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MikeShunt

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used to buy mine from asdas or tescos, but all main retailers seem to have stopped stocking pc games.

now I get them from play.com
 

Ultralight

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Stores such as Best Buy, Walmart, and GameStop. rarely Target.

Online: Amazon and occasionally NewEgg
 

Pelu

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Originally posted by: mindcycle
Pirateing is spelled wrong. Drop the e - Pirating

And why add that option if you don't want people to pick it?

I buy most of my games through gogamer and eBay.

The correct word, is Torrenting
 

Pelu

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Originally posted by: wanderer27
Mainly Stores, but most of the Indie games I get are Downloads (not Steam).

Haven't bought any from a Store in quite some time though due my DRM boycott.

You voted for pirates....
 

Pelu

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Originally posted by: M0RPH
Everyone just pick pirating. Sorry but I find it annoying the way the OP asked this question. Why say "obtain" instead of "buy"? Seems like he has pirating on the mind from the get-go.

Buy sounds more correct because PirateING is more like buying it for 0 bucks.
 

Pelu

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Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
I want a hard copy that I can install and play without any internet connection. Exception being MP games such as TF2, and even more rarely single player games such as E:TW which I really wanted but am still grumpy about the steam in the hard copy.

I also don't like burning things off as I find burnable CD's are crap compared to what you get in hard copies of the game.

This means buying from a store or ordering a hard copy online, usually form the game maker.

get good quality disks... quality burner, and so on
 

Pelu

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By the way Pirating is only for a few selected people that deserve all for nothing (why pay if there is a way of getting it for free)... The rest of lesser people need to pay because they are not in the top...
 

fatpat268

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Are we so fucking dense that we can't put 5 different responses into one post?

Ever heard of the edit button?
 

IEC

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Amazon, Steam, Impulse, B&M stores, NNTP (difficult to purchase games in German, Japanese, or Korean)