I always go for the new games. New as in "factory sealed". I take great care of my games and buying something that was tossed, dropped or sat on, no matter at how low a price, is simply disgusting to me. -Pierre-Luc Lachance, Ubisoft
I whole-heartedly agree with this comment.
Almost every single time I go to buy a "used" copy of a game, usually because a new copy is not available, the game is in terrible condition. I wonder if the common game stores even bother checking these things, or just accept them and go. The same is to be true for renting games as well, I wonder to myself out loud sometimes "where can I get the machine they made to make the * marks across the surface of this disc?"
As a small hobbyist game developer, I try to buy new games first when it is possible. But I also realize that $60 for a game is incredible, and better damn well be worth it.
As for the cost factor: I remember having a friend that could buy battlefield 2 when it was brand new for $5 because he could buy it at cost. If distributors would stop the gouging mark-up, I believe more new games would be sold, and almost everyone would benefit.
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Said because that's how I wanted to say it, not to be grammatically correct.
I whole-heartedly agree with this comment.
Almost every single time I go to buy a "used" copy of a game, usually because a new copy is not available, the game is in terrible condition. I wonder if the common game stores even bother checking these things, or just accept them and go. The same is to be true for renting games as well, I wonder to myself out loud sometimes "where can I get the machine they made to make the * marks across the surface of this disc?"
As a small hobbyist game developer, I try to buy new games first when it is possible. But I also realize that $60 for a game is incredible, and better damn well be worth it.
As for the cost factor: I remember having a friend that could buy battlefield 2 when it was brand new for $5 because he could buy it at cost. If distributors would stop the gouging mark-up, I believe more new games would be sold, and almost everyone would benefit.
I have a co-worker that runs windows anti-spyware now, and it pegs his cpu/memory usage through the roof.
Guess that's why I think I'll try windows anti-spyware when the real beta 1 comes out, and that's when vista hits RTM, sadly.