Forum > Gaming Discussion > What's your impulse buy pricepoint?
What's your impulse buy pricepoint?
avatar
Country: BE
Comments: 8246
News Posts: 608
Joined: 2013-06-11
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:01:23
0

This is clearly something personal, where someone might consider anything remotely interesting priced below the €30 mark to be an instant buy, while others might balk at the thought of spending €30 on a game without giving it much thought.  I myself will snag anything I'm remotely interested in if it's no more than €20 if it's a physical release, or no more than €5 if it's digital.  I'm assuming that my impulse buy prices will be lower than most of you on here, but truth is it prevents me from buying too many games that will just sit unplayed in my library.

avatar
Country: GB
Comments: 48515
News Posts: 59786
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:51:13
0

1 of your American dollars.

avatar
Country: UN
Comments: 16255
News Posts: 1043
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:16:48
0

Free...and even then, it'd better be easy to impulse "buy", otherwise I won't bother..

avatar
Country: US
Comments: 15369
News Posts: 232
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:53:01
0

Hmmm....impulse buys for me are usually for games I'd like to check out but have no desire to pay full price for. Normally I'd say around $15 to $20. I've also grabbed many copies of games from Steam sales that I already own on console, just because they were only a few bucks.

I'd like to impulse buy a few Wii U games, but Nintendo never seems to drop the prices on their first-party stuff anymore which boggles my mind. There's a ton of people who will only buy certain titles cheaper. If you never drop the price, you're throwing away sales.

         1200923.png?77682175

avatar
Country: US
Comments: 17976
News Posts: 770
Joined: 2009-02-25
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:40:51
+1
Impulse purchases are pretty much dead with me, though it's a recent phenomenon. A few weeks ago Injustice was available for $5 on the eShop. I had already played through it, and it wasn't a priority or anything, but I liked it and for $5 that's a steal. And yet I didn't pull the trigger. I'm so proud of myself.
avatar
Country: US
Comments: 31783
News Posts: 1717
Joined: 2008-06-22
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:06:30
0

I guess under $20, I've been known to buy quite a few things on sale at that price.

660896.png
avatar
Country: CA
Comments: 14297
News Posts: 0
Joined: 2008-07-01
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:01:57
0

Typically $25 starts pushing me into impulse territory.

1176413.png

avatar
Country: US
Comments: 3302
News Posts: 310
Joined: 2010-07-12
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:48:14
0

Depends for Retail under $20 is an impulse by but only if it from a developer I like it is on sale and the price is good.

For Digital it has to be less than $3 for a single game $5 - $7 for a bundle.

Though they aren't really impulses because they are games I shown interest in but I didn't pull the trigger because money is tight.

Edited: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:46:09

SUPER MARIO MAKER LEVELS:

  • SMB Mix-Up! (1AB2-0000-0047-5A7D)
  • Storm the Castle (77BD-0000-00E0-A9C0)

1162060.png

avatar
Country: CA
Comments: 403
News Posts: 0
Joined: 2008-11-26
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:54:00
0

Usually the $20 or below area.

--------------------------------------------

Listen to Iced Earth and play Doom

avatar
Country: GB
Comments: 48515
News Posts: 59786
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:54:10

17 quid. Ish

Log in or Register for free to comment
Recently Spotted:
Login @ The VG Press
Username:
Password:
Remember me?