Hi guys, I m not from rich family and deciding to buy a ps4, just curious and wondering how u guys get a ps4 games? Buy a brand new during promotion period? Borrow or exchange with friend? Rent a game? Or even online streaming games from ps4 site? Or any other cheaper option available?

i dont know, i cant afford a ps4

Buying brand new is just way to expensive.
You pretty much have to accept you won’t be able to buy a brand new game at launch.

But that’s ok as PS4 is close to the end of its lifespan so most of the games are already out.

- get second hand from shops.
- borrow from friends
- ps+ is pretty worth it. You can consider getting it during a promotion.
- during sales, AAA games can go below RM50.
- online streaming is not that worth it. 3rd party game seller via account sharing is also too risky imo.

When will the promotion sales that below rm50? Btw, what is PS+ ?

easy. dont follow other people hype up games. prioritize 1st on what games you must play on day 1, used game(put your reasonable target, mine is rm150-180 for a recent game), only buy when is cheap af, maybe sub PS+ if you play online game.
being doing it since 2011 got easy 200-300 games havent finish/untouched on all my gaming platforms

Gone are the days when PS1 and 2 games are only worth rm5. Even though the US exchange rate has gone down, games however are still priced around 229 standard ironically. Even with our GE if won by another party, cost of living will never come down.

Your nasi lemak increased 60c in the name of gst. Price will remain the same even with gst abolished.

Buy 2nd hand, don't pay more than 150 per game. After playing it, sell it away. Buy new games only if u wanna ride the hype train.

Subscribe to ps+, in that way u always get free games monthly albeit it may not be your genre of interest.

Work hard. Our minister told us #2kerja.

There're sales everyday
https://store.playstation.com/en-my/grid/ST...=asc&sort=price

PS+ is a subscription which gives you online play/multiplayer and 3 free games.
- there are promotion on this subscription occasionally
- free games will only remain Free while you're subscribed.
- some games might be discounted further.

Allocate RM200 saving per month for your spending on PS4, if no game to buy this month, accumulate and see next month got any game to buy or not, keep accumulating, still no game to buy for a year? You get RM2400 ezpz.

This post has been edited by kEazYc: Apr 29 2018, 05:51 PM

Rule i set 4 myself
-per game no more than RM100
-ps store buy only 50% discount or more
-download demo ps store(can test if game u want suit you)
-create r1 for more demo

What is create r1? Where to create it?

i dont own ps4 but i own wii u. i think all console games are expensive. by that, i only buy second hand which is less than half price.. and only buy triple a games.

Do research first before buying any games. Don't just simply following the hype train or trend. If you follow any particular game site, they will announced release date months before the game came out so you can plan first hand how to collect money. If you not sure if the game is good or not, wait for the review came out first and watch some gameplay on youtube before make any decision. This can prevent you from wasting money on game you dont have interest in it.

Research. ps+ and only game that you can't find in pc. Pc = steam

live with only 2-3 games. easier when you also a pc master race.

do freelance , work hard

problem eventually disappear

r1(US) account..create one after u create r3(malaysia)(primary account)

join psn plus
free games every month
over 100 games in my library over all these years

first at least join ps+ and start collecting the game,
second dont buy hype game at day one, better wait couple of month or a year for the price to drop kaw2,
third by second hand game,

me normally play ps+ game,, i only buy the game that i want when the price drop very low

I suggest you to buy games only when you really feel like playing it. Like me, I will hold off playing other games until I've finished my current game.
Also join a whatsapp ps4 trading group in your area, preferably those with a lot of members and regular sellers. There are a lot of preloved games in those groups you can buy below rm100. Most even accept trade in 😁

This post has been edited by light bulb: Apr 30 2018, 10:43 PM

I suggest you subscribe to PS+. 1 year only RM129. During promotion you can get extra 3 month.

PS+ member can get free games every month. Sometime Sony gave AAA titles for PS+ member. As long your PS+ not expired, you can still play PS+ games.

Another advantage for PS+ member is you can buy digital games at huge discount. Every month Sony always have discount sale.

To save money, don't buy new released games. Instead buy old games if you're not yet played. There a tone of games worth to play depend on your liking.

