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i bought driv3r tonight and it sucks. i'd like to exchange it for the new thief game on xbox. do they still let you do that?

 

[xsarien]

No.

/que 10 page thread about how this is somehow unfair.

 

[StrikerObi]

Haha, nope. Not for a LONG time now. People abused the system.

Edit: IBHAT

Edit 2: Check out my rad new icon:

 

[Wario64]

It ain't no rental service.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

hell no, and thank god they don't. Go to blockbuster if you want to rent games.

 

[impirius]

Blockbuster Game Pass: $20 a month for bad game insurance.

 

[robot]

If your blockbuster has a gamerush, they should have a deal where you trade any game and get a new one for $29.99 PLUS the trade in value of the game. Now since Driv3r just came out, it'll be worth $35 trade-in credit. Through complex science and simple math, you can get Thief for free.

I just traded Chronicles of Riddick using this deal and got Psi-Ops for free. Good times.

 

[GigaDrive]

back in 1990-1994 I was a major abuser of returning games to Babbages. those were the days!

 

[Fifty]

It ain't no rental service.

Exactly.

People who buy Driver should know what they're getting into

 

[belgurdo]

I generally only did it when I either beat the game and wanted something similar to prolong the experience, or I couldn't play the game and needed something better. I tried to keep the "revolving door" stuff to a minimum.

 

[beerbelly]

My condolences.

 

[Hellraizah]

No luck. I can't believe that with all the reviews in magazine, on the internet AND rental service, people still don't know what to expect when they buy a new game.

 

[Brofist]

Just be happy that you have the luxury to rent a game first, I don't even have the option..

 

[dark10x]

hell no, and thank god they don't. Go to blockbuster if you want to rent games.

That's not really the same thing, though...

Trying something for a short period of time and deciding you didn't like it isn't the same as buying, playing and returning (which is what the problem was). Considering that they are often assholes about trying out games in the kiosks...it kinda seems unfair. However, those who abused the system really shouldn't be given a break so really, EB is probably doing the right thing for itself...

 

[xsarien]

That's not really the same thing, though...

Trying something for a short period of time and deciding you didn't like it isn't the same as buying, playing and returning (which is what the problem was).

Most rental places give you a freakin' week. If you can't decide if you like a game in that amount of time...

 

[shuri]

Rent games before buying. God damnit what's so hard about this?

 

[dark10x]

Most rental places give you a freakin' week. If you can't decide if you like a game in that amount of time...

I just don't like that idea...

When renting, I feel that I am wasting money unless I plow through a game...and when I plow through it, I tend not to enjoy it quite as much. Some games that I really love are actually quite short and could be finished in a rental period. As such, I could blast through it in a rental period and return it. So, I lose the chance to savor the game AND I won't be able to replay when I wish unless I shell out for the title (which suddenly loses some value as a result).

If I use the rental period as nothing more than a quick test to see whether I will enjoy the game, then I feel as though I have wasted THAT money.

Basically, I personally have some odd issues with renting something I want to buy. Thankfully, it isn't really a problem for me as 9 times out of 10, I KNOW about the games I am buying and can tell whether or not I will enjoy it before touching it (though HOW MUCH I enjoy it varies...).

I'm sure there are others that feel that way about renting games, but perhaps they lack the knowledge to realize which games are actually very good.