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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5172653" data-attributes="member: 8835">Where to begin....IANAL, but Copyright law doesn't cover returns.  If the store does have a policy of no returns, its probably to fight piracy.  Whether the clerk intentionally mistated the reason or not is unclear.  Ask to speak to a manager.  i recall an old Monte Cook blog complaining of making the same double-purchase/no return mistake a few years back.On the whole game doesn't work on computer, that's why I stopped buying PC games 10 years ago.  Consoles have a market life for 5-6 years before the next gen model is release.  Sony sticks to this like clock-work, and it works to MS favor to emulate, because they are already 1 year earlier than Sony.  Compare to playing hardware roulette for what's supported (and I thought that problem was reduced by now with DirectX) and needing upgrades every 2 years.Therefore, I recommend console games for gamers.  The FPS have gotten quite good, and most games are on all platforms.  Sure, there are PC only games, if need be, buy only those for PC.Case in point, Bioshock (which one game of the year when it came out) for 360 runs on EVERY 360 of the same country of origin (US disk on US xbox 360).  Since it's not even a high action FPS, the controls are more than sufficient.And if you hate MS, the Sony PS3 also has BioShock.  Which also works on every PS3.Not to bust your chops BG, but consoles are the bets platform for playing games, barring the games that haven't come out for them.As an aside, there are some game types, like CTS's such as Command and Conquer that didn't work well on consoles. So, despite my advice, a console can't solve "every" game problem.  But they do avoid quite a few.</blockquote>

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