Latest Gaming Purchase

[Moonface]

Also if you're wondering why I bought a copy of XBC3 for Switch instead of just waiting to get the Switch 2 Edition... it's just my collection obsession kicking it. I plan to eventually get the physical copies for all of the XBC games on Switch 2 as well. It also doesn't help that I had hunted down sealed physical copies of XBC2 and XBC2: GT before the announcement of the Switch 2 versions, so my collection of the series on Switch was already half-way done, so I have to finish it with XBC3 and XBCX: DE.

At least you aren't trying to get XBC1 on the Wii because I'm sure the prices for that nowadays are astronomical, considering Shira paid $100+ for a pre-owned copy over a decade ago. x.x


Emberward (PC)
I downloaded the demo of this game ages ago when it was still an Early Access game, and yesterday got a ping from Steam that the game had fully released. I had been tempted to buy the game during its EA period, but it's from a new developer and I didn't want to trust that the game would actually be finished by someone without a track record.

[Maniakkid25]

At least you aren't trying to get XBC1 on the Wii because I'm sure the prices for that nowadays are astronomical, considering Shira paid $100+ for a pre-owned copy over a decade ago. x.x

*Looks at their own Wii copy of XBC -- complete with instruction booklet -- they bought for 30 bucks* You were $100 at one point?

[Dragon Lord]

So out of curiosity I looked it up, and it's actually super cheap. A sealed copy of the Wii version of the game can be had for $35 if someone is okay with a UAE copy of the game. Or if you're like me and you don't like the UAE copies and want actual North American copies (just strictly for uniformity in my collection), then you can find them for just a bit more. I see one listing for around $55 (after shipping). There's another listing for $80, which actually isn't that bad all things considered if someone was looking to add sealed Wii games to their collection in current year.

Found a nice listing on eBay today for a sealed PS4 copy of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. They were selling for $39.99. Final cost ended up being $51 after shipping and taxes, which is pretty nice considering that puts it at right about the same price as it would have cost me retail when it first released. The next cheapest copy was $49.99 and that would have ended up being closer to $60 total. There's a small blemish in the shrink wrap of the one I bought though, so I'm assuming that might factor into why the seller was selling it for a bit cheaper than other listings. Though they had a picture of the tear and it's very small and doesn't affect the seal of the game at all, but hey I'll take the slightly cheaper price. The PS4 version of Crisis Core is one of the games I'm missing from my collection (have the PS5 version already, but ya'll know I gotta double dip on these PS4+PS5 releases).

Also decided to do some more shopping...

Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters (PS4)
Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution (PS4)
Persona 5 Strikers (PS4)
Persona 5 Tactica (PS4)
Yasha: Legend of the Demon Blade Deluxe Edition (PS5)
Xenoblade Chronicles X - Definite Edition (NS)

The first four games I bought because I found them all for super cheap ($23, $27, $16 and $20 respectively) and all were missing from my PS4 collection. Yasha I've been meaning to pick up for a while and Gamestop was the only retailer to have any of the Deluxe Editions left. XBCX I picked up because Gamestop had it for $41 new (30% off sale for select NS games) and that's by far the best price I could find for that game (not a single seller on eBay comes close), so I wanted to get it before that sale ended. I wanted the free shipping too though, so I threw in Yasha since I wanted it regardless and getting them both together boosted me up to free shipping.