I have a pretty simple rule with sales now. If a discount does not meaningfully change how much I would enjoy a game, it does not matter. What you want is the moment where price and quality finally meet in the middle and quietly agree to stop wasting your time.
That is what this list is built around. Games that were already good, now cheap enough to recommend without qualifiers. Get some.
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 26th bday of Gran Turismo 2, two PS One discs that I played the absolute scratch 'n' sniff off of. (For real—rubbing the label of my launch edition CD-ROMs would cause an "authentic pit stop smell" of petrol and oil.) Aromarrific gimmicks aside, GT2 was brilliant for more practical reasons, like more cars (650) and more tracks (27 plus rallying). Also, due to this being the first GT to include real-life courses, this is the first time I fell in love[/hate] with Laguna Seca's corkscrew. God, how I loved getting awkwardly airborne off it in a Suzuki V6 Escudo.
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
- Gran Turismo 2 (PS) 2000. eBay
- Dead Space: Extraction (PS3) 2011. eBay
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (-34%) A$45.90 Still cruel, still precise, still capable of making adults yell at a cartoon marsupial. A remake that proudly refuses to go easy on you.
- Undertale (-34%) A$15.10 Looks like a joke, plays like a trap. You will laugh, then feel personally attacked by a skeleton with boundary issues.
- BioShock: The Col. (-61%) A$35.00 Three classics, zero filler. Still smarter than most shooters, still asking questions other games dodge entirely.
- Super Mario RPG (-14%) A$69 Short, charming, and paced like Nintendo actually respects your time. Mario with jokes that still land.
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (-39%) A$49 Tactical combat so good it makes you forgive the Rabbids. Almost. Genuinely clever systems under the chaos.
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
