[flooderdooden]

I'll be the first one to say it, but I'm unsurprisingly disappointed by the sale.  I have 75 things on my wishlist and out of the 1,065 items on sale, only two of them have never been on sale before (and are abysmal discounts), half a dozen others got the same discount as they've had countless times before, and not a single season pass or piece of dlc from my list was on sale.  Ugh, total disappointment.

 

For the few who inexplicably are just entering the PS4 generation (or who don’t have PS+), there are some really good deals to be had. For the rest of us, probably not nearly as much. After taking a look, a decent number of my wishlisted games are on sale, but not yet close to CAG pickup prices. Personally, I think my sweet spot falls somewhere in the $4-10 range, and maybe $12-15 for a solid AAA game (though I tend to skew physical for AAA games). I also find that I will not pay more for a digital game if it’s been priced even lower in the past (thanks to psprices for that quirk). I’m curious if others have price metrics/measures they adhere to when making purchases (beyond just ‘as cheap as possible’ ).

 

That said, I’ll pick up one or two games in this sale, but will be waiting for that $9.99 or under price for many more. Too bad most devs just aren’t inclined (or incentivized) to reduce those prices more aggressively. To be fair though, I understand the desire to maximize profits, especially for smaller studios, and the prospect of potential money left on the table by discounting too much too soon probably weighs heavy on their decision-making. However, the other challenge they face is that as time goes by, their games lose that ‘mindshare’ factor too, so that when they finally get their prices reduced to many’s ‘buy’ window, they are forgotten or eclipsed by more recent games that have the player’s interest (or those more recent games that had their prices reduced more quickly). Hence, at that point, these studios/games might be losing sales entirely.

 

And Sony is definitely not helping these studios/games by reducing the use of the Wishlist function to the PS5. 

[Vigilante]

I try to stick to 50% or higher discounts for stuff on my wishlist, but $9.74 (35% off) for Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is getting hard to resist.

[JerryHatTrick]

I was behind on a lot of stuff, so i may have went a bit overboard. But i had a ton of credit saved from Sony Rewards, and on top of that i stacked it with a 15% off coupon.

 

My haul from this was

 

Nioh 2 Digital Deluxe Edition

Watch Dogs®: Legion PS4 & PS5

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition

Zombieland: Double Tap- Road Trip  (stupid that this game was almost 40 bucks retail, at $8-$9 ill take it)

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

Torchlight III

Crysis Remastered

The Last of Us Part II

 

Total was $180, said i saved over 300 but im sure thats off. I know nioh 2 was $10 on disc at gamestop and a lot of others cheaper to, but for an all digital guy who doesnt own a ps5 yet, i am pleased to get these titles added to my library.

[Chainsaw_charlie]

For me there's some games on my personal wish list but a few games that never seem to go on sale

[Kain]

Personally, I think my sweet spot falls somewhere in the $4-10 range, and maybe $12-15 for a solid AAA game (though I tend to skew physical for AAA games). I also find that I will not pay more for a digital game if it’s been priced even lower in the past (thanks to psprices for that quirk). I’m curious if others have price metrics/measures they adhere to when making purchases (beyond just ‘as cheap as possible’ ).

I'm in a similar boat; none of the games on my wishlist are AAA titles because if a game is available physically, I'll buy it that way, nor will I buy a game that was previously a cheaper price per psprices.  Back when I was buying Steam games, my rule was that a game had to be at least 75% off and under $5.  I can't be that strict on PSN, but I'll still be damned if I spend more than $20 on a digital game.  Even $15 is difficult for me to do sometimes.

 

I will likely end up getting Curse of the Moon 2 even though it's only 35% off because I'm happy it just finally dropped for the first time and I've been waiting to play it.  Five Dates, the other game on my wishlist that dropped for the first time, is only 20% off, and saving $2 is not a deal to me.

