Where do most people buy their games?

  • 83 results
  • 1
  • 2
Avatar image for rxanadu
Rxanadu

614

Forum Posts

44

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 10

#1  Edited By Rxanadu

I usually but games on Amazon or eBay if they're cheap.  Recently, though, I've been using GameTZ for trading old games I don't want anymore.  For the most part, it's proved a useful substitute for paying x amount of dollars for a game you can't afford.  I've gotten some good trades off  the site, as well.  I just recently traded an old GBA SP for a copy of Alan Wake.  My first trade was Tales of Vesperia for Twilight Princess for the Wii. 

Avatar image for branthog
Branthog

5777

Forum Posts

1014

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

#2  Edited By Branthog

Amazon, because I get free release-date or 48hr shipping and they're often a few dollars cheaper or even have big discount promotions for future games. For instance, $20 credit for buying Halo and a $10 credit for Kane & Lynch. Plus, I don't have to support shitty physical outlets, like Gamestop.

Avatar image for djeffers03
Djeffers03

2537

Forum Posts

753

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#3  Edited By Djeffers03

Amazon. There usually pretty cheap, and if they aren't then there's always the option to buy from a separate seller. They have also been really reliable for every purchase i've made there.

Avatar image for bravetoaster
BraveToaster

12636

Forum Posts

250

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#4  Edited By BraveToaster

Amazon and Gamefly.

Avatar image for jams
Jams

3043

Forum Posts

131

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

#5  Edited By Jams

Amazon + Prime = Win 
 
(oh yeah and Steam)

Avatar image for joey_ravn
JoeyRavn

5290

Forum Posts

792

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 3

#6  Edited By JoeyRavn

Mostly Steam or other online service, like G2Play. I don't buy retail anymore, because here in Europe they usually include only the local language, and I want to play in English.

Avatar image for mikkaq
MikkaQ

10296

Forum Posts

52

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

#7  Edited By MikkaQ

The blockbuster down the corner, I can get games right when they come out, and it's a mere 30 feet away. Plus they have good prices on used stuff too. 

Avatar image for claude
Claude

16672

Forum Posts

1047

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 18

#8  Edited By Claude

Gamestop and BestBuy.

Avatar image for sjosz
sjosz

489

Forum Posts

3

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#9  Edited By sjosz

Steam, EBGames and HMV occasionally.

Avatar image for esrever
ESREVER

2923

Forum Posts

5

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 18

#10  Edited By ESREVER

Amazon. Free shipping and I get games the day they come out. Pretty rad. My only gripe is when UPS decides to deliver on that day. On their morning run, or their evening run. My wait for Monster Hunter Tri was agonizing.  
 
At least they got their priorities straight today with Reach!

Avatar image for jozzy
jozzy

2053

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

#11  Edited By jozzy

On XBLA, I am a digital download junky :)
 
Retail games I usually buy a few months after release, when they are discounted. I usually check all the different stores and pick up the best bargain. 

Avatar image for zaglis
zaglis

912

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#12  Edited By zaglis

Steam only.

Avatar image for jimi
jimi

1148

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 12

#13  Edited By jimi

Ebay and steam. 
 
Any ps3 games I play are usually for the singleplayer only. Ebay has great deals on singleplayer games.

Avatar image for manhattan_project
manhattan_project

2336

Forum Posts

53

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Blockbuster or Amazon. Mostly Amazon. Actually, Best Buy too.

Avatar image for megalon
Megalon

1457

Forum Posts

3050

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

#15  Edited By Megalon

Amazon and Goozex for console games, Steam almost exclusively for PC games.

Avatar image for castiel
Castiel

3657

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 14

User Lists: 0

#16  Edited By Castiel

In stores... duh!

Avatar image for simulacrum
Simulacrum

459

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#17  Edited By Simulacrum

Gamestop (used to) and Steam.

