For some people, video games are a simple pleasure, where they can get one every other week if they want. For many gamers they can stay up to date with the new release and content. But then there is the rest of us, the poor gamers, the ones without a job or who are not old enough to get a decent one. Some people do not have a source of income like allowance or other non-job related ways of getting money. Most of the year my only way to get money is from my birthday or Christmas, not counting the money I find on the floor. However we all love video games, but the people who make them need money too, so most games cost something. In these tougher economic times, you need all the help you can get to pay as little as possible to get want you want. This guide is to help you stay up to date with the hip, new games being released all the time.
First off, probably the easiest thing to do is to save money. Note, this is not to help you stay up to date, but you should be able to get enough to the get the game in a month or two. Not only will you have enough money to get the game, but by then it might be cheaper that it was originally.
Way to stay up to date on video games number 1. Have friends, or at least people who tolerate you and let you hang out with them. As long as one of them has the money to do it, you and everyone else should be able to play the game as long as you are nice. If you are going to use this way to get to play the newer games, remember, the games belong to someone else, not you, so if they want to play it, let them. If you break it, you are most of the time going to be forced to buy a new copy and give it to that person, so be careful. This method is a good one, but don’t be a leech, be a nice person. If they invite you to their house, offer to help clean up after the party, or help them with homework in your spare time. They let you play with their games and fancy stuff, help them out and you will get rewarded. That is karma.
Way to stay up to date on video games number 2. A group route. This is like having friends, but this time it is pooling your money together to get a game, then sharing it with each other. This is a good idea, but can have problems. One problem is sharing, that can be really hard sometimes. If one person feels like they are not getting to play the game enough, they will complain, and then other people will complain, and it swirls into chaos, like always. Another issue is that the game may be lost or damaged; with lots of people handing it around, there is a higher chance of something bad happening than if you owned the game and keep it to yourself. However this strategy works well with games that have two discs, like the Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition or Halo 3 ODST. Fallout 3′s package has a copy of the game itself, and another disc filled with all the downloads. Pop it in, then put all the DLCs (down-loadable content) on your hard drive, after that you can give it to someone else and have them do the same, you no longer need the disc to play the DLCs, however you still need a copy of the game to play. Getting cooperative games are a must with this train of thought, games like Halo 3 or newer games like Modern Warfare 2 or Borderlands, make great co-op games for lots of people to trade off and play together offline and online.
Way to stay up on video games number 3. Subscribe to a gaming magazine or store. Note this method may not get you new video games, but it will help you stay up to date on all sorts of video game related information. Magazines like Gamepro or Gameinfomer, to name two of the many various magazines, are the ones I like and think are pretty good. Not only do you know about new games coming out, but how good the games are that just came out. These tomes of knowledge will help you not waste your little amounts of money on bad games. If you join the membership at a store like Gamestop or Gamecrazy, they give you discounts and special deals that can really help you out. At Gamestop for instance, they have a good membership deal. For $15, you get a subscription to a magazine, better deals in store on trade and buying stuff, and get a fancy plastic card to show off! Gamestop also does a lot of trade ins, like two-for-one on new games. You trade in two old games you own, to get a new game for $20 or less. That is a good deal to me. Still you will need money, but not as much to actually get new games. (A side-note: this method to staying up to date may result in you feeling even more poor than before since you will be barraged by lots of things you can’t afford to buy.)
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