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From: Werner Punz
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:37

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Am 08.11.16 um 17:51 schrieb Justisaur:
> On 11/7/2016 8:37 AM, Werner Punz wrote:
>> Am 07.11.16 um 16:48 schrieb Justisaur:
>>
>>> I would warn though that pretty much all the good games are more
>>> expensive than they are on the PC - I've gotten some of the Lego games
>>> my son plays on Steam sales for as low as $5, but can't find most of
>>> them for less than $20 on the Xbox, some quite a bit more. That adds
>>> up quickly if you play may games.  Some of the really good obscure
>>> games that aren't on the PC actually go up in price too.  I remember
>>> there was a PS2 game I wanted but it was sitting around $100 last I
>>> looked.  Of course you can recoup some of that reselling/trading games
>>> once done with them.
>>>
>> Mhh weird, at least if you buy the disk version most of the PS3 games
>> end up around 5-10 bucks (euros that is in my case) from private second
>> hand sources, could be that the XBOX games are more expensive due to the
>> back compatibility the XBONE provides, driving second hand prices up.
>>
>>
>
> You can find plenty of 2nd hand games at $5-$10 for the Xbox, but
> they're mostly bad games, most of the good ones seem to hold their value.
>
Then it is actually different to the PS3, even the good PS3 games go for 
5-10 from private sources.

As for multiplayer, it is free on the PS3, on the PS4 however you also 
have to pay for psplus.

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