Do you cringe when you see someone pay full price for a game?

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Today I was at Walmart, looking to pick up Serious Sam since it was $16 last time I was there, and I figured it'd be cheaper. Anyway today it was marked at $19.82 for shaq knows what reason. If anyone knows of a better deal on it, let me know. Anyway as I'm perusing through Walmart's games, which let me tell you they have a lot of good/rare titles, only problem is most of them are still full price, right so these two laides rumble (cuz that's what big bitches do) past me looking for Spiderman 2. It seems they've never purchased a video game before as they were surprised to see it was $50. Now I was tempted to just say hey give me that $50 and I'll get the game for you, knowing damn well I could get it for under $50, but instead I just cringed and thought to myself "suckers" :roll: as they decided to split the cost of the game for their son/uncle/cousin/daddy's birthday. Anyone else find themselves doing that?
 
So you saw people who never buy video games paying $50 for a brand new Spider-Man 2?

Were else can you get it cheaper?
 
nah I don't because I still buy some games at 50. Just yesterday I got TOS for full price but did have a trade it so it was 42 but still nah, besides if they pay full price maybe it will help the game economy.
 
[quote name='Rodimus Donut']So you saw people who never buy video games paying $50 for a brand new Spider-Man 2?

Were else can you get it cheaper?[/quote]

GGC for starters. It was 29.99 at frys.

Yeah I cringe too. Especially when I see someone plunk down $29.99 for a bug's life or how yesterday I saw someone pay $22.49 for a USED ssx3.
 
Yes.. I had a similar experience at Best Buy one day. A woman was looking for a couple of Xbox games for her Husband's birthday. The Best Buy employee was pointing out some good $50 games for him. There were several good $30 games but he did not point them out to her.

I almost said something but then I figured hey someone has to buy the games at $50.
 
Some games are worth full price. Steel Battalion and line of contact were easily worth the 250 i spent on them. Spiderman 2 is also worth 50.
 
[quote name='fieldkillah']Some games are worth full price. Steel Battalion and line of contact were easily worth the 250 i spent on them. Spiderman 2 is also worth 50.[/quote]

I hate to say it, I can't imagine one or two games being worth $250. Of course everyone has their own opinion on the value of money, but when you can either buy one game, that may last you for a few months max, or an entire game system that will last you years, it gets hard to compare. IMO of course.
 
The only games that are really worth $50 are RPG's and sports games. These games easily give you 40+ hrs. of play, which makes it worth $50. I pity the people who bought The Bouncer for $50..... Also, blockbuster games that won't price drop for months are worth $50, i.e. Halo, Grand Theft Auto
 
Exactly. People who pay 50 bucks help subsidize those of us who get it for 5-25 bucks. And the more people who buy it at 50, the quicker it becomes a Greatest Hit or whatever, or gets flooded back in trades making used copies available.
I have paid 50 bucks for a game before, even recently. Part of it is, 'How long do you want to wait?' For almost all games [and most other things], if you simply wait a little while, the price will naturally drop, and not even require being a cheapass. I bought CoN new for 45 bucks after GGC. It's now 20 bucks brand new. Heck, if I wait two years, I could probably get 99.99% of all Ps2 games for less than ten bucks each.
I do agree, however-I'd rather see someone pay 50 bucks for La Pucelle or something else good/different, than 30 bucks for the next sequel or franchise game. But it takes all kinds, and if you'll notice, for instance, TV rarely shows Masterpiece Theatre anymore, but you can find a bunch of exhibitionist greedy morons willing to sell their dignity for a chance at 15 seconds of fame and some money on any network at almost any time....
 
I do feel kind of disgusted when someone pays full price for something, but I figure not everyone has the time to scrounge for cheapass deals.
 
I also believe these people are sent to these stores to make it better for me, as long as games are selling I can buy it used or at a lower cost later!!
 
RPG games are the only games I would ever pay $50 for unless it's a new DDR with a dance pad, since I'll play it a lot. I still try avoiding paying $50 as much as possible. I'm trying to get ToS, and I do whatever it takes to not pay $50, although I'll probably still pay that price.

I've seen people at Meijer, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy pay full price for a game that I've seen cheaper else where. I usually don't say something out loud, but I do somewhat feel they made a mistake.
 
