Staying geeky on a budget requires a combination of early adoption and long-tail style waiting. Tools like camelcamelcamel make watching for your price point on late adoption products easy.

The price on all games will drop. I don’t care how awesome the graphics, how addictive the multiplayer or how immersive the gameplay; just like your high school physique that $60 price tag will not last. Sooner or later our favorite games are going to fall into the greatest hits bin, begging to be picked up for $15, $10, or even $5 before they die off. Knowing the mortality of game prices, how do we buy at the point to maximize our gaming pleasure per dollar?

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