Pokémon Legends Z-A beats GTA VI for $100 price tag

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sc94597 said:

burninmylight said:

Or just wait for sales and stop feeling like you have to play everything as soon as it comes out. Back in the Wii/3DS/Wii U days, I felt like I had to show support for any decent game on my consoles, otherwise I wasn't doing my part. Now that Nintendo doesn't need little old me anymore, I have no problems acquiring first and third party games years down the line.

Sales, giveaways, GotY editions, "Ultimate" editions, compilations, patches, superior ports on other platforms. There are so many games that I regret buying too early for those reasons, and there are so many games that I'm glad I waited on for those same reasons.

Nintendo is the one company I don't wait on because their sales are relatively rare and temporary. Nintendo games rarely drop permanently in price. That might be why there is so much anxiety surrounding them pricing games high/comparable to their competition. Usually a third party AAA title can be purchased for half price a year out. Rarely is that the case for Nintendo. 

Still, if one follows a game deal website and sets alerts one can find even their games on a sale. 

Deku Deals informed me that Mario vs. DK physical is on sale for $35 right now, lol. Play the long game.

Every platform nowadays has more games than I could ever hope to play in my adult lifetime. My backlog is in the hundreds; I'm just now most of the way through a serious playthrough of Breath of the Wild. I'm a lot happier after I got past the FOMO and started waiting for sales for everything.

But you're right about Nintendo games though. It doesn't make as much sense to wait on them, because the sales are rarer and stingier. Still, getting a Nintendo game for 25-30 percent off is better than getting it for 0 percent off when it'll be years before I even take the game out of the shrink wrap.