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TechSpot Poll: I buy my PC games...
It’s worth noting though that this evidence isn’t exactly conclusive as NPD doesn’t track digital download revenues, a portion of the market that’s rapidly growing thanks to options like Direct2Drive and Steam, and their figures are based on U.S. sales only and not worldwide. That’s why in our latest poll we want to know where you are buying your PC games.
Also see results from our previous poll where we asked our readers if they think Vista is hurting PC gaming. Though I don’t necessarily agree with the results, the general audience’s perception seems to be that despite promises of better-looking and better-playing games through the introduction of DX10, Microsoft’s latest OS is indeed hurting PC gaming.
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Post a comment| icye on February 7, 2008 2:38 PM | Many stores have small isles devoted to computer games and there are only a handful of people browsing those areas. Video game sections are larger, more vibrant and there are more people looking at, playing the games, and buying them. With digital downloads, whatever numbers come up will still pale in comparison when compared to video game sales. People can debate how computer games are better than video games, which is true but its only possible after investing resources in upgrading existing hardware or building a new computer from scratch.
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| Mictlantecuhtli on February 11, 2008 5:44 AM | I buy my PC and Xbox 360 games used from www.amazon.co.uk or www.play.com. Some I've ordered from Steam too. A couple of euros and a delivery time of a couple of days is usually faster than downloading from some P2P networks, too (at least for me).
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| mrtraver on February 21, 2008 8:37 PM | The only times I, er, my friends have downloaded torrents was when they could not find a working demo of a game. After trying, if they like the game, they buy it; otherwise they uninstall it.
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| Eddie_42 on March 13, 2008 2:16 PM | Umm...march 13th, this is over a month old, kinda tough to qualify as weekly
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