Video games are getting expensive fast. Between pricey current-gen consoles and new releases now costing as much as $80, gaming feels more like a luxury than ever.
I’ve stopped making impulse buys and started waiting for major sales instead — and honestly, it’s saved me a ton of money. Last year alone, I picked up games like Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds at steep discounts during Black Friday deals.
But I didn’t want to wait months for another sale event, so I asked ChatGPT to help me find the best physical game deals available right now.
Nabbing three fairly recent bangers for cheap
This prompt gave ChatGPT all the information it needed to carry out my request: “I’m looking to buy a PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch game, all together, on a budget of $120. Show me the 10 most highly rated games for each console that fit within that criteria. Make sure all the cheapest game deals you find are on Amazon.”
When the time came to deliver its results, the chatbot arrived with several categories for each console I mentioned to choose from: best overall budget pick, why that budget pick is a great buy, other games for each console that fall under my budget target and other highly rated games worth targeting on Amazon sales.
Most of ChatGPT’s standout Amazon gaming deals pointed out titles I already own, such as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Psychonauts 2 and Suikoden I & II HD Remastered. But three games among ChatGPT’s Amazon gaming deal picks stood out to me for two reasons: the fact that I never played/bought them and the manageable prices attached to them.
The games I ended up choosing were:
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PS5) — $49.99 (down 17% from its list price of $59.99)
- Diablo IV (Xbox Series X|S) — $29.89 (down 57% from its list price of $69.99)
- Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) — $34.38 (down 43% from its list price of $59.99)
All in all, I made out with all three games for under $120 by being greeted with a total of $114.26.
Other Amazon gaming deals ChatGPT put me onto
ChatGPT’s loaded lineup of Amazon gaming deals also showcased a bunch of deals that are just too good to pass up if you haven’t jumped on them already. These are the six hookups that I’d take a peek at if I were you:
- Battlefield 6 (Xbox Series X) — $43.95 (down 37% from its list price of $69.99)
- Cronos: The New Dawn (PS5) — $28.41 (down 29% from its list price of $39.99)
- DOOM: The Dark Ages (Xbox Series X|S) — $33.99 (down 51% from its list price of $69.99)
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Nintendo Switch) — $39.99 (down 33% from its list price of $59.99)
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Nintendo Switch 2) — $49.99 (down 29% from its list price of $69.99)
- Split Fiction (Xbox Series X|S Digital Code) — $34.99 (down 30% from its list price of $49.99)
Final thoughts
Saving as much money as possible whenever I’m in the mood to add some goated games to my blossoming collection has morphed into one of my favorite pastimes.
My three-pronged gaming console approach to keeping boredom at bay (the PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch) has held me down for years, thanks to the abundance of great (and cheap!) releases I’ve purchased for them all.
ChatGPT’s reliable assistance when it comes to finding great deals worked like a charm once again during my search for the best gaming deals on Amazon.
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