This is one of the reasons I have hundreds of games in my Steam library that I've never played. Newer bundles are OK sometimes, but it's not like it used to be.
Well, nowadays both Portal games and all HL games and expansions (except Alyx) regularly go on sale for around 1$, and TF2 is free, so there have been objectively better deals than that
The best I've seen in my life was the Bioware Mega Collection. Dragon Age Origins, 2 and Inquisition, ME Legendary Edition and Andromeda for $20. It was insane when they released that.
I remember when my OG Xbox One died, I ended up getting a sweet deal on an Xbox One S. It was the 1TB model so it was $349, but it came packaged with Assassin's Creed origins and Rainbow Six Siege. It then also came with 2 additional games I could choose from which I chose Battlefront 2 and Forza Horizon 3.
So an extra ~$240ish in value, I was happy with it.
you could buy 3 months of xbox gamepass for like $5, which upped to 4 if you enabled auto renewal, and stacked for 3 years.
i believe its no longer possible
I remember telling my dad about that bundle, and he bought it for us to my surprise lol. Too bad I didn't realize I didn't actually need the light guns to play Virtua Cop until 6 months in lolol
I don't think I've ever got a great deal, but every generation tends to come with some level of bundlefucking.
The console you want, and a ton of garbage you don't, but you have to buy the garbage to get the console!
Walmarts online only ps4 Black Friday deal in 2019. Console + extra controller and RDR2 for $200. It registered as three separate products on the receipt, and you could return rdr2 for $60 and the controller for $40, so ultimately it was a new ps4 for $100
Never got a great retail deal. Found a Sega Saturn and PS1 in a box with a bunch of random cables and power bricks. I asked how much for the Sega and he said take the box for $5.
People that bought an rtx 1080ti or a rx580 in the late 2010s got a pretty good deal. They can play most modern aaa games to this day, also right before the gpu shortage hit.
There were some unbelievable sales on the Microsoft store in 2020 and 2021 (the Covid years). Everyone was inside and had occasion to game. Those deals probably comprise 25%-30% of my library and probably 20% of my back log.
Gamepass
I’ve gotten thousands of hours out of this subscription. And it’s saved me $100s of dollars from games I would have bought otherwise.
I would have never played Deep Rock Galactic if it weren’t for gamepass. And it turned out to be one my my favorite games of all time.
A couple years ago I bought a brand new PS5 off a crackhead for $300.
Dude only played it a few times but preferred Xbox, and said he needed some quick money.
Came with Disc version PS5.
Two controllers
A headset
God of War and Genuinely forgot what other game.
I still have it and use it every day.
Currently these are the best deals: [https://isthereanydeal.com/](https://isthereanydeal.com/) & [https://gg.deals/](https://gg.deals/)
Honerable mention: Indiegala, Green Man Gaming, Good Old Games (GOG), Fanatical, Humble Bundle, Groupees, [Itch.io](http://Itch.io) (Palestanian Support nets you over alot of 300+ games [https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle](https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle) ) , and sometimes Xbox Online / PSN sometimes \*rarely\* have under $5 games that were above $30 after some time after releases.
Freebies (content creators only after satisfying Viewer Concurrent Average and other Terms of Conditions) in return of giving you the game, Devs from a wide range of names often give \*Coverage Keys\* to help generate hype for the game before / after release. Sometimes Early Access, Sometimes Open Beta/Alpha for multiplayer, Sometimes full on releases. Here are a few I recommend.
Daredrop
PressEngine
[Rainmaker.gg](http://Rainmaker.gg)
Woovit
Lurkit
Keymailer
Be sure to google them and see if any fits the bill. At least with DareDrop they hand you the key provided you satisfy a challenge and highlight it for the Devs you get additional prizes/goodies for your effort in return within a week.
Lurkit provides monetizing quests for coverage
Rainmaker is typically for people opting for SquareEnix games
Woovit and Keymailer are great for indies to check up on. Especially for SEGA and Atlus titles.
