Rolls, slow em.

I have like 4 other blogs waiting in the wings, so if you missed me well we're back.
(Portal 2, Mortal Kombat, Conduit 2... just look, a bunch of stuff came out this week, SORRY).

Phone rings.
Me- Gamestore blah blah
Caller- Yeah, I just beat Portal 2, and I want to sell it.
Me- Did you do everything in it? Like time challenges and co-op?
Caller- Nah, I just did the single player.
Me- Did you like it?
Caller-  it was alright. I got stuck a few times but there was a youtube video for it.
Me- Well, you'd get $____ for it.
Caller- That's it? I really wanted to finish it so I could sell it early and get my moneys worth for it.
Me- Yep.
Caller- So you're sayin if I beat a $60 game in like 8 hours I won't get my moneys worth?
Me- Well there are a ton of other things to do in the game, and some DLC stuff coming out soon
Caller- Seems like a waste of money, just sayin.
*click*

Ok, well sir. What I avoided saying was that you haven't actually gotten your moneys worth out of the game. Here's why-

1. A $60 game usually gives you a decent single player story, some multiplay, and a few extra challenges.
2. That same game, when sold back within the first week of it's arrival, will fetch you about $20-$30 clams. So you'll get about half your money back.
3. The gaming companies don't want you to sell it right away, for 2 reasons.
    A. They won't make money on the pre-owned game
    B. They want you to continue buying their games, and mostly A.
4. There's almost always a future DLC.

So no, you probably won't get your full $60 experience after beating the single player. But a game is meant to be kept and enjoyed, until you get your full experience out of it. Now I'm not telling you to be a trophy/achievement whore, I'm just sayin a full playthrough is good, but most games full playthroughs aren't "full", you get me?

I still have Fallout: New Vegas, Dragon Age 2, Metro 2033, Sabetour, Red Dead. Just to name a few. These are games that I've stopped playing, maybe finished the single player storyline, but that's it. I'm either waiting for more DLC, or waiting until one day I sit down and play it until I think I've accomplished every realistic goal in the game.

Had a kid the other day ask when they would come out with the GOTY Fallout: New Vegas. I told him "when it wins GOTY". He was frustrated that he hadn't gotten to play it yet, and wanted to wait until all of the expansions. Look kid..... its $18, buy it now.

Borderlands GOTY, it's $19. I played through the single player once, but now it comes with expansions. So fine... I'll buy it again.

The point? It's fine if you buy a game brand new, and keep it for a while. If you sell it the same week it came out, you won't be happy at the lack of return moneys you get, you'll be mad if the game releases DLC (which they usually wait a few months to do so) and you might go back to liking it. Now don't pull a me, and have a giant 40+ stack of games you'll "get back to eventually", that just won't happen. I sold my Marvel V Capcom once I knew I did everything I was capable, but it wasn't the week after, that's for sure.

Moral of the story, keep the game around. Don't try to finish it the week of. You actually don't get "first finished" achievements. It's like the midnight launch parties on the west coast... you do know that in the east coa...nevermind.