I just thought I'd post this again for anyone that hasn't been there or didn't see my previous post as it wasn't a "Topic".

Gaming is expensive and there are lots of ways to get it cheap. The best resource I've found for getting smoking deals is on a site called www.cheapassgamer.com. They don't discuss anything but "deals" and when one is dead, they move it out. As an example of the kind of nuggets, Toys R Us did an "accidental" Buy1 Get1 free on PS3, PS2 and PSP games. It lasted from about 6AM to 11AM central time U.S. I bought two 59.99 recent release games and two older 19.99 games. My total was about $33.50/each shipped on the new releases and about $13/each on the budget titles. The best part is TRU has a 30 day return policy in store so I'll sit on them and if I see something I want more, I'll just swap it.

If you can stand used games (I know some people hate on them), you can get an "Edge" card game from informer for $2.00 through the mail. (See cheapassgamer thread). That coupon gets you an extra 10% trade in and 10% discount on used. It always combines or "stacks" with their special offers, coupons, etc. For instance: MGS4 has a $25 trade in. Weak. But, they are adding +30% if you reserve GeoW2 and it stacks for plus 10% more. So that $25 bucks becomes $25 +40% or $35. They had a 25% off used PS3 games 2 weeks ago and again, it stacks for 35% off. MGS4 used is $54.99. Minus 35%, and you would have paid $35.74 for the game. In other words, you could have bought it, finished it in a week, and traded it back in with a total cost of $0.75 cents. When using store credit, they don't tax that portion, either.

I'm all for supporting publishers and frankly I'd like to see license agreements specifically prohibit commercial re-sale of intellectual property media. But, as long as they do, I'm going to be a cheap ass.

The key here is to be patient and watch for deals...

just trade games with your friends

We don't have anything half as good as that in the UK but gamestracker is very useful.

In the UK, Gamestation is the best place to go for your (legal) cheap games.

Of course I should add that if you just want your game quick and easy, purchasing through the VGC store is best as it helps the site. I can't afford to pay sticker. I have to wait or find a deal.