I’m still waiting for Elden Ring to go on sale for $20 but might end up settling for $30.
I always buy games only on sale. My rule of thumb is: if it’s around 20€ it’s a no-brainer. Anything above that I only buy for games that I really really want and that stay above 20€ even when on sale.
This is the way I do it too. I also factor in cost by hour. Like if I think I will put 50 hours into a game then I wouldn’t mind paying $50 cuz that’s only $1 per hour of enjoyment. Most games are 5-25 hrs though so that’s the price range I tend to stick with.
There’s also quality of enjoyment. Like if I take 4 hours to beat a game but it’s so good it changes my life or is unlike any game I’ve played before, then I don’t mind a higher cost per hour. For example, Outer Wilds.
Factorio! That thing is never on sale…
Not sure if you know this but on the off chance, that’s a deliberate choice by the devs, so it really won’t ever be on sale.
I picked up the RE remakes this summer sale that were -75%. I’m a pirate at heart but pirating on the Steam Deck is annoying so I’m willing to buy video games (talk about GabeN being correct once again that piracy is a service issue) for it. I’ll wait until the RE4 remake is -75% and then buy it as well, likely the next summer sale.
i need to look into those. it’ll be my first play through and the remakes might be a good way to do that
The RE 1 remake is quite good as well, still, despite being originally made for Gamecube. The pre-rendered backgrounds on Gamecube era hardware led to graphics that still hold up today. That said, the controls are much more old school, so maybe save it for after you’ve beaten 2 and 3
- NieR: Automata - I’m hoping for $20, but $25 would work; I think it’s about time for another price drop
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - I kind of like BotW, but not enough to jump on TotK; I want it eventually, so I’ll buy it once I can find it used for $40 or so; I can wait a couple years though
- Mount & Blade: Bannerlord - looking for $20 or so; I’m thoroughly enjoying Warband so I’m in no rush
- Elden Ring - I’m not super interested, but I’d pay $20 or so to give it a shot
I’m not against paying full price for games but I need to be really interested. I’m probably going to pay full price for Cities Skylines 2 in lieu of buying more DLC for the original. If Paradox makes EUV, I’d probably buy that near launch (I have all but the latest expansion for EUIV). Likewise if there’s a new Portal game.
I’m mostly a patient gamer because I don’t feel all that excited following the latest trends and prefer to play a less buggy game than join a community playing something new. The discounts are nice though.
As someone who followed the development of Bannerlord since the first blog post and who first played Warband in 2010, I can confirm that it is truly excellent and with a handful of mods is straight up better in every way but one: in Warband, the total conversion mods are fully mature entire alternate campaigns. I must’ve sunk 100 hours into Gekokujo (Warband mod that puts the campaign in warring-states era Japan) alone, let alone A Clash of Kings (the Game of Thrones total conversion).
