8 Ways The Video Game Industry Punishes Its Most Loyal Consumers

1. Prices Can - And Will - Drop Immediately For 95% Of Games

As mentioned, that key launch window is when prices skyrocket, mimicking whatever level of interest you'll see across the mediasphere for a given product.

However, once that's gone - and it only takes a couple of weeks to a month - prices will drop considerably. Double-so if there's a major holiday round the corner.

Games like Mass Effect Andromeda and Dishonored 2 only stayed at full cost for a minimal amount of time, and as we can identify the sorts of games that can sustain selling for £60 (your GTAs and Zeldas of the world), if you only wait until the 'buzz' has dissipated just a tad, you'll be far better off.

Waiting for a week or two nets you a cheaper version of the game (even if it's from a trade-in second-hand) that's also had the benefit of multiple immediate patches applied, and there'll be stable servers.

It's a no-brainer.