazon and Zavvi.



    

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Leadified on 24 March 2013
BloodyRain said:
Leadified said:
Amazon and Steam, sometimes EB Games.


Wait I thought eb games and gamestop merged a while ago. Are there still just eb games stores?


They still have them here in Canada. Though my EB Games became a Gamestop for a year or so then changed back into an EB Games. No idea what was up with that.



BloodyRain on 24 March 2013
Leadified said:
BloodyRain said:
Leadified said:
Amazon and Steam, sometimes EB Games.


Wait I thought eb games and gamestop merged a while ago. Are there still just eb games stores?


They still have them here in Canada. Though my EB Games became a Gamestop for a year or so then changed back into an EB Games. No idea what was up with that.

Oh weird, I live in the U.S and haven't seen eb games in, who knows how long.



sub-zero-TM on 24 March 2013

Saturn Wien Columbus Centar! :P and sometimes at Gamestop.



huiii on 24 March 2013

Interdiscount, they tend to be the cheapest for games at launch in my country.
I usually go to a coupple of stores to compare prices though.

for imports it's wog.ch

I don't really use gamestop since everything is more expensive there, sometimes even the used games compared to the new ones in the store 20 meters next to it...

 


oh and psn can sometimes be quite enticing, especially for the vita. stuff can be more than 10 $ (conversion 1:1) cheaper than retail.