Avatar image for genjai
Genjai

311

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#18  Edited By Genjai
@Branthog said:
" Amazon. "
@Djeffers03 said:
" Amazon.  "
@Axxol said:
" Amazon. "
@jams said:
" Amazon.  "
@ESREVER said:
" Amazon. "
@Manhattan_Project said:
"  Amazon.  "
@Megalon said:
" Amazon. "
Avatar image for mrklorox
MrKlorox

11220

Forum Posts

1071

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#19  Edited By MrKlorox

Steam almost exclusively. Don't buy used games. Support the developers.

Avatar image for deactivated-5b65b74e68e3e
deactivated-5b65b74e68e3e

305

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Amazon 

Avatar image for citizenkane
citizenkane

10894

Forum Posts

29122

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 106

#21  Edited By citizenkane

At the Gamestop inside the mall.  I've known the guys there for a while and they're pretty cool, unlike the stereotypical Gamestop employee.

Avatar image for zidd
zidd

1940

Forum Posts

2905

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 24

#22  Edited By zidd

Amazon, Gamestop.com or Steam. I rarely buy games anywhere else.

Avatar image for bravetoaster
BraveToaster

12636

Forum Posts

250

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#23  Edited By BraveToaster
@Genjai: I love Amazon!
Avatar image for bschneider30
BSchneider30

64

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#24  Edited By BSchneider30

Amazon for the most part. If it's something I must have know day one I will go to Best Buy.

Avatar image for fuzzyponken
fuzzyponken

683

Forum Posts

13

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

#25  Edited By fuzzyponken

Steam (and sometimes GoG.com) and various scandinavian online stores for the Wii games and odd PC titles that aren't on Steam. There are like five different big stores that I check and just go with whoever's the cheapest. I buy hard copies so rarely though that it barely counts. 

Avatar image for huntad
huntad

2432

Forum Posts

4409

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 13

#26  Edited By huntad

Amazon!

Avatar image for bolthor
Bolthor

88

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#27  Edited By Bolthor

I always buy my games online. There's no Gamestop or any other videogame stores close to where I live.

Avatar image for mdock
mdock

16

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#28  Edited By mdock

Amazon Prime, every time.

Avatar image for a_dog
A_Dog

762

Forum Posts

311

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#29  Edited By A_Dog

Whatever websites cheapest, usually shopto.net, play.com or amazon. 

Avatar image for soulblitz
Soulblitz

376

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#30  Edited By Soulblitz

As a UKer, Shopto.net nearly every time. Preorders are always at least a day early, and they're very cheap.

Avatar image for perryvandell
PerryVandell

2223

Forum Posts

1705

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 14

User Lists: 8

#31  Edited By PerryVandell

Amazon and Steam.

Avatar image for thebatmobile
thebatmobile

995

Forum Posts

330

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#32  Edited By thebatmobile

Webhallen.com

Avatar image for animasta
Animasta

14948

Forum Posts

3563

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 5

#33  Edited By Animasta

steam/amazon.

Avatar image for theseductivemoose
TheSeductiveMoose

3629

Forum Posts

274

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

@thebatmobile said:
" Webhallen.com "
Ya, that. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Avatar image for bigrhyno
Bigrhyno

509

Forum Posts

1025

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#35  Edited By Bigrhyno

Amazon because of free release day shipping, most big games have a preorder bonus of 10-20 bucks off your next video game purchase, and I don't have to leave my house to get the game.

Avatar image for beargirl1
beargirl1

12934

Forum Posts

14417

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 24

#36  Edited By beargirl1

amazon / best buy 

Avatar image for bunkerbuster
BunkerBuster

1054

Forum Posts

197

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

#37  Edited By BunkerBuster

Amazon and Wall*Mart. Then if they don't have it the Best Buy.  
 
Big "ups" to Amazon and Best Buy. Not so much for WM.

Avatar image for gla55jaw
gla55jAw

2834

Forum Posts

6584

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 31

#38  Edited By gla55jAw

eBay, GameFly, and Gamestop. Sometimes at Best Buy.

