In a few weeks, I'll be playing Breath of Fire III. This may be problematic, since my copy was stolen two years ago.
I had a look on amazon, and there are only used copies available - not surprising, since the game was released way back in 1998. One copy, for around £22 (not including p&p) which doesn't sound in terribly good condition, since the disc has a few scratches. Then, one for £29 which sounds much better. Still a little steep, though (I'm cheap).
Luckily, when I was idly checking eBay earlier, I found a copy going for £8.99, with £1.99 p&p. Good condition, too. Bargain.
I'm currently the highest bidder. A few other people tried, and forced my bid up to £10.06. I'm willing to go up to around £28, I guess, since that's what I'd pay elsewhere. I'd prefer to get it for £10.06, of course.
I'm still the highest bidder, but someone may be back to snipe me - the auction ends in an hour and a half. My max bid is set to £25, so I guess we'll see.
Another game I'm going to have trouble playing is Final Fantasy Tactics, for the playstation. My copy is region 1, and so won't play on my PS2 or my old playstation.
It is legal to chip consoles to play games from other regions, but not, obviously, to play pirate copies. However, no one will do it any more, so it's going to work out cheaper for me to buy a region 1 PS2. I may still have problems with my TV set playing it in colour, but I can live with that.
Incidentally, the PS3 is region-free, but not for PS2 or playstation games.
I've never really looked at region 1 only games before, but I guess those are an option now. Xenosaga looks interesting.
I need to find some kind of price comparison site for games.
Update; I had a look on eBay.com (as opposed to eBay.co.uk), and found a NTSC PS2 going for ten bucks, plus $11.45 shipping to the UK. That's just under £14. That's a pretty good deal, even if I won't need it for about half a year. I already have a converter plug from when I travelled in Oregon (it came as a set with a UK to US).
I did try looking on eBay.co.uk first, but it didn't seem to understand "only show me options from the US".
When bidding on items, people tend to get "fear of loss" - that is, once they've bid, they start thinking of the item as theirs, and picturing what they'll do with it, and what it will be like. Then, when someone else bids, they fight harder than they'd intended to win it back. So it's very easy to spend more than you intended in an auction.
That's a long-winded way of saying that I won't be increasing my bid over $15.
Update the 2nd; I won the auction, although someone tried to snipe me at the last minute, forcing my bid up to £19.50. It's amazing how few people take advantage of max bids.
I've also been outbidded on the PS2 console, but I can let that go.
Luckily, when I was idly checking eBay earlier, I found a copy going for £8.99, with £1.99 p&p. Good condition, too. Bargain.
I'm currently the highest bidder. A few other people tried, and forced my bid up to £10.06. I'm willing to go up to around £28, I guess, since that's what I'd pay elsewhere. I'd prefer to get it for £10.06, of course.
I'm still the highest bidder, but someone may be back to snipe me - the auction ends in an hour and a half. My max bid is set to £25, so I guess we'll see.
It is legal to chip consoles to play games from other regions, but not, obviously, to play pirate copies. However, no one will do it any more, so it's going to work out cheaper for me to buy a region 1 PS2. I may still have problems with my TV set playing it in colour, but I can live with that.
Incidentally, the PS3 is region-free, but not for PS2 or playstation games.
I've never really looked at region 1 only games before, but I guess those are an option now. Xenosaga looks interesting.
I need to find some kind of price comparison site for games.
Update; I had a look on eBay.com (as opposed to eBay.co.uk), and found a NTSC PS2 going for ten bucks, plus $11.45 shipping to the UK. That's just under £14. That's a pretty good deal, even if I won't need it for about half a year. I already have a converter plug from when I travelled in Oregon (it came as a set with a UK to US).
I did try looking on eBay.co.uk first, but it didn't seem to understand "only show me options from the US".
When bidding on items, people tend to get "fear of loss" - that is, once they've bid, they start thinking of the item as theirs, and picturing what they'll do with it, and what it will be like. Then, when someone else bids, they fight harder than they'd intended to win it back. So it's very easy to spend more than you intended in an auction.
That's a long-winded way of saying that I won't be increasing my bid over $15.
Update the 2nd; I won the auction, although someone tried to snipe me at the last minute, forcing my bid up to £19.50. It's amazing how few people take advantage of max bids.
I've also been outbidded on the PS2 console, but I can let that go.
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