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if you don't preorder a game, what is the best way to buy it brand new so it "counts"?

i tend to buy a lot of games that end up barely getting translated or made in the us and i know it's just one copy, but i try to make sure i buy them brand new and preorder so the companies know people are interested. i missed out on preordering something a while ago, so is there anyone who might know the most effective way to buy something that isn't a digital download brand new? i'm not particularly fond of gamestop so i was thinking play-asia since they have american releases too and i know i'm over thinking but i was a little curious about others feelings on this!

Bear in mind that after the first week, most new sales don't even really count anymore. Companies tend to gauge success or failure based off sales from preorders and from the first week or month. Some of them will look at total over time, but the sales that are likely to actually add to the count will be digital, not physical.

How it all works is that each retailer chooses to buy X number of copies from the publisher. With most of the titles you are speaking of here, they get one print run and that's it, so they already have pretty much sold what they are going to. All that remains is for the retailers to sell enough to make back what they paid for the copies (which will allow them to decide if games like that are worth stocking). Since chances are low that another print run will happen, buying new from a retailer has little bearing on things since that pretty much determines if the retailer is going to order more copies or not, but they can't order what doesn't exist.

So pretty much if you want it to "count" your best bets will be digital or buying from the publisher's website. Otherwise, just avoid resellers so you at least show the retailer that bought direct from the publisher that there is interest in that type of game and they should continue to stock them.

thanks for the input! i figured it was like this and being that it's not a digital release i would rather the companies try to stock more of them even if again, i'm not thrilled about things like gamestop. it wasn't released through the dev's site but i really wish they had special releases like nis america does or working designs used to. a lot of preorders don't come with anything worth paying extra for anymore, but in my case it was just being really tight on cash for a while now and i'm finally over my self-imposed limits.

i will keep this in mind for the future. i'm not thrilled about digital for consoles since i'm a bit older and grew up in the constant corrupt data era of early ps1 but it seems like companies are getting better about digital not being as expensive as physical. i just wish they came with extras...

That said, if the game has DLC, buying all of that can be a good way of showing the developers support. At the very least, if DLC sells well it means they'll go to the effort of translating any story DLC that might be in future games in that franchise.

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