do you wait for price drops on games?

do you usually wait for used copies and clearance prices on games?

determining proper pricing on iltellectual property is a tricky proposition, because aside from media costs, the cost of creating the game is divided by the number of copies sold.

in that light, i think the companies that make games would be a little better off if they reduced thier MSRPs a bit, dropping to 40 for your average brand-new game.

i imagine gamer's would be more eager to pick up new games, than to wait until prices plummet.

so what do you do? do you wait for price drops before you get ANY game, do you get them all immediately, or just get it when it's new IF you KNOW it's gonna be good.

Yes, I usually wait a year for the price to go way down, or find games that were really popular once but no longer in demand that I haven't yet played (MGS), but then there are the games I could have bought at full price but didn't and now regret having them go up in value on Ebay or even half.com

Depends on the game. If it's like 60 bucks, I wait if it's not a ZOMG MUST BUY game.

I wish more people were as smart as Metro3D and Namco. Experimental games, artsy games, shooters, those should be 20-25 since they don't last very long and didn't take as many people to create. Only the Epics and Big Glitzy Blockbusters should cost 50-60, and they're allowed to bump up the price if they have snazzy extras like Working Designs does, and how most games USED to be. Anyone remember first buying Starflight?

so, anyone agree that dropping the usual MSRP a bit may be better for all? devs sell more copies, gamers pay less. everyone wins!

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I'm still waiting for console prices to drop so I can pick up a PS2.

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Except retailers selling for less than what they paid wholesale for.