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Do People Even Buy eGuides For Games?

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15outland

Hi,

I was looking as games on sale at 'Gamers Gate'

And saw like BF3 DLC, for like $1.50, and Battlefield Bad Company 2 for $3, doesn't mention 'eGuide' until you actually visit the page, and got me wondering, do people even buy that crap, I mean, you can easily Google walk throughs, for free on the Internet.

Even when I visit ebGames(AUS) I see them selling MW3 Guide Book for $30 or so, I just can't justify it, let alone wonder if the people who make those make any money :P

What do you think?

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Deiru

Quite clearly says guides to me. Maybe you didn't look hard enough, or were looking at a different screen?

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Taoito

If you have them listed in Grid View mode, then for some games with longer titles, the eGuide word gets cut off.

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Deiru

Ahhh, okey.

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15outland

Yeah, I didn't even know you could view in different modes, how do you change it?

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tallpaul02

I have one and I've found it quite handy, but no I didn't pay for it and likely would not be willing to do so.

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NastyFox

Raptr is giving some away for free. Might grab one :P

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BloodEmblem

Yes, some of those steam game collectors do

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XxDemonSniperxX

Well I think some of those games have cheat codes and guides, then guys who bought them post them at gamefaqs then we get em for free :D

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Moondra

I have a physical copy of the Fallout New Vegas guide,came helpful many times and it came with a nice map :)

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15outland

Actually, this would be the only game I would ever consider purchasing one for, as when I was playing this game so many times did I have to google stuff, would've been nice to have it on me while play :P

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AllRoCol

I bought maybe a couple of guides in the late 90s, early 2000s. Obviously not digital. I haven't seen a need for a guide, since. If I don't know where to go or how to do something, I just Google it. I don't think they are worth the money and I do like to collect games and DLC on Steam. If I got one for free, I'd add it, but probably never use it.

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crazyalan1988

Why buy an online guide, when there are more and better online guides available?

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Devil231

yes..in a parallel universe

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Closed 11 years ago by 15outland.