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redcap036 Novice Member Joined: 8/19/07 Posts: 929 I'm not a troll, I'm an Ogre! Ogres like trolls, Me thinks dey taste great BBQ'ed!	4/04/09 10:54:27 PM#26 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Arawon i was moving tward buying the current EQ2 game at retaill to get some of the free items in the retail version.Not BEST BUY TARGET WALMART or GAMESTOP had one copy of the game which had a new retail release reciently.. I have seen stores moving in this direction, but was stunned at how wide spread it is now. Might hav been the last copy they had on the shelf, the rest got sold already. just a thought. O--------------------------------------------------------------------------O Old mmorpg's don't die, they just respawn somewhere else! Video games aren't the only thing changing, you are too! Diversity is what we need, not cloned Conformity! Here hold my monkey! O--------------------------------------------------------------------------O I'm playing; TCoS(pc), Wing's of War: WW1 & WW2(tt) & Fallout3 BE TROLL AWARE! - http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html
Shannia Hard Core Member Joined: 11/06/05 Posts: 1954 "World of WarCraft is held alive solely by the mediocrity of competing products." RendRegen	4/04/09 10:57:36 PM#27 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Arawon i was moving tward buying the current EQ2 game at retaill to get some of the free items in the retail version.Not BEST BUY TARGET WALMART or GAMESTOP had one copy of the game which had a new retail release reciently.. I have seen stores moving in this direction, but was stunned at how wide spread it is now. That is nuts. Must be your area. I was in Wal-Mart two days ago and BustBuy today. I know for a fact that they both had EQ2 because I almost bought one at each place. All four of the bestbuy stores near me have two full racks of PC games. When all else fails, visit their website or better yet, go to Amazon.com The price you pay in shipping is about the price you'd pay in expenses driving your car around. Besides, I've never had to pay full price for a game at Amazon.com, and that includes new releases. edit Hell, even Target here has a ton of PC games. Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware "Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
uohaloran Advanced Member Joined: 11/16/05 Posts: 158	4/04/09 11:00:06 PM#28 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Between Steam and Amazon I can't tell you how much I've saved on games compared to buying them at a store.
Kordesh Elite Member Joined: 1/12/06 Posts: 1203	4/04/09 11:02:53 PM#29 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Why would they? Lets face it, they can't really compete. They threw their muscle around when digital distribution first started to keep prices the same as their stores, but they've given up. It's really simple. 1: Pricing. They really can't compete. Digital has far less overhead obviously.The Steam sales and stuff kill the prices in stores. Especially with MMOs where they get an expansion box that they leave priced at $40 when the game has long since dropped to $10. 2: Trades: Gamestop makes all their money on used crap, and it's all they care about anymore. You can't trade PC games. That's the bottom line. 3: Interest: Lets face it, most PC users, unless they want the box, get their games digitally now. Even then, most people get their boxes from Amazon or somesuch. So yeah, I can't see why they would want to stock them.
coldfreedom Novice Member Joined: 9/12/08 Posts: 132	4/05/09 3:02:46 AM#30 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) pc gaming is dead. console is taking over. mmorpg is moving to console as well. pc gaming is only curruption. pc for pr0n. console for game.
uohaloran Advanced Member Joined: 11/16/05 Posts: 158	4/05/09 3:37:59 AM#31 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by coldfreedom pc gaming is dead. console is taking over. mmorpg is moving to console as well. pc gaming is only curruption. pc for pr0n. console for game. It'd be funny if this were sarcasm.
Isaralas Apprentice Member Joined: 9/08/07 Posts: 36	4/05/09 7:29:30 AM#32 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I bought EQ 2 for £3 (Bargin!) a couple of months back at a HMV store a couple of months back. Too bad the code doesn't work haha.
neschria Advanced Member Joined: 8/07/03 Posts: 1424 Put your hand inside the puppet head.	4/05/09 9:15:41 AM#33 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Both here in western Pennsylvania and back in Delaware, Wal-Mart has an fair selection of games, but GameStop has half a rack. But I guess I am part of the reason-- now that in-game items are included, I buy my SOE products directly from the station store, and if I want the physical trinkets, I go to an online retailer to buy a box. Amazon + newegg are the two places I shop for pretty much all the physical merchandise I buy online. ... This is where I draw the line: __________________.
Mrbloodworth Hard Core Member Joined: 3/20/05 Posts: 4908 "pleasantly paralyzed"	4/06/09 10:50:00 AM#34 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Arawon i was moving tward buying the current EQ2 game at retaill to get some of the free items in the retail version.Not BEST BUY TARGET WALMART or GAMESTOP had one copy of the game which had a new retail release reciently.. I have seen stores moving in this direction, but was stunned at how wide spread it is now. Please note, the age of the game you are atempting to buy, they do not keep every game made from the beginning of time in stores, especialy in this day and age. ---------- "Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me "No, your wrong.." - Random user #123 "Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features. How are you?" -Me
EbonHawk Advanced Member Joined: 5/30/07 Posts: 379	4/06/09 10:53:49 AM#35 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Amazon.com, ftw... Online shopping is the best. Where else can one shop in their PJ's or undies and not get arrested?
skeaser Hard Core Member Joined: 6/13/07 Posts: 1315 Don't die mad, just die.	4/06/09 10:55:41 AM#36 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by EbonHawk Amazon.com, ftw... Online shopping is the best. Where else can one shop in their PJ's or undies and not get arrested? Any Wal-Mart south of the mason-dixon considers PJs "formal shopping wear". A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. -Friedrich Nietzsche
LordMagnus Novice Member Joined: 10/02/03 Posts: 1321 -I insist on hearing bad news immediately. -Expect the Unexpected.	4/06/09 12:11:00 PM#37 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Who cares? Digital downloads are infinitely better. Also, don't be one of the angry pc gamers who are crying over eb not giving pc games a wall to itself. I've seen so many morons at ebgames crying over this it's hilarious. I once saw this guy who looked like he was going to cry complaining about eb taking down the pc wall and only devoting only a shelf space to them. He was seriously angry and was even starting to get insulting to the clerk because he wanted his oh so precious pc games to have their own wall. As much as I prefer pc gaming over console gaming, I gotta say....some pc gamers are just pathetic loners with a low self esteem that make me ashamed to even tell anyone I like playing pc games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be-Edgar Allan Poe
Redline65 Hard Core Member Joined: 8/08/06 Posts: 339	4/06/09 3:24:48 PM#38 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) What I don't get is why Gamestop opens the PC games. I was there yesterday and there were two copies of Sword of the New World and both of them had the seal on top broken. I feel sorry for the person who buys these games and finds out the CD keys are probably used already.