i have the silly habit of thinking about whether my purchase is making a difference or not so between a cult/niche game and a blockbuster i will always choose the former even if it's less polished and highly rayed. of course it helps that there is a good likelihood that I will enjoy it more anyway
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As far as console purchases go, Nintendo's is always a day one choice for me because I know I've got to have my Mario, Zelda and Metroid fix. I usually wait to get my second console when it has a ton of games I want.
travo said:As far as console purchases go, Nintendo's is always a day one choice for me because I know I've got to have my Mario, Zelda and Metroid fix. I usually wait to get my second console when it has a ton of games I want.
I wait for price cuts. It's got to be under £200 before I bite.
Franchises I am loyal to come first usually. Of course it needs to be good so if there is a choice between a franchise I love and a new game I am going for the franchise I love.
Of course there are other things like action/adventure over almost every type of genre. I tend to buy major hyped games over hidden gems but I will get those gems when they are in the bargin bin.
I would rather buy a great FPS with dual analogue than an average FPS with meh-at-best IR controls. 
On Steam it happens me a lot. I buy cheap games that I know I won't play for months, maybe even years. Lately, I tend to look for hobo pricing, but I won't mind buying something close to full price if the game is worth it. Demon's Souls costed me well over $60 and I don't regret it one bit.
SteelAttack said:On Steam it happens me a lot. I buy cheap games that I know I won't play for months, maybe even years. Lately, I tend to look for hobo pricing, but I won't mind buying something close to full price if the game is worth it. Demon's Souls costed me well over $60 and I don't regret it one bit.
This describes me, plus what Vader said. I'll pay full price on day one for games I know I'll love from ewstablished franchises. I buy pretty much ANY game I see under $10 for any system. There are so many good games that no one ever plays, plus every game is interesting, so for $10 the risk is very low.
I have a special interest in obscurity, so I'll buy games that offer a premise that I've not heard of before. Lots of Japanese games for the DS/PSP.
I guess none of that is particularly weird.
Archangel3371 said:I don't know if I have any wierd game buying habits. I wouldn't say buying games from a franchise I love right away would be wierd. I do buy games that I've played and beaten numerous times before even if I know I won't play them for awhile from services like the Virtual Console. I guess that's kind of wierd since they aren't going anywhere because they're distributed digitally. I guess I just like the fact that I have them at the ready.
I find it kinda weird that people buy new versions of games they already own. I can't bring myself to do it.
gamingeek said:I find it kinda weird that people buy new versions of games they already own. I can't bring myself to do it.
I guess that can be weird although it would depend on what enhancements these new versions bring and what you define as a "new" version. I bought RE4 Wii but that had a pretty good deal of new stuff plus I traded in my copy of RE4 for the GC in. Also new versions tend to launch at cheaper prices.
gamingeek said:I find it kinda weird that people buy new versions of games they already own. I can't bring myself to do it.
i have done that a few times but more often than not I regretted it so it's something i try to avoid now
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Archangel3371 said:gamingeek said:I find it kinda weird that people buy new versions of games they already own. I can't bring myself to do it.
I guess that can be weird although it would depend on what enhancements these new versions bring and what you define as a "new" version. I bought RE4 Wii but that had a pretty good deal of new stuff plus I traded in my copy of RE4 for the GC in. Also new versions tend to launch at cheaper prices.
That I can understand. If you can flog the old version.
I buy games on Steam I have no idea when I will even have a computer capable of playing them...
Actually, the really crazy thing is that I buy games on Steam. 
I don't think my gamng habits are real strange these days, other than maybe something I realized a few days ago. I love puzzle games. Over the last year and a half I've probably spent more time with puzzle games than anything else. It hit me when I was playing Picross 3-D the other day and I sort of amused myself when I realized 10 years ago I'd never pay for a puzzle game. Then i thought about other games I've played on my DSi like Professor Layton. And then I remembered most of the DSiWare I bought are games like Art Style: Pictobits and Boxlife. Somewhere down the line I because a puzzle nerd.... doh.
And the only franchise that I will always buy day one is a Dragon Quest game. Doesn't matter if its a proper installment of the series or not, if it says DQ on it, I buy it. Dragon Quest: Anthrax in a Box - I'll preorder that.
Buying every Harvest Moon game isn't weird to anyone else? 
gamingeek said:Buying every Harvest Moon game isn't weird to anyone else?
I haven't bought EVERY Harvest Moon game. There's at least 7 I didn't buy. No comment about the other 13....
Steel avoids Zelda and Metroid cause he fears they are hard, then buys the hardest game on the market?
Ravenprose sold all his current generation consoles.
Surely this is weird stuff.
one of my friends everytime he bought a new game as soon as he got home he had to go pee
Tell us some weird things about how your mind works when choosing what to buy.
Here's mine.
I would rather buy an average FPS with great IR controlsthan a great FPS with dual analogue.
I've played console FPS ever since Goldeneye and PC FPS since Doom. Back then you used a keyboard to play Doom with the cursor keys.
When this generation started and I played 360 FPS, the control method made me feel FPS fatigue; I had already done this in the PS1 and PS2 era and I felt like I was running through the same actions only with more beautiful presentation. The genre felt stagnant and as someone who doesn't partake in online multiplayer matches, the games felt quite uninventive and repetitive.
Playing Wii FPS that use good IR controls brought back something that was missing from dual analogue shooters. I used to play lightgun games in the arcade, Time Crisis, HOTD, Virtua Cop, Aliens, Operation Wolf, etc.
Using those huge mock up guns, they had that connection between what the core of a shooting game should be and what you are doing with yourself - actually physically aiming to shoot like you would in real life.
When I played cops and robbers or cowboys and indians as a child, I would hold a toy gun or gun shaped object as a kid, I wasn't mimicking moving a stick with my thumb.
For me it would be like having a Star Wars game using Move that had 1:1 lightsabre control, then going back and playing Force Unleashed with a stick.
So even when I play generic averageness like the Conduit, at the controls redeem the experience. At least when I play Medal of Honor Heroes 2, the controls make the game instinctive and accurate, fair and furious. They allow for some punishing AI and a faster pace. After playing three COD games on Wii, COD4 especially. I can't even imagine playing COD with a stick and auto aim turned off, because the games are so fast paced.
Even though I have bought 3 COD games on Wii, I didn't even check out Modern Warfare 2 reviews, because I knew I just wouldn't buy the game unless there was some way I could play with IR.
It's not a platform bias here, because if I had a PS3 and Move I would only choose the Move enabled versions of shooters, if given the choice.
It's a shame that I am caught between 360 and Wii, because you have to sacrifice something on each platform and weigh up controls vs graphics. And before anyone says PC, no, it won't work for me.
So what is the weird game buying fact about you?