> Steam sales, Humble Bundles, and other sources can make games dirt cheap these days.

This.

If you don't want to pay MSRP, like... Fucking don't. Nobody's got a gun to your head and there's literally hundreds of games for under $10. Like right now, on PSN, I can buy Street Fighter V, Burnout Paradise, and Persona 5 for under $25.

If you'd told SNES me he could have the latest copy of Street Fighter, a great racing game, and one of the hottest JRPGs for that price way back in the day I'd have assumed I was getting stolen goods, even as a snot-nosed twelve year old.