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Re: Survey: Do you wait to buy games until they are patched?

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From: Mark Scott
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 00:00
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I wait, but not for patches.  I usually wait until either A) the price goes
down to a more affordable level, through a sale or simple price drop, or B) I
just cannot wait any longer to purchase a highly popular game.  I cannot
remember the last time I bought a game over $30, though.

Mark
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Ystbybtatr wrote:

> Well, I usually wait until a game has been out for about 6 months before I
> buy it.  The exceptions were:  FS 2000 PRO, RCT, and UT, which I bought
> within the first couple of months of being released.  And, of course, I
> bought The Sims on the day of it's release :-)  Does this help your survey?
>
> --
> Ystbybtatr
>
> Brian H. <bh1234@my-deja.com> wrote in article
> <8cjjfn$ci5$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
> > I'm just interested to know. Are you those who will wait for the games
> > to be patched before you pay to buy them?
> >
> > I am one of these people because I found this is a pattern.  Developers
> > release games and then a few weeks later they'll release patches.  And
> > I found that the experience of facing bugs in unpatched games are very
> > discouraging.
> >
> > --
> > Brian.
> > Human beings can send to bh1234.nospam@nospam.please.ismart.net.
> > Spammers can send to bh1234@my-deja.com because I never use it.
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> >
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From: Mark Scott <el_chupacabra@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: Survey: Do you wait to buy games until they are patched?
Date: 2000/06/06
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