One of the best things about The Game Awards is its trickle down effect on the consumers just looking to play video games. While PlayStation already has its “End of Year” Sale in full spring, there’s no such thing as too many discounts, with The Game Awards hitting those games that may have been missed in the first deal. Other video game publishers tend to offer similar Game Awards promotions, with both Xbox and Nintendo recently launching their own events. Third-party games tend to hit the discount rack faster than first-party games, but this time around may be the perfect opportunity to score some of the PS4 and PS5’s best games.
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PlayStation’s Game Awards sale is live now through December 13 at 3 PM EST, featuring many incredible deals on a variety of games. As mentioned, Sony’s exclusive titles have a very strong showing here, like Arkane Studio’s Deathloop for 50% off at $29.99, Kena: Bridge of Spirits for 30% off at $27.99, and Returnal for 29% off at $49.69. Unfortunately, games like Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart or Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales aren’t included in this sale. The majority of The Game Awards Game of the Year nominees are featured here though, with Resident Evil Village down 50% to just $29.99, It Takes Two at 38% off for only $24.79, and Psychonauts 2 for $38.99, down 35%.
Many of 2021 greatest third-party releases have spots in this sale too. The big FPS combo of Battlefield 2042 (PS4 and PS5 bundle) and Call of Duty: Vanguard - Ultimate Edition are on sale for $48.99 and $79.99 respectively. Fans of sports games can snag NBA 2K22 for 50% off at $34.99 (PS5), Riders Republic for 40% off at $35.99 (PS4 and PS5 bundble), and FIFA 22 for 40% off at $41.99 (PS5). This is also a great opportunity to check out games that one might’ve been unable to get to like one of 2020’s Games of the Year winners in Hades, down 20% for just $19.99, or notable remasters like Mass Effect: Legendary Edition for 50% off at $29.99.
This is an overall very strong sale that discounts many of 2021’s most talked about games. It is refreshing to see PlayStation mark down a lot of its first-party titles when companies like Nintendo hardly discounted any of its first-party games in the same sale. Just goes to show how two different companies approach their exclusive games: one willing to mark them down fairly, knowing it will recoup a lot of money through sales, while the other prefers perpetuating the high asking price for its games, and the level of quality that comes with it. All that’s left is to see what PlayStation does at The Game Awards 2021.
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