Where do you buy your games (and other stuff I guess)?
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With the sales winding up on Steam and Amazon, where do you guys most of your random purchases from across the internet?
Newegg? Seedy Russian game dealers? Swap and sell sites? Friends overseas buy you games?
If you have any great Sales or suggestions, throw them in here and spread around the deals.
Backstory; Looking around at graphics cards, debating if I should order overseas and ship it to AU to save $20 (probably less with our exchange rate bombing out), as well as poking around at Steam's horrible price changes across different countries. Man there is some amazing deals for cheap games overseas.
So share for the last minute Christmas rush!
Origin for Battlefield, Steam for everything non nintendo-related. Other than that, whatever store has the best deal (Which is mainly a trade / used game store around here called Chumleigh's.)
Steam, maybe Green Man Gaming for discounts that otherwise aren't happening on Steam.
For computer stuff I typically bought my things off Newegg. For non-computer stuff either from Amazon, or some other more specific sites, like Hobbywave for model kits for example.
Gog, Desura, and Gamersgate generally.
ThePirat-, I mean steam. Yeah... Steam is good.
Most games I play are f2p tho.
Amazon, eBay, ozgameshop, Book depository, whatever is cheapest. I find that getting stuff from Amazon or other international sellers works out pretty good as long as they're reputable as long as you don't mind the wait. Digital game-wise, Humble store/bundle, Steam, GMG, other key sites like Intkeys, again, whatever comes out cheapest usually.
Steam and ozgameshop, sometimes the Humble Bundle store if they got a sale that steam doesn't.
I usually buy most of my stuff from steam.
I've bought most of my PC games from Steam. I only bought 1 game on GOG. The rest of my GOG library and most of my Origin library I got for free except for the Humble EA Bundle.
For my PS3 I used to go to GameStop but have been using the PlayStation Store more lately because lower prices.
My PS1/PS2 games I buy from a local shop. Their PS3 selection is pretty meh, hence going to GameStop.
I've gotten most of my NES and SNES games from a convention, as well as the Retro Duo I play them on. A few I've gotten from a local shop, but their selection is mostly sports and game show games.
I used Ebay a few times. Only twice has a seller never actually sent the games, and I did get refunds.
Fuck Amazon's prices though. $20+ for a beat up Doom cartridge and $100+ for one in good condition.
I personally skulk around many different sites, Amazon (with fake address), Intkeys, Nuuvem, GMG, what ever has it cheaper than Steam at the time. Got a mate in the UK who sells the occasional steam key if he finds something cheap from his local game store.
I think everyone agrees on humble bundle though for their various sales on everything, and I've heard good stuff about the book depository for readers. Looked around for a board gaming site but the price is crazy, so I couldn't think of getting into it for the few games I'd want.
Keep the suggestions going guys, love to hear of odd places I've never heard on or tried, or if you have mates who do business overseas for you.
PC: Steam
Console: Vintage Stock
When I'm preordering for console: Gamestop
Amazon for retail copies of games, mostly for 360 games
Steam for everything else.
Lately though I have just stopped buying games, especially pre-ordering them, it just seems like such a gamble to waste money on a game that could possibly be the greatest thing ever, or the shittiest thing possible, and to be completely let down in the process.
I usually buy tf2 keys on steam and then trade those for games I want. It usually saves me a few euro
Almost always Steam. Tried Origin for titanfall once. Didn't really like it.
Anything physical is Gamestop. But I haven't gotten a console game in a long time.
Sharing is caring.
Pretty much just Steam. Seeing as I'm two generations behind on consoles, maybe E-Bay if there was something I REALLY wanted for PS2, what with how all the small game stores went out of business and all there are stores that stopped carrying PS2 stuff years ago.
Steam , Allkeyshop , Humble Bundle , Origin and some Indie Bundle websites.
Steam, only Steam.
Steam/Origin/GoG
I don't think there's a reason for me to go outside of Steam for games unless if it's exclusively on Unity or Origin.
JB HiFi/Steam for games.
Don't know if Gamestop is any better than Eb Games in AU and NZ (Same company, but who knows if they run it differently) but here it's a bloody mess, any other retailer will sell you games for $20 cheaper or with more addons for the same price.
cr2142 - woops hit disagree whilst hovering over the ratings. I think pre-orders have gotten massively out of hand, and after Brink, Watch_Dogs and Aliens Colonial Marines, never again. I'm doubting GTAV and that's been proven to be good on console.
Steam, GOG, Amazon and Ebay. I was pretty wary of doing ebay games but so far, everything turns out great! A lot of my sellers were really nice and friendly guys who knew what they were talking about.
Mostly GOG if I can't find it on steam, I have like one game on Desura.
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