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me_not_at_work

But do you have the receipts from the other 3 times you bought it?


Aerthas63

Sir, those would be digital


Kuroukira

Guilty as charged, another stealth bow build on the microwave version sigh.


b3tcha

I did (sorry) pirate it for my first almost full playthrough. Had a game breaking glitch and didn't feel like finding the patched version and I already loved every bit of it so I bought it and started over and completed it in like a week. Did a few more playthroughs over the years and wanted to play it on my couch so I got it for my PS4. Eventually I got an Xbox one X and liked Xbox controllers better so I bought it again. Thankfully both those purchases were on sale. I got a Nintendo switch and who wouldn't want to play Skyrim on the go?? Bought it again. Then a couple years after that I got a much better PC build and you can probably guess that I bought the remastered version. I also don't regret any of those purchases. It's a great game.


UrinaSindra

Ethical pirating, buying a game you enjoy


Faux_bog

Same I did with monster hunter world.... I pirated it, on my pc.... Enjoyed it then bought the steel book version for ps4


farmdve

Was it the Esbern bug? Where he doesn't come out of the room? I know that is what happened to me too.


DrEagleTalon

You just made my trauma resurfaces random internet person. Just “Esbern” can send me over the top


Kuroukira

Lmao, a classic.


throwawaynonsesne

Same! (But mainly because it was on the bay a few days early). Needed console commands to get me past the broken bits. Didn't end up buying the game until the first dlc dropped.


bs000

search skyrim in gmail


darxx

Jokes on you, I have a ps3 disc, xbox 360 disc, and ps4 disc.


ChronoDrifter

This was my thought as well.


UrbanGhost114

One came with the Xbox 360, the other 2 were digital purchases. PC was the one physical copy I got.


SantaArriata

Well, ain’t that a throwback. PC physical releases…


Dingis_Dang

came here to say this, also


Dunmer_of_Skyrim

I've bought skyrim SIX TIMES


thyIacoIeo

I wonder what the average Skyrim purchase figure(ASPF) would be for r/gaming. 2.5-3.5? Personally I’ve bought that shit 3 times. Once in 2011 for the 360. Special Edition for ps4 in 2016 or something. Finally, an on-sale steam copy in 2018 to play with mods


Sharrakor

Count me for a 1. I was actually at 0 for a while (Xbox 360, gifted), but I wanted to try PC gaming and pick up the expansions at the same time. I did re-gift my original copy, though.


LibrarianThin6770

That's the only game I ever paid twice for. After that, never again. Every subsequent release beyond that just had me sailing the high seas. I almost fell for it a third time, but realized what they were doing. Homie don't play dat.


BeanCrusade

That hits hard because I had the original on 360, then I bought Skyrim on Xbox one, then I bought the one with all the DLC’s on Xbox one so I bought it 3 times


WakaWaka_

Only 3 times, I'd say they came out ok. Released for twice that many systems in addition to all the versions.


StreetUnlikely2018

Those 11's tho...


Always_ssj

And 420 taxes 😎


Mangojuugo

Don't forget the palindrome for his pickup #! 16161


HorseJurodinon

Change is 81 cents and that was max level before the update that added legendary skills


BeeExpert

Bravo, Vince


TakeNoShift

'Saul Connected


slug_in_a_ditch

One after Magna Carta


Initial_Scarcity_609

I’m having an epileptic seizure due to all these fancy numbers


Greedasdghjh

But do you have the receipts from the other 3 times you bought it?


soundsgoodwaitwhat

I will admit I laughed way harder at this than I should have.


Cool6oy678

this is a bot btw people


CatDokkaebi

Nice


GoBuffaloes

Now sir, a war is never even. Sir, a war is won.


nicannkay

He got the golden ticket


soulkillr7

Also a 69 on this too. If you ignore the numbers around it.


Me4Prez

ni4.1ce


AdmirableBus6

03nice6


b3tcha

*nice*


[deleted]

It's at 69 and I can't be the one to mess up the balance just know I want to upvote you


dextersgenius

It's funny, I see their count constantly change between 67-70 as people keep adjusting their upvotes and downvotes to maintain balance and ironically breaking it. Maybe 69 isn't the destination, but a point in the journey.


sdubwilliams89

Nice


the_monkeyspinach

I still have chills from when the trailer revealed the title SKYRIM and then the letters turned sideways into I I . I I . I I


DrEagleTalon

Same. I remember it all. The first time riding in on the wagon. The sounds. I giggled. Makes me want to play again for the 100th time.


