A game's worth is what you get out of it. I don't play multiplayer in Call of Duty games, never been into it. So for me to pay the 60 bucks for it just to do the single player campaign is pointless. However, other people play the hell out of the multiplayer, so release day purchase for them maybes feel reasonable in their eyes.
it's called social life, bro. every weekend, i go out and have a taste of life in movie theatres and restaurants. shit is refreshing.
As long as you understand that, consider it worthwhile, and don't contradict yourself by whining about a loss of video game funding...its perfectly reasonable. Its your life, your money, do what you want.
The key to good video game accounting is to keep track of sales, have a visual idea of what games cost, and check out the sites. This Black Friday weekend they had a bunch of different things. A lot of people were snatching up the 3DS XL's for 140 bucks, and then buying the new Zelda game. That's about 180 bucks, close to 200 with tax. Target was selling the Limited Edition Zelda bundle, which was a gold 3DS XL with a voucher for the new game, all for just 140. I waited until the Saturday after, because the sale was still going on over the weekend and the stores were restocking. I walked in as the store opened, and got one using my Target RedCard to get another 5% off, which nukes the sales tax pretty much (NJ is 7%).
Here's a list of sites that really help, people are pretty tenacious about finding deals and making sure everyone gets them. You can set up an account there and even get notifications sent to your email if something you want meets a price criteria.
Slickdeals: The Best Deals, Coupons Discounts on Laptops, Computers, LCDs, TVs, Dell, HP, Apple, Amazon- has a ton of deals in general on everything, but the games section is really good
Cheap Video Game Shopping, Sales and Deals - Cheap Ass Gamer- more of an actual gamer community that does things like slickdeals
CheapShark - Digital Game Deals, Compare PC game prices on Steam, Amazon, Gamer's Gate, and more!- lists of updated pricing on PC digital download games like Steam, GMG, GOG, Origin, etc.
Also, if you're looking for your console games cheap, don't hesitate to go Used. I know people like quality, but sometimes the prices can't be beat. However, there's good ways to get the games intact.
Amazon is pretty good because you can see what the vendors say about the condition of the item. You can get really good prices.
Gamefly is damn good about used games. The prices aren't bad, and they typically give you the game in great condition with the case, cover art, etc. I can't recall ever getting a garbage package from them, unlike GameStop which will 60% of the time just send you the game alone in some disc wrapper. Heathens.