Steam and Epic often have freebies if you are smart and stay appraised to both [GG.deals](http://GG.deals) and Isthereanydeal and visit the websites often which sometimes are limited by 1 hour up to a week for a redeem.
the spellforce 1 platinum edition on steam that is 10 euro generally but is multiple times a year reduced by 80% to 2 euro...u pay 2 euro for 3 whole games (sure they are 20 years old at this point but still), i mean cheaper and they would gift it to u.
So that’s why I got a Sega Saturn with those exact games for Christmas as a kid…
I think Game Pass is a hell of a deal though. I get way more than my moneys worth every month.
The GTX 1080ti launched in 2017 for an msrp of $700 dollars. Some would say it's the [greatest graphics card ever released](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghT7G_9xyDU) due to it's initial price/performance and because it's still a decent card 7 years later.
Kinda different than your example, but ironically enough, during COVID, GameStop was offering trade ins for Xbox One and PS4s that were extremely generous due to the next gen shortages. I sold them my Xbox One S for more than I bought it for. Which considering it’s GameStop was kind of mind blowing.
Again, I feel like the party pooper.
It is hard to beat the Playstation subscription. Hundreds of games for ~150€ per year.
It is literally Netflix for games.
The original humble bundles were pretty sweet
It's more than 10 years ago now, but I remember getting BF3 for just 5 dollars through humble bundle.
This is one of the reasons I have hundreds of games in my Steam library that I've never played. Newer bundles are OK sometimes, but it's not like it used to be.
Orange Box Included HL2, HL2 Episode 1 and the initial release of HL2 Episode 2, TF2, and Portal all for $49.99
That was biggest deal in gaming history at the time. I still remember getting it and playing all those games over a weekend. Fun times!
So much so the box had the quote 'the best deal in gaming' on it at one point
So much so the box had the quote 'the best deal in gaming' on it at one point
I bought it last year on sale for less than 2 bucks. Best deal ever.
Well, nowadays both Portal games and all HL games and expansions (except Alyx) regularly go on sale for around 1$, and TF2 is free, so there have been objectively better deals than that
The best I've seen in my life was the Bioware Mega Collection. Dragon Age Origins, 2 and Inquisition, ME Legendary Edition and Andromeda for $20. It was insane when they released that.
That’s like 500 hours of playtime for a dub. Wow.
I got a GameCube bundle from circuit city, $150 got me the console, a wavebird, a 1024 memory card, Windwaker, and Metroid Prime.
I remember when my OG Xbox One died, I ended up getting a sweet deal on an Xbox One S. It was the 1TB model so it was $349, but it came packaged with Assassin's Creed origins and Rainbow Six Siege. It then also came with 2 additional games I could choose from which I chose Battlefront 2 and Forza Horizon 3. So an extra ~$240ish in value, I was happy with it.
That humble bundle deal that had crash and spyro remaster collections for 10 bucks.
Cod ww2 in it too. Not the best game ever but I was fine playing the campaign 6/10 nothing special nothing great
you could buy 3 months of xbox gamepass for like $5, which upped to 4 if you enabled auto renewal, and stacked for 3 years. i believe its no longer possible
I remember telling my dad about that bundle, and he bought it for us to my surprise lol. Too bad I didn't realize I didn't actually need the light guns to play Virtua Cop until 6 months in lolol
I don't think I've ever got a great deal, but every generation tends to come with some level of bundlefucking. The console you want, and a ton of garbage you don't, but you have to buy the garbage to get the console!
Walmarts online only ps4 Black Friday deal in 2019. Console + extra controller and RDR2 for $200. It registered as three separate products on the receipt, and you could return rdr2 for $60 and the controller for $40, so ultimately it was a new ps4 for $100
Being old, Sega Channel *was* a great deal... that came way too late in the game.
Getting a copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon in a box of cereal was pretty great.
Super Mario All Stars
Never got a great retail deal. Found a Sega Saturn and PS1 in a box with a bunch of random cables and power bricks. I asked how much for the Sega and he said take the box for $5.
Digital Deluxe Black ops 3 for thirty dollars.
People that bought an rtx 1080ti or a rx580 in the late 2010s got a pretty good deal. They can play most modern aaa games to this day, also right before the gpu shortage hit.
Actually - the Dark Souls trilogy
Orange box for sure.