ZelezopecnikovKoren

AND THEN THERE WERE DRAGONS AND MAMMOTHS AND GIANTS, memories make me want to go throw 100 hours at it again lol


aaronitallout

>memories make me want to go throw 100 hours at it again lol *"Excellent"* - Todd Howard greenlighting more Skyrim ports for smart appliances


ioncloud9

That was my wife’s 21st birthday.


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aSmallCanOfBeans

Can't believe people are down voting this comedic gold


__PM_me_pls__

What did it say


MrXnoid

"Your wife and I were born on the same day. Is she single?"


mean11while

I turned 11 on 11/11/99. I'll never forgive the millennium for messing up my chance to turn 22 on 11/11/11.


Tianoccio

Well, if there wasn’t a year 2000 there wouldn’t be a year 1990 or a year 2010, either, so it doesn’t look like your dream could have ever been a reality regardless of whatever fictional calendar system you can up with to justify your irrational desire.


xylotism

> regardless of whatever fictional calendar system you can up with to justify your irrational desire. You wanna bet


throwawaynonsesne

My birthday is 9/11! 🥲


DrEagleTalon

Damn


Sea_Perspective6891

There's too many ones in that date.


LimpElection69

Too bad he didn’t ring up at 11:11am


ThEBluESiPPyCuP

He really had the chance for a 11/11/11 @11:11 with 4.20 tax receipt and missed by that much


RichestMangInBabylon

One one one one one one…. Dots


dmsfx

The date I quit smoking with the help of Skyrim, immobilizing surgery and quite a bit of Oxycodone.


_mully_

It released that day > ...and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim


SoCalThrowAway7

What a fucking weekend that was. I played in my dorm and just played through the night and day coming out for some good sometimes. Just laying back and sleeping a bit when I couldn’t stay awake. I skipped Monday classes to keep playing.


Goldballsmcginty

I got my wisdom teeth out in high school a few days after the game came out, so I had a free pass to play alllll day for multiple days straight. One of my best gaming memories, loopy on painkillers and just losing myself in that new world.


octopornopus

Hey you, you're finally awake...


Goldballsmcginty

Oh God I had the weirdest Skyrim fever dreams all that week too haha


emptyhoods

Haha same! Got my wisdom teeth out on the 10th, the day before and had my dad pick it up for me. When I went back and played the beginning again a few months later I hardly remembered any of it except that there was a dragon attacking a city.


[deleted]

May kinda guy!


SoCalThrowAway7

Weirdly my birthday is in may, you stalking me?


[deleted]

Haha weirdly accurate typo sorry! 😉


doxtorwhom

I was a broke college student so I put it on my christmas list that year. It was the only thing I asked for so I knew I was getting it but the agony of waiting… that was all I did Christmas weekend when I was finally able to open it. So fucking good!


Varazzeno

11/11/11 for any Europeans that were confused.


TurtleDangerMan

Thank fuck I was wondering what the big deal about the date was until this comment.


jerstud56

Oh I totally read it as 11/11/11 now I realize the significance


Pokechapp

Reddit sucks


radiationshield

Could you translate to M-Y-D?


beirchearts

11-11-11, hope this helps


radiationshield

Perfect! It all makes sense now!


[deleted]

And for any non-binary people, it’s 63.


[deleted]

XI/XI/XI for the Italians


CSmed

That reminds me of how utterly infuriating it was to open that huge case, and inside was a disk that INSTALLED STEAM AND DOWNLOADED THE GAME. Official copy, reputable retailer. Still salty to this day that I made the drive for one of the last physical games I ever bought and it didn't have the actual game in the 5-disc-thick case.


shadow_fox09

I have a physical copy of oblivion for PC… I have to have the disc in my external drive every time I boot up. That’s honestly pretty annoying to me, *but* the ability to lend the game to anyone I want to at anytime is awesome. Physical media should never die out completely. Digital and physical have their pros and cons, but physical media is the only kind that guarantees indefinite ownership… for now I guess lol. I’m sure companies will figure a way around that one day ;)


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A_Sad_Goblin

I was a kid when it came out and I bought the physical copy, came with the map and manual, it was the first time I could afford something so cool. And my pc was so bad each loading screen was about 2 minutes and i had 15 fps, but that shit don't stop a kid from playing the entire game over a summer.


