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I have posted this topic to make a point.
I think that spending between £40 and £60 for a new game whatever the format to me is a waste of money.
Why spend that amount on a new game when if you bide youre time and wait a few months you could probabaly get the same game a far cheaper price after it's been on the market for a few months.
Heres a exsample I wanted pd when it came out on the n64 but i wasn't allowed to get it because it was too dear but a few months later i saw it for £30 second hand.
I think that was a good example.
The cheapest game i have is Worms Armaggedon wich i bought for £4.99.
I have also got some top class games for less than £20.
Like 1080 snowboarding wich was £6.99,Lylat Wars for £14.99,Vigilante 8 for £9.99
Anyway i thimk i have made my point.
If you see a new game that has only just come out for £40 or £50,remember to wait a few months to see if you can find it second hand cheaper or slashed in priced in a big game store like Special Reserve.
I think that spending between £40 and £60 for a new game whatever the format to me is a waste of money.
Why spend that amount on a new game when if you bide youre time and wait a few months you could probabaly get the same game a far cheaper price after it's been on the market for a few months.
Heres a exsample I wanted pd when it came out on the n64 but i wasn't allowed to get it because it was too dear but a few months later i saw it for £30 second hand.
I think that was a good example.
The cheapest game i have is Worms Armaggedon wich i bought for £4.99.
I have also got some top class games for less than £20.
Like 1080 snowboarding wich was £6.99,Lylat Wars for £14.99,Vigilante 8 for £9.99
Anyway i thimk i have made my point.
If you see a new game that has only just come out for £40 or £50,remember to wait a few months to see if you can find it second hand cheaper or slashed in priced in a big game store like Special Reserve.
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Cash Converters, its now closed in Wimbledon, I just buy any game I see on the Net, but I have to send the money in the post and then wait for the game to come, its annoying not having a credit card!
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Second hand games, now theres something that reminds me of when I just to come home from Middle School,
I would walk past Cash Converters and always have a look at the cheap £4 SNES games they had....
I would buy them, and to this day I still enjoy Super Tennis, Unirally, KI, Oddball etc.... knowing that if the cartridge breaks, I would always have my backup second hand one.....
I would walk past Cash Converters and always have a look at the cheap £4 SNES games they had....
I would buy them, and to this day I still enjoy Super Tennis, Unirally, KI, Oddball etc.... knowing that if the cartridge breaks, I would always have my backup second hand one.....
Sometimes the boxes are crumpled though, only a serious maniac would care.
The Pudding wrote:
> Probably 6 months to a year before, that is why it is so
> surprising!
Now that is v good!
As for the CD thing... any good store should test the cd first... many don't even buy ones that are "marked"... ie, even surface scratches that my games get from being put face down on a table won't be bought!
Sonic
> Probably 6 months to a year before, that is why it is so
> surprising!
Now that is v good!
As for the CD thing... any good store should test the cd first... many don't even buy ones that are "marked"... ie, even surface scratches that my games get from being put face down on a table won't be bought!
Sonic
The best way to get second hand games is to wait buy the counter in electronic boutique, then when someone comes in with a game say Zelda, and they offer then a measly £7 for the game you budge in and offer him £10. Hes happier, your happier and things are generally rosie. Of course the shop owner may be a bit annoyed and rightly so!
Well what do we have here? A variety of complaints about 2nd hand CD-based games not working properly.
And you people thought cartridges were the spawn of the devil.
I've seen far less duff N64 carts than I've seen knackered PSX CD's (and the first person to reply with "That's because there are a million times more PSX CD's around" will become the subject of a torrent of verbal abuse).
So there you have it. An advantage of carts, that isn't to do with loading time. Quite rare.
And you people thought cartridges were the spawn of the devil.
I've seen far less duff N64 carts than I've seen knackered PSX CD's (and the first person to reply with "That's because there are a million times more PSX CD's around" will become the subject of a torrent of verbal abuse).
So there you have it. An advantage of carts, that isn't to do with loading time. Quite rare.
The Pudding wrote:
> This was before majoras mask was out!!
How long before... some stores drop the prices a month or 2 before the game is reviewed in mags to out the old stuff. With MM, this would be about 2 months before the game was out.
> This was before majoras mask was out!!
How long before... some stores drop the prices a month or 2 before the game is reviewed in mags to out the old stuff. With MM, this would be about 2 months before the game was out.
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