 

Otherwise, the rest of the things on my list are Season Passes which take forever to go sale (Tekken 7 Pass 3 & 4, Samurai Shodown Pass 2, Soul Calibur 6 Pass 2, etc.)  The Artifex Mundi hidden object games which eventually do go on sale but take a long time to do so, and then just random old games that don't ever want to go on sale (such as Dangun Feveron, Chaos Code, Zombeer, etc.)

[rpgaymer]

I was behind on a lot of stuff, so i may have went a bit overboard. But i had a ton of credit saved from Sony Rewards, and on top of that i stacked it with a 15% off coupon.

My haul from this was

Nioh 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
Watch Dogs®: Legion PS4 & PS5
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition
Zombieland: Double Tap- Road Trip (stupid that this game was almost 40 bucks retail, at $8-$9 ill take it)
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Torchlight III
Crysis Remastered
The Last of Us Part II

Total was $180, said i saved over 300 but im sure thats off. I know nioh 2 was $10 on disc at gamestop and a lot of others cheaper to, but for an all digital guy who doesnt own a ps5 yet, i am pleased to get these titles added to my library.

So do you know if they ever patched in local co-op support for FF Crystal Chronicles? Or did I simply imagine reading they were planning to do that? No info about this online afaict.

[Zenax]

I try to stick to 50% or higher discounts for stuff on my wishlist, but $9.74 (35% off) for Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is getting hard to resist.

The original is also on sale for $4.99, I never got around to playing it so at that price seems like a no brainer. Been on a Castlevania binge this year so I really want to play these as well.

 

Honestly there are like 6 games from my wishlist on sale which is way more then usual so this sale is pretty good as far as I am concerned.

[flooderdooden]

I'm in a similar boat; none of the games on my wishlist are AAA titles because if a game is available physically, I'll buy it that way, nor will I buy a game that was previously a cheaper price per psprices.  Back when I was buying Steam games, my rule was that a game had to be at least 75% off and under $5.  I can't be that strict on PSN, but I'll still be damned if I spend more than $20 on a digital game.  Even $15 is difficult for me to do sometimes.

 

I will likely end up getting Curse of the Moon 2 even though it's only 35% off because I'm happy it just finally dropped for the first time and I've been waiting to play it.  Five Dates, the other game on my wishlist that dropped for the first time, is only 20% off, and saving $2 is not a deal to me.

 

Otherwise, the rest of the things on my list are Season Passes which take forever to go sale (Tekken 7 Pass 3 & 4, Samurai Shodown Pass 2, Soul Calibur 6 Pass 2, etc.)  The Artifex Mundi hidden object games which eventually do go on sale but take a long time to do so, and then just random old games that don't ever want to go on sale (such as Dangun Feveron, Chaos Code, Zombeer, etc.)

 

Yeah, waiting for deals on Season Passes feels like an exercise in futility more often than not. It’s honestly why I moved away from getting any sort of fighting games this generation. They seem more and more to be designed for long term engagement through piecemeal additions and multiple season passes for character unlocks. No thanks. However, for other genres, I like seeing the various Gold/Ultimate/Deluxe/GOTY editions in physical form at retailers, because at least then there’s the outside possibility of getting the full experience for a cheaper price overall. Those Target DPCI mergers in the past on some of those games have been a godsend.

 

I think I might have around thirty or so games in my psprices wishlist right now, and none are AAA games either. It does sound like we’re the same in our buying habits in a lot of ways. I wonder if the similarity comes from spending time on CAG and how it develops our expectations for getting maximum deals, or whether people who first come to CAG are already predispositioned towards that behavior. Who knows, right?

 

It’s too bad that there’s not an option to view another person’s wishlist either on the PS5 or on psprices—would be interested in seeing what kind of overlap might be there too. It’s always interesting to see where someone might have seen a game you’ve never noticed before. Last year I had that happen with someone who mentioned a game called Ghost of a Tale. Had never heard of it, but after looking at the trailer, it looked exactly like something I might enjoy. Picked it up and wasn’t disappointed. Incidentally, it’s part of the Holiday Sale this year too, at what I believe is its lowest price to date. So maybe the circle continues, and I pay it forward to someone with similar gaming tastes, who has yet to hear of it. Honestly, another positive side effect of CAG.