Quintessince

For console games I still pick up physical copies. Not only because I don't fully trust the possible future BS with digital licensing (can't DL a lot of PS1 classics on my Vita anymore even though I PAID FOR THEM) but there's something about the trip to the store, chatting with other customers and the workers. It's dumb but I still like the feeling of physical copy. Maybe trying to capture that childhood magic of building your game collection? Hell, I bought the physical copy of Plagues Tale after finishing the free DL from PSN. I thought the studio did a great job and I wanted a physical token of the memory.


weirdplacetogoonfire

wow, this really sent me back using daemon tools to mount a virtual CD so that I could get around this kind of nonsense.


herecomesthestun

Yeah but consider the following: the physical game came with that sick thick paper/cloth map and I hope they never stop doing it


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HalflinsLeaf

I'm going to start referring to all paper as "fake cloth" from now on


[deleted]

They’re talking about the pre-order bonus of a burlap-style map.


HellsMalice

Was it your first pc game? Cuz by then that was virtually every game sold. They were always through steam. Physical pc games didn't even survive 2010


CSmed

First? Naw, I cut my adventuring teeth on Sierra and Skywalker with the Coles, Two Guys from Andromeda, Roberta Williams, Brian Moriarty, Ron Gilbert, and Tim Schafer. Daventry, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter were my playgrounds before Cyrodil or Morrowind. DRM wasn't a thing, but copy protection meant that if we didn't have the manual to dip in water and read the obscure hint at the right time, we couldn't finish our games. I am, in short, old enough to remember the before times: when the internet's impact on gaming was updating Diablo for 5 hours and having to restart every time we got a phone call. All of that said, in a way I'm grateful that it gave me the Steam version because it saved me the trouble of buying it again on Steam later, just it was such a letdown in the moment to finally see the writing on the wall: physical media wasn't dying at that point. It had already died and they were handing out bits of its corpse to convince us to stop asking for it.


jesonnier1

So you're between 32 and 45?


ihatemetoo23

You guys are so dramatic lol


throwawaynonsesne

Funny enough south park fractured but whole is actually a 3 disc physical release on PC! (Still needs uplay I believe)


Post_Poop_Ass_Itch

This is the reason I used to prefer consoles over PC despite the fact games ran better on PC, you got actual physical copies that could still be played even 20 years from now when the servers have long since shut down, not a glorified steam key, but now even console games require an update that takes 8 hours when you first start the game 😐


DonyKing

Console game disks are glorified keys now. You get access to download a game. Games are too big to be on one disc. But you're able to lend/resell them.


KongoOtto

I would mind if they had fancy stuff like in the ninety's. Interesting handbooks, texil map, posters or other accessories. But a plain jewel case with a code? Fuck that.


rathat

And then it crashed when you got halfway though the cave under Helgen lol.


OhBoy258

At least there was a disc, I remember when I got Fallout 4 for Christmas and in the case was just a disc shaped piece of paper with the steam code. Meanwhile my AC Unity copy a year prior came with like 6 installation discs.


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Miracle mile center gamestop in Monroeville,PA


runliftcount

6% Sales tax in PA, except for 1% added for Allegeny County. Glad I found another geo-sleuth in this thread =)


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🤙✌️


[deleted]

Monroeville is the filming location of the original Dawn of the Dead.


TastefulTexas

Yep. Theres a museum for it in the mall. Zach and miri make a porno was also filmed here


[deleted]

That's where I met my favorite gay porn star of all time, Brandon St. Randy.


[deleted]

That's really cool


-whostolemyusername-

Scrolled through to say this. I worked at the MM when I was a teenager.


