Old Vs. New
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:36 PM | Here's what I have to say about getting games new or used, chiming in with today's Penny Arcade.
I don't neccessarily think that buying games used rips off the original developers. Somebody already bought it in the first place. But I've never gotten used games from GameStop, as I think their prices are too high.
There are some games that I get new. I've got in pre-orders for Final Fantasy XIV, Halo: Reach and soon Rock Band 3, but those are to take advantage of collector's editions or pre-order goodies I want. But what I've been doing mostly is trading games online. I want to get Metroid: Other M, but I think I'll get that one used instead as there are titles not that high on my gaming priority list or the pre-orders don't entice me enough.
I call this "frivolous thriftyness." Get the big A+ stuff new, and trade for everything else later.