Hey, gotta let someone buy the games at top price to make sure some of that profit goes to R&D at the video game corporations. It sure as heck isn't me contributing to that fund.
 
I think for me it's when people go into ebgames, gamestop, etc. and take the $5 offered for games that have only been out for a couple of months. One of my friends saw somebody go in with 15 games (mostly sports titles, but still) and came out with $9.50 just so he can buy a magazine.
 
[quote name='encendido5']I think for me it's when people go into ebgames, gamestop, etc. and take the $5 offered for games that have only been out for a couple of months. One of my friends saw somebody go in with 15 games (mostly sports titles, but still) and came out with $9.50 just so he can buy a magazine.[/quote]Yeah, I can never really understand it either. I constantly see people bring in a few games to EB and Gamestop only getting no more than $8 off their next purchase. That's why I never trade games into those places because I feel I better save up a few extra dollars to keep a game rather than get next to nothing out of it.

What I always see happen is the employees at EB and Gamestop convincing parents with young kids to trade games in they don't play anymore, when the parents keep thinking its a good idea. I keep thinking these parents don't understand why it's better to keep games, since they pay so little. I still find it funny when one Mom tried to trade in two Xbox games at EB. The manager said $3 for this game and $0.75 for the other, then said you have $3.75 in store credit. All I have to say is that lady was shocked and left the store with her games in a heart beat.
 
Yeah, it really stinks how little they give you. Example: I traded in Splashdown and Dino Crisis for (drumroll please) $2.50! I would have kept them but my dad wouldn't take me anywhere else. At FYE, I traded in Mat Hofmans BMX 2 for $7.50- and it sells new for $15, a great deal. Can't wait to see what Game Rush gives...
 
What if we actually helpped these people buy games?

You guys keep saying someone has to buy the 50usd games but they don't. If we help everyone get deals all over the US, then stores will be forced to lower prices to sell the 50 dollar games.

Now, maybe the game companies might not get money, but over time they will adapt. We weed out the POS games that clutter the shelves of stores, because the only way they will make money is if the game sells quanity because they will have to drop the price low to begin with.

In conclusion lets spread the word and help other make deals to make deals for ourselves and to clean up the game industy.

*steps off podium*
 
I try not to pay full price, but I think I'm going to cave and pick of TOS from Amazon or Best Buy for 45$... I really want an RPG for my Gamecube, and I don't have any "Tales" games.
 
Time is money. Some moms, dads, average people would rather go to a store, especially one that they are going to anyway, and pay 5-20 bucks more for a game and know they've got it, got it quickly, and from a vendor they trust.
Think about how much time you spent getting that last 5, 10, 20 dollar game. Maybe you lucked out, hit CAG, saw the deal, placed the order, good to go. But I've seen people say they drove to multiple CC's 4, 5 times a week to hunt down 5.00 games. Gas is at least 1.60/gallon, it probably takes at least 15 min round trip to go to most CC's. If you spend an hour of your time hunting for a game, and you make 10 bucks an hour in your job, you've just wasted 10 bucks.
I know there is a bit of the 'quest' and the 'collection' aspect to a lot of CAG's, I have a little of that too, and it is hard to quantify a value for that. But not everyone has that urge.
I don't feel bad for someone paying more for a game that I paid less for or could get cheaper. Based on their priorities and their knowledge, they're making the best decision. There's a Gamestop two doors down from my WalMart, but people still buy games at Walmart.
 
It depends when I cringe when i see someone pay full price for a game. For instance, if i know that i picked up that game for cheaper somewhere else (thanks to CAG or just on my own) then you sort of laugh inside and feel sorry for the person. the worst is when you see they are picking up a real crappy game for $50, then I cringe and they see it. When this happens, I tend to help that person out select a better game even if i don't work for the store. But like others have said, if we don't be selective on how we help people choose quality games for various prices, then we CAGs will not get them for cheap at a sooner time.
 
