Poll: Do you buy pre-owned games?

[Dimensional Vortex]

I frequently buy preowned games when I can actually find them, I mostly buy from Steam or something. EB games sells pre-owned games for about half the price of new games, which means I can buy something for $40-$50 that was owned by someone else. This pretty much means, I can pay for something in bad quality at the same price that Americans pay for newly released ones.

I would pay for brand new games... if they weren't $90.

 

[franconbean]

I do not buy pre-owned games.
This is mainly because I am a PC gamer though, and most stores don't trade in PC games because of the number that only allow a one time activation (on Steam for example).

 

[MartianWarMachine]

I used to. I would go to Game and HMV whenever I was down on the mainland to see what games they had. But now I buy all my games from Steam. Hooray.

 

[JediMB]

If I can't find it new, or if the game is like three years old and still selling at full price everywhere.

That is, very rarely.

Also:

 

[Stein Inge]

Yeah. I own a few, but I prefer buying new!

The problem I have is that the local GameStop is quite small, and at any one time they only have, at most, 5 or 6 new titles.
If I want something more than one month old, I HAVE to buy second-hand...

 

[Gaiseric]

Yes I do indeed. Sometimes I don't have the money for a full priced game and a $25 dollar used copy is too tempting. I also buy used when the quality of the game is iffy or if I'm unsure if I'll like it(Alpha Protocol, Endwar, GRAW 2, Two Worlds 2 come to mind). Buying used games has exposed me to games and their devs I wouldn't have considered otherwise and makes me more likely to trust certain devs more(meaning I'll likely pick up another of their games new).

 

[GiantRaven]

Almost exclusively. Deal with it.

 

[glyn]

I used to buy nothing but pre-owned games because the prices in Sweden are really high. Since I discovered a very cheap site in the UK(at least compared to here, don't know the UKs regular prices) with free shipping I've only bought new games. <3

What's the site?

 

[The Code]

Yes, I buy used games. Why? Because I own a PS1, Gamecube, GBA SP, Sega Genesis, and a PC. I also have an older XBox 360. I buy new when I can't find a used copy and I can afford it, but I usually try and get it used. Games these days are pricey as hell.

 

[Gigano]

Not really, ordering on-line is usually cheaper than the pre-owned games of brick-and-mortar shops, and I don't have the patience to hunt down pre-owned games on-line. Plus a fair few of the games I like would be all but impossible to find second-hand anyway.

If I happened upon a game I wanted, that's significantly cheaper for being pre-owned, then I'd obviously buy it though.

 

[babinro]

I voted no. I've bought 2 pre-owned games in my history as a gamer and they were years ago. I almost always buy a game brand new within the first month of release, on Steam through sales, or wait until years after release when new is half the price or less.

I don't have the developer in mind when I buy a game. I just prefer new as I know most people don't care for physical copies of games like I do. The used games I bought didn't have instructions and the discs were worn (but still worked perfectly).

 

[aaronobst]

Come to Australia then

It's unbelievable

 

[DanielBrown]

Snäp

What's the site?

www.thehut.com

 

[CptCamoPants]

Gamestop's preowned game policy should be considered extortion. In most areas there aren't very many places (other than Gamestop) to go to sell games and they pay less than $10 for a game that's just a few months old (or less) then jack the price up to $45 when they sell it.

 

[azukar]

Of course I do. But, then, the only console system I have is a PS2...

That said, even if I was an XBOX360 + Wii + PS3 + Commodore64 owner like my brother, I'd still buy as many second-hand games as I could because
a) they're cheaper, which leaves more money for silly things like petrol and food and
b) I haven't been excited by any new releases on any system since Gal Civ II brought out their second expansion pack.

 

[T-004]

Pretty much usually get pre-owned, works out cheaper and I'm a pretty good bargain hunter.

Picked up a copy of Mortal Kombat, in perfect condition, about two months after release and only paid £2.00 for it

Although on the rare occassion I do buy new I'll trade in a bunch of stuff that I'm done with so that I can afford it, as it's the only way I can ever afford to buy new (and I work for a living!)

 

[zidine100]

yes, i buy preowned, why pay 20 pounds when i can get the same game for 50pence cashconverters ftw.