Summary
- Limited availability of licensed games like Saw 2 is causing their prices to rise, making them a valuable find for gamers.
- A lucky gamer found a copy of the game for a fraction of the price it goes for online.
An Xbox 360 gamer found a copy of Saw 2 for cheap at a charity shop, which is notable since the game usually goes online for more than it cost at launch. The Xbox 360 is one of the most popular video game consoles of all time, and for good reason. The Xbox 360 boasts an incredible library of games, though they are now much more difficult to access.
Microsoft recently shut down the Xbox 360 marketplace, making it significantly more difficult for fans to get their hands on certain games. While the backward compatible Xbox 360 games remain available purchase, many other titles have been lost to the digital void. As a result, the prices of secondhand Xbox 360 games have started to climb.
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Some Xbox 360 games were rare/expensive well before the digital marketplace shut down, though. Licensed games often go up in price years after their launch since they are typically not available digitally as long as other games and the popularity of their IP ensures that there is always at least some interest in them. Such is the case with the Saw 2 video game, which released in 2010 to scathing reviews from critics. While professional critics weren't impressed with Saw 2: Flesh & Blood, it has still become one of the more expensive physical 360 titles out there, listed for north of $70 on sites like eBay. However, Reddit user edvvnn managed to find a copy of Saw 2 on Xbox 360 at a charity shop for a mere £1.50. Needless to say, this is an absolute steal.
Gamer Finds Saw 2 Xbox 360 Game for Cheap
The first Saw video game is fairly expensive as well, listed for $40-$60 on eBay, though it's seemingly not as rare as its sequel. Both of the Xbox 360 Saw games are survival-horror games with a focus on puzzles as players have to survive Jigsaw traps. The games are set within the same universe as the Saw film series, but instead of adapting the films, tell original stories showing what certain characters were up to between the events depicted in the movies.
The Saw video games are far from the only licensed 360 games that have gotten more expensive over the years. Peter Jackon's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie has similarly skyrocketed in price. King Kong became more expensive after it delisted, and the fact that it's playable on modern Xbox consoles may also be playing a part in its price increase.
The Xbox 360 was Microsoft's successor to its original Xbox video game console. The seventh-generation device was built as a direct competitor to consoles like Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii.
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