No more games costing over ?20...

[Skull Commander]

There is nothing definitive, but I always take into account the following:

• Is it a niche genre?/not to western tastes. A good example of this was Katamari on the PS2.

• Who is publishing it and does it have a lot of advertising behind it? A small publisher sometimes can mean a small print run.

• Lastly look in shops. If there is no copies or a small amount on the shelf compared to other releases then chances are this is because there is less made.

As I said there are no hard and fast rules, but after working in videogame retail for a good few years, I did get a feel for what would become scarce.

[Chunky]

After reading that, I went & checked my unplayed games... *gulp*

I should have said, this is just Xbox360 games which is the only platform I play at the moment. I won't look at the piles of Wii, PS2, Cube etc games that I have

[The Glider]

There is nothing definitive, but I always take into account the following:

• Is it a niche genre?/not to western tastes. A good example of this was Katamari on the PS2.

• Who is publishing it and does it have a lot of advertising behind it? A small published sometimes can mean a small print run.

• Lastly look in shops. If there is no copies or a small amount on the shelf compared to other releases then chances are this is because there is less made.

As I said there are no hard and fast rules, but after working in videogame retail for a good few years, I did get a feel for what would become scarce.

Good tips there. Cheers mate. I suppose there is always eBay to fall back on if months/years down the line I fancy picking up a title that I orignally missed. Although the risk of the price being inflated is the chance one takes.

I should have said, this is just Xbox360 games which is the only platform I play at the moment. I won't look at the piles of Wii, PS2, Cube etc games that I have

If I added up all my unplayed games, then I'd have a really big *gulp*!

[egparadigm]

With regard to scarcity... Just how often does it actually happen, and how important is it really that you secure every game you desire for a fiver? My bet is the answer to the first question is "not very likely", and the answer to the second is "not at all".

[Welrain]

The track your expenditure thread has acted as motivator for me to decrease my spending on games and actually spend decent time with the games that I buy. I'm actually spending more on individual games (happy to pay full whack-ish if I know I'll get my monies worth) but spending less overall. Also as I sell on quite quickly after I've grown bored I make back a decent amount anyway.

[Super Grover]

I'm a sucker for Ltd/Collector editions. The more tat that it comes with, (dvd's making of, posters, soundtracks, artbooks, figurines), the better!

Is there any way of ascertaining what numbers constitutes Ltd/Collectors Editions, or is it just an easy way of scamming fools like me out of more money?

[jim g]

Uncharted 2: ?14.79
Pre Order price here is ?14.79

http://www.thehut.com/games/platform...in&affil=BUYAT

[Paulos G]

I'm a sucker for Ltd/Collector editions. The more tat that it comes with, (dvd's making of, posters, soundtracks, artbooks, figurines), the better!

Is there any way of ascertaining what numbers constitutes Ltd/Collectors Editions, or is it just an easy way of scamming fools like me out of more money?

I think you answered your own question!

[Super Grover]

I think you answered your own question!

Touch?!

[JP]

I've been waiting for Uncharted 2 to go down for months and it has still kept it's value.

This any good to you? Uncharted 2: ?14:79

If I'm looking for a bargain I quite often check out find-games as they tend to be quite good.