Two Good Articles on Game Shopping in Japan

[CheapyD]

CAG sabo sent these to me via PM

Finding Good Deals on New Games in Japan (http://www.insomnia.ac/japan/finding_good_deals_%28new_games%29/)

Top 10 Stores in Akihabara for New Games (http://www.insomnia.ac/japan/top_10_akiba_stores_%28new_games%29/)

(http://www.insomnia.ac/japan/top_10_akiba_stores_%28new_games%29/)

[gunm]

awesome reads. i miss japan! even play-asia isn't enough...

[thakingrocka]

thanks for the articles, but i think that guy needs a little help shopping. ico for 5000 yen? that's insane!
do we here at cheapass gamer really concern ourselves with original print runs? i have an original print run US edition of ico, and i threw the box and manual in th garbage before coming to japan. i'd love to keep those things, but when a game collection reaches such numbers, you need a separate apartment to store them. the games are what are important.

the 9 i recognized, but i didn't know there was a book off. i'll have to look up for once, so i can find it. in tokyo, if you look directly ahead, you miss 80% of the city. still a lesson i've yet to really learn.

the one point i do agree with is that when you see a deal, grab it. a lot of people pass through places like akihabara and someone will take it. that someone might as well be you. once, i found a beautiful laptop with Pentium M 1.7, Geforce Go 6600, 1680x1050, english keyboard and OS for about 10 man. i told all my friends who were interested in computers (i had just bought a new laptop for myself). i told them they needed to buy it immediately. by the time, one of them finally decided to go check it out, the next weekend, it was gone.

[pop311]

how much is 5000 yen?

Edit: just did an online converter. It's about $43, right?

[Ecofreak]

Thanks for the links - although I am more interested in where to pick up used games rather than new. Especially considering just how freakishly expensive new games are in Japan.