Posted at 07:30 on June 20th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | As for getting new games, I still prefer tha larger stores, such as CompUSA and BestBuy. I simply wait till they have a particular game on sale before buying it, though. This excludes games by Dreamcatcher/The Adventure Company, though. I'm getting those mailed directly for me to review ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
Posted at 17:33 on June 20th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 336 | NetDanzr/Tuss - while you prefer the larger stores i'm interested in which are the cheapest on your side of the pond....and what kind of differance in price there is between the most expensive and the cheapest. Are the main stores (or indeed any high street retailer) able to compete with the like of Amazon in your country. Also Mr C. - although you dont go for many modern games what is the lye of the land in Germany - how do Amazon compere to other webbased companies and the German high street/online? Edited by fretz at 01:35 on June, 21st 2003 |
Posted at 02:16 on June 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11097 | Sorry, I can't give you any general information. I looked for Sim City 4, though: 43.99? at Amazon 49.99? at SMM (typical mail order retailer for computer games) 47.75? at Karstadt (that's one of those big 'offline' stores which you'll find in every city and where you can buy basically everything from cooking equipment and clothes to computers) Edited by Mr Creosote at 10:25 on June, 21st 2003 ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 08:33 on June 23rd, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | fretz: The average price for a new game in a small and a large store is roughly the same. However, smaller stores (such as Gamestop, EBX and Electronic Boutique) do not lower the price of their games as they get older, whereas BestBuy and similar stores do. I'd say that a game that originally cost $50 when it came out is being sold for $30 three months later in the larger stores. What I look for, however, are weekly specials. Every week, the large stores discount some of their games. That way, I can buy a $50 game that's less than a month old for $30 or an older game for $5. Basically the only advantage of specialized stores is that due to their inflexible pricing policy, they sometimes have real gems there. For example, last year I got Ultima IX/Ultima Online combo for $5 and Wizards & Warriors Limited Edition for $3 there. ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
Posted at 17:57 on June 27th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 336 | Quote: Posted by NetDanzr at 16:33 on June, 23rd 2003: However, smaller stores (such as Gamestop, EBX and Electronic Boutique) I'm surprised you class EB as a smaller store. They (under the name Game in UK) are probably the UK's biggest retailer of video games. |