One other thing you can do. Watch the ads for Toys'R'Us, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.

A lot of them lately are having "Buy 2 Games, Get 1 free"

Toys'R'Us did this last year and have already done it twice this fall. And it usually includes ALL video games, with the cheapest game being free. Target also did this just a couple weeks ago with all of their Wii games.

I bought 3 new release Wii games for my kids last year and spend $100. My wallet was happy and so were the kids.

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I may always be behind, as far as what "new game" people are talking about, but I always buy my consoles when it's predecessor comes out. Example, I bought the PS2 when the PS3 was released. XBox when the 360 came out. I had more game choices at a cheaper price and did not have to camp out of a store for 26 hours. By the way I still play and have introduced my 5 and 6 year old daughters to the Atari 2600.

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if u buy gears 2 used you dont get the free maps to download

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you can always use ebay......

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Thank you, Josh! I now know what I'm getting my 12 year old son for Christmas-- a prepaid Gamefly.com membership. I think he's going to LOVE it.

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i like to go on a site called goozex.com its pretty good sit though you have to watch at times cause its not rally a company. its a trading site where you can buy credits and points or mail your old games for points to trade all the games around. ive recieved probablly about 40 games from it already. o another down side at first is can be a little slow because it limits what you can trade and recieve until you start getting a higher feedback score

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o and if you can figure out a way tell them i recommended you so ill get a referall credit :D wmmcdaniels thanx

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Gamestop & FuncoLand also sometimes have a "BUY 2/GET 1 FREE" deal... but gotta be careful with that... might end up going into MORE debt if you find a good haul in the messy bins, LOL.

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There are so many games this holiday season I want, and some I need to catch up with from the last few months...

Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Fallout 3
Call of Duty World at War
Either Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour
Fable II

And I still need to finish Grand Theft Auto IV! Which is a time consuming game... So many games, so little time...

I'll probably wait until most of them are used to buy, maybe not on the music games because new instruments > used instruments.

Good post Josh!

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go buy the games at a pawnshop, way cheaper than anywhere else.

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My brother is a hardcore gamer so I know the basics when it comes to shopping for games. Best deals are from black fridays, but Best Buy, Walmart, and Circuit City have been selling cheap bundles early this year.

I think last week Walmart was selling psp bundles for $199 (psp with a game included and $30 gift card), so look out for those.

Does anyone know where I could score lego [star wars, batman, etc] games for xbox under $30 though?

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The best site we've found is www.swapvideogames.com and there is also a link at the bottom to sell your games. A friend got Gears of War for 27 cents after swapping the games he had beaten!

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I have to say some of the advise that was given really sucks, Kind of like gamestop does .No true gamer goes to a corperate gamestore. All they do is rip people off.Trading or trade-in credit for games is cool,ive found a store that gives 2 for 1 on games.The pawnshop another great place to buy games or systems .I cant even begin to tell you how many hard to find or rare games ive found,im talking about getting games that are 40&50 dollars for 5 or 10 bucks. can i get hooked up with goozex?

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A great place to trade in your games as well as get new releases is Play n Trade. Visit www.playntrade.com for your local store. There is a try before you buy policy so you can be absolutely sure that you will love what you buy. Thus, no more buyer's remorse.

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