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TheWPCTraveler on 10 September 2014
ktay95 said:
TheWPCTraveler said:
There's a certain saying for this:

If you wait, it will get cheaper.

Until it gets more expensive again =P

*Looks at Neo Geo*

*Looks at Dreamcast*

*Looks at Xenoblade Chronicles*

Generally,  however, the saying will apply.



 
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Dgc1808 on 10 September 2014
Seihaku said:

But no game is ever really $60 on PC unless it's a Blizzard game. You can almost always find a 20% off coupon pre-launch for a title, hell I think I pre-purchased Dead Rising 3 for $35 (that game actually works great on my system so double win).

I wait for sales on both PC and Console games, you can thank Steam for the former and both Activision and Ubisoft for the latter.

I actually find PC piracy a little too sketchy these days, so I tend to avoid that altogether.


That too. My friends and I each got Dark Souls 2 for 35$ or somewhere around there. I payed 10-12 bucks less because I had some credit on that site. Think it was Gamer's Gate.



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Nem on 10 September 2014

Still better than pirating isnt it? Steam saved PC gaming.



Turkish on 10 September 2014

Dont believe it, 90 percent of my Steam friendlist doesnt own any big game game at launch, but there's always a surge when games are on sale.



CDiablo on 10 September 2014

"The survey also found that roughly 37% of those surveyed were PC gamers, and that only 51% of these gamers were men."

The whole article was supposedly about PC gamers but only 37% are PC gamers? Do they include mobile as a PC game.......this whole thing is too vague.



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zarx on 10 September 2014

Wow 50% of US PC gamers buy most (all? It's not clear their methodology for this) their games at full price? Seems much higher than I would have expected.



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AZWification on 10 September 2014

I admit that I sometimes wait for a sale to start!



                
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Brotherstotheend on 10 September 2014
zarx said:
Wow 50% of US PC gamers buy most (all? It's not clear their methodology for this) their games at full price? Seems much higher than I would have expected.


probably casual gamers who play sims or blizzard fans



fluky-nintendy on 10 September 2014

In consoles though, what often happens is that the majority of the sales come from the first week. This further proves that console gamers are the most loyal and the ones that keep the industry moving forward.



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snyperdud on 10 September 2014

For a PC game? I almost never pay full price because of the Humble Bundles and Steam Sales.

Console exclusives, however, I will usually pay $60 for. The prices will stay high for a long time, so I have to pony up the cash if I want to play the game. Because of this, I predict I will not have very many games for my PS4 and Wii U come the end of the generation. (At least compared to the previous gen)



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