[quote name='dtcarson']I don't feel bad for someone paying more for a game that I paid less for or could get cheaper. Based on their priorities and their knowledge, they're making the best decision. .[/quote]

I, for one, feel this way as well. It is like when you got to buy a car, you do research and try to find the best quality of a car for your dollar. In other words, you try to get the most bang for your buck. the same can be said about buying video games. Everyone knows that not every product is the same, and that is why they should do research to find out price and quality (i.e. graphics, gameplay, replayability) for what they want. Someone can go into a TRu and pick up basically 5 games for hypothetically speaking for $5 (and these are crappy games so you know), but will they like those games most likely not.
 
some games sure are worth the full price but being a cag i know there would be a better deal out there if everyone a cheap ass buyer then *trying to think of something bad here*.. let me continue that later.. i guess then the company wont get much- so no money to make money? i m not sure how the calculations work but yea.. cmon.. u coulda bought that game (whatever game thats at full price) for 5$ next year =P (or maybe not) but yea.....
 
Do I cringe? Actually, I chuckle on the inside.

Ignorant fools. *evil laughter*

*turns into CAG monster*

Eh, sorry. Cheesiness is over.
 
I think it heavily depends on the game. I'm willing to pay full for a game I've anticipated, but in most cases I just wait a couple weeks, since lots of games go on sale somewhere right after release. If not, that's what the GGC is for. Course with a nice amount of credit at my local Game Crazy, I won't be paying full price on anything for a while.
 
it depends on the game for me, certain games ill pay full price for myself such as TOS, but when I see people paying full price for games I know they can get cheaper elsewhere or games that just suck I feel bad for them,
 
About the only games I will pay $50 for an uber-hot titles or games you know won't drop in price soon. I paid $44.99, GGC, for PSO EP III and Ninja Gaiden. Neither has dropped yet nor do I think they will until after Christmas or if ever in the case of PSO. I'll pay for Halo 2 on 11/9. I can't imagine many other games this year I will consider dropping $50 for. I really want Sudeki but given MS's track record it'll be $29.99 or $19.99 by October.
 
It's a matter of opportunity. It's great when the chance to be a hero arises and you can tell someone they can get the game they're examining $15 less down the street. OTOH, you have to be discreet. It's very uncool to do this in a way that stomps on the toes of the store where you're browsing.
 
You're welcome to be cheap in all of your purchases, so long as you never whine about a game you love never getting another installment, a genre you love never getting a new game made in it, or a game from overseas never getting localized.
It's a business. Companies make what they think will sell. If you never buy a full price game, your opinion is worthless to them.. you're not going to contribute to thier bottom line at all.

So it depends... what do you want more... to save 20-30 dollars on a game you love, or to get a sequel to the game you love, or another entry in the genre that game is in?

Just like the target sale on La Pucelle... I hope none of the people buying this for 19.99 have the gall to bitch out Mastiff if they decide to not bring over Phantom Brave due to weak sales.

(of course, that is just an example. I doubt La Pucelle's sales were that low).
 
I don't cringe anymore. It only takes 10 minutes of research on the internet to find out the price differences on a game, and another 5 minutes to find a game review to see if it will be actually worth paying full price for.

Its not my fault people won't use the brains that they were born with. And if their stupidity subsidizes my future cheap ass purchases, then so be it.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']About the only games I will pay $50 for an uber-hot titles or games you know won't drop in price soon. I paid $44.99, GGC, for PSO EP III and Ninja Gaiden. Neither has dropped yet nor do I think they will until after Christmas or if ever in the case of PSO. I'll pay for Halo 2 on 11/9. I can't imagine many other games this year I will consider dropping $50 for. I really want Sudeki but given MS's track record it'll be $29.99 or $19.99 by October.[/quote]Actually, I saw the price of PSO EP III drop to $40 around 3 weeks ago, but as for Ninja Gaiden, you're right that the price may not drop for a while since Tecmo has a history of keeping games normal price for a while.

I ended up paying $49.99 for ToS, since I just couldn't resist it. I loved both ToD and ToE on PSX, although not as much as most Square Enix RPG games, but it was a must. If I had a Fry's within two hours, I'd go there.

As for La Pucelle Tactics, I almost paid full price for mine, but I ended up buying my copy when Meijer had a deal where I buy one game, get the 2nd half off, so I ended up paying $37.50, which is fine by me since I've put 20 hours into the game. I heard about Target having the deal but the problem was, I saw the game at regular price, then when I went back to Target two days later, they didn't have it anymore.
 
[quote name='bluefalcon']What if we actually helpped these people buy games?

You guys keep saying someone has to buy the 50usd games but they don't. If we help everyone get deals all over the US, then stores will be forced to lower prices to sell the 50 dollar games.