Buying second hand is another option so that you can get cheaper price instead of paying full price. You also can sell back later after finish playing.

Me still waiting for some genuises to hack the console and play backup games....then shop in Malaysia sell the game cheaply like ps3 now

Don’t buy gAmes on the first day unless you absolutely must have it or they will last u for hours and ur willing to invest time into it. Games that last hours are RPGs, monster hunter world , sports games (if u invest time in them etc) and some other genres . Other games like action or adventure which last only 8-20 hours before u move on either u wait for 2nd hand or price drop to below 100 or offers on psn or free with os plus.

Why the hate bro? Since the beginning of time piracy has been rampant here. I was merely stating the fact rm5 was cheap and we have no way to revert back to those era. It is rude to call someone stupid.

turned into political talk now? lmao.

On the other note, TS just buy 1 or 2 games to play first. You don't need to hoard a bunch of games. By the time you finish the 1 or 2nd game you own, you would have save enough for the others. haha.

This post has been edited by miyakochan89: May 2 2018, 09:24 AM

Hacking your PS4 is really not worth it.
Why?
By the time they fully hack it, PS5 would be out and PS4 games would be dirt cheap. Just like PS3 games today. They’re like rm10-20 today ?

Also hacking your PS4 would mean
- no online capability
- you might brick your console
- Sony will brick your console
- any accounts used will have all its purchased forfeited. Those 100+ PS+ games you have will be gone. Those games you bought during a sale will be gone.
Sure, you can sign in with a “new account”. But who’s to say they won’t ban any account with a history of being logged in to the hacked PS4 ?

Too many things to lose for too little a benefit.

Gaming in Malaysia has come a long long way.

Any oldies here who were born from the 70s , 80s (or even the 60s )should be well aware of what I 'm talking about .

Back then we had very little supports for original gaming , because games were insanely expensive . Importing an original game tend to cost hundreds of Ringgit . I still remember paying rm 377.80 for Xenogear on Playstation 1 , which was absurd. You can buy quite a lot of things with RM 377 twenty years ago .

But the time has changed , a lot .

Now we have our own game launch parties , our own region of PS Store , digital game sales , Pre-purchase freebies , all sorts of merchandise , a bunch of ways to get discount for new game .

As long as you have a decent job , spending some money into something you like every month , don't see what's wrong with that really. If you still can't afford it then don't play it , it is that simple .

Console gaming was never a cheap hobby to begin with , it is suppose to be luxury that is more affordable to the common public than the rest . Just look at all the talk with HDR gaming and 4K TV now , even a decent HDR TV will cost you over RM 8000++ . And then you want to get a decent sound system which will cost you at least another 10k....


And you absolutely have no reason to pirate any games, on any platform thesedays . In PC gaming , even the Steam store has a regional pricing now , where many of the games cost substantially less than the standard $60 USD . On top on that , there are resellers who sell these games much cheaper at launch .

Buy a few less packets of cigarettes will save you far more money and medical fees than what You can spend on games .

Oh wait I suddenly sound like a mother on Lowyat godammit


P/S : There are several renting stores which offer a good amount of updated console games for rental and they are extremely affordable , RM 3 / day , RM 15/ week . 1 less reason to pirate games really.

This post has been edited by Convael: May 2 2018, 11:52 PM

1. Buy 2nd hand game...after finished just sell back the game by rm10 cheaper or same price if u lucky...and then buy another 2nd hand game and repeat

2. Wait for sales on ps store (digital games)

3. Just play ps+ free games

This post has been edited by Seoliem: May 3 2018, 09:46 AM

this..
-bought ps4 games 2017/early 2018(hoarding about 8 ps4 games not including digital)
-bought ps4 pro 2/18
-now playing just 1 games ff zodiac age(not finish yet,need plat the game .. )
-games bought b4 reduce price
Seriously,buy 1 or 2 games 1st..finish it..

I feel ya....

