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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Playstation and Xbox regularly put games on sale. And their base prices almost always go down over time. I assume Steam is more steep discounts. But you can absolutely get by without paying full price on consoles if you wait.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can usually snag items for 75% or more off about 1-2 years after launch on Steam (and by extension all other PC game sales platforms) and it's consistent enough that you can count on it (and I do!). I've never seen discounts go that deep on consoles, at least not for games I actually play.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Also GOG will just decide at random that a game is infact 1 dollar for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Nintendo doesn't tho