I've been buying last gen. games for £2-£4 for months. Be it hard to find Nippon Ichi games or even Guitaroo Man & interesting games like Flatout 2. My collection is pretty cool and if they're shit they can go back or go to a charity shop.
Bargain Bin Prices
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Rise of Nations was a fun RTS I found at a sale for $5. Also picked up some old Star Wars games (Obi-Wan and the Episode III game) for $3 and $5 respectively.
Just about every game I try to buy from the bargain bin these days. Perhaps it's my extended period of living at a college student's income, or perhaps it's just that now that I'm a little older and wiser I'm not so prone to buy for $50 now what I can get for $30 or less in a few months with a little patience.
That, and just about any console game can be got from GameFly as part of a flat monthly rental rate and with often a formidable discount if you decide to keep the copy. The only games I really need to buy these days are for the PC.
In terms of games I got out of the bargain bin lately, I picked up Mass Effect for the PC for $20. Space Siege was for something like $7.99 at a local Target.
If Indy games which were $20 to start with count, I haven't regretted dropping $20 on Defense Grid.
I also use GameTap, which is pretty much the bargain bin digitally piped to you, with not a few still well-priced games (e.g. Gothic 3, Puzzle Quest).
I'm currently waiting for Dead Space to come down in price to about the $20 mark. Direct2Drive has brought it down $10 to $39.95 already. Maybe the only game I'll buy full price any time soon is Champions Online, and that's only because there's an inherent advantage to playing a MMORPG on release day.
That, and just about any console game can be got from GameFly as part of a flat monthly rental rate and with often a formidable discount if you decide to keep the copy. The only games I really need to buy these days are for the PC.
In terms of games I got out of the bargain bin lately, I picked up Mass Effect for the PC for $20. Space Siege was for something like $7.99 at a local Target.
If Indy games which were $20 to start with count, I haven't regretted dropping $20 on Defense Grid.
I also use GameTap, which is pretty much the bargain bin digitally piped to you, with not a few still well-priced games (e.g. Gothic 3, Puzzle Quest).
I'm currently waiting for Dead Space to come down in price to about the $20 mark. Direct2Drive has brought it down $10 to $39.95 already. Maybe the only game I'll buy full price any time soon is Champions Online, and that's only because there's an inherent advantage to playing a MMORPG on release day.
Yeah, I'm finding I can really enjoy a 'quite good' game if I get it stupidly cheap, whereas I'd feel disappointed if I'd paid full price for something only 'good'.
I'm buying more and more old PS2 games now as I'm able to get them for a under a fiver in most cases, and deals like 3 or 4 for £10 only expands my collection.
I'm buying more and more old PS2 games now as I'm able to get them for a under a fiver in most cases, and deals like 3 or 4 for £10 only expands my collection.
Final Fantasy VII - Non greatest hits, mint condition, $12 from a pawn shop.
Doom 3 Collector's Edition (w/ Doom I+II) - $10 @ Gamestop
Final Fantasy Chronicles - $15 @ Captain Nemo's (small town game shop in San Luis Obispo)
I could probably go on but I'm hungry...
Doom 3 Collector's Edition (w/ Doom I+II) - $10 @ Gamestop
Final Fantasy Chronicles - $15 @ Captain Nemo's (small town game shop in San Luis Obispo)
I could probably go on but I'm hungry...
Fallout for the $15AUS I had left over from paying for Age of Empires 2: The conquerors in the year 2000. Best decision of my gaming life.
There are games under $30?!?
Hah, couldn't resist.
I spent $29.99 on Supreme Commander and its expansion pack. After I beat them both, I regretted wasting my money. The battles were huge, and the stories were good.
And....
That's all the game had going for it. Everything took waaaaaay too long. Hell, I had to build up the entire tech tree every single mission.
Hah, couldn't resist.
I spent $29.99 on Supreme Commander and its expansion pack. After I beat them both, I regretted wasting my money. The battles were huge, and the stories were good.
And....
That's all the game had going for it. Everything took waaaaaay too long. Hell, I had to build up the entire tech tree every single mission.
Team Fortress 2 is 20 bucks on Steam. You can also trade games with your friends. I swaped my Dirge of Cerberous for Psychonuaghts (best trade ever!)
Mm... all my PS2 games are pirated, not counting the ones that came with it (those are original copies)... it's IMPOSSIBLE to find original copies of PS2 games in this country.
I buy my PS2 games for 10 pesos (eh... 2 dollars and 50 cents? something like that)
I buy my PS2 games for 10 pesos (eh... 2 dollars and 50 cents? something like that)
I am a slave to the bargain bin. Latest adition was Gears of War for 10?. I still felt cheated though. I hate allmost everything about that game.
I got allmost all my games for under 20?. I ocasionaly splash out on a full price title but it seems such a waste when you see all those bargains, bargains, BARGAINSSSSSSSS!!!
I got allmost all my games for under 20?. I ocasionaly splash out on a full price title but it seems such a waste when you see all those bargains, bargains, BARGAINSSSSSSSS!!!
Buy an old, used game like Prince of Persia: Sand of Time, Psychonauts, Beyond Good and Evil, something like that. There are lots of good games that are just old now.