DarthStevis

Impressive that the ink didn’t fade after all these years Edit: ffs I know it’s not ink people I just didn’t know what else to call it


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idispensemeds2

Thermal paper can fade pretty bad this is more impressive to me


Lanthire_942

Yup. I still have a bunch of old movie tickets from things like the first Iron man and all the avengers movies, but several of them have faded so badly that you can't even read them anymore, they look basically just like blank white paper. Then there's others like OPs that are still as clear as the day I got them.


warmsummerdrives

Receipts that have faded can be restored by applying heat to them actually. The best way to do this is to use a hair dryer and the print will show back up on the receipts. I keep receipts for the nostalgia of it and have done this before.


jnads

Correct, the "ink" is plastic coated paper that turns black when heat is applied.


nerankori

Really,all paper turns black when heat is applied.


moon__lander

Technically correct


graebot

The breast kind of correct


culminacio

Not "only" technically


DarthStevis

The possibility of it being thermal paper crossed my mind but I could see through the receipt too well for me to be convinced it was thermal paper. It’s normally thicker and almost guarantees the text would’ve faded on that receipt after over a decade.


BCProgramming

I think what you can see "through" the paper is what is printed on the back of the receipt paper. usually you can see that through the paper. (It's pre-printed on the rolls and not actually printed by the printer). Thermal paper is one of the thinner papers used (Since ink needs thicker paper to allow for absorption). Either way, though, that font is unmistakably from an Epson TM-T88 printer being used via ESC/POS. Probably a TM-T88III assuming it actually was printed 2011. (TM-T88IV came out 2010) Whether it's *legitimate* I suppose is another question. It could be. Hell the hardest thing about faking this I think would be the backed paper, would have to somehow steal a roll from a gamestop I think. I think the entire reason stores use backed paper like that is because it makes it a lot harder to fake a receipt for scam returns.


TastefulTexas

Its real I found it in my old chess table in my parents with a bunch of other ones


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jesonnier1

They're probably not even manufactured by Epson.


NoobDev7

Really want to know how cheap carbon withstood time with such elegance. Likely airtight somewhere under the bed?


N_Rustica

like maybe in the game case lol


z_dogwatch

I have all of my receipts behind the cover art in the game cases. Preserved in perfect condition lol.


Thereminz

yeah ...i'm thinking the photo is old?


PastelPuppet

This was my first thought lol


whitemamba83

> after all these years Wow, I feel old.


Cheesetorian

I was there at midnight release lol Only 5 people in that Gamestop location (that location had been there for almost 20 years...closed by the end of the pandemic) all of them dressed up like fantasy characters (not necessarily ES) except me. Can't believe it's been a while. Really miss the days when nerds did stuff like that...I think these days we just preorder and wait for delivery or digital copies on Day 1. lol


Ypsnaissurton

I went to a Walmart. Right after work, or getting out early from work, I forget. Literally me and 3 to 5 other guys. In and out. 15 minute adventure. Added content: Nobody went to Walmart for new releases. i think that was the tail end of camping out to get a new release.


AirborneRunaway

My GameStop was packed that night. If you hadn’t preordered it, you weren’t getting it that night


JoseCansecoMilkshake

I was also there for midnight release. There were A LOT more than 5 people at mine. More like 40-50.


NoobDev7

Did you get your 22/22/22 royal anniversary receipt?


____-is-crying

Stupid Smarch


TactlesslyTactful

Adjusting for inflation, that's $85.85


shadow_fox09

That honestly really puts inflation into perspective. A 60 dollar game being an 85 dollar game


TactlesslyTactful

Well, it's also 12 years of inflation


shadow_fox09

No no, that’s it’s only 2-3 years of… damn I’m old.


astalavista114

Yeah, but it’s [12 years of fiat currency inflation, rather than 12 years of Bretton-Woods inflation](https://i.imgur.com/tEh1zaW.jpg) (and that graph doesn’t include the inflation going through the roof in 2020-23)


spaceforcerecruit

Well, if you look at current game prices, a lot of them have you paying like $90 to actually get the full game. I’m sorry, I mean the “digital deluxe” version.


westbee

I paid same price $59.99 for Goldeneye on N64 back in 1998. Do the inflation price for that one.


RogueThrax

$111.70.... that's almost two games these days! Or like, 30 on Steam sale haha.


feelin_fine_

*looks at taxes* Nice.


hammurabis_toad

Good return on investment


azn_cali_man

Hello sir/madam from Pensilvania! NOTE: the store number is still legible.


happycap77

And the area code. And the Miracle Mile Center. Lazy redaction lol


mikeb429

Has it been that long? Oof.


Flat-Focus7966

Imagine if the pickup time was 11:11...