Avatar image for haggis
haggis

1674

Forum Posts

4

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 1

#39  Edited By haggis

Amazon and Steam. I did break my no-Gamestop rule recently, though, because I had some used games to trade in. But it was the first time I'd been there in almost two years. I honestly cannot remember the last time I went out and purchased a PC game in a physical store. Maybe back in '02 or '03.

Avatar image for mosdl
mosdl

3422

Forum Posts

2951

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

#40  Edited By mosdl

And this thread proves that GB needs to put amazon links so they can get %s

Avatar image for teptom
teptom

2074

Forum Posts

9175

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#41  Edited By teptom

Amazon or Best Buy.

Avatar image for jerichoblyth
JerichoBlyth

1039

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#42  Edited By JerichoBlyth

Asda Wall*Mart since I get 10% discount always :- )

Avatar image for aronman
Aronman789

2738

Forum Posts

16

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#43  Edited By Aronman789

Steam and Amazon, because I hate that drive when you've bought the game but you still have to wait to get home

Avatar image for pixelpushr
pixelpushr

28

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

#44  Edited By pixelpushr

I buy games from wherever I can find the best deals.

I picked up Halo: Reach from Toy R Us this morning because of the $25 gift card with purchase. Plus I had $35 store credit.

I bought Bioshock 2 from Gamefly for $15

Got Splinter Cell: Conviction from Best Buy for $20.

Avatar image for jonnyboy
jonnyboy

2867

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 2

#45  Edited By jonnyboy

Ebay.

Avatar image for fedfierce
fedfierce

18

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#46  Edited By fedfierce

I find that I only buy games from Amazon (go Prime!) unless they are Nintendo games. (Which almost only release on Sundays, in which case I drive down to Gamestop. :P)

Avatar image for rxanadu
Rxanadu

614

Forum Posts

44

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 10

#47  Edited By Rxanadu
@Genjai said:

" @Branthog said:

" Amazon. "
@Djeffers03 said:
" Amazon.  "
@Axxol said:
" Amazon. "
@jams said:
" Amazon.  "
@ESREVER said:
" Amazon. "
@Manhattan_Project said:
"  Amazon.  "
@Megalon said:
" Amazon. "
"
 So I take it people here use Amazon.  The last games I got from there that I can remember are Mass Effect 2 used (damn Cerberus code), Assassin's Creed 2, and Bayonetta.  I also buy from GameStop if they have those "buy 2 get 1 free" deals.  
 
I just has an idea: what if Amazon put that type of deal into practice?  Just allot a week per month to sell off some cheap games/appliances/etc. in order to get large sales during the week.  They could even incorporate it into the Golden Box deals somehow. 
Avatar image for jackbag
jackbag

210

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#48  Edited By jackbag

Steam and Amazon. 
 
I don't remember the last time I bought a game from anywhere else.

Avatar image for michaelbach
MichaelBach

975

Forum Posts

75

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#49  Edited By MichaelBach

Local WalMart or BlockBuster.

Avatar image for jams
Jams

3043

Forum Posts

131

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

#50  Edited By Jams
@Rxanadu said:
" @Genjai said:

" @Branthog said:

" Amazon. "
@Djeffers03 said:
" Amazon.  "
@Axxol said:
" Amazon. "
@jams said:
" Amazon.  "
@ESREVER said:
" Amazon. "
@Manhattan_Project said:
"  Amazon.  "
@Megalon said:
" Amazon. "
"
 So I take it people here use Amazon.  The last games I got from there that I can remember are Mass Effect 2 used (damn Cerberus code), Assassin's Creed 2, and Bayonetta.  I also buy from GameStop if they have those "buy 2 get 1 free" deals.    I just has an idea: what if Amazon put that type of deal into practice?  Just allot a week per month to sell off some cheap games/appliances/etc. in order to get large sales during the week.  They could even incorporate it into the Golden Box deals somehow.  "
I think they do. It's called the gold box deal or something like that.