The only games I've been paying full price for are games that I have been looking forward to for a very long time/games that I know for a fact I will 200% enjoy. Otherwise I'm waiting for steep sales of at least 50%, but usually more.

The only exception are Nintendo games because they rarely go on sale and when they do it's not a super amazing sale price. But because of that I buy way less Nintendo games and only buy the ones I absolutely know I'll enjoy. It's a lot more rare that I'll take a risk.

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Interesting to see so many people with this approach. I think it’s combination of high prices and some AAA duds. Any experienced customer is very wary these days.

I’m very similar. In my mind, I have : £10-20 = with a punt, £20-30 needs to be very well reviewed £30+ Needs to be THE ONE. Rarely more than one or two per years.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

I bought NFS heat for like 4 dollars before the new game came out. I'm not even really into racing games, but i played like 10 hours and had some fun with it. The new game came out and was like 79 bucks or something. It seemed pretty mid and was on sale at least twice already for 14 or so dollars. I don't know if i ever loce a game enough to pay full price. Maybe if it's some obline game and my friends want to play.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 6 points 9 months ago

I recommend buying second-hand Nintendo games. No reason not to, and you save lots of money

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is also the age of the B grade game packaged as a triple A. I've downloaded so many games that I play for 5 minutes before realizing it's yet another cheap platform side scroller or a top down, Diablo style game. I'm sick of it, especially cause many of them are charging AAA prices for these turds. Even if the games are ok, they're no more than $20 games packaged at full price.

Alien dark descent comes to mind, it's currently $60 CAD, but after playing it for 10 minutes I can tell you it's not worth more than $5

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much same here. I am a patient gamer, with very few exceptions. Like some Nintendo games, or something highly anticipated (like Helldivers 2 - though I had to postpone buying it)

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm an extreme patient gamer. I haven't bought a Nintendo/new Nintendo game in a decade. And if I wait long enough, they become remakes/bundles that I also don't buy! And by that time, their games used is super cheap!

Last year, I finally played through all of the Wii Zeldas.

And five years ago, played through all the N64/GAMECUBE/handheld Zeldas!

I can't wait to play Breath of the Wild in 2027.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I, too, am a patient gamer, the last game I bought on release date was Child of Eden back over a decade ago.

console games, particularly the Nintendo ones can be a gamble, though, you have to find the sweet spot for the prices to not be going up again due to retro collectors

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Well, with the speed my backlog is increasing, I may reach your level in a few years. There are many games released in 2023 that I may not get around to playing before 2027. 😀