How to Save Money on PS4 Games: Top Tips for Budget-Friendly Gaming

Gaming on PS4 might be costly if you don’t know how to minimize your expenses . But there are ways to enjoy an awesome gaming experience without breaking the bank. In this blog, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how to save money on PS4 games. I hope that by following these steps, you will be able to save money too. Let’s get into it.

Patience is the key to save money when it comes to buy games on PS. Probably the cheapest way to buy a game on PlayStation is waiting for sale. Instead of buying newly released game you may wait a few month because most of the game drop price when the hype is gone.

Additionally, In sale you may get up to 90% discount on games. Usually they have sales running almost non-stop all year.

However, PlayStation has 4 Major Sales

1. Days of Play (May)
2. Summer Sale (July-August)
3. Black Friday sale (1 or 2 weeks around end of November)
4. holiday sale ( last 2 weeks of December but sometimes it goes till around January 3rd-7th)

You can buy used game discs with a huge discount from websites like eBay, which is a great way to save money on PS4 games. People usually sell their story mode game discs after playing.

Buying new game disc might cost you 59.99$ whereas buying a used disc will cost you around 40-70% less depending on the condition. You can also resale the disc after playing. By doing that you are getting your money back also.

It might sound funny that changing account location can get you games for cheaper price. It’s called regional pricing.

As an example, if you are in USA, a game which costs you 59.99$ you might get it on 50% less price in other location. Maximum games are cheaper in “Turkey” region and maximum games price are higher in “USA”.

So, If you are looking to buy cheaper games you cn switch your account location to “Turkey”.

Playstation Plus is a subscription, if you subscribe to playstation plus you can play upto 400 titles. The benefits of playstation plus is you dont have to buy every game individual. 

Without that you can go online by purchasing Playstation Plus. Maximum people who do gaming regularly must have PlayStation Plus Subscribtion. You will also able try 3 new game every month. PlayStation Plus Not only saves your money from buying individual games but also give you the access to play online.

This is a bit risky because these are not authorized by Sony, but I’ll describe where you can buy games without having any issues and how to save money on PS4 games.

Some websites like Amazon, G2A, Eneba. They sometimes provide games cheaper than the actual price. But you have to be very careful buying from those websites. Cause some keys might be invalid.

So, when you buy from those websites make sure to buy from the most reputable seller so you wont be facing any issues.

You can play any game by doing Gameshare. For that you have to find someone who owns the game you want to play. If you found someone owning the game you want to play. You can follow the process down below to play the game for free in offline.

1. Enable “Console Sharing and Offline Play” on your PS4.
2. Log into your PlayStation Network account on the other PS4.
3. Restore game licenses.
4. Navigate to the Game Library.
5. Download the games you want to play.
6. Switch back to your own PSN account.

So, If you apply all these tips correctly I highly doubt that you will have to buy games again for higher price. If you wanna lower your budget more follow these.

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