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One lucky PlayStation 5 owner has recently come across a 45% discount onRise of the Roninat Walmart. The hefty price cut was spotted less than a week afterRise of the Roninofficially hit the store shelves.
Team Ninja’s latest title was launched on March 22 following a lengthy development cycle. The studio’s long-awaited foray into open-world games elicited mostly positive reactions from critics, with manyreviewers praisingRise of the Roninfor its granular character customization, deep RPG mechanics, and combat that successfully toes the line between challenging and accessible.
And while many Team Ninja fans have so far opined that the game is well-worth the full price, Reddit user HDTokyo got a much better deal on it already, if only by pure accident. Namely, they have recently been surprised to find their local Walmart selling theStandard Edition ofRise of the Roninat $38.81, nearly 45% off its regular price. The image of their heavily discounted copy clearly shows it featuring the yellow Customer Value Program (CVP) label, which Walmart normally uses for marking down “imperfect products,” as per its official policy. In practice, the sticker also frequently ends up adorning returned goods.
That description appears to match HDTokyo’s copy of the game, even though it was unopened. The fan couldn’t believe their luck, having written how it is “crazy [that] someone would return it without even opening the game or unwrapping it.” They are consequently now already in the process of enjoyingTeam Ninja’s newest title, even though they weren’t planning on buying it at launch. Elaborating on that point, HDTokyo opined thatRise of the Ronin"doesn’t feel like it needed to be a $70 MSRP game," but is “definitely worth it” at such a hefty discount.
First Official Rise of the Ronin Discount Is Possibly Happening in Summer 2024
Those who agree with that sentiment may be able to pick it up at a reduced price come late spring or early summer 2024. Most games from Koei Tecmo’s subsidiaries tend to be treated to their first official sale around three months post-release. E.g., Team Ninja’s ARPGWo Long: Fallen Dynastyreceived its inaugural international discount in late June 2023. However, it took eight months for it to temporarily drop to $40, which is still more than what HDTokyo ended up paying for their unopened copy ofRise of the Ronin.
It is currently too early to tell exactly how well Team Ninja’s latest title has performed during its launch week. What’s clear already is that its sales weren’t helped byRise of the Ronindebuting on the same day asDragon’s Dogma 2, another open-world RPG that had the advantage of being a multi-platform release instead of a PS5 exclusive.
Rise of the Ronin
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FORGE YOUR FATE IN THIS EPIC NEW SAMURAI ACTION ADVENTURE Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this combat-focused open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind Nioh and NINJA GAIDEN.Japan, 1863. After three centuries of the Tokugawa Shogunate’s reign, the Black Ships of the West descend upon the nation’s borders and the country falls into a state of turmoil. Amidst the chaos of war, disease, and political unrest, a nameless warrior forges their own path, holding the very fate of Japan in their hands
