I recently got my first current-gen game console a couple of years ago (Nintendo switch) and was floored at how expensive all of the games are and how meager the sales are. PC gaming is shockingly cheap when you get down to it

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

FYI go walk your local target from time to time. They'll sometimes have random sales on the big switch games with no online listing of the sale. I got the last pokemon game 6 months or so late for $20 off

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Nintendo doesn't reward super patient gaming though like other consoles where I didnt pay more than over $20 for any PS4 first party exclusives. It is actually on the weird side where sometimes physical prices actually go up with Nintendo seeming to be more conservative about number of physical copies they make to keep prices high compared to Sony where brick and motor stores look to offload physical inventory. So leads to used market for Nintendo games going crazy compared to downward trend of other consoles.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

Oh that's good to know! Too bad my nearest target is 20 miles away and a very annoying drive over a poorly designed arterial road

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I remember a couple of years ago when my little brother saved up for a switch for like a year, and then didn't have any money left for games because of the prices.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sales of physical copies of games is where consoles truly shine. It's not as great as a few years ago (getting surplus steelbook games for like $10 sometimes), but you can still regularly pick up AAA games that are a handful of months old for $20 or sometimes less.

Check sites like dekudeals and psprices (steamDB is great too for making sure you're not being over charged on Steam).

It's just being a savvy consumer.

But yeah, when it comes to Nintendo hardware, the only reason to have it imo is the first party games, and those will never go on sale so you might as well just pony up. You can do the voucher thing and save $10 on each if you get two games (dunno if that's still a thing).