The Price Cuts Its Way Through
Nioh 3 on PS5 has quietly dropped to £43.96 on Amazon, down from its standard £69.99. Currently the lowest the game has been priced at the retailer. Prime Day is lurking on the horizon, so the timing is deliberate.
A Franchise Worth the Attention
The Nioh series has always occupied an interesting corner of the souls-like genre — slower, more deliberate than most imitators, with a loot system that would feel at home in an old dungeon crawler. Team Ninja have been refining this formula since the first game launched in 2017, itself a spiritual successor to decades of punishing Japanese action design. There's lineage here that goes back further than most players probably realise.
What This Means for You
If you've been circling Nioh 3 without committing, fifty dollars is a more honest ask than seventy for a sequel in a series that rewards patience and punishes button-mashing. The game hasn't been out long enough to have earned widespread discounting through irrelevance — this is a deliberate pre-Prime Day move to shift units.
Watch the price closely over Prime Day itself. It may dip further, or it may bounce back up once the sale window closes. Retail is a game too, and Amazon plays it without honour.
Kage's Verdict
A twenty dollar saving on a game that will kill you repeatedly is still a saving. Pick it up before the price changes its mind.