Personally, CoD pisses me off. I don't like many of the mechanics, the lack of tactical teamwork, the frantic, twitchy gameplay, etc. However, I play it at least three times a week. Why? Split screen multiplayer over XBL. That's literally the only reason. For some strange reason, almost no other FPS include this feature. It isn't hard to implement, it's been around since Halo 2, and it's genious. When I hang out with my friends, we pretty much invariably run out of stupid **** to do and resort to video games. Watching the other person play BF, even though I think it is a better game, is no fun at all. We are left with Halo or CoD Black Ops. I will surely buy BF3, but unless it implements a simple split screen option over XBL, I'll also be buying MW3, not because I think it is an amazing game, but because I can play it with my friends, which is about 75% of when I play video games.

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You are completely right when you say that that is a $35 profit, more than you know, perhaps. Normally, when new games are sold at any retail store like Best Buy, Target, Gamestop, or anywhere else, a large portion of the tag price is going to the developers, programmers, and publishers, with a bit left over as profit for the retailer. With used game sales, absolutely nothing makes its way back to any of the aforementioned parties involved in the actual production of the game. 100% of the $55 you just paid for that used game is going to Gamestop (or whatever trade-in place you bought it), leaving them with WAY more profit than selling a new game, even though the price tag is smaller. Not only is this kind of crappy to you as a consumer, it is a major problem for game developers. Lionhead Studios (the makers of the Fable franchise) has been quoted as saying that used game sales are actually more harmful to developers than piracy for console games. So in saving yourself a couple of bucks, you've actually cheated the developer out of any support you may have given them by purchasing the game, which subsequently results in worse games produced for you next time. Personally, $5 isn't worth it to me, and if I was really looking out solely for #1, I'd get on Amazon or eBay or even CraigsList and find a used copy for much cheaper than Gamestop can afford to offer it.Greyfeld

Except, you know, for the part where Gamestop gets over half its profit from used game and accessory sales. Heaven forbid the middle-man who is taking all the risk actually make some profit.

The fact that Gamestop is making a profit isn't a big deal, it's the fact that the developers aren't. When I buy a good game, I typically want to support the developers in order to chip in and encourage them to continue making excellent games for me to play. I wouldn't buy a game in order to support a retail store exclusively.

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Are there any good game similar to the fallout series??? (besides elder scrolls and borderlands)

capaho

Red Dead Redemption is an open world game with endless side missions and infinite minutiae to pursue both during the main story and after its completion.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, if you are looking for the FPS/RPG fusion, Crackdown might be a good option. That kind of throws 3PS, FPS, and free-roam RPG all together.

Easily worth the purchase of a $60 game to be able to relive the countless hours of shooting the hell out of my friends in paintball mode, the dozens of sleepless nights at my neighbors' houses playing it...Goldeneye was pretty much the original party game for me and my circle of friends. It really wasn't matched until Halo.

Games are a touchy subjects as it is. Adding something like that in a game may push some people over the edge.

DSmon

Probably because we are conditioned for our entire lives to read left-to-right. Would a right-to-left sidescroller even feel right? Personally I'd be weirded out.

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[QUOTE="Koi-Neon-X"]

50% is not worth your while? hmm...okay I guess (?) personally, I think the 50% helps A LOT (I was able to get Uncharted 3 and didn't have to trade-in too many games to get it either). The only thing I don't like is the fact that they have to "gut" new games when they come (even when I worked there I hated that) and sometimes you're not able to get a sealed copy of a game (grrr). I also don't like the fact that they feel the need to put stickers all over the box (!) I also wish it had just a bit more space and a clear definition of where the line to the cash register starts.;)

morrowindnic

I work at gamestop. The trade in prices suck, we all know that. But you gotta think about it like this: We get 30 copies of the same game, and we have to SELL them to make any money. We take a risk in buying your games, thats wy they are worth so little. Your 60$ game traded in for 10$, but we have to sell 7 of them to make money.

You buy a used game for $20, and resell it for $55. Thats a $35 profit right there. And a ripoff.

You are completely right when you say that that is a $35 profit, more than you know, perhaps. Normally, when new games are sold at any retail store like Best Buy, Target, Gamestop, or anywhere else, a large portion of the tag price is going to the developers, programmers, and publishers, with a bit left over as profit for the retailer. With used game sales, absolutely nothing makes its way back to any of the aforementioned parties involved in the actual production of the game. 100% of the $55 you just paid for that used game is going to Gamestop (or whatever trade-in place you bought it), leaving them with WAY more profit than selling a new game, even though the price tag is smaller. Not only is this kind of crappy to you as a consumer, it is a major problem for game developers. Lionhead Studios (the makers of the Fable franchise) has been quoted as saying that used game sales are actually more harmful to developers than piracy for console games. So in saving yourself a couple of bucks, you've actually cheated the developer out of any support you may have given them by purchasing the game, which subsequently results in worse games produced for you next time. Personally, $5 isn't worth it to me, and if I was really looking out solely for #1, I'd get on Amazon or eBay or even CraigsList and find a used copy for much cheaper than Gamestop can afford to offer it.

I see many people on halo 3 that aren't in a party and in action sack on halo reach.RAGEofSTUNTS