How do you obtain your games?

[Azeroth101]

I wanna see how many people get their games from steam...

Apparently people can't get a pirating joke....

 

[mundane]

Steam Sales
GoGamer sales
Newegg Sales
<Gifts>

Edit: Used to frequent FS/FT and half.com

 

[HamburgerBoy]

eBay.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Steam sales
GoGamer
Amazon
Gog.com - Good old Games, <$10 and no DRM
eBay or Amazon sellers if it's out of print

 

[pontifex]

depends...

STEAM, online stores, very rarely B&M stores any more.

 

[gorcorps]

argh matey

Actually I can't PC game anymore so I don't really have to worry about it. Most recently it has been steam though.

 

[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.

 

[AmberClad]

Steam - only if it's on sale
GoGamer - only if it's on sale (free/budget shipping is too slow compared to shipping from other vendors)
eBay - for used games that are overpriced if new (see: HAWX)
GameStop - if I want it right now and Steam doesn't have it

Otherwise:
Amazon
NewEgg

 

[Azeroth101]

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 pirateing/pirating is trivial dude..... you know what i mean, its a forum

 

[Oakenfold]

Steam, websites, and occasionally a B/M.

 

[Ackmed]

I buy from steam whenever I can.

 

[NoWhereM]

Online... which includes

Anandtech For Sale/Trade Forum
Amazon
GoGamer
eBay
Steam
J&R Music
etc.

 

[magomago]

I haven't purchased a game in forever. All I ever play is DOTA with my age old copy of WC3, or WOW which I bought a loooong time ago but currently have my account on hiatus. Oh actually, I did buy WOTLK a while back, so it isn't quite 'forever'.

When I do buy, online or B&M depending on what is the cheapest.

 

[mindcycle]

Originally posted by: Azeroth101
The pirateing/pirating is trivial dude..... you know what i mean, its a forum

Sure, but i'm pointing it out mainly because it looks funny spelled like that. I'm sure people understand the meaning, but it is spelled wrong..

The reason I replied was more to ask why you included that option if you didn't want people to click it?

 

[dj2004]

I make use of Steam sales.

 

[Bateluer]

A combination of Gogamer, Amazon, Newegg, Steam, and Impulse.

 

[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.

 

[Maximilian]

I picked piratEing because you said dont pick it.

I buy mainly from gameplay.co.uk or play.com, wherever i can get it the cheapest delivered to my door, might buy from steam, depends on the game/price really.

 

[Jumpem]

B&M stores.

 

[brblx]

whatever's cheapest.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I look at other people playing the game and rebuild it from scratch

 

[wrangler]

I will not use Steam for anything other than Valve games.

Double DRM and they take their sweet ass time getting patches out. I don't care of it's the fault of Steam or the studio, it is ridiculous to have to wait 2 weeks or more for a patch just because you bought the game off of Steam. When they get a different system for applying patches I'll reconsider.

To top it off, they usually charge more than picking it up at the store.

 

[TridenT]

My ship be sailing the seas with a mighty mast!

Stores, maybe?

 

[newb111]

I picked pirating because you said not to.

On steam, I own HL, Orange Box, Bioshock, and that's it. I don't mind buying on steam if it's a lot cheaper, but at equal pricing, I'd rather buy it from the store for resellability.

 

[coloumb]

WTH is "pirateing"?