Are you a Launch Day person?
05-11-01, 04:24 PM
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Every system I've bought new, I've gotten ON Launch Day. My DC< I preordered it at TRU and picked it up after work. Had to pay 199.99, but I got to play NFL2K and that was all that mattered.
My PS2: I preordered at a local shop about, oh, 14 months before launch day.
I'm glad I thought ahead.... I got Madden..and Onimusha..but that's about it...
My GBA: already have it, but I HAD one preordered
My SNES: again, launch day at EB
What about you guys? ARe you launch day poeple? or do you wait for the deals.????
My PS2: I preordered at a local shop about, oh, 14 months before launch day.
I'm glad I thought ahead.... I got Madden..and Onimusha..but that's about it...My GBA: already have it, but I HAD one preordered
My SNES: again, launch day at EB
What about you guys? ARe you launch day poeple? or do you wait for the deals.????
05-11-01, 05:10 PM
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No on everything but the PS2, which is odd, because it didn't have a great starting line-up.
Oh, well. Someday, I can tell my grandkids, "When I was a boy, I had to wait 14 hours outside a wal-mart in the freezing cold and rain to get a game system." Damn wipper-snappers.
Oh, well. Someday, I can tell my grandkids, "When I was a boy, I had to wait 14 hours outside a wal-mart in the freezing cold and rain to get a game system." Damn wipper-snappers.
05-11-01, 10:31 PM
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Only system I've gotten at launch was the N64. I'll probably pick up a Gamecube at launch too. I got my Playstation when Final Fantasy VII came out. I got my Dreamcast a couple months after launch. When I was younger I got both the NES and SNES a year or two after launch.
05-12-01, 08:02 AM
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I've only bought a DC at launch - for $200, it wasn't a bad deal at all. I was heavily debating the PS2, but when it came out, I just didn't have any cash. Still haven't bought one, coz of the lack of quality games (and the wealth of $10 DC games I recently bought
05-12-01, 02:52 PM
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I'm even worse... I'm a Japenese launch day person!
I usually pick up the 'original' Jap version of the units months before they even hit the US shores.....
This does have its advantages (even though it's very expensive)!
I have the original PS2 which came with the 1.00 drivers that lets me play NTSC US DVDs on it.
Prices I've paid (before trading in stuff for consoles):
$649.99 PS2 back on March 24 (launch day in Japan)
$699.99 My Dreamcast (yea, that one still stings a little!
Luckly, I have a good job that lets me spend a little extra when I really want to!
-keyser " I gotta stop doing this" soze
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I usually pick up the 'original' Jap version of the units months before they even hit the US shores.....
This does have its advantages (even though it's very expensive)!
I have the original PS2 which came with the 1.00 drivers that lets me play NTSC US DVDs on it.
Prices I've paid (before trading in stuff for consoles):
$649.99 PS2 back on March 24 (launch day in Japan)
$699.99 My Dreamcast (yea, that one still stings a little!
Luckly, I have a good job that lets me spend a little extra when I really want to! -keyser " I gotta stop doing this" soze
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05-13-01, 02:59 AM
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No. I wait and look around for games I like or if i find a deal then i might jump on it. I also do not like waiting in line.
The only time I ever did wait in line for a new release in the game field was for Diablo 2. I waited in line until the UPS driver delivered the games went in and got my prepaid copy. I was playing it right away
The only time I ever did wait in line for a new release in the game field was for Diablo 2. I waited in line until the UPS driver delivered the games went in and got my prepaid copy. I was playing it right away
