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[Sushen]

How often do you buy games at launch and what was the latest one you bought? Do you pre-order games?

I used to buy at least a new game each month, I find myself rarely buy games at full price anymore nowadays. AC Valhalla was the last full priced game from last November. There seems no pre-order discounts anymore, I noticed too.

 

[Kuranghi]

Hardly ever, but really only because I have other things to play all the time, I just went back to Diablo ffs, a game I put 1000s of hours into, my backlog will never be at a point where I buy all games day one. Which is good for the wallet so I'm winning:

 

[sunnysideup]

never.

 

[Bonfires Down]

I think the last AAA game I bought at launch was The Witcher 3 and I got that for $20 or something. I occasionally buy indies at launch though.

 

[KungFucius]

It depends on the platform. I'm a cheap bastard and always want a deal if I can find one. For PC I only play new games if they are part of a service or I can find a steam key or something cheap. I plan to buy as many used PS5 games as I can instead of blowing 70 bucks on something that might suck. For Nintendo I tend to buy new at launch because prices never drop and they usually are worth it.

 

[Plantoid]

Last time was dark souls 3 and GTA V...
Gamepass is like magic, since I got the xsx I only bought the rise of tomb raider, on sale

 

[VN1X]

All the time.

I even pre-order digital games.

dont @ me.

 

[Soodanim]

Last year I pre-ordered RE3 Remake. That was because I got a pre-order discount through GreenManGaming, so it was about £40 all in.

There's no way in hell I'm ever paying £70 for a game, so that average of one a year is going to drop.

 

[Tranquil]

Bought Valhalla and Cyberpunk at launch.

Never again.

 

[sackings]

Way less than i used to. Prices are too high, imo, even for older games. TEW2 is fucking full price on PSN right now. I already own the game, but wtf is going on there? 89.99 for new ratchet? Yeah I can wait a year

 

[Skifi28]

Maybe 4-5 times a year.

 

[Sander Cohen]

Games I bought right at launch: RDR 2, Witcher 3, MGS V, Monster Hunter World, Nier Automata, Mortal Kombat X, first TLOU, Deus Ex Mankind Divided (biggest mistake), Fallout 4 (second biggest mistake), Dark Souls games, Bloodborne, GTA V etc etc

Now with this god awful pricing (80€), it’s gonna take something special to dish out (read: GTA VI, FF XVI, GT 7, maybe even Diablo IV).

 

[Three]

Not very often but I bought Cold war at launch and Sony's refund policy made me regret it instantly. The split screen was unplayable. Crashed every game. Contacted support to get a refund in December. 4 months later and still no refund. Support say they pushed a fix this month and support kept asking me to check it (which I did) like I'm QA for Activision. Meanwhile I couldn't play the game, price dropped considerably and I still didn't get my money.

 

[Stuart360]

Very rare for me. Waste of money, and games hardly launch in the best state these days.
It would REALLY have to be a game that i was super excited for. Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 5, Starfield, those are probably the only upcoming games that i would buy on launch, and yes i recognize they are Bethesda games and will probably be bug riddled.

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

Nintendo games often, everything else rarely

 

[LordBlodgett]

3-4 times a console generation. It is a rare game indeed that I am willing to buy day 1. Most of the time I just don't trust the hype until I've seen the goods.

 

[Maogp]

id Software game? D1
Naughty Dog? D1
Mario main? D1
Zelda? D1
Metroid? D1
Halo? D1

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Somewhere between 5-10 games a year at full price, launch day. My annual budget for games is $1,200 and I rarely spend that much. Game caliber also varies: full price is sometimes $20-$30 for non-AAA releases, but those would fit your definition. AAA games? Rarely do I buy more than 5 a year at full price.

2021 will likely be a down year, mainly due to most everything slipping to 2022.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Perhaps 3 or 4 a year lately. Mostly Sony exclusives that don't drop fast anyway. Like GoT. But I bought TLOU2 used and Death Stranding for 25 bucks 2 months post launch. My next game will be Resident Evil.

 

[CatLady]

I preorder any Halo game and any Bethesda RPG and that's about it, anything else I buy when I run out of stuff to play. Now that I have Game Pass I don't often run out of stuff to play.

 

[MrS]

always. money is not an issue.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

maybe like once a gen. money is not an issue.

 

[Wizz-Art]

Once or twice a year.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I didn't realize this is a dupe of another thread. I thought my memory was disappearing cause I swore I commented and couldn't see it, lmao.

 

[dorkimoe]

Rarely. 2 weeks after launch grab a used one off Mercari

 

[Aenima]

Between 0 to 4 times a year, depending of the games and how hyped i am to play them, but is something that i do less than i used to do, in past gens i purchased alot of games at launch, but now i have so many stuff to play in my backlog that new games can wait for a price drop. This year still havent bought any game at launch.

 

[Bartski]

most games I know I want - every single time

 

[Dark Star]

Rarely. The last game I paid full price for was Uncharted 4.

I'm just not hype enough for most games that I need to play them ASAP. Only guaranteed exceptions for me are Naughty Dog, FromSoftware, and maybe Rockstar.

I usually wait until around 50% reduced price (like 30 bucks) before buying a typical AAA title. TLOU Part 2 fell into this purchasing decision for obvious reasons.

I'm usually late to gaming for the most part, so I don't mind waiting for even deeper flash sales on PSN, like a couple year old AA/AA games under 20 bucks.

It's always a balance of quality over quantity. Even if I did snatch up every new release day-1, I simply would not have enough time to play them. It's best to space things out and save money.

 

[Bladed Thesis]

Always.

 

[DGrayson]

Identical thread.