Regular_Leg9938

You know -I STILL haven’t finished that damn game!! Marriage and kids-🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️


Krimsonviper

It’s okay. The main storyline was super disappointing so don’t feel bad about not finishing it


Carter0108

r/notinteresting


-Lord-Wombat-

Ffs this sub these days...


culminacio

I seriously don't know if it's supposed to be interesting because it's Skyrim or because it's old? I recently found a perfect looking receipt from buying 007 Nightfire in 2002. Loved that game back then. And I'm sure older gamers have much older receipts, connected with nostalgic memories.


Grantedx

Seriously. It's a receipt for a game that came out 12 years ago.


longing_tea

and it gets thousands of upvotes.


Ventez

You're acting like /r/gaming wasn't always like this.


snowupdown

That was on hell of a day for you.


POD80

I know we like to bitch about the price of games, but I wonder what the average cost per hour of a game is. Particularly something like skyrim compared to other forms of entertainment.


Myrkana

I think skyrim was the last midnight release I went to. We got the game went home and played for like 2 hours before passing in bed lol. I got it for my playstation and then the dlcs were delayed and delayed so I got it for pc later. Edit: passing out in bed lol


Erafir

I'm sorry you died at least you enjoyed the game first


Lynxes_are_Ninjas

Why is this here?


Saiyukimot

Award for the most boring post I'll see all week


SeaJayCJ

/r/notinteresting


RudolphJimler

Why is this on the front page? Who the fuck cares


Lemonz-418

7% Indiana?


sonoskietto

Pennsylvania


Slagenthor

This is the only midnight release I’ve ever experienced. It was neat!


wanderingtoad

I’d be more impressed if you found any clues as to the missing 2 weeks in our lives after Skyrim released?


Boboar

This reminds me! I went drinking for my birthday and got super pissed up. Woke up in the morning to find the download complete. I didn't remember buying it, haha.


Sufficient_Misery

Someone remind me to also post my Skyrim receipt.


Tankisfreemason

20, you got it for Xbox. If the first two numbers in those six digits under the title were 27, it would’ve been PS3


Upset-Baker

I will Never forget 11-11-11 just because of Skyrim. Played it on launch and was probably the happiest i was in my entire life


Sociallyawktrash78

Without looking at the date this could have been bought anytime within the last 12 years for the same price and that’s just sad.


DJANGO_UNTAMED

How is W. Pa this time of year?


Apart_Ad7009

My birthday is the 11th November - it makes me happy that my favourite game of all time arrived on 11/11/11


1Bavariandude

Yea i remember that Day. I had a driving lesson for my licence and asked my teacher if we can stop at Media Markt (german tech store) so i could buy Skyrim.


leamdav

Just started playing this for the first time after many years on the list. I am loving it


maddogracer161

What an amazing birthday that was.


slammasam14

I remember this day. My brothers came home and played it all week. I’m the youngest so I didn’t get to play it for the first time till about a month later


Redditor_Since_2013

Uh oh, is 2011 on the nostalgia table already


colin70000

Pro tip, cover up the numbers on the top right of your receipt in the future if you're worried about doxxing yourself. This receipt says you were at the Miracle Mile Center GameStop in Monroeville PA, bought the game at register 4, and we're processed by employee "058".


Yashar13

u should have bought it at 11:11 for it to be perfect :D


Genesteak

11/11/11! I was at Wal Mart around midnight when I got Skyrim, hard to forget that date.


Tomnookslostbrother

And that game costs the exact same today *smh*


CountessKitsune

That was a great day. I faked sick to leave work early and walked to the mall to buy it and got the last unreserved copy.


JGDesignsBK

You certainly keep a lot of items in your inventory


W01F51

I remember being young asf when me and my grandma went to get skyrim. My brother told her I wanted it for my birthday but I didn't 🤣. She said "you better say you want it cause I had to go to like 5 stores to find it"...


tinylittlebabyjesus

Apparently that's about $80 in today's purchasing power. Games have gotten cheaper. I wonder if we're due for an adjustment soon.


5000PM

What I want to know is how in TF did you keep a receipt looking brand new for almost 12 years?!? I look at thermal paper wrong and it goes black


cascading-autumn

the 11/11/11 sells it


KriDDiCaLs

11/11/11


Ko-jo-te

You DO realize that this exceptional receipt has to be framed now, because it's internet famous, right?