Do you look at reviews before buying a flashcart?

[Sinkhead]

Just a quick question regarding reviews
Oh, and if you have the time please could you say which site you get your reviews off the most. If it's GBAtemp do you look at reviews on any other site?

Thanks
- Sam

 

[shaunj66]

Do I have to answer?

 

[Sinkhead]

Reviewers can be excluded

- Sam

 

[thegame07]

I dont buy anything without reading up on it first. Here an example i would read gbatemps review for a flash card and then i would ask around as well to make sure im getting my moneys worth

 

[[M]artin]

Yes, but only if I'm really debating with myself on purchasing the product (or if the product is hella expensive). Even then, I like to read as many different reviews as I can due to the fact that I can never seem to find a reviewer that closely mimics my preferences.

However, if I really have my heart set on purchasing the product, I'll snatch it up in a second, reviews or not.

Quick Edit: Videos of the product in action is always a big plus

 

[djgarf]

i always look at gbatemp's reviews cus i know they are honest,well written and are not biast in any way (plus i'm a mod here and read pretty much everything lol)

 

[Mars]

I always read reviews before buying. If I'm gettign a flashcard, I'll look at GBAtemp. For game reviews, I check Gamespot.com and IGN.

 

[FAST6191]

It varies, some reviews are not worth my time and some are: I do not have 3000hours (aka 4 months) to test something but I do much prefer going and looking at a new screen/TV before I drop some wedge.

In the end I guess reviews help but for I tend to buy (games, PC equipment....) the reviews are out of date by the time I come around as drivers and software are typically improved and customer support is gaugeable.

I suppose the other thing is I have no qualms whatsoever about ripping something to pieces and tweaking it to my own ends before using it.

 

[mcp2]

I awlays read a review before buying a product, it is a must nowadays because you never know what you're getting and you nee reassurance.

 

[Teun]

It depends if it's a well known brand.
If it's a whole new thing, I'd like to read a review first.

 

[ZeWarriorReturnz]

I usually read them, but even if there isn't one I consider it, like the CycloDS, no review yet but is a very very good cart.

 

[chalupa]

yeah usually I go for reviews but I'm becoming inpatient with the cycloDS so I'm just going to buy my G6 real now := )

 

[thegame07]

yeah usually I go for reviews but I'm becoming inpatient with the cycloDS so I'm just going to buy my G6 real now := )

some people have thier cards maybe you could ask them how it performs. i dont understand why reviewers dont have it yet because reviews boost sales

 

[Sinkhead]

some people have thier cards maybe you could ask them how it performs. i dont understand why reviewers dont have it yet because reviews boost sales

The Team are also reluctant to give any details of our samples... No shipping notification or anything...

- Sam

 

[thegame07]

i think thats a very bad move

well i hope you and gbatemp get them soon :'( Im looking forward to the reviews.

 

[ghettobob]

I do look at reviews for electronics. For example, dealextreme has like 1,000 earphones...How am I going to choose which one to buy? Looking at reivews by fellow costumers. Flashcarts yes I look at reviews. But because a website gives a flashcart a 10/10 and another flashcart 8/10 doesn't mean im going to buy the 10/10 one. I look at what features are good for me and not how high the rating is.

 

[JPH]

I compare the flashcarts and whichever I deem better I buy...I also think very long when buying a new mp3, game system, etc...

 

[Psyfira]

Uh, yes! Anyone who doesn't is just plain thick. Electronic goods don't come cheap, some have numerous known defects and I can't even imagine buying one without knowing what I was letting myself in for.

(Edit) By "review" I mean the ones written by customers who actually have used the product. No matter how good a job they do magazine reviewers miss things that customers pick up on, the kind of things that a fellow customer like me might find useful to know.

 

[fischju_original]

I'm an extremely informed shopper. When I bought the SC CF, it was clearly a better choice than the M3 CF because it cost less than half as much, and I don't play GBA games.

But I take all reviews with a grain of salt

 

[Scorpei]

yeah usually I go for reviews but I'm becoming inpatient with the cycloDS so I'm just going to buy my G6 real now := )


some people have thier cards maybe you could ask them how it performs. i dont understand why reviewers dont have it yet because reviews boost sales

QUOTE

Yes it has been a while since I posted some news, and it will probably be a short while before more news is added however I wanted to let you know that I am NOT forgetting about my website

. I’ve received samples of the SuperCard DS one, the G6DS real and the CyclopDS evo (the first two I’ve had for a while now) and am going to review them of course. I’ll probably put the SC-DS versus the G6DS reviewing both of them in one go. As they are both from the GBA scene’s most well known teams it will be an interesting read (I hope) also because they both are quite different products.

As for the CycloDS evo, I could of course try and rush out a review to be “the first to have one posted” as you know, that’s not my style. I want to work with the unit a bit (of course I already have a view as to how it performs, I’ll write something short up below).

http://blog.scorpei.com/?p=58

I'm not going to write anything more soon as I want to use a product before writing my review. Use it an no other product (only handle another one as comparison for a feature) so I can give a good, nonbiased impression of how a user (both with low and higher technical skill) feels about the device.