Now, maybe the game companies might not get money, but over time they will adapt. We weed out the POS games that clutter the shelves of stores, because the only way they will make money is if the game sells quanity because they will have to drop the price low to begin with.

In conclusion lets spread the word and help other make deals to make deals for ourselves and to clean up the game industy.

*steps off podium*[/quote]

You do realize that this site represents a miniscle part of the game purchasing community right? While there are a few thousand (maybe more) members here, there are millions of people that buy games in the US. Good luck with the idea that "if I tell everyone around me about cheaper prices, the game companies will adapt." You think that by reducing the amount of money that game companies make, is going to increase the quality of games that are produced? Wishfull thinking there.
 
My reaction to clueless shoppers is always a silent chuckle, never a cringe. From people who abandon penny guides after sifting through them to moms on cell phones who grab the worst $50 games, I can never help but laugh to myself. Ignorance is bliss, so I'll never interrupt their game hunts, but if they ask me, I'm more than happy to tell them where to go, what to get, and how much to spend.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']So it depends... what do you want more... to save 20-30 dollars on a game you love, or to get a sequel to the game you love, or another entry in the genre that game is in?

Just like the target sale on La Pucelle... I hope none of the people buying this for 19.99 have the gall to bitch out Mastiff if they decide to not bring over Phantom Brave due to weak sales.[/quote]

I gotta agree with you there. Although there's not a lot of titles that I'm planning on paying $50 for, some of the niche titles that I'd like to see sequels or whatever of come state-side, such as Donkey Konga and Phantom Brave, I'll definitely drop $50 on. Well, that and the fact that these games' prices won't ever drop.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']So it depends... what do you want more... to save 20-30 dollars on a game you love, or to get a sequel to the game you love, or another entry in the genre that game is in?

Just like the target sale on La Pucelle... I hope none of the people buying this for 19.99 have the gall to bitch out Mastiff if they decide to not bring over Phantom Brave due to weak sales.[/quote]

It's gonna be kind of hard for Mastiff to do anything involving Phantom Brave when Nippon Icchi is the ones that are actually publishing it themselves. :wink:
 
[quote name='mtxbass1'][quote name='bluefalcon']What if we actually helpped these people buy games?

You guys keep saying someone has to buy the 50usd games but they don't. If we help everyone get deals all over the US, then stores will be forced to lower prices to sell the 50 dollar games.

Now, maybe the game companies might not get money, but over time they will adapt. We weed out the POS games that clutter the shelves of stores, because the only way they will make money is if the game sells quanity because they will have to drop the price low to begin with.

In conclusion lets spread the word and help other make deals to make deals for ourselves and to clean up the game industy.

*steps off podium*[/quote]

You do realize that this site represents a miniscle part of the game purchasing community right? While there are a few thousand (maybe more) members here, there are millions of people that buy games in the US. Good luck with the idea that "if I tell everyone around me about cheaper prices, the game companies will adapt." You think that by reducing the amount of money that game companies make, is going to increase the quality of games that are produced? Wishfull thinking there.[/quote]

Exactamundo! There are only a few of us CAGS and sorts, only when u see a 5$ sale will u meet another cheap fellow.

I inform my friends of this site, but only a few join. They prefer to just pay full price instead of waiting, therefore less games for them. But for me Ill wait on MOST games.. Other than Halo 2.

For example Mousin joined here, and hes shitted himself from this site. Many of my friends get deals from me cause they are just too lazy to wait for sales.
 
If someone is in line with a $50 game and I know of the same game being sold somewhere else cheaper, I would tell that person.

Otherwise, I'll ignore them and be on with my affairs.
 
Not really because I pay like 30 bucks for rare movies that I want. And I won't use Ebay because I had a bad experience when trying to get Rashomon. So no it doesn't bother me when people over pay for games, because I overpay for movies.
 
I must admit, while I am a cheapass, I tend to do two things:

1. On large games, I buy for the full $50. Nintendo worked hard to make that Legend of Zelda and God knows its worth every penny. I can't wait a year for a Zelda so it'll be $30 cheaper. I just need it then.
2. I don't buy used. If I can wait 6 months for the price to go down dramaticallyo n a game, I'll still buy used.

While I am EXTREMELY stingy in most cases, there are lines I do not cross. For an example of how stinginess can hurt you, see the Japan episode of the Simpsons with the 33 cent store.
 
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