[quote name='mykevermin']Do all CAGs have that idiotic part of the brain that, when in the game store, they see a cheap game and ignore all the bad press it gets, thinking they should buy it because it is cheap?
I've never spent more than a second considering Enchanted Arms in my life, but now that it's $20 on the PS3, I took a gander at that box for quite some time. Eventually, I snapped out of it, thinking "waitaminute: this didn't become $20 because it was AWESOME. It became $20 because it is TERRIBLE."[/quote]
Without much speculation here, I think (at least, this was most often the case with me) that buying a cheap, yet poorly-reviewed game, is a result of prior interest in the game, yet an unwillingness to purchase the game at full retail price.
For example, I would never pay $59.99 for Enchanted Arms, but I certainly had interest in it. If it hit $10, I might purchase it, as there is a chance I would enjoy it. If I don't like it that much, it's only $10.
I mean, there are always games that pique your interest on release, but poor reviews steer you away from them.