Right! #1 Amazon for new
#2 Gamestop for not so new.
I don't like Gamestops' policy for open/no original case as 'New'.
If I want something like that I will take my chances on e-Bay and most likely have a much better product/Software.
My biggest annoyance with Gamestop is their insistence on trying to push their pre-owned games whenever possible, to the point where it wasn't even possible for me to buy ZombiU from them because they only had pre-owned versions of the game in stock.
Amazon, I don't like being over thirty years old and carded when I buy a "mature" rated game, and not only carded but having my identification scanned into the register logging my identity and linking it to the purchase of an M rated game for who knows what reason. With Amazon theirs none of that, which is good because I'm old enough to remember when Mortal Kombat was used by politicians as a scapegoat to spark the whole ESRB rating debacle in the first place.
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My local gamestop is great, all of the workers like Nintendo. I got congratulated for buying a Wii U, and am even referred to as a regular!
I actually love going in there, its a very fun place... I guess one of the best Nintendo ones there is based on the sounds of it here. D:
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Amazon, I don't like being over thirty years old and carded when I buy a "mature" rated game, and not only carded but having my identification scanned into the register logging my identity and linking it to the purchase of an M rated game for who knows what reason. With Amazon theirs none of that, which is good because I'm old enough to remember when Mortal Kombat was used by politicians as a scapegoat to spark the whole ESRB rating debacle in the first place.
In which case, Amazon knows your name and address and what you purchased and is already online and easily accessible by the government. Hooray for avoiding your ID being scanned!
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Amazon, I don't like being over thirty years old and carded when I buy a "mature" rated game, and not only carded but having my identification scanned into the register logging my identity and linking it to the purchase of an M rated game for who knows what reason. With Amazon theirs none of that, which is good because I'm old enough to remember when Mortal Kombat was used by politicians as a scapegoat to spark the whole ESRB rating debacle in the first place.
In which case, Amazon knows your name and address and what you purchased and is already online and easily accessible by the government. Hooray for avoiding your ID being scanned!
I could care less if Uncle Sam or even Aunt Jemima knows I just picked up a copy of Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, what I'm not ok with is being well into my thirties and being forced to show identification to purchase a video game at the local Gamestop. Have we really reached a point where purchasing an M rated video game is akin to purchasing tobacco, pornography, or amphetamines? What's next, identification to purchase red meat?
Anyways the topic is Amazon vs. Gamestop, and I choose Amazon because buying games from them is less of a hassle.
For upcoming games on PS3, I tend to go with Gamestop (EB Games) because of exclusive pre-order bonuses and actually getting your game on release date instead of a week later. For games that are already out for Wii, Gamecube, and PS2, pretty much always Amazon.
And I'm a digital buyer for current gen.
@brewky It takes a special kind of paranoid to believe that the government has the time or care to monitor the online shopping habits of 300 million citizens. Just don't buy bomb parts and you should be free from scrutiny.
But if you must buy your bomb parts online, don't go for extended warranties or expedited shipping. It's usually not worth the extra money.
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We don't have either of those in the Philippines. We have several video games stores with great service and little to no hassle aside from the store being really small and having to wait in a large line on big release dates.
I'd love to go digital because I'm too lazy to switch games, but, we can't use our credit cards on the eShop and Play-Asia charges around 2-4$ more for a digital eShop code. :/ I do get codes from Play-Asia for eShop releases and DLC, though, but not very often.
Amazon, I don't like being over thirty years old and carded when I buy a "mature" rated game, and not only carded but having my identification scanned into the register logging my identity and linking it to the purchase of an M rated game for who knows what reason. With Amazon theirs none of that, which is good because I'm old enough to remember when Mortal Kombat was used by politicians as a scapegoat to spark the whole ESRB rating debacle in the first place.
In which case, Amazon knows your name and address and what you purchased and is already online and easily accessible by the government. Hooray for avoiding your ID being scanned!
I could care less if Uncle Sam or even Aunt Jemima knows I just picked up a copy of Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, what I'm not ok with is being well into my thirties and being forced to show identification to purchase a video game at the local Gamestop. Have we really reached a point where purchasing an M rated video game is akin to purchasing tobacco, pornography, or amphetamines? What's next, identification to purchase red meat?
Anyways the topic is Amazon vs. Gamestop, and I choose Amazon because buying games from them is less of a hassle.
I think the issue is that GameStop employes can get fired for selling an M rated game minors.
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