The original games i bought for my sega saturn..... the price... sakit.................

nowadays, one meal already cost more than the game itself, but at least piracy for games not as teruk as those days

Sorry deviate from topic

most advice already given for budget ps4 gamer, just dont follow the hype train and buy used


This post has been edited by rx330: May 5 2018, 12:26 PM

If you think your'e not "rich" then you'll have to ask yourself why do you need a PS4 in the first place when you can easily get a PS3 or any other older generation consoles and not only get better deals, but a treasure trove of games of all genres to play.

This is the exact problem my friend has. He bought a PS4 and only has TWO games for it and couldn't afford more. I asked him why not get a PS3 instead and he said because the PS4 was "in trend", "has the best games" and that the PS3 is "Outdated and ugly graphics", which is nothing more than being shallow minded. Games are games. Most of the best games in the world are not from this console generation.

I myself have a PS4 with over 50 games, but I find myself playing my PS3, PS2, Gamecube and SNES a lot more, simply because a lot of games today are ubiquitous in design and overbloated with hype. You aim with L2 and shoot with R2, and action shooters are oversimplified and streamlined to a point that a lot of games starts to feel more or less the same. The same can't be said about older games, where graphic engines between games are radically different, controls are tailored to the design and there's a sense of exploring the game mechanics more than games I play on PS4. That, plus I always find great used PS3 games for RM30 and below of a title that I haven't tried.

Bottom line, ask yourself why do you want to play a certain game and do you really wanna spend money on it, when there are always cheaper options out there. If graphics are what you only care, get a PC and Steam, where PC graphics card blow the PS4 out of the water and Steam games are significantly cheaper than their PS4 counterpart.

This post has been edited by Iroquois Plissken: May 5 2018, 04:47 PM

Great sharing and opinions you had there, thanks ya

The problem is certain games I want to play, I can't find anyone selling it with 2nd hand price. All I found is brand new unit which cost rm150 to rm200++

Those 2nd hand games are those I not interested to play...lol

then, you should opt to sell your PS4 boy..
if you're still deciding to buy one - better not.

it's a hobby, not compulsory to have 'em.

This post has been edited by pokchik: May 12 2018, 01:50 PM

Sell it when you are finished.
That is the price you have to pay if you want to play the games when it newly comes out

Is there any well known ps4 second hand games for sale or for rent places in current market? Be it forum, fb page, or shop?

forum you can look into our lowyat's own thread: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4431794/+140

You can also wait for the digital version to be heavily discounted, but usually it is one year from release that it will happen

Will the ps plus free games expired once i'm not subscribed to it?

You wont get access to the game only until u renew your ps+,

Those are yours forever until one day you leave the world and no one pay for that account or Sony bankrupt and cannot sustain the server.

Don't buy the latest and greatest games at launch. Wait for PSN discount and you will be surprise at how much it will cost.

1) subscribe plus
2) only buy game during lunar sales/ halloween / 85% discount

How often is the PS4 sales?
I bought The last of us Remastered during the Days of Play sales. Was so happy!

US releasing a lot of great exclusives under the hit series for 20USD.
This includes the last of us.

i already bought the Last of Us and even in MYR it's not that expensive.

Weird bickering in this thread.

The only objective way to alleviate the notion of "expensive" games is to earn more. Cost is a subjective matter. People saying that "sales" is the correct way of getting cheap games supports this notion. A sale makes a game cheap to your eyes only because it is low enough for your wallet to handle without affecting your actual necessities.

I'm not bragging and I'm not saying that you shouldn't buy games on sale or you know if you want, pirate them. But to answer the question directly and nothing else, you simply need to think outside of the box and look at it objectively - cost is simply a number that is weighed higher or lower depending on what you have.

Now don't go ask idiotic bigot questions like how to earn more so that games would be cheap subjectively speaking. You've got bigger problems in life than playing games if you have to ask that question.

That’s the wrong way to look at things.
Just because one earns 10-20k a month or even a week doesn’t mean we should just all buy games at full price without looking for alternatives.

Sure, it might not be straineous at all to the bank account, however it doesn’t mean one will feel comfortable to spend RM300 on a brand new premium game several times a month only to play 1-4 hours on it.

This is the same mindset as micro transaction. Just because some can afford it doesn’t mean they should support it.

Value is a subjective matter. But cost is not.
If I can get something for way lesser, why not ?

