November is a huge month for the video game market. There have been ton of big title releases over the last few weeks, and video gamers everywhere are both rejoicing and lamenting. Rejoicing as fantastic Triple A titles are released, and lamenting because their wallets are empty. Good news for the financially struggling gamer, however, as there is hardly any good reason to buy a video game at launch anymore. Sure, you get access to all the new content ahead of everyone else, and sure, there’s plenty of inside jokes you may miss out on. However, buying a video game at launch is nothing but trouble these days, and here’s why.
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
If they did then collectors wouldn’t be getting f***** over with discless collectors editions
No shock, GameStop is alive because of trading. If they don't have used games on their shelves they are absolutely donezo.
Well of course the GS boss thinks this... that's their bread and butter business. That and funco pops and clothing, though those two were added as a means to supplement the decline in people buying used games or even new games. GS just sucks overall when it comes to gaming. I buy my physical stuff on Amazon or Best Buy.
As for "requiring" disc drives... nah. Not anymore, but i like having them as an option. They had a means back when games actually ran off the discs and were more/less complete. Now they are incomplete and the disc is really an installer with a license to play. If you want to change games you have to take out the disc and put in another. Its more convenient to just use digital. I have been into digital for years now and when the PSPortal comes along i wont even have to go into my game room. I will just play my PS5 from my couch downstairs. I have a bunch of digital installed games to my 5... I'm all set.
Gamingbible writes: "Luckily, if you’re living in the US you can trade your Xbox into Gamestop, where you’ll receive a hefty amount of cash as well as a $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
GameStop’s chief financial officer is resigning, in the latest of several executive departures from the video game retailer.
Terrible list for why you should NEVER buy a game at launch
1: The game is broken - Most games have at least some bugs, but rarely are they 'broken'
2: The game is expensive - Not always, and even so sometimes it is worth it.
3: The content is missing - Sure DLC might come, but I rarely ever buy DLC anyway so why would I wait for it to all be avaiable before buying the game?
4: The content is dissapointing - Really, every game ever released has had bad or at least dissapointing content at launch? Honestly I'm not sure the author thought that through at all as it is clearly wrong. Content rarely changes greatly after launch save for DLC.
5: The service is down - No, thats only on EA games.
The main reason is that most damn games release a bundled edition a year later with EVERYTHING like patches, all dlc and stuff on the disc at a much cheaper price.
It just defeats the purpose of launch purchasing.
i love my recent purchases, is all in the nae of gaming haven!!!!
i think the last-gen games had better quality at launch than this gen. all u had to do was pop in the cd and play. now there's atleast 1 patch release to fix bugs within a month of launch.
I have not picked up ONE title this generation on launch day. I stopped that during the PS2/Xbox days. I waited 2 weeks on Gears and got it new for $39.99, waited till this weekend on Uncharted and got the same deal online.
Anything in the Fallout/Elder Scrolls series are automatic waits for GOTY editions. There are plenty of titles to pick up every year without shooting your load on a $60 a game plus $10 to $20 on every DLC. I don't want a $100 game, I'll wait for the $49.99 GOTY every time.