The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Is this a legitimate site to buy games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by me12345, Nov 11, 2009.

  1. me12345

    me12345 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    559
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,857
    Messages:
    16,212
    Likes Received:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Online key store? That has scam written all over it.
     
  3. me12345

    me12345 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    559
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Err, you're right. Usually when things look too good to be true... I just thought they might be legitimate since you're actually downloading from EA downloader and steam.

    Anyways, will be getting MW2 from newegg. Thanks for the reply. Glad to know I'm not just being paranoid.
     
  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    11,461
    Messages:
    16,824
    Likes Received:
    76
    Trophy Points:
    466
  5. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

    Reputations:
    506
    Messages:
    2,103
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yes, I got my copy from there. Still downloading from EA. :D
    I originally went their to get modern warfare 2 for 33.99, but they are out of stock.
     
  6. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    11,461
    Messages:
    16,824
    Likes Received:
    76
    Trophy Points:
    466
    I was thinking about getting it and it just disappeared between 5 minutes ago and now, the deluxe edition. I was researching the DLC you get and items to see if it was worth it over the non special version.
     
  7. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

    Reputations:
    506
    Messages:
    2,103
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    from what I hear, the dlc aren't really special. I just got the deluxe edition because it was only 2 bucks more.
     
  8. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

    Reputations:
    21,580
    Messages:
    35,370
    Likes Received:
    9,878
    Trophy Points:
    931
    All I have to say is if it is a steam game or steam activated game, best to buy from a reliable source, mainly directly from Steam or a brick and mortar retailer (or amazon). Many stories of people buying games from questionable sources and get their entire Steam account canceled.
     
  9. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    613
    Messages:
    6,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Amazon is your best bet and is the safest... in UK, Play.com is also reliable... and of course there's the steam and D2d websites... you can buy games from there too..