Where do you purchase video games?

**Antissa** · January 27, 2008, 05:29 PM

For me, I tend to purchase video games from Electroniques Boutique. However, if the product is out of stock or isn't available in the region, I'd buy it from eBay.

How about you guys?

**jimmy spong** · January 27, 2008, 05:31 PM

in grocery stores isnt it obvious

**Antissa** · January 27, 2008, 05:33 PM

Grocery stores sells video games now?

**Flavius** · January 27, 2008, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Antissa

Grocery stores sells video games now? :hmmm:

Funny enough, 7/11's sold Halo 3 during it's release, so video games in grocery stores can't be too far off.

Anyway, I buy new games mostly from Bestbuy or other large electronic retailers and I'll occasionally buy old cheap games from Gamestop.

**jimmy spong** · January 27, 2008, 05:36 PM

no , just kidding

no such shops in my country , at pc dealers , dvd clubs etc , local music and video shops but such a big shops no

**Gwendylyn** · January 27, 2008, 06:06 PM

I prefer to shop at local independent game stores. It usually means they don't get new games in right away, but I've never been someone who needs a game at launch date. Lacking that, I go to Best Buy.

I hate going to Gamestop. They ask me to pre-order something every single time I go in there. They tried to ask us to preorder FF12 an hour before the midnight launch. I know it's corporate policies so I don't hold it against the individuals. Regardless, I don't like the pushy salesmanship.

**NaptownKnight** · January 27, 2008, 06:59 PM

I like Frys electronics, although a stor called CompUSA recently had a nice closing sale going on. Crysis for $32! I would be excited, but my computer couldn't run Crysis, so I picked up ArmA for $20.

**jankren** · January 27, 2008, 09:58 PM

I dream of working at a game store. So any of you do?

**Antissa** · January 28, 2008, 08:41 PM

I dream of working at a game store. So any of you do?

Oh yeah definitely

. I'm hoping to work at EB Games.

**Medicus** · September 30, 2008, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by jankren

I dream of working at a game store. So any of you do?

We're all gaming nerds; of course we do!

EB Games usually, that's if I can't find it anywhere cheaper (JB Hifi, for example, usually sells the same games for $15 - $20 less). I particually like their 7-day trial period; it has served me well over the years.

**roy34543** · January 27, 2008, 10:21 PM

Not particularly, I dream of being a game reviewer with a good CD-burning/copying illegal program.
That would be great.

**Captain Arrrgh!** · January 27, 2008, 10:29 PM

ISOHunt......

**JOKING!!!!**

**Dayman** · January 27, 2008, 10:49 PM

Depends. I buy some but most are downloaded.

**the_mango55** · January 27, 2008, 11:21 PM

wherever I see the game I'm looking for, I don't hold loyalties to any one retailer.

I would say I have gotten most games from Wal-Mart over the years, just because I live in a small town, and none of those other stores are close to me.

**VOP2288** · January 28, 2008, 08:46 AM

I'm an Amazon man myself - I don't like the concept of bidding on things you want (ala ebay). Amazon usually has good prices on stuff and you can find many good deals. The sellers are also held, pretty much, by the balls by the site so if they screw up they're always extremely happy to make things right.

For instance a seller once forgot to ship out an order and to remedy the situation he actually shipped my order along with a free game of my choice.

**Moosferatu** · January 28, 2008, 10:17 AM

For new PC games I'll head over to GAME, and I occasionally buy at Amazon, and get my preowned games from Chipsworld.co.uk (the Chips store in my town closed unfortunately) and Gamestation. Only thing I don't like about Gamestation is when I trade my games in they rip me off like I'm in a sweatshop.

I agree with VOP about Amazon. People screw you over a lot less than eBay and I hate bidding because basically people put bids in until about 4 people bid at the last minute and one of them swipes what people had been watching for days.

**Reidy** · January 28, 2008, 11:07 AM

For games that i buy myself I usually go to GAME since its the closest to me (on the way home). Other than that, if I ask for the odd game as a present (ie. christmas/birthday) I'd go with Play.com since its generally the cheapest supplier i've found online.

**Stalins Ghost** · January 28, 2008, 12:52 PM

Amazon generally, sometimes Game, but I'm also becoming more and more fond of Steam.

**Freddie** · January 28, 2008, 12:53 PM

Where ever its cheapest.

To be honest I think the days of going to your local shop and buying the game business model are numbered, direct to drive downloads such as Steam are the way forward.

**vizi** · October 02, 2008, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Freddie

Where ever its cheapest.

To be honest I think the days of going to your local shop and buying the game business model are numbered, direct to drive downloads such as Steam are the way forward.

*ding ding ding ding ding*

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