My last 10 game purchases:

Ace Combat 4 (new) $20
Inside Drive 2002 (new) $15
ICO (used) $6
SSX (used) $6
Kingdom Hearts (new) $50
Star Fox Adventures (new) $50
Animal Crossing (new) $45
Super Mario Sunshine (new) $25
Frequency (new) $14
Madden 2003 (new) $28

Pretty split each way.

Price is king. I refuse to pay more than $20 for ANY game.

Hanging around DVDTalk the last 3 years has taught me to be patient, wait for the right price to come to ME, then strike before everybody else moves in

Price is very important. Some games like Animal Crossing or Mario Sunshine have been worth $50 to me (I didn't really pay for those either, since I used the DVD trade in credit from EB to get them). However, in most cases I like waiting for deals. All Star Baseball 2003 was a really great game at the $10 I paid for it. If I had paid $50 I would probably have returned it.

I just picked up Freekstyle for $15 today and its also a really good game, but not one I would have paid $50 for.

In most cases $29.99 is my limit, but I really like buying at $20 or less. The PS2 Greatest Hits titles are really winning me over.

quake,

dare i ask where you got mario sunshine for $25 and madden for $28 ?

(by the way thanks for all your early postings of best buy prices in the dvd bargain forum !!!!)

I'll soon be the owner of all 3 consoles(got 2 right now)
so picking games is definately gonna be hard on me
fortunately I never have to worry about PC games cuz I always
get them for *free* :P