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| Evan_B:
--- Quote from: Soren on February 09, 2016, 05:19:37 PM ---I think if you're a Wii U owner with more than 10 games you qualify as a collector. This is coming from someone who's seriously thinking about spending actual money on a copy of Devil's Third. --- End quote --- I haven't done it yet, but I've considered it. However, the bottom line is, if there's performance issues with the game that hurt its playability, I think I'm going to pass on it. I thought, at first, it was just a mechanically broken affair, but I've heard that the game crashes and has severe framerate issues, which is unacceptable to me. Also, I wouldn't consider myself a collector just because I have more than 10 Wii U games. I love Nintendo games, and I also missed out on some quality titles from xBox and Playstation that got director's cuts and definitive versions on Wii U. So I think I'm justified. --- Quote from: Soren on February 09, 2016, 05:19:37 PM ---It's why I bought Rodea The Sky Soldier. --- End quote --- Yeah, big mistake. Coming from someone who bought, played, and returned the game. As long as I play through each new game I buy, I don't care what people prefer to label me as- I am a gamer. I collect titles that I think are worth keeping around, either for my kids someday or because they hold special value to me. Those that I buy and don't enjoy are traded in. With digital it's a bit different, but since they're so much lower in price and often a nice satisfying 4-10 hours of gameplay, I feel like I can deal with that purchase. |
| Soren:
The "more than 10 Wii U games" comment was made more in jest given the release schedule and the frequency of restocks. --- Quote from: Adrock on February 10, 2016, 07:21:58 PM ---Another game I keep convincing myself not to buy. I've seen it for like $35 with the Wii disc new, and I have to keep reminding myself not to spend money on things I don't need or even particularly want. Rodea: The Sky Solider is a passing curiosity to me. I hear good and bad about it. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Evan_B on February 10, 2016, 11:28:46 PM ---Yeah, big mistake. Coming from someone who bought, played, and returned the game. --- End quote --- I have a lot of thoughts on Rodea as a game but I need a while to write it all out on its thread. I will clarify that I had genuine interest in playing the Wii version, which was an unfortunate victim of Kadokawa's waffling of the 3DS version. I paid a premium(I'm almost treating it as an import purchase) for something that may or may not have added value in the future but I feel I got my money's worth on the game side. Devil's Third is almost a hate-play at this point. But I don't see myself paying full price for that. I'm also not looking for stuff like Funky Barn or Hello Kitty Kruisers. I guess I'm not really a die hard collector but I do like to have an interesting game or two that was overlooked and soon to be out-of-print. |
| Evan_B:
I only played the Wii version, which was mediocre. I heard that the Wii U/3DS version was even worse, and I didn't really want to take my chances. Nothing lost, really. |
| ejamer:
--- Quote from: Evan_B on February 10, 2016, 11:28:46 PM ---... With digital it's a bit different, but since they're so much lower in price and often a nice satisfying 4-10 hours of gameplay, I feel like I can deal with that purchase. --- End quote --- When you say digital is cheaper, how do you justify that? I assume you are talking about smaller games that are only available digitally. In that case it seems reasonable, because paying under $20 for an interesting game (even if a bit shorter than other experiences) can be pretty reasonable. But between trade-in or resale value, and the fact that retail sales are consistently lower than digital sales, I think this continue to be one of the greatest fallacies around digital content when a game is available both ways. Other platforms might be a bit different - when you compare sale pricing for the same games on PSN and eShop it's common to see PSN being much lower, for example. |
| Triforce Hermit:
I'm a gamer mostly, but that saddled me with over a 100+ games so partial collector and amiibo (when I get around to it). When games I'm interested in has a special edition then I go and get it as long as the content is fine. XCX Special Edition....the jump drive killed it for me so I bailed on that. |
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