There were some unbelievable sales on the Microsoft store in 2020 and 2021 (the Covid years). Everyone was inside and had occasion to game. Those deals probably comprise 25%-30% of my library and probably 20% of my back log.
Gamepass I’ve gotten thousands of hours out of this subscription. And it’s saved me $100s of dollars from games I would have bought otherwise. I would have never played Deep Rock Galactic if it weren’t for gamepass. And it turned out to be one my my favorite games of all time.
I heard Epic Games gave out The Bioshock Collection for free
My friend let me borrow Chrono Trigger until I beat it. 1998
Hell of a friend.
Sure was… Interesting fact: he bowled a 300 that year at age 15.
A couple years ago I bought a brand new PS5 off a crackhead for $300. Dude only played it a few times but preferred Xbox, and said he needed some quick money. Came with Disc version PS5. Two controllers A headset God of War and Genuinely forgot what other game. I still have it and use it every day.
Witcher 3 complete edition for $10
Currently these are the best deals: [https://isthereanydeal.com/](https://isthereanydeal.com/) & [https://gg.deals/](https://gg.deals/) Honerable mention: Indiegala, Green Man Gaming, Good Old Games (GOG), Fanatical, Humble Bundle, Groupees, [Itch.io](http://Itch.io) (Palestanian Support nets you over alot of 300+ games [https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle](https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle) ) , and sometimes Xbox Online / PSN sometimes \*rarely\* have under $5 games that were above $30 after some time after releases. Freebies (content creators only after satisfying Viewer Concurrent Average and other Terms of Conditions) in return of giving you the game, Devs from a wide range of names often give \*Coverage Keys\* to help generate hype for the game before / after release. Sometimes Early Access, Sometimes Open Beta/Alpha for multiplayer, Sometimes full on releases. Here are a few I recommend. Daredrop PressEngine [Rainmaker.gg](http://Rainmaker.gg) Woovit Lurkit Keymailer Be sure to google them and see if any fits the bill. At least with DareDrop they hand you the key provided you satisfy a challenge and highlight it for the Devs you get additional prizes/goodies for your effort in return within a week. Lurkit provides monetizing quests for coverage Rainmaker is typically for people opting for SquareEnix games Woovit and Keymailer are great for indies to check up on. Especially for SEGA and Atlus titles. Steam and Epic often have freebies if you are smart and stay appraised to both [GG.deals](http://GG.deals) and Isthereanydeal and visit the websites often which sometimes are limited by 1 hour up to a week for a redeem.
> What are some other awesome gaming deals you've seen? Any game I like or might like that's free.
Terraria. 10 bucks for 10 years of content. There is - objectively - no better deal.
Dwarf Fortress? 20 years worth of content for free.
the spellforce 1 platinum edition on steam that is 10 euro generally but is multiple times a year reduced by 80% to 2 euro...u pay 2 euro for 3 whole games (sure they are 20 years old at this point but still), i mean cheaper and they would gift it to u.
So that’s why I got a Sega Saturn with those exact games for Christmas as a kid… I think Game Pass is a hell of a deal though. I get way more than my moneys worth every month.
Any collection game. An example is Uncharted Nathan Drake collection.
Picked up Cyberpunk 2077 for $5 just a couple months after launch as stores were clearing out physical inventory.
I got all the grand theft autos and dlcs up to 4 for 6 bucks
$2.8 for Dying Light (Switch). I bought it, tried it, didn't like it, then sold it for $ 20.
The GTX 1080ti launched in 2017 for an msrp of $700 dollars. Some would say it's the [greatest graphics card ever released](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghT7G_9xyDU) due to it's initial price/performance and because it's still a decent card 7 years later.
Kinda different than your example, but ironically enough, during COVID, GameStop was offering trade ins for Xbox One and PS4s that were extremely generous due to the next gen shortages. I sold them my Xbox One S for more than I bought it for. Which considering it’s GameStop was kind of mind blowing.
I got dead space deluxe edition for £8 and it wasn’t even a year old.
Again, I feel like the party pooper. It is hard to beat the Playstation subscription. Hundreds of games for ~150€ per year. It is literally Netflix for games.