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In Australia, our EB's give us a 7 day money back guarantee. Whereby, if we purchase any game, and return it seven days later we get a full refund, no questions asked.
As you would guess, this is used a lot by Achievement Whores, and you can never tell if the game you buy for new, is in fact new, or someone has already clocked a week of play on it. :P
As you would guess, this is used a lot by Achievement Whores, and you can never tell if the game you buy for new, is in fact new, or someone has already clocked a week of play on it. :P
yea if anyone really wanted to, they could return any game within 7 days for cash back. its not really allowed, but the text on the receipt implies its fine.
What braulio09 said. I also love how it doesn’t capitalize the second instance of “Haze” in the same goddamn sentence.
This just in: if you’re Canadian, then (A) you probably won’t enjoy Haze enough to want to keep it, and (B) you’re a ninja at finishing games quickly.
This just in: if you’re Canadian, then (A) you probably won’t enjoy Haze enough to want to keep it, and (B) you’re a ninja at finishing games quickly.
Of course, the PS3 hasn't been getting that many original titles or exclusive games so turning Haze around within a week might not be that great of an idea.
I don't know, I checked Gamerankings.com to check out which games were rated at 80% or higher in the last six months.
360 = 25
PS3 = 21
That doesn't seem like a huge difference to me. Wii had 11 in the same time period, for reference.
I don't know, I checked Gamerankings.com to check out which games were rated at 80% or higher in the last six months.
360 = 25
PS3 = 21
That doesn't seem like a huge difference to me. Wii had 11 in the same time period, for reference.
MaxVest - you cant count titles that are on both platforms. Recount with that rule, and the 360 is a fair bit ahead, although the ps3 should be catching up over the next couple of years. Hopefully Haze will be a start.
I'm sure Sony is pissed about this. It doesn't really imbue a lot of confidence about the game in us when we read stuff like this, does it? Imagine if you could trade in MGS4 for a full refund... wars of flame would erupt.
MaxVest: What ajaxender said. That's what I was implying. Haze is a start, but it won't be a exclusive for long either.
I don't understand why not count multiplatform titles. Probably most PS3 owners don't own a 360, and vice versa. Why make snide remarks at the expense of one console when they seem to be doing pretty similarly as of late?
If we're making arbitrary qualifications about what should count as part of a console's game library, one could argue that most people who own either console also own a PC. This would tend to erode the 360's advantage on exclusives more than PS3, as most of 360's heavy hitters are also available on PC.
More to the point, why bother having the discussion at all? My modest proposal:
No Blank Check For Endless Console War!
If we're making arbitrary qualifications about what should count as part of a console's game library, one could argue that most people who own either console also own a PC. This would tend to erode the 360's advantage on exclusives more than PS3, as most of 360's heavy hitters are also available on PC.
More to the point, why bother having the discussion at all? My modest proposal:
No Blank Check For Endless Console War!
I didn't want to be lazy, so I followed my own suggestion. If a game had another version listed, even if it wasn't released yet or was only available to one particular manufacturer's product line, I counted it as non-exclusive.
360 Exclusives (last six months, 80%+):
Rez HD
Project Gotham Racing 4
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Sensible World of Soccer
PS3 Exclusives (last six months, 80%+):
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
Can we call it a draw and never speak of this again?
360 Exclusives (last six months, 80%+):
Rez HD
Project Gotham Racing 4
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Sensible World of Soccer
PS3 Exclusives (last six months, 80%+):
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
Can we call it a draw and never speak of this again?
The deal actually only applies to those who have preordered it.(I work at a ebgames) Just don't want anyone getting pissed when they try to trade it in and get like $10.
A sign of the times perhaps? With single player portions of fps' coming in at under 10 or 8 hours recently can you really blame gamers who don't want the multiplayer aspect of a game to return it within a week? I'd be surprised if we didn't see more of this advertised.
@Electro Lemon.
What? I personally have only done the seven day return thing once. That game was Xenogears 2 for the PS2, and it was horrible. <.<
What? I personally have only done the seven day return thing once. That game was Xenogears 2 for the PS2, and it was horrible. <.<
Although I have mine pre-ordered I'm pretty sure I'm gonna want to keep in longer then a week because the game looks awesome! Good to know if it really does suck though then I have a chance at redemption.
@Seanus: I'm in NZ and our eb's have the same deal. It's not only great for achievement whores but also Pirates. I used to work at an Eb a good few years ago and we had a guy that would buy a game and return it every other week. I heard him talking to a friend in the food court about burning him a copy of the game he just bought from me 25minutes earlier. He was refused his money back from then on in (though we had to get head office approval to do so). I'm not a big anti-piracy sort of guy but this customer was an asshole.
Working at Eb sucked the life out of me, but i will give them credit for that 7 day policy. It almost made you feel better about the fact that games cost $100USD. Took the risk out.
I kind of have ill feelings about pre-orders since CheapyD pointed out that eb makes instant profit from the interest your money makes sitting in their accounts.
It may also be good for free radical since once EB buy the copies from the distributor, free radical have their money. They may even buy more to cover all the pre-orders. BUT, you could also argue that in the long run it will mean Eb have to buy half as much because the second generation of customers will be buying the copies the first generation returned. double mark-up for Eb
Working at Eb sucked the life out of me, but i will give them credit for that 7 day policy. It almost made you feel better about the fact that games cost $100USD. Took the risk out.
I kind of have ill feelings about pre-orders since CheapyD pointed out that eb makes instant profit from the interest your money makes sitting in their accounts.
It may also be good for free radical since once EB buy the copies from the distributor, free radical have their money. They may even buy more to cover all the pre-orders. BUT, you could also argue that in the long run it will mean Eb have to buy half as much because the second generation of customers will be buying the copies the first generation returned. double mark-up for Eb
sorry, for double post but have to correct my statement. It won't mean double mark up for eb because of course the customer gets a FULL refund.
Still, the refund policy is VERY good for business (in NZ at least).
Still, the refund policy is VERY good for business (in NZ at least).
In the UK as long as we keep the receipt we are able to return anything within around 21 days (depends on store) and get a complete refund in the form of store credit.
@Necros:
The way it usually go down over here in shops like Game is that the returned copies are sold as 2nd hand games at a ridiculously high price (only £5 or £10 off a brand new copy) but people still buy those over a new copy and the store gets to keep all the profits from those sales because they are 2nd hand. I'm not sure if Gamestop is the same but maybe it works under the same lines
@Necros:
The way it usually go down over here in shops like Game is that the returned copies are sold as 2nd hand games at a ridiculously high price (only £5 or £10 off a brand new copy) but people still buy those over a new copy and the store gets to keep all the profits from those sales because they are 2nd hand. I'm not sure if Gamestop is the same but maybe it works under the same lines
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