For those who can’t afford them. Requesting to increase their income is a captain obvious statement. Pretty sure almost everyone is working to do that. But that depends on their situation and it’s quite an insensitive statement.

Do take note there are students in this thread as well. Telling them to work harder will not do anything for them.

In the end, if you can afford to spend 200 k on your gaming centric mancave - Great. But to say making more money is the only way and looking for other options to get game cheaper is weird - that’s not right.

This post has been edited by LegendLee: Jun 22 2018, 10:04 AM

@bolded 1

If I have to wait an uncertain amount of time just for something to be cheaper, of which that time item would make no difference to my wallet - why would I want to waste time waiting for a sale? You can't earn time, you can earn money.

@bolded 2

Read again, I said it's an objective way. I didn't say it's a myriad of subjective ways which you already listed out. There are always alternatives to an objective solution, that's call adapting to a situation. Waiting for a sale is a subjective solution because that's down to you.

On the first point.
Again it’s how you value it.
What’s the point of buying a semi interesting game on launch when you’re not even bothered to play it within the next few months.

Good for you if you always want to get all games at their full price. But some of us don’t like to waste money.

On the second point.
Making more money =\= games are cheaper.
I’m sure this might be an alien concept to you.
But just because when your income level go up, that doesn’t mean your expenditure must go up proportionally as well.

Anyway, we are deviating from this thread.
This thread is about sharing ways to obtain games at a lower price to which you offer nothing in advice.
This is not a self-help/career thread/kopitiam.

Wait, we're suddenly talking about games that are semi-interesting?

No you aren't even reading what I'm saying. Making more money does not mean games are cheaper. Making more money REMOVES OR LOWER THE PERCEPTION/NOTION that games are expensive. If you'd have any idea how much money and effort a game costs to make, you won't even mention games are expensive in the first place.

Welp, whatever man.

Damn right lol. Even when got higher income also sure not enough sometimes bcoz living cost also will increased.

As for me, I just wait for flash sale or promo except the games that I want on day one. Sometime PSN gives promo/discount code. Or wait for pre-owned physical copy. Please avoid game sharing (digital). Some sellers also selling their physical stock quiet cheap after few month.

For me i buy any online games that i will really play at full price, most of the times i preorder it. But single player games i give it some time for the price to really go down.

Buy digital games on sale

Only buy digital game during CNY sale

how i solve it.... i dont buy game at launch, since most game cant finish and lots of backlog.

So only buy when got sales such as those game selling digital online with price around RM50-80 or those around USD 15 - 20....

I am in no rush to play latest game and those Sony exclusive game usually can have very good price during their discount.

I bought my MGS V (2015) at launch and only finished it last night

Man, previously bought too much games at launch and so many backlog

What i learn? Dun buy games at launch is the way to save lots money

***Am Clearing backlog at the moment

With PS Plus, I only buy game that i really want to play... others just wait till got sale or if i lucky become available on PS plus.

Last time i buy a lot of physical PS3 disc during PS3 era but now, I only got 3 physical PS4 disc, well coz most of my time i play PS Plus game only

I just start playing Titanfall 2.. got it for around RM40

just bought ps4 exclusive on release date.other game normally play on PC.noticed i save a lot buying 2nd hand game after 1month of release.

the single player campaign worth it? i never pick up titanfall 2..but i guess the multiplayer is dead?

single player is freaking short, can finish within 6 hours. graphics are good, gameplay was certainly an under rated gem. the physical disc can get around rm50+ sealed copy, on good psn promo can get about 20/30. mp is still very much alive. i'm still stuck at one last trophy for platinum.

honestly speaking it was really good.... good sci fi and a good relation building with your fellow titan. For the prices it is definitely worth it.

buy 2nd hand only, sell after finish, or find one or few friends, share as digital copy, choose one of them as primary account

due to my work and family commitment, i greatly reduced my gaming time and play whenever i'm free. it's been very long since i bought game at day 1, just buy the games i like at discount price (preferably GOTY or complete edition) or 2nd hand at my budget.

I just bought Dark Souls 3 about a month back after 2 years its released and enjoyed it at my own pace