For the Price of One PS5 Game, You Could Get All These Top Titles from the PS Store

I taste the salt.
I do agree tho, ps5 games are BS expensive. I rather have cosmetic MXT that I can ignore than a price hike. But I rather rather have neither.

Fake news. Internet people told me physical is always cheaper than digital. I bet you can get all those for a dollar at a second hand shop.

@naruball you actually can if you know where to look or live in the right country.
CEX in most european country probably has most of these for cheaper.

Problem is I already own all the games in that list that I want, thats the problem at the end of a generation when all these great sales appear but you've already played them

Oof, that’s a lot of quality games. The problem with the price hike first and foremost however is that $70 does not equal £70. We’re being absolutely screwed over by Sony who seemingly have Gordon the Gopher counting the beans.

How I feel..

I though it's psn usa discount 😅, I want to buy witcher 3 digital (although I already have the disc) since I heard the game will be upgraded for ps5.

Or get the entire PS Now catalogue and still have £20 left over.
But who ever buys games full price anyway?

Some brilliant deals on some excellent games there; Lost Legacy is a gem.
Regarding game prices for the coming gen: You know what Sony, go ahead and charge £70 for a new game, that's certainly the way the wind is blowing. I'll gladly pay it if the game is excellent quality, feature complete, no microtransactions, no season pass. I'm talking the likes of God of War, TLOU2, Horizon and so on. Then, if you're going to sell me an expansion pack after launch, make sure I know what's in it and that it's worth it, a la Left Behind or the Frozen Wilds.

@darkswabber I have to disagree. Digital prices can be ridiculously low if you wait long enough. I've lived in the UK and frequently bought games from CEX and other second hand stores. Those prices were good but still not as low as many of these (e.g. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator).

But my main point is that physical is not always cheaper than digital.

@get2sammyb exactly! I've doing this with codes from CDkeys and have saved a ton of money over the years.

I'm sticking with the PS4 at least for the forseeable. Any game which has a 'free' upgrade to the PS5 edition for a princely sum of £60+ can wait until the disc price drops or the PS Store has a sale.
That said, the PS4 versions of games were somewhat overpriced until it became the norm and then the prices fell. Those 4K Blu-Ray discs must cost a fair bit more than a standard but I think someone somewhere is having a laugh.

@get2sammyb yeah its definitely great for newcomers and especially that PS plus PS5 offer

Looking at the U.S. list and games that I own, but haven't played yet...I really need to wait for sales:

Dirt Rally 2.0 – $9.99
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – $9.99
Dying Light – $12.99
Batman Arkham Collection – $14.99
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – $11.99
Yakuza 0 – $7.99
$68 USD

And then there's AC Origins for $11.99...ugh.

@naruball

I don't think I've seen anyone on this site seriously try to argue physical is always cheaper. Usually it's just a generalization. In other words, physical is usually cheaper... but not always of course. Just like anything in life, there are no absolutes. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.

@Medic_Alert Obviously mileage will vary from person to person, but it's pretty good for me. I've had a ps4 since launch, and while there are a lot of games there that I have played, there are a few that I haven't tried, (eg. Persona 5 , FFXV, Days Gone) either because they're not the type of game I'm usually into, or because I haven't got to them yet.

@swagbag713 Tales of Berseria is one of the best games on the PS4. Tales of Zestiria it’s also a good game and well worth picking up if you like JRPG’s

@naruball - i always use CDkeys for my ps+ subs. i never pay more than 29.00 US dollars a month.

@UnlimitedSevens Nope. Several have actually said that. They even used the word always
I can look it up, if you want

As I've said multiple times, physical is cheaper at launch. Not so much if you're willing to wait for a while.

@eddie429 Yup. They're brilliant. Their top-up cards are also awesome. I feel like I'm cheating the system when I buy them.

Well i'm blown away by the quality of games you can play without spending anything; Apex, warzone, fortnite, warframe, rocket league, genshin etc, 70 quid games look absolutely daft by comparison

@nessisonett Try €80

This article is a very useful reminder that sales can make gaming a very manageable hobby.

One drawback: this method-“I can get five games for the price of one full priced game!”-is the exact reason my PS4 backlog is so shameful!

@get2sammyb Unfortunately in smaller countries this is not an option.

Also Sony doesn't offer full game cards like xbox that are cheaper in places like cdkeys.

@naruball - agreed. i'm surprised more people don't know about that site - it's great. i like how fast you get the codes too - just minutes after you buy......fantastic!

@Octane Eeeesh, I can see some Irish people just hopping the northern border to pick up PS5 games over that!

I need to grab Tales of Berseria. Have it physical but when ordered turned out to be the Playstation Hits variant. I imagine finding a sealed non-hits version will be tough now.