[JerryHatTrick]

So do you know if they ever patched in local co-op support for FF Crystal Chronicles? Or did I simply imagine reading they were planning to do that? No info about this online afaict.

They still have not, with no said plans to. They "claimed" it wasn't a feature requested enough and that it did not mesh well during testing of the feature. Poor excuse if u ask me.

[rpgaymer]

They still have not, with no said plans to. They "claimed" it wasn't a feature requested enough and that it did not mesh well during testing of the feature. Poor excuse if u ask me.

Lame. Definitely defeats the purpose of the game, at least for me. Thanks for the reply and stearing me away from a purchase I'd regret.

[chrisbravo]

Holy shit

Samurai Shodown is on sale

Is the sky falling?

$35? It should be no higher than $20 at this point, I got the disc version for $9.99 at Gamestop like a year ago. Unless you are talking about The Samurai Showdown Neo Geo Collection, it is an OK price but they gave it free on PC at release.

[elessar123]

Yea, defeats the purpose for me also.

 

A lot of visual novels are on sale for cheaper than I remember seeing them before, like Root Letter and Chaos;child.

[foxycleo]

Is Far Cry 3 for $9-10 the best it usually goes for? Just got a PS4 and I’m itching to dig it back up

Yes, although I would recommend to stay away from it since it's not a great port and has shitload of input lag that they never fixed

[awp]

Was hoping PSN would match XBL’s price on Terminator Resistance. Probably aren’t discounting it with the next gen upgrade seemingly only coming to PS5.

[Linkachu]

Yes, although I would recommend to stay away from it since it's not a great port and has shitload of input lag that they never fixed

Damn, I just sold my XB1 where I had been playing partly because of certain games being on PS Store...crap.

[synnarc]

Thank goodness for Frisky. To hell with the website and PS5 storefronts when trying to browse.

[IronChariot]

I know you can no longer PS3 and Vita games on the PC store, but does anyone know if any still go on sale on their respective console stores?

[Kain]

Yeah, waiting for deals on Season Passes feels like an exercise in futility more often than not. It’s honestly why I moved away from getting any sort of fighting games this generation. They seem more and more to be designed for long term engagement through piecemeal additions and multiple season passes for character unlocks. No thanks. However, for other genres, I like seeing the various Gold/Ultimate/Deluxe/GOTY editions in physical form at retailers, because at least then there’s the outside possibility of getting the full experience for a cheaper price overall. Those Target DPCI mergers in the past on some of those games have been a godsend.

 

I think I might have around thirty or so games in my psprices wishlist right now, and none are AAA games either. It does sound like we’re the same in our buying habits in a lot of ways. I wonder if the similarity comes from spending time on CAG and how it develops our expectations for getting maximum deals, or whether people who first come to CAG are already predispositioned towards that behavior. Who knows, right?

 

It’s too bad that there’s not an option to view another person’s wishlist either on the PS5 or on psprices—would be interested in seeing what kind of overlap might be there too. It’s always interesting to see where someone might have seen a game you’ve never noticed before. Last year I had that happen with someone who mentioned a game called Ghost of a Tale. Had never heard of it, but after looking at the trailer, it looked exactly like something I might enjoy. Picked it up and wasn’t disappointed. Incidentally, it’s part of the Holiday Sale this year too, at what I believe is its lowest price to date. So maybe the circle continues, and I pay it forward to someone with similar gaming tastes, who has yet to hear of it. Honestly, another positive side effect of CAG.

