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i was looking for places to get DDS 1-2 and the prices on amazon.com are like 250 dollars for brand new versions of both ....theres no way in hell im going to spend that kind of money on a video game... is there any place with reasonable prices for the games? i dont care if they are used or not... i just want to play them because i heard they were really good RPGS...plus ive become addicted to the megaten series of games...like huge...so.

I don't know what amazon.com you went to, but the one I go to has them for $60 and less.

http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-7235594-8055037?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=digital+devil+saga&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

Also, DDS is ok. SMT3 is much better.

Digital Devil Saga, both of them, are mediocre. Shin Megami Tensei 3 isn't all that good, either. You're better off just playing Shin Megami Tensei 1 and 2. They're much better. And they don't have Hikawa, Dante, or Argilla.

Agreed. Just purchase SMT3.

If this is the case I'd better demand the return of DDS immediately from my friend so she doesn't keep it forever or sell it for a super profit O_o

It's definitely not the case. DDS isn't going for $250 anywhere.

I wouldn't be all that concerned with getting brand new copies of these games in the first place. In my experience, people with RPGs (especially obscure ones) tend to take care of them. You'd save a bunch of money, more than likely.

In addition, last I saw, DDS2 could still be found at random Gamestops for like $30.

Well do you have any GAME or Electronic Boutique's in your area?
They might have some pre-owned sections. Its where I got DD1 and Shin Megami Tensei 3 (Lucifer's Call, Nocturne).
Otherwise, just ask the GAME shops online, and see if they have any of the pre-owned SMT games in stock, and they can deliver it to ya, its easier than paying 250 bucks for them, lol.

My local Gamecrazy has DDS2 for 50$ new. I was lucky enough to find Nocturne for 25$ at a mom&pop store near where I live. It can get really expensive trying to get the SMT games off Ebay and Amazon. I've seen a Persona 2 copy for over 150$. Its really outrageous.

That's ridiculous. You can buy Persona 2: Eternal Punishment for like, $30 new online. At least, you could a year or two ago. People don't have a clue on how to price things. I see Suikoden games going for a ton of money just because Suikoden 2 is rare (and not even Suikoden 2 is worth more than $30 -- it's not a very good game). $100 for Suikoden 4. Jack asses.

For the set it might, in Canada. Well, actually, with our dollar so high right now.... hmmmm. lol

Yippee Canadian Dollar :D

Sorry, just that makes me happy because I do a lot of cross border shopping. But more relevantly, video game pricing is very strange... because after months of searching for Okage I found it for... $10 at eb games, and okage isn't the greatest game but I'd still say it has a higher value than $10 and certainly more equivalent to Suikoden games (which should have a much less value).

i need digital devil 1.... i have to spend 100 at half.com.... oh well

I need it too, because yesterday I just bought Digital Devil Saga 2, but I dont want to play it, because I want to finish Nocturne first. And of course to complete the collection, I need Digital Devil Saga 1.

Personally, I recommend finishing Nocturne first. Especially if you're new to the series. Makes jumping into DDS' battle system a lot easier.

Yeah you're right, and what about Digital Devil Saga 1, is there a concrete difference between it and Digital Devil Saga 2?

The battle system is easier to deal with DDS than it is in Nocturne...

And what about the difficulty? And the extense of the games?

dude... he just said DDS is easier than nocturne... learn to read bro

The battle system is easier I'm asking about the difficulty of the entire game!!

Considering that the battle system is easier to get the hang of in DDS, then the entire game is easier than SMT3, since an RPG's difficulty is determined by its battle system. DDS is also much more linear.

Forget learn to read. Learn to think.

Okay! As you wish.

lol, your such a n00b

You're one to talk.

These games are getting expensive. I did luck out and found Digital Devil Saga 2 for 30 new at a gamestop. Now to find 1...:p, I was keeping my eye on a DDS 1 that was going for 20 with 6 or 7 bids on it, but it quickly shot up in price=/.

I just saw DDS1 at a GS brand new about a week ago.

Wow. I called about 20 or so gamestops (spanning from 90 miles away as I was curious to see if any had it) and NONE of them had it. I found one shop that had DDS2, that's it. And they all, always said "Yes, (pause for me to take a sigh of relief) we have Devil Summoner." Only for me to correct them, when I said it clearly (and two times) before.

I can't find a place to buy Avatar Tuner 1. And Avatar Tuner 2 it was really much expensive than other games that I have buy. But what I been looking is that Avatar Tuner 2 is much cheapper than Avatar Tuner 1, and I dont know why this happend? Maybe DDS 2 is not as good as DDS 1?

I don't know why they didn't just wait and release the games bundled together but...

I paid a grand total of 40 or so dollars for both games imported.  Two (Japanese region) cost me $18.50 from Play-Asia, it was like $20 for the first one and this was shortly before and after their American releases, respectively.

I've seen a few American copies here and there and generally they are somewhat expensive, but it's comparable to any role-playing game really.  I guess it's not really that strange that console RPGs, as a generally unpopular genre, are more expensive than other console games.

I got my version of DDS1 for about £50 off eBay (about $90 I think) and spent about £40 on the second. I spent about £100 ($180-ish) on both games and both came brand new. Which isn't bad.

Suprisingly, lately I've seen the DDS' now very cheap around shops (£15!) so I guess they aren't selling massively well in the UK. Atlus keep saying how their sales in Europe are pretty good though. I think Lucifer's Call was the first MT game released over here (I could be mistaken, but no Persona/Demi-Kids/Devil Summoner etc have been seen over here).

For me, online is nearly always better than shops. I was rather annoyed when I got my (massively glitchy) From The New World off eBay for £25 and then saw it Gamestation for £20. Dammit.

$180 O_o. That's more than I spent getting Nocturne and both DDS games together. 1 like new and 2 brand new.

Yeah, Lycanthroat, I think you win in terms of who over payed the most.

I'm beginning to think I really lucked out.  I won't lie though, it's a refreshing change of pace from the cartridge/early CD console days when I was shelling out hundreds of dollars for import Super Famicom and PSX games.

Remember kids! Region encoding is about price control as much as "piracy".

I never really understood the whole region encoding thing.  Someone needs to explain to me why that deters software pirates.  It sucks having to bust open your console systems and ruin warranties just to play import games, in lieu of shelling out beau coup dollars for import systems.

^I just use a slide card on my newer fat PS2.  Didn't feel like playing imports on a slim since it takes more work imo (and I'm used to using the slide card).

I got the DDS boxset new for 40$ I think, and with it I got the extra cd of the game music with it.

Then I got DDS2 new on Amazon.com for $20 bucks I think.

It's just harder to find these games since there weren't as many published as your typical games like say Final Fantasy or MGS (me thinks).  So that's why they're usually more expensive when you do actually find them.

All in all DDS has been my favorite of the SMT games.  Persona runs a close second, but in my own opinion at least, DDS is alot like Persona, just more.  The only thing I didn't really like about DDS was the dungeon size, but the story was great and not that cliche.

I managed to grab a copy of DDS2 new for $20 at Gamestop today =D

Still no luck on the first one or Nocturne though.

edit: woot woot 200th post.

Got lucky and bought the first DDS for 30 bucks a few days back.

Gonna hafta go Amazon for the second tho...

You should check the Gamestops around you, I found my copy by chance >_>

Yea, although rare, you can find them at places like Gamestop/EB Games.

I went to all of the Gamestops in my area.
Only had DDS2
I hate starting a game past half way.
Ruins the gaming experience for me.

So I'm still searching for DDS1
Ebay or Amazon won't work for me
No credit card :[

We need to make a trade...I've got DDS1 but not DDS2...