Buy a video game for a system you don't have?

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#1 pero2008
Member since 2005 • 2969 Posts

Would you do it?

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#2 lazyathew
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Why would I? Unless Iplan toget the system very soon I guess.

Like... I was planning to get a hold of Tales of Vesperia beforeI got a 360. Since that was the main reason I wanted a 360, and I wanted to make sure I can get a copy of it before I buy the system and find out I can't seem to get it. But it didn't work out that way since Future Shop had a deal where I can get a 360 for $70 off that would end really soon. So Ibought the system, then ordered the game off Amazon later.

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#3 Legendaryscmt
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I did it with MGS4. Bought it a few weeks before I got my PS3.

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#4 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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I bought Alan Wake before I bought my 360

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#5 LoG-Sacrament
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id never buy a game for a platform i couldnt play it on. i might buy it on sale for a platform i know im getting soon though.
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#6 Pvt_r3d
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I was really thinking hard about buying Tales of Vesperia on the 360, but then again, might as well waste that money for the Japanese PS3 version.
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#7 Ravirr
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Yes, I bought Valkyria Chronicles two years before I got my ps3. Thankfully a co worker needed someone to watch his house, so I did and used his ps3 and beat it :3

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#8 Krustbox
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If i was buying as a gift i might... or if i thought i could sell it at a profit somehow

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#9 no_more_fayth
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I bought Atelier Rorona before my PS3.

I waited two weeks to play it.

Needless to say, I was very disappointed. :(

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#10 JustPlainLucas
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Only if I was a serious collector and I knew I could get more than I paid for it...
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#11 Beard_
Member since 2010 • 1066 Posts

I did once. Bought Star Ocean 2 for the PSP for my sister, while I didn't own a PSP at the time.

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#12 allthatdown
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I bought an Xbox off Ebay, the day after I went out and bought a bunch of games.

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#13 lamprey263
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I've done it, I remember when the N64 came out it was just as hard to get the games as it was the consoles, so I got a hold of some games early, though I didn't have my name on a reserve list but it didn't matter, one day I walked into a game store being like "got any N64's in the back"... "umm, yeah" and I was like "will you sell me one" and they did... also worked for getting a Wii my roommate got a copy of Mario Kart Wii even though he doesn't have one, his sister though wanted to play online with us and I had a Wii so he had a copy of Mario Kart on Wii but no Wii... after he moved out he just gave it to me
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#14 AIRSHIPS
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I bought FFXII for the PS2 a few months ago since I have always wanted to try it. The only problem is that I don't have a PS2 but the game was cheap and in good condition. At least it looks nice standing there in my bookshelf...
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#15 xXShortroundXx
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I brought Vice City about a month before I got a PS2. I also brought Halo 3 and Gears of War 1 together about 2 weeks before I got a 360.
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#16 Stressthesky
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Bought a couple of games for PS3 before I bought the system. I also had a collection of 20 xbox games that I'd bought, but I couldn't find a cheap xbox. (original xbox) managed to find one a couple of months later. I've also bought PC games on sale that my computer couldn't play, because I upgrade once in a while anyways.

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#17 Sagem28
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Yes, I bought Valkyria Chronicles two years before I got my ps3. Thankfully a co worker needed someone to watch his house, so I did and used his ps3 and beat it :3

Ravirr

That game is beyond epic, one of the most underrated games this gen.

Anyway, I bought Final Fantasy 9 two weeks before I got my PS for christmas.

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#18 Dracula68
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Would you do it?

pero2008

I've done it in the past with the Sega CD. It was Lunar: Eternal Blue. Great game btw.

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#19 kerrylipp
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i've only got a 360. i'm thinking about buying heavy rain for my roommates ps3

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#20 Archangel3371
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I bought Street Fighter II for the SNES the day it came out. Played it for awhile on a friend's system until I got my own.
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#21 Bassmanfunk
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No. If I really want a game then I want to play it so I would buy the system as the same time.

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#22 sambo2011
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Only if I was getting the system sometime soon or it would be a waste of money

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#23 Jehuty08
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I got ninja gaiden sigma about 2 weeks before I got my ps3.

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#24 majadamus
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I got Final Fantasy XIV CE for the PC. I have a laptop and a computer I share with my parents, but none of them can run this game. :lol:
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#25 Avenger1324
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I have some original xbox games, though bought with the intention of playing them on my 360. I bought Gran Turimso 2 despite not owning a PS - borrowed one over a holiday, played it loads, then gave it back with the console.
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#26 Easports48
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Of Course. I plan on buying Demon's Souls. I don't even have a PS3 Slim yet. I am buying the game early anyway.
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#27 agentpheonix
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I've done it before. For a long while I only had a 360, and MGS is my favorite series ever so I bought a copy of MGS4 to play on my girlfriend's PS3.

And once my brother bought Ghostbusters just so he could play it on my 360 even though he didn't have one.

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#28 CADMAN_3
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I bought a few games before I bought my PSP and I actually bought like 4 games before I finally bought my 360

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#29 MrSolvo
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If I was planning on getting that system or maybe if I wanted to buy it as a gift for someone.
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#30 Kage1
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I've done that once before. I bought Tekken before I bought the PS1. But I was going to get the system a few weeks later. Other than that, never donethat again

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#31 Treflis
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Already have. Bought Resident Evil for the Gamecube, But I don't have a Gamecube. Got a Wii though.
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#32 pero2008
Member since 2005 • 2969 Posts

I asked this because there are some games me and my friends want to get but only one of us have a Xbox 360. So, would it be normal to buy a game but have the person with the 360 basically keep it?