@naruball

Well, I guess I just put too much faith in people haha. You and I both know digital can obviously be cheaper... I mean look at this sale. I've bought retail games digitally for less than one dollar during PSN sales on a few occasions, sometimes they almost give them away, literally. I can't speak for those sad souls you mentioned though.

Whether physical or digital is cheaper in a net sense probably depends on how you play games and where you live. If you can wait for a sale, I think digital will usually have the most historically low prices, for a limited time. On the other hand, physical prices usually drop faster on new games. I'd say if you are the type of person who doesn't need the newest game right away, digital is a good choice. The discipline pays off. I do not have any discipline unfortunately :/

Once you get over your FOMO, you get a lot more bang for your buck.

@UnlimitedSevens haha. I know what you mean. When it comes to certain franchises, I can hardly resist getting them at launch and I'm glad that physical copies are cheaper. When I get a ps5, it definitely won't be the digital model. More options are better in the long run.

Examples like this highlight why I will perpetually be in the 'patient gamer' camp. Sure, I don't play games when everyone is talking about them, but I'd much rather buy a hatful of excellent games a couple years later than one game right away. It's just not worth it.

@Wormold

Nothing wrong with that! Looking forward to playing some of my backlog with quicker loading and less fan noise myself.

@darkswabber Not with things like GOTY editions.

And even more for the price of PS5 itself, why not assert while we're at it.😏

MGSV is the game of the generation, and for £3?

Mental.

@naruball I know you are being sarcastic but I will respond anyway.
Physical has taxes applied to it. A $59.99 game costs $59.99 digital but physically will cost $65-$70 with tax depending on where you live. Discounts, etc are a wash as they happen both physically and digitally.

Used games hurt the industry and if you buy them you are a huge part of the problem with modern gaming.

Awesome article, thank you. This is why the PS5 D.E. is such a temptation. Thanks again. Paying 70£+tax for 1 game is such a silly notion to me.

@get2sammyb please, do tell where I could find such deals, please!

@swagbag713 Berseria FTW. It's awesome!

@nessisonett exactly 😱👍🏻

Don't get Dragon Age Inquisition, it's trash.

@God_of_Nowt I hate to be a pedant but your £1000 graphics card would have cost approx £833 with another £167 (20% of £833) going to our robbing government.

@darkswabber I find CEX to be very expensive. Pick any of those games on that list and I bet it will be twice as expensive (Berseria is £12, Persona 5 is £18 etc) eBay is your best bet!

@710King it hurts every industry. But it's a right and it should never end. Would you live only in brand new houses ? Or only buy brand New cars ?
And if a game is really that good, you won't find that many copies on sale.

This New pricing for me it's absurd. I won't buy games at this price and yes, second hand markets will be the answer..

Not really bothered about the new PS5 game prices for this very reason, all those games will end up in a sale anyway. I've never had the urge to spend full price on day one for a game other than my yearly football game (either PES or Fifa) and Tony Hawks PS and RDR2. Anything else I'm happy to play a year or two after once it hits £10-15. The new generation won't change that.

@GigaGaia Plenty of people liked it.

@710King Yeah, you're absolutely right. I used to buy second hand games, but I stopped for that very reason, once I realized just how it hurts the industry or at least certain developers. I would still buy games like COD or FIFA (games I don't play, but some friends do), since they sell so well in the first place, but I want to actively support everyone else.

I think you can say the same for a full priced PS4 game and at retail too!

If RRP is £50, I picked up 4/5 disc games for the game price.

@God_of_Nowt I think people look at tax too negatively.

Yes 20% is paid to the government, but this pays for mostly free healthcare, education, infrastructure etc. It’s not always wisely spent, but most people will see a tangible benefit from the tax they pay. The US generally has lower rates, but also high insurance rates for healthcare for most people.

I’m not denying that things couldn’t change for the better, or be taxed in a fairer way.

If you look at ebooks, for which the VAT rate recently changed from 20% to 0%, many publishers maintained the same price and pocketed the difference. Even if the rate for games dropped, I think it’s unlikely we consumers would see the benefit.

@LowTech "Would you live only in brand new houses ? Or only buy brand New cars ?"
That is in fact exactly how I live my life. If you can't afford such a small price, you should not be spending money on video games in the first place. Video games are a luxury item, if someone is that strapped for money they should focus on paying bills, putting food on the table, and saving.

@710King such a small price? I don't doubt that you work hard, but at the same time I must say you are one of the Lucky ones. Not many people can afford to live like that. Good for you m8.

Or just buy them physically on sale for dirt cheap. Ps store sales are rarely discounted and when the sale ends they go back up to full price.