Are you a DAY1 buyer or a PRICE DROP waiter?

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]You realize that there are usually 10-20 dollar sales on games on launch day...AmnesiaHaze

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]You realize that there are usually 10-20 dollar sales on games on launch day...AmnesiaHaze

[QUOTE="AmnesiaHaze"][QUOTE="fueled-system"]You realize that there are usually 10-20 dollar sales on games on launch day...fueled-system

[QUOTE="fueled-system"][QUOTE="AmnesiaHaze"] not here , we have a monopoly store for videogames here and they dont offer this (for obvious reasons)AmnesiaHaze

Depends on what I wann buy. If it's a console I wait. If it's a game I really want and know I'm gonna love then day 1.

I typically wait for a price drop unless it's something I'm super-hyped for

I assign a value to anything I buy. Some things have proven themselves or offer a good deal to be day one. Other's haven't.

Most games I will track and purchase when they reach that price sweet spot. New IPs are typically a clearance aisle for me though.

The last time I bought something on day 1 was the original Street Fighter IV. Never again.

Wheres the "Depends on public reaction and previews of the game" option. I pre-order games i know or at least expect to be worth full price. Others however I might wait for either price drops of public reactions and decide on the reaction. Like Ridge Racer on Vita, i won't get that because the public reaction was that the game is terrible.JohnF111

The last time that I was a day 1 waiter was the 360 launch... waiting in front of the NEX for hours.. and when I got it, all excited and stuff, and put Madden 06 in, it took a total of 20 minutes after initial setup until it froze. Popping the disk out, I discovered the rings around my disk! Yeah, I had the faulty disk drive issue that was common during the launch. Of course, I got my replacement under warranty so that 2nd model lasted till about 2008.

So....NO I am no longer a day 1 buyer.

I've been disappointed by so many sequels that I very rarely pre-order or buy day one. Especially with the rise of overprice and exploitative DLC, I tend to wait for a GOTY edition, and a price drop for that. The last game I pre-ordered/bought at launch was Portal 2, and I was not disappointed.

Depends if there's a game I want for it.

For now I don't think Vita is worth 300$ just for Lumines. Maybe I'll get it if there's a LBP bundle.

I bought the PS3 when it was 399$ for MGSIV. Couldn't get the MGS4 PS3 with BC.

Games is another story.. in that sense, I'm sort of a day 1 buyer, but then it becomes a matter of playing said game on day 1.

9/10, I'll wait it out 'til I can't stand it anymore. Plenty of games looking great on paper, but have poor execution....and too many cheap tricks ala dlc on disk.

Depends on the game, I would say day one more often than not, though I do both.

Most of the time I wait for a price drop. UNLESS it's a game like Tales of Graces f or Persona 4 Ultimate Arena. Those games are going to be worth my $60.

But most games produced today are not worth the $60 they charge on release. $60 for a short 8-hour campaign in Uncharted 2!? I felt ripped off after I beat that game.

I'm very picky with the games I buy day one.

Depends on the game and depends on my account status.funsohng

Same here, but 90% of the time I wait for a price drop. My college budget won't allow me to spend much money on extra stuff.

Depends on the game.

For a game like Mass Effect 3, I'm getting it day one (already have my CE preordered) but others that aren't so important, I'll wait on until a price drop hits.

I used to always buy games Day 1 but as publishers have gotten greedier and greedier I have been waiting to get the games for less than $30. Thinking back on all the games I bought day 1, I wasted a lot of money on games that weren't worth the price or had a large price drop sooner after launch

well your screwed if your waiting for mario kart to price drop good luck in 5 years

Price drop, I only buy around 6 day 1 games a year, last year I think I only bought 3 though.

I definitely wait for price drops when I can. $60 is too much for any game, and if I wait a few weeks, usually the price drops to 45$, which I'm a little more comfortable paying for a game.

The PC gamers here are 'free game getters', arrr matey;)

lol :P

There are very few games that I buy day one. Usually, I just wait for the Amazon black friday deals to pick up the major titles that came out during the year.

majority of the games i buy each year are day 1 buys. majority of the time i am pleased with the games. The five games that come to mind that didn't feel worth the 60 dollar asking price were FF13 (linear through the nose with a whining lackluster story), Killzone 2 (hate these characters and the controls so much....), Resistance 3 (what a crappy ending, i felt shysted), Alpha Protocol (love the dialog system, really hate everything else...), Dragon Age 2 (for many of the reasons everyone else has already said)

some games i'll wait for price drops. like i'm waiting on FF13-2, Ace Combat : Assault Horizon, Asura's Wrath, NeverDead, and i'll wait on Binary Domain to drop in price.

but games like Syndicate, Mass Effect 3, Journey ($15 dollar PSN game), and Kid Icarus : Uprising are all day 1 buy's for me. Gravity Rush and Resistance : Burning Skies will be day 1 as well when those two eventually show.

A little of this, a little of that