NightDragon83 said:
As soon as some games that are a generation (or two) old stop being manufactured and sold at retailers regularly, sealed copies of the games start increasing in value. Best time to buy "new" games for last gen consoles other than ones that have just been recently released of course is just as the current gen starts to hit its stride and you start seeing retailers drop inventory of previous gen consoles. Prices are dirt cheap, and they're usually even cheaper in brick and mortar stores or online retailers like Amazon than their digital variants sold directly through Sony M$ and Nintendo's online services. Of course there's always going to be games that had a limited number of units sold at retail that immediately go up in value like Xenoblade for the Wii. If you didn't pick one up on its first and only run at GameStop, then you were screwed because it quickly started going for double its $50 MSRP online within months of release. |
Yea, I usually wait about 6 months - 12 months for third party games (unless I really want it) because I know there will be a price drop eventually. I picked up a lot of Wii games off Amazon after the Wii U released for pretty good deals (usually 7-15 dollars at most). I'm even trying to help my friend out with some PS3 games. Introduced him to Twisted Metal for $12 new. Like you said the best time to buy new games at dirt cheap prices is buying the previous generation around the beginning to middle of a new generation. I believe they did another release of Xenoblade so it squashed the price down to ~52 dollars new on Amazon right now. Fire Emblem: Radient Dawn however never got another release and is sitting at 84 new and 64 used. The good niche games that don't sell a lot but are still awesome/have a dedicated following usually go for the highest prices.