I learned a few things during the PS3 era.  For one, if it's a high-profile game with DLC, hold out long enough and a Game-of-the-Year edition with all the DLC on disc will eventually be released.  So I started doing that.  But then when games started coming out with Gold Editions, I realized they're likely not going to release a GotY edition because they already feel like that's what the Gold Edition is.  So I started getting Gold Editions of games, though after AC: Odyessey, I set my mind to stop getting Ubisoft games on release because their prices sink like a rock.  Which worked out for me this year as I was able to get the Gold editions of AC: Valhalla and Fenyx Rising for about $130 total during Ubi's Winter sale last week, essentially giving me the Season Pass stuff for free.  Only one I didn't do that for was Watchdogs: Legion since I couldn't pass up Bestbuy's Black Friday $19.99 on the standard PS5 edition.

 

Yeah, the PS store used to have the ability to view the wishlist of people on your friends list, back when it allowed wishlists.  But yeah, there's been a couple games I've picked up because other CAGs have mentioned them picking it up, so I've looked into it and thought, "Eh, I'll give this a chance".  Usually works out pretty well.

[bee01]

I used to have multiple Steelseries headsets. I hated them and swapped to HyperX. Best decision I ever made.

Yeah, I use a Cloud 2 but I want a wireless headset.  The Stinger feels like a piece of junk when I tried one, and didn't sound as good.  The reviews for the Flight when used with a PS5 have reports of background noise, but I might grab a pair to try out since there's not that many options.

[darken]

I know you can no longer PS3 and Vita games on the PC store, but does anyone know if any still go on sale on their respective console stores?

I've been checking frequently on psprices and the old ps web store and unfortunately there's been no sales. I've even checked the stores on vita and ps3 but nothing. I hope the sales there haven't dried up and if they did, I wish they would've warned us. I really want Life is Strange on ps3 and Utawarerumono 2 game collection on vita. Looks I missed them on sale last December and March respectively

[IronChariot]

I've been checking frequently on psprices and the old ps web store and unfortunately there's been no sales. I've even checked the stores on vita and ps3 but nothing. I hope the sales there haven't dried up and if they did, I wish they would've warned us. I really want Life is Strange on ps3 and Utawarerumono 2 game collection on vita. Looks I missed them on sale last December and March respectively

Thank you, it's a shame that it sounds like they're done.

[Tyrok]

No sales or is it just impossible to track them with no web store?

[SpraykwoN]

Yeah, I use a Cloud 2 but I want a wireless headset.  The Stinger feels like a piece of junk when I tried one, and didn't sound as good.  The reviews for the Flight when used with a PS5 have reports of background noise, but I might grab a pair to try out since there's not that many options.

Flight S or the new Cloud 2 Wireless that just came out are great options.  I have the Flights and love them.  Also looking into getting a pair of the Cloud II which are compatible with PS5.  I don't think there has been a software update to the Flights to update them to use with PS5 yet.  I can't check anyways because getting a PS5 right now is fucking pissing me off lol.

[SpraykwoN]

$35? It should be no higher than $20 at this point, I got the disc version for $9.99 at Gamestop like a year ago. Unless you are talking about The Samurai Showdown Neo Geo Collection, it is an OK price but they gave it free on PC at release.

Yea i was shocked to see it on sale.  Still not at my price point so I will most likely wait for a complete edition or some shit down the line.

[FriskyTanuki]

No sales or is it just impossible to track them with no web store?

If you don't see the list, you don't get to partake in the sale.

[sp0rklez]

I miss the days when Playstation would randomly send us emails with 20% off codes tucked away in them.

[RiPPn]

I miss the days when Playstation would randomly send us emails with 20% off codes tucked away in them.

Or you'd get $10 in your PlayStation messages.  Good ole days. 

[darken]

No sales or is it just impossible to track them with no web store?

So far no sales. I hope that we'll still be able to track them on the old web store and PSPrices.com

[BadBrains]

How the hell is mother Russia bleeds $14.99 on the holiday sale? This game is on sale all the time for $5 or less, are some prices not live yet? I don't even know why I bother checking anymore it's just the same shit over and over

[Killbomb]

Thank goodness for Frisky. To hell with the website and PS5 storefronts when trying to browse.

At least Sony sent out a notification with a link to the sale in my "Explore" feed on PS5. Why there still isn't a "Deals" section in the PS5 store is mind-boggling.