Plunder For pennies
hi rg, thanks for your recent Xbox feature! i’ve always liked the system, but sold mine off to afford an Xbox 360. i couldn’t believe how cheap the games are now, and promptly went on a buying spree so i could go through the Halo games again. i can’t believe i got two of the platform’s very best games for just £1 all in.
that got me to thinking: how do you know when a console’s prices have reached rock bottom? the Gamecube has clearly already gone past it because it looks like those prices are going up, but the PS3 and 360 don’t feel like they’re there yet. do you have any tips for this?
Cheers, danny richards
Finding the price floor for a platform is really a matter of luck more than judgement, in our experience. there’s certainly no hard and fast rule, but we’d say that the low point usually comes when the machine is two generations old – it’s a long way from being new, and the nostalgia factor is only just beginning to kick in. If you start to find non-sports games for a platform at charity shops, that’s a good sign. nintendo stuff tends to be pricier than rival systems because of the hardcore fan following, and right now Xbox and Xbox 360 games are liable to jump in price if they become backwards compatible with Xbox one. Happy bargain hunting!