In my last blog I wrote of my hesitation to purchase Prince of Persia, believing that perhaps to wait for a couple of weeks would be the wise thing to do. Now, 10 days after its release over here in the UK, the game has fell from £39.99 to £17.99. I slowly watched the decline in price, at one point it got to £24.99 and I was intent on purchasing it. Yet today, I find it even cheaper, so I finally decided to grab it along with Tomb Raider: Underworld (which also had the balls to drop from £39.99 to £17.99).

Now don't get me wrong, this is great for me. But take into consideration the people who splashed out full price for a copy at the time of its release. I've saved £22 just for waiting 10 days, £44 if you count both games. I understand that because of the state of the economy etc. and the complete flood of games over the past couple of month, that price drops are to be expected. But what effect will this have on the future? I have absolutely no intention of purchasing any game over the next few month for full price (well...maybes Resident Evil 5). How long will it take to restore the expectation that games are to cost as much as £39.99? I'm also curious to see if this 'trend' will continue throughout the next year. I'm expecting this to mark the end of most free DLC, as developers will surely take a hit from all this.

I shouldn't complain, thanks to this insanity I'm going to have one hell of a Christmas ;)

Farcry 2, Saints Row 2, Fable 2 and The Last Remnant have all been available for half price this past week, as great as it sounds, it's creating a bit of a dilemma.

I want Prince of Persia a lot, but I know that if I buy it now full price, in a matter of weeks I could find it a lot cheaper. Prices are going up and down everywhere and it's difficuilt to decide whether or not to buy games slightly cheap, or await a futher possible price deduction and risk losing whatever deal I started off with. I'm finding myself unusually cautious for this time of year.

I can't imagine myself paying full price for a game at the moment.

/YoungRust89