This is the first in a series i'll be doing on game shopping and hunting.
We've all been there. Sometimes it's trying to track down a last-gen (or older) game that you used to play and has now become rare. Sometimes it's a game with a low print run like, say, anything Atlus publishes. But at one time or another, and probably many times, we've all had to hunt for a game that was simply hard to find. I'm not a typical game collector, but I certainly consider the games I have to be a collection. Usually it starts out as maybe a niche title that appeals to you, or one you find out about late, but then hunt for the game becomes fun.
I'm right there right now with Afrika. The game, if I may be so bold to say, could very well be the rarest PS3 game after this console generation is over. And I wanted to play it before it was even released. I heard about the game, some people even calling it a "better Pokemon snap with real animals" and the more I read the more I wanted in. It was released in the Holliday rush, and because I was buying Christmas presents for others, the only time late last year I bought games for myself was TRU's b2g1 sale. I went in to that sale hoping to grab Afrika, Uncharted 2, and A Boy and His Blob. When I arrived at the store, Afrika was nowhere to be found (ended up going with Toy Story Mania instead (what can I say, im a Disney freak)). I later checked Best Buy. No dice. I have no found out that while not technically a GameStop exclusive, to my knowledge they're the only place that carries this game...and not often. It's a tough get. The print run seems to have been extremley low with no reprint. The used game rarley turns up in stores. And I can't remember the last time i've seen it on GameStop.com.
Again, the game still hasn't shown up (to my knowledge) in any store other than GameStop/EB Games. One CAG mentioned seeing one copy used at Blockbuster for $50. That's the normal new price of the game. And even ebay is littered with copies of the game from other countries, but few of the NTSC version. The American version is the only one with the trophy system implemented.
I've been holding out on going game shopping for the GameDays sale, hoping for a B2G1 opportunity to snag Afrika and using gamestop.com's in-story inventory tracker as a reference, but I am also considering grabbing it ASAP, as I fear it just wont be around during the next B2G1. I know this game got the one bad review, and nobody else seems to have looked at it. But everything i've seen, and from what the few people who have played it have said, it is a decent title. Sure, it has it's faults but what game doesnt. This is one i'm determined to get. Stay tuned, i'll update when I do.
EDIT: I'd like to do this as a blog, if somebody could fill me in on how. Cant seem to figure out how to write a blog on here.
We've all been there. Sometimes it's trying to track down a last-gen (or older) game that you used to play and has now become rare. Sometimes it's a game with a low print run like, say, anything Atlus publishes. But at one time or another, and probably many times, we've all had to hunt for a game that was simply hard to find. I'm not a typical game collector, but I certainly consider the games I have to be a collection. Usually it starts out as maybe a niche title that appeals to you, or one you find out about late, but then hunt for the game becomes fun.
I'm right there right now with Afrika. The game, if I may be so bold to say, could very well be the rarest PS3 game after this console generation is over. And I wanted to play it before it was even released. I heard about the game, some people even calling it a "better Pokemon snap with real animals" and the more I read the more I wanted in. It was released in the Holliday rush, and because I was buying Christmas presents for others, the only time late last year I bought games for myself was TRU's b2g1 sale. I went in to that sale hoping to grab Afrika, Uncharted 2, and A Boy and His Blob. When I arrived at the store, Afrika was nowhere to be found (ended up going with Toy Story Mania instead (what can I say, im a Disney freak)). I later checked Best Buy. No dice. I have no found out that while not technically a GameStop exclusive, to my knowledge they're the only place that carries this game...and not often. It's a tough get. The print run seems to have been extremley low with no reprint. The used game rarley turns up in stores. And I can't remember the last time i've seen it on GameStop.com.
Again, the game still hasn't shown up (to my knowledge) in any store other than GameStop/EB Games. One CAG mentioned seeing one copy used at Blockbuster for $50. That's the normal new price of the game. And even ebay is littered with copies of the game from other countries, but few of the NTSC version. The American version is the only one with the trophy system implemented.
I've been holding out on going game shopping for the GameDays sale, hoping for a B2G1 opportunity to snag Afrika and using gamestop.com's in-story inventory tracker as a reference, but I am also considering grabbing it ASAP, as I fear it just wont be around during the next B2G1. I know this game got the one bad review, and nobody else seems to have looked at it. But everything i've seen, and from what the few people who have played it have said, it is a decent title. Sure, it has it's faults but what game doesnt. This is one i'm determined to get. Stay tuned, i'll update when I do.
EDIT: I'd like to do this as a blog, if somebody could fill me in on how. Cant seem to figure out how to write a blog on here.
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