February’s biggest gaming release has just received a huge discount weeks after launch

THIS year has already been exceptionally strong for gaming, with a huge number of big-name releases launching every month.

Aside from all the big-name games launching like Suicide Squad, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Helldivers 2, indie games like Balatro have been taking up people’s time.

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This means that a lot of people have had to split their time and money and make difficult decisions about exactly which game they want.

Due to the number of games released last month, games that were expected to do well haven’t achieved the predicted numbers.

This is the case for Skull & Bones, a long-awaited, open-world pirate adventure that has been more than a decade in development.

Aside from the number of games released, there are several factors that led to Skull & Bones’ poor sales.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot defended Skull & Bones’ $70 / £70 price tag despite it having the in-game monetisation of a free-to-play game like Fortnite.

Guillemot called it a quadruple-A game saying it is the first game of this kind of quality.

However, this statement was not backed up by reviews, where Skull & Bones received a lacklustre 60-rating on review aggregate site Metacritic.

All of this information has led to Skull & Bones receiving a significant price drop just three weeks after launch.

In the US, Best Buy is currently selling Skull & Bones for Xbox and PS5 for a 36% discount meaning it costs just $45.

There are a number of sales in the UK also, but the best deal we found was at Hit, which is selling Skull & Bones at £50 for a 28% discount.

If you want to read more on gaming deals, check out the PlayStation game currently on sale on Steam.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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