Why you shouldn't buy games in shops

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They put the games on these circular discs with a hole in the middle. That's fine and all, but what they don't tell you is that sometimes those discs are/get damaged and then you're totally screwed, because you paid good money for something that doesn't work.

Boycot games in shops! :mad:

No, then you exchange the game, since you'd only buy from a shop with a decent game exchange in case of DOA policy anyway.
 

ambershee

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http://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/damaged-cd.jpg

They put the games on these circular discs with a hole in the middle. That's fine and all, but what they don't tell you is that sometimes those discs are/get damaged and then you're totally screwed, because you paid good money for something that doesn't work.

Boycot games in shops! :mad:

Haha. At least if you're game disk is knackered, it's your fault.

And you can make copies and install at any time :D
 

Fuzzle

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A lot of stores still sell discontinued MMO's (auto assault, tabula rasa, etc) at full price. I doubt you'd get a refund on those if you've opened them.
 

Sir_Brizz

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What if a serial killer murders everyone in the publishers' offices?
 

Twisted Metal

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Contact the publisher.

They'll put you on hold, have you listen to elevator music for 3 hours, then speak to a guy from India whom you can't understand causing you to hang up the phone in sheer frustration. Then you'll commit suicide, all because you had to buy your game in a shop instead of Steam.