How many people are getting the "wait for the price drop" mentality?

I've been playing and buying so little that I wonder if I'm even a gamer anymore. So, I definitely haven't been paying full price for any games. I don't intend on buying another platform for a long, long time, if ever, so I have no problem waiting for games to drop in price and grab them later. I've been grabbing cheap ones once in a while even though I don't play much, just figuring that at some point I'll want to get into a game again.
 
The only game ive bought for full price this year, that I can remember, is GTA:SA. Between lack of time and lack of money its just better to wait.
 
Quite a few people then ... and look - it seems like it's generally the intelligent, politely-spoken types who go this way: the meek, the elderly, the downtrodden; those who've been burned too many times in the past by this industrys improbable ratio of cost to value-over-time.

Like a few others I've now all but dropped out of the bottom of the VG market, subsisting largely on a diet of demos, second-hands and friendy-lendies. The whole process has become so bitter and distasteful, I fantasise about surfing on a shield of jade to pastures new and usullied, leaving this atrophous hobby behind me for good.

Still, I'm drawn back by the unbrookable splendour of this industrys peak endeavours, which have by no means waned in this time, and which seem to have become easier to find than ever before. I think the way to game properly is to spend whatever you need or can afford to, but only on a very few, carefully selected titles, which you then thoroughly rinse over the course of the year.

It seems likely that more and more people will reign in their videogame spending, in line with general economic trends worldwide. I think the industry can rely for a while on further generations of fresh-faced fools, but I cannot imagine where we will be headed when 'new' loses priority completely (despite Nintendos - weak - best throes).
 
I do, on B games. But A games, and games I just can't wait for I buy at launch. Like Mercenaries, I was going to wait on it, but I heard so many good things about it I decided to take the pluge now. Damn glad I did.
 
Well, for me it's more like - I don't have enought leisure time to play videogames as well as I have a huge back-log, and by the time I come around to get the game, the price is already lowered. ;)

lachesis
 
Even though I try to wait for the price to drop, I live overseas, and the shipping makes buying games in the States about the same as paying full price.
 
In olden tymes price drops hardly ever happened and if they did it would be a few years after release. Frickin cartridges!

For Xmas I bought Full Spectrum Warrior and Kingdom Under Fire for friends. Both games were 49.99 cdn each. Now they are $29.99. It is worth waiting if you can and for many games I come to expect it. I'll still buy the top tier stuff day and date of release if I can.
 
I usually wait for a price drop. The only time I don't is when a game is released new at the $20 price. I don't have alot of extra money to spend, and I have the patience till games go on sale.
 
Depends, I try to buy one new game a month a one “budget half priced title” so if two “must haves” come out in one month I will not generally not buy both.

My GC/XB backlog is so big! Plus I want to buy a DS/Mario 64 next month so I might be getting KOTOR 2 PAL a bit late for example.
 
Let me put it to you this way, I own 5 times more demo discs for my PS2 and Xbox than actual games!!

Yes, I am a cheapass gamer. Deals still aren't deals until I can negotiate an additional $5 off the bargain bin price. Find yourself a nice mom n' pop shop, support them, and they'll treat you right.

Last year, I bought only Halo 2 and Metroid Prime 2 for full price. I traded in Halo 2 today and got RE4 for it, since I can't utilize Xbox Live at this point in time. I'll rebuy Halo 2 later on down the road, and I'll most likely trade in RE4 for something else that will be in the bargain bin at that point.
 
Depends how lucrative it is. Is it so hyped I just have to have it at launch? If yes, I'll get it the day it's available.

I'm quite content with just shopping round for a good offer or cheap price for a game. Usually on the Net or from Ebay.

For example, I managed to get RE4 (imported) to the UK for £29.99 + £4 shipping. That's amazing when some importers want £74.99 for the game.
 
Nope nope I'm usually a full-pricer. Games I wouldn't pay for myself I ask for as gifts instead of waiting for pricedrops. I remain vigilant for sales of course but the games I go after rarely do the sale thing so it's no biggie!
 
tedtropy said:
Metroid Prime remains my favorite game, yet for some bizzare reason I haven't gotten around to buying Prime 2 yet. Now I find myself thinking "eh, it's not exactly selling by the millions, I think I'll just wait for the price drop". Meanwhile I'm swinging by Gamespot during my lunch to pick up RE4. Reason to live: regained. :D
Metroid Prime is also one of my favorite games. I have always been anticipating MP2 up until about a month before it's release. I don't know why exactly, maybe because I heard it was more difficult?
I checked out ebay at a lot of people have been able to get a copy for under $20... I think i'll try to get it from there.

This generation I usually wait, the only games I got the week of release date were Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda Wind Waker, Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid 2, GTA Vice City and Metroid Prime. I purchased like 90% of my games from ebay.
 
Online games I buy right away, before the cheaters move in or the learning curve is too steep to catch up with competition.

Most everything else I wait, unless it's a game I really want and can find on sale for $10 off the first day at Fry's or something.
 
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