PS4, Xbox One, and Switch physical games are dirt cheap right now and it won’t last

If you’ve been sitting on a backlog of PS4, Xbox One, or Switch games you’ve been meaning to pick up, now is the time. Sony’s PlayStation greatest hits lineup is sitting at $9.99 at Best Buy and Walmart — we’re talking Last of Us Remastered, God of War, Ratchet and Clank, full retail copies, brand new. Xbox isn’t far behind, with plenty of first-party titles in the same range on Amazon and Best Buy.

These systems are approaching the ten-year mark and have already been replaced by a second generation of hardware. The PS3 and Xbox 360 used game market is already climbing as younger players discover those libraries and collectors move in. The PS4 and Xbox One are next, and this clearance pricing is the tell. Once these copies clear out, the floor is gone.

Worth noting: a lot of newer physical releases require a day-one patch just to activate, which makes fully self-contained older disc copies more appealing, not less. If you want games you can play without an internet connection, on original hardware, with nothing else required, this is the window. It will not stay open.