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A generation (or more) behind - The smart way to game?
makeshiftknight:
I'm in the same boat as Snowcone, except without the legit excuse. My friends all look to me for reviews, so I oblige! Plus, if something happens like when Sony stopped making the 20gb PS3, I have to have that system in my collection. I put just as much into collecting the hardware as the software. I really gotta find a way to start writing it off on my taxes though!
Doom:
--- Quote from: UncleBob on December 29, 2007, 02:07:10 AM ---The downside is that you risk missing out on some games because by the time you can get them they're Out of Print and hard to find... or, at least, it's harder to justify spending $50 on a used copy of Mario Tennis for the 'Cube...
What I've done for the Cube, Wii, GBA and DS is I buy them at launch, then slowly pick up games when I can get a good deal on them (and pick up occasional first party titles at launch if I know they'll be good). Thanks to CAG, I can get this-gen games for last-gen prices on a fairly regular basis.
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I'm thinking of picking up XBLA Unplugged despite me having no plans of owning a 360 in the next 5 years.
KaiserWAVE:
Don't do that, it's really not worth it. The only good game on it is Geometry Wars Retro Evolved. If you can't get the XBLA unplugged for less than $10 it'd be a waste of money, IMO.
Ragnarok2103:
yeah, they definately could have picked better games, or released newer arcade unplugged games. it says volume one, so you would think they were planning on volume 2. i like buying an actual disc as opposed to buying MS points, and then having to get a game that way.
shenske:
--- Quote from: UncleBob on December 29, 2007, 02:07:10 AM ---The downside is that you risk missing out on some games because by the time you can get them they're Out of Print and hard to find... or, at least, it's harder to justify spending $50 on a used copy of Mario Tennis for the 'Cube...
What I've done for the Cube, Wii, GBA and DS is I buy them at launch, then slowly pick up games when I can get a good deal on them (and pick up occasional first party titles at launch if I know they'll be good). Thanks to CAG, I can get this-gen games for last-gen prices on a fairly regular basis.
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i got two of my sisters both gamecubes for christmas.
my mom spent $100 on two used DDR Mario Mixes for them (not even including the pads.
she spent twice as much as i did on just one game+dance pad a piece as i did for each console