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Where do you buy most of your games?

Amazon 53 45.69%
 
Bestbuy 20 17.24%
 
Walmart 5 4.31%
 
Gamestop/EB Games 18 15.52%
 
Others (please mention) 20 17.24%
 
Total:116
Frogger on 01 February 2017

I download them.



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Ljink96 on 01 February 2017
Mar1217 said:
Ljink96 said:
Amazon. The prime discounts are amazing. I used to go to Gamestop...like 6 years ago. I think the last gamestop game I bought was Super Mario 3D Land. Now I get all my PS4/Xbox One (And soon Switch) games from Amazon.

Are the games usually arriving the same day as they do release in retails ?

Cause I might get myself a Prime membership just to get these discounts next year.

With Prime it's usually guaranteed 2 day shipping. So as of now, Zelda on Switch is slated on my account to ship on the 1st of March and be in my mailbox by the 3rd. I haven't really bought games at launch for a long time so I don't know if this timeframe is guaranteed. 

But it's worth it for the discounts alone, I got zelda for $48.



DJjazzyGETH on 01 February 2017
Mar1217 said:
Ljink96 said:
Amazon. The prime discounts are amazing. I used to go to Gamestop...like 6 years ago. I think the last gamestop game I bought was Super Mario 3D Land. Now I get all my PS4/Xbox One (And soon Switch) games from Amazon.

Are the games usually arriving the same day as they do release in retails ?

Cause I might get myself a Prime membership just to get these discounts next year.

Everything I ordered in the US came on release day (or in a few rare instances before). At least in the US, they try to guarantee release day delivery.

That being said, you're in Canada, right? They may have a different policy. I just moved to Canada myself, and things I order almost always come next day, but I live right next to a fulfillment center so I may just be lucky. It's a good time to get prime regardless, pretty sure they just added the 20% discount on new releases, and with the exchange rate prime subscriptions here are a lot cheaper than in the US.



Neodegenerate on 02 February 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
How is stuff like that even legal?

The short answer is it isn't.



VAMatt on 03 February 2017
Ljink96 said:
Mar1217 said:

Are the games usually arriving the same day as they do release in retails ?

Cause I might get myself a Prime membership just to get these discounts next year.

With Prime it's usually guaranteed 2 day shipping. So as of now, Zelda on Switch is slated on my account to ship on the 1st of March and be in my mailbox by the 3rd. I haven't really bought games at launch for a long time so I don't know if this timeframe is guaranteed. 

But it's worth it for the discounts alone, I got zelda for $48.

You can get this same deal at Best Buy.  All new physical software is 20% off with Gamer's Club unlocked membership, which is $15 per year (must join for two years).  So, if the only thing you care about is game discounts, BB is the cheaper way to get them.  They also don't limit it to new releases (I believe Amazon does).  

With Best Buy, you can pick up in store, or get release day delivery.  I understand that Amazon does release day delivery reliably too.