Gamer deals and present ideas for Valentine’s day
Valentine’s day is coming, and some of you might want to use the opportunity to get someone (including yourself!) something nice. This is not typically a day for awesome gaming deals, but there is the occasional present idea that pops up, I’ve tried to collect a few of them below.
disclaimers:
- The links below are affiliate links. You don’t pay anything extra if you purchase through those links, but we do get a small commission if you do
- Prices are accurate at the time of writing but might change quickly. The “off xx%” is what is being reported by the retailer compared to MSRP, but in our experience does not always match the actual discount compared to recent prices.
Valentine’s Day highlights
Most of these are not platform specific and I felt they could be original ideas. Let me know!
- Razer Kraken Kitty RGB Headset $99.99 (33% off)
- Chocolate gift Basket $35.99 (I know, a bit traditional maybe?)
- My Arcade retro game machine with 200 games included $25.99
- Gunnar Gaming Glasses $42.50 (15% off)
- Toblerone Swiss Chocolate 6x100g $17.17
- PDP Gaming Zelda commuter case $26.99 (10% off)
- Animal Crossing Jigsaw Puzzle $13.97 (22% off)
- Hogwarts Legacy (not a deal, but certainly the hot game of the moment)
Other Gaming Deals
A few words of advice (probably obvious, but…):
- For similar prices, I recommend getting a physical edition over a digital one, in particular because you can resell it later on. Physical still has more value than digital nowadays
- Similarly, It’s a bit sad that Sony aren’t aggressively discounting PS4 games at this point. They cost the same as the PS5 version in most cases, so when you have the choice, go with the PS5 version.
PS5
- Star Ocean – The Divine Force $39.99 (33% off)
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human $44.41 (26% off)
- Demon slayer: Hinokami Chronicles $29.99 (50% off)
- Valkyrie Elysium $39.99 (33% off)
- Evil Genius 2 – World Domination $29.99 (33% off)
- New Tales from the Borderlands Deluxe $32.11 (36% off)

- The Diofield Chronicle $39.99 (33% off)
- Outriders: Worldslayer $29.99
- Vampire The masquerade – Swansong $9.99 (80% off)
- Back 4 Blood Ultimate Edition $25.83 (74% off)
- Ys IX Monstrum Nox – deluxe Edition $49.99 (Preorder)
Accessories
- WD Black SN850X 4TB $399.47 (43% off)
PS4
A bit annoying that PS4 discounts basically put PS4 games as the same price as discounted PS5 games… but any PS4 deal under $10 is awesome at this point, time to snatch great games before the console’s end of life!
- New tales from the Borderlands Deluxe $31.84 (36% off)
- shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster $15.99 (68% off)
- Iron Man VR $19.98 (50% off)
- FFVII Remake $29.74 (50% off)
- Days Gone $30.99 (48% off)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 $18.88 (53% off)
Switch
Games
- Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope $39.97 (33% off)
- The Diofield Chronicle $39.99 (33% off)
- New Tales from the borderlands deluxe Edition $31.89 (33% off)
- Shin Megami Tensei IV $29.99 (50% off)
- Variable Barricade $34.38 (30% off)
- Astria Ascending $31.89 (20% off)
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim $39.97 (33% off)
- DariusBurst Another chronicle Ex+ $36.19 (10% off)
- Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes $38.48 (36% off)
Accessories
- Samsung 512GB Pro+ $49.99 (55% off)
- Switch controller charging dock station $14.99 (35% off)
Accessories
- CRUA 27″ 144hz/165HZ Curved Gaming Monitor $149.99 with coupon (20% off)
- Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64GB $183.99 with coupon (37% off)
- Mini PC Quad Core Celeron 4GB $89.94 with coupon (47% off)
- Goodtico G1 Mini PC Core i9 9880H, 8Cores 16Threads 2.3GHZ(Up to 4.8GHZ),Nvidia GTX1650 4G, 32G Ram 1TB Nvme SSD $1029.99 with coupon (20% off)
Board Games
As you might know my other hobby is board games. Amazon have a few on sale, here’s a short selection:
- Azul $29 (30% off)
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King $53.98 (10% off)
- Pandemic Fall of Rome $28.99 (42% off)
- Star Wars Imperial Assault $93.98 (15% off)
- Catan 3D Edition $182.8 with Coupon (39% off)
- Twilight imperium 4th edition $113.50 (31% off)
- Deception: Murder in Hong-Kong $34.98 (14% off)
- Betrayal at the house on the hill 3rd Edition $27.49 (51% off)
Movies, Books, Toys,…
- Better Call Saul The complete series (Blu ray) $151.19 (30% off)
- The adventures of Batman, complete collection Blu ray $24.99 (17% off, preorder)























Meanwhile i wishing that someone porting to Vita games like Vampire Survivors, Army of Ruin, Soulstone Survivors, etc. Because that type of games are perfect matching portable consoles. Android smatrphones already has Vampire Survivors, so it firstly will be easiest to port. Waah.. Cruel hopes and dreams..
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oem@lamp:~/.xenia/bin/Linux/Release$
xenia linux build for valentine dear xD