[quote name='Raukue']Man, Dead Space 2 being on sale and lowered price now and earlier, I regret buying it when it came out. Usually you want to buy a game asap because you wanna play it asap... thing is.. I haven't even started on Dead Space 2... so that was a waste, $75 for the CE and then the game alone drops to $40 after 3 months of being out or something like that... bleh.
I was new to all this, barely got my PS3 in Oct. and pre-ordered Dead Space 2 in Nov after I beat the first one. But now I know. I gotta learn what kind of games tend to price drop so soon, it seems some games price drop right away and others never drop even a year later or even two years later maybe being $10 price drop at best.[/QUOTE]It all depends on how you look at it & what "value" a game has to you. Is $40 + $10 credit on day 1 the same as $30 10-12 months later? If you buy on day 1 you'll have the best chance of getting high TIV value. I buy most games day 1 as long as there's a $10-$25 credit or offer that gets another game 50% or more off. But w/BB I always take advantage of price adjustments on the back end. Most games drop to $40 in a month so grab the credit upfront at full price then pm on the back end get the best of both worlds. If your done with the game there's so many deals now that'll net you $30+ trade in so you wind up only really paying $10-$20 for a day 1 game.