When do you purcahse your games?

Do you guys prefer to get your games on release day, or wait until the GOTY/Complete edition is out with all of the DLC included? I recently changed my policy on games and I'd rather wait until all of the DLC is released; this also allows all the bugs to be fixed by this time. What do you guys think?

Day one buy.

Usually day one. If a game looks nice but I'm not too intrested in it, I wait till price drop.

Day one buy.

sukraj

Just whenever I have the money to spare, basically.

Usually I wait a few days to get it - in case of any nasty surprise problems, bugs, hacks etc. Like Error whatever-it-was with Diablo III. And since I don't particularly care about DLC (you can guess why), I don't bother waiting for the complete editions for I'd much rather play them now, then later for some stupid DLC

Almost always when I think the price is right.

Some games though, first day, like Dirt Showdown or Midway Arcade Origins.

Preorder if really good, budget buy if there will be a GOTY / game has very little (re)play value.

Most titles, about 99%, I buy when they get to $15 or under, new or used. I very, VERY rarely buy something Day-One. I got "LA Noire" and "Black Ops", and I just got "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" because I want to support a fantastic game - Everyone should check it out, it's my GOTY. But even titles I drool over, I wait for the price to drop and play my backlog in the meantime. I really don't care about leader boards, or online play in my gaming, so there's never a hurry.

I tend to wait for Complete Editions to come out. I've only had a PS3 recently, so my backlog for current gen games is huge. Tend to wait for sales as well. GTA V is probably the only day 1 purchase for me.

Most titles, about 99%, I buy when they get to $15 or under, new or used. I very, VERY rarely buy something Day-One. I got "LA Noire" and "Black Ops", and I just got "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" because I want to support a fantastic game - Everyone should check it out, it's my GOTY. But even titles I drool over, I wait for the price to drop and play my backlog in the meantime. I really don't care about leader boards, or online play in my gaming, so there's never a hurry.

MonkeySpot

For most games I wait for a price drop, unless I really want it right away.

Considering I suffer from "gamer's block" syndrome, I rarely buy day one games now, since I can get bored with games very easy and it's not even the game's own issue, but mine. There are rare exceptions, like Assassin's Creed III.

i generally used to buy games right on launch but now i try to wait a little while for a price drop. Sometimes though, on those rare ocassions, i still pick up a title on launch.

Depends on...

1. ...If I'm highly interested I buy it as soon as I can
2. ...If I'm medium interested I buy it when it's cheap
3. ...If it's a game I was only slightly interested in by hearing about it somewhere or reading about it and the general statement is it's good and I see it for cheap like 10 I get it even if it's usually not my cup of tea

It depends quite a bit.

I mostly play RPG games, so for me it's a pretty much a day 1 purchase especially considering good RPG games you can count on your one hand in a year release.

For any other game however, I always wait until the price drops down to my comfortable levels, be it digital or physical copy and I mean down to 30$, 20$ dollars and below.

DLC I care much less for, for example - Dragon Age: Origins had good few DLC and I waited until the so called Collection came out.

FIFA & WWE on release date...others after looking the reviews....:cool:

Depends, if it a triple A title I will preorder and buy day 1. If its a game I am interested in but not a Triple A title I will wait for reviews, then untimately purchase it, regardless :P

Usually i pre-order them. You usually get bonus stuff.

If it's a game I've been really anticipating then I'll get it on the first day of release.

Depends on what games are on sale, or if i'll be getting a bargain. For games im anticipating, usually within the first 2 weeks if I feel the price is justified.

If it's a must have for me such as LBP or Gears, then day one. Everything else waits until the price is right such as....Rage for $5 at BB or NFS Most wanted for $4.99 at BB.

If it is a must have game. Day one. Otherwise I am content to wait. I try not the buy Greatest hits versions Since I don't like the Red cases. About 20% of my games are day 1, 50% are 1-5 months later. 20% are Game of year with all DLC. and 10% are very very late.

I never pre-ordered, god knows how many disappointments i avoided that way. I usually wait for the verdict of the reviewers. if its an 8.5 or better i get it, if its less and i really want to play it either way, i wait for a used copy...