Any else play primary used/older games?

[ESPNdeportes]

Just wondering if anybody else is like me and plays mainly used and older games. Maybe it's my age (31) or situation in life (married, and with a new baby), but over the past few years I have transitioned from playing mainly new releases to essentially only used games.

There is certainly a financial benefit to doing this, but I find playing used games provides me with a much greater satisfaction in gaming. I think part of it was buying only new games made me feel a bit like a rat in a wheel (buy a new game, play it to a newer one comes out, then tell myself I'll keep playing it, but months later I would have rarely played it- see the guilt, gaming, and too many games thread). With used games, I have no sense of urgency other than to play the games I have missed. I have also found that most of the big multiplayer games that are older still have a lot of players- currently I still play some Halo 4.

Of course, this isn't a hard and fast rule for me. I bought Borderlands 2 new last year so I could play with one of my friends, and it was great. I buy Madden new every other year.

Currently I have an 360- this weekend I bought portal 2 and Tomb Raider. Just walked in the store and got them both for $30. Both are great so far. My next plan is to find a cheap PS3 and play through the sony exclusives- currently planning for uncharted series, Little Big Planet, God of War 3, Heavy Rain, and Last of Us.

Thoughts?

[youvalss]

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I try to save money and hardly ever buy new games at release. Used to buy NBA 2K almost every year, but not anymore. When I buy a next-gen console I'll buy the older next-gen games.

For now, I play older games on PS3, all used. There are some good games made in 2007-2009. And I also don't buy many, maybe 1 game in 2 months or more.

[LHT69]

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Love the older used games...many can now be had for dirt cheap. Just finished the Gears of War trilogy, as well as the uncharted series....great games. Just picked up kill zone 2 and 3, battlefield 2 and 3, as well as tomb raider, all used.

With all these used games I don't think I will be switching to next gen anytime soon.

[24]

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I play many older sports titles. I still have a Madden 04 Franchise from back in the day that I play every so often. I've been playing a great deal of Madden 08 recently on the PS2. I started up a fantasy draft franchise and I'm having a great time with it.

[Skyboxer]

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Depends on what mood I'm in.
I still play the Gamecube quite often and a lot of games on virtual consoles.
Basically I don't care how new/old they are but rather if I have fun playing them.

[ubernoob]

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The only games I ever get new (this console release aside) are MMOs and multiplayer specific (bf4) games, with the occasional RPG thrown in if I know it will be more than worth my money.

Having a gaming PC (and a Steam backlog of well over 75 games) there's no need for me to ever pay $60 for a title. Since I stopped playing most "mainstream" sports games, that need has gone away.

On the console side, there are so many great games that can easily give a ton of gameplay hours (that are fun and have a passable-to-great story) that people can grab on the cheap it's unbelievable - and I don't mean just the big releases 6 months after they launched.

Side note: I think the only time I feel the need for new game purchases are when something like a new Elder Scrolls or Fallout game hits, along with a few select JRPGs I'm looking forward to.

The new Lord of the Rings game sounds amazing and is something we've never seen in gaming before, so if it comes out and accomplished what it set out to, I'll be all over that too.

Tl;dr version - so many great games out there to play and finish, especially from older consoles. No need to ever buy a new game if you aren't spoiled by graphics and can put up with visuals from eras gone by for fantastic gameplay/stories.

[ESPNdeportes]

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I play many older sports titles. I still have a Madden 04 Franchise from back in the day that I play every so often. I've been playing a great deal of Madden 08 recently on the PS2. I started up a fantasy draft franchise and I'm having a great time with it.

now that is dedication....I don't dip quite that far back lol!!

[24]

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now that is dedication....I don't dip quite that far back lol!!

Lol part of it is because I want to see how some guys careers play out as opposed to their real life counterpart. Example being Right now in Madden 04 Joey Harrington is flat out dominating. He was traded to the Eagles mid way through the second year of the Franchise and he's been posting 35+ Touch down seasons left and right. It's like some awesome alternate reality dimension.

I have no idea what possessed me to pick up Madden 08 again but It's been a lot of fun so far. My team is stacked. Champ Bailey, Troy Polamalu, Sean Taylor and Darrell Revis make up the core of my secondary. My Receivers are Larry Fitz and Megatron. My running back Is Peterson and my QB is Rodgers. Back in 08 some of these guys were rookies/unknowns. I'm having way more fun with these past versions than I'm having with current day games

Speaking of older games though what were some of the best 360 titles? I never bought games outside of the major sports and the occasional Call Of Duty. Figured now would be a good time to try them all.

[fistofrage]

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Right here. Just bought The Uncharted Series 1, 2 an 3. Game of the Year editions and Assasins Creed for $20 total off of ebay, free shipping. Not planning on spening $60 on a new game.

Once these re finished, I figure I'll pick up Red Dead Redemption and Fallout 3. hould be able to get those for under $10 in a couple months.

I basically only play single player so no real need to buy the latest greatest games.

[tbennett54]

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Yep, besides sports games. Almost all of my games are used.

[areobee401]

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I mostly play used/older game. No longer rush out to buy the latest release. Taking advantage of buy 2 get 1 free used game deals has allowed me to play a bunch of games at a cheap price.

I plan on using the same approach going forward. Will help give my 360 extra life now that the next generation of gaming is here. Could see myself hanging onto it for another 2 years or more. Still plenty of quality games I've yet to play.

[Armor and Sword]

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Average price I have paid for games on the PS3 is around 20 bucks. And I have a deep library.

Only games I bought brand new and paid full 59.99 retail for in the last two years have been:

XCOM Enemy Unknown
The Show 12
2K14
Dead Space 3
Mass Effect 3
The Last of Us
Skyrim
Batman Arkham City


Everything else......under 40 bucks and most at the 19.99 price point. I have so many awesome titles to keep me busy for 2 more years easy. PS4 is going to be a purchase for me at some point down the line (2015 when The Show has their second next gen effort).....and I can assure you I will get that at a 299.99 price point.....I learned from the PS2 to wait....and then wait a little more. I went PS3 in August of 2009.....smartest thing I ever did video game wise. 3 years to iron out the tech, bugs and develop true AAA games.

[lhslancers]

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I don't play any really old games save a game here and there of The Show 09 or 10. I don't really consider 11 and 12 to be old games really.
Only games I have purchased at launch and paid full price the past year or so were The Show 13 and GTAV. I could have waited on GTA in hindsight. I only bought it out of a need to have every one.
I got Tomb Raider a month or so after release for $20 digital sale. TLOU I just picked up used for $35. Got NBA 2k13 and 14 for cheap. Play those titles all the time.
Normally if I really want a AAA title I wait a few months and buy at a deep discount used. TLOU wasn't getting much cheaper soon so I bit on that.
There are so many great PS3 games out cheap that aren't that old and look very current that I see no need to upgrade consoles anytime soon. Unless of course MLB The Show 14 NG is impossible to resist.

[Dos_Santos]

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Not me.

With all of Best Buy's deals (the GCU is amazing), it makes more financial sense for me to play new release games.

[SPRINGS03]

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I play both. Depending on the game, for example, Last of Us and GTAV were day 1 buys for me, but i also recently started playing legend of zelda: a link to the past.