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$$ per year?

Under $100 11 9.24%
 
$100-$200 15 12.61%
 
$200-$300 12 10.08%
 
$300-$400 10 8.40%
 
$400-$500 7 5.88%
 
$500-$600 6 5.04%
 
$600-$700 6 5.04%
 
$700-$800 4 3.36%
 
The sky's the limit! (More than $800) 12 10.08%
 
To Infinity and Beyond! (... 36 30.25%
 
Total:119
sergiodaly on 04 February 2013

i buy more games than i can play ... in console launch year... i can go over 700 or 800 euros in that year but in normal business year, around 300/400 euros...
time is the big issue here... between work, wife, friends night out, TV, internet forums, workouts, etc... not much time left for gaming.
being a perfectionist doesn't help either...

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ghettoglamour on 04 February 2013
NiKKoM said:
ghettoglamour said:
NiKKoM said:

compromising and concessions... it happens when you live together.. -____-"


I also live together with my gf and of course there are compromisses to be made. But I think it's your business how many games you buy (as long as you don't play the whole time and don't have any time left for your gf) and how many sneakers do you have...

Does she also have hobbies that annoy you and she isn't able to practice how she'd like to?

I think she more annoyed of the amount of stuff that I have.. she doesn't forbid me to play games... she is more annoyed that I buy them, and then not play them, because I don't have time... and then buying a new one which I don't play.. they all end up into a big big pile of unplayed games...
I think she actually lend some of my unwrapped games to her younger brother...

But she makes a killer sandwich <3 and that's the most important thing..

Ok, so you are the one that has a problem and she's only trying to help you. That's fine. Yep, gf made sandwiches FTW! :)



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nnodley on 04 February 2013
zero129 said:
nnodley said:
zero129 said:
nnodley said:
zero129 said:
nnodley said:

You and me both.  I probably have over 15 or so games I have yet to start or finish.

Add me to this list. All someone needs to do is look at my steam list and see how many games i have yet to even start never mind finish x_x

I always tell myself that I'm gonna complete certain games, so I can cut down on the ones I need to play.  But, that never happens.

Thats what i always do too, the worst thing is is when you start playing a game, but then get another game before you finish that one and then start playing that one too, and then when you go back to the other game you dont have a clue whats going on so you ether dont just finish it or have to start again lulz, that ever happen to you?

Ya for sure that has happened to me.  When I first started skyrim, I thought I would beat the main storyline fast, but to this day I have yet to finish it and had absolutely no idea what was going on when I played it a couple of months ago.  I did that with battlefield 3 too.  Had to read up on what happened in the beginning of the game so I didn't have to replay it, but I did finish it.

I never really thought of doing that lulz x_x. Now i know what to do before i go replying my games hahahahahaha xD

That's the first thing I think of doing.



walsufnir on 04 February 2013
Arcturus said:
Available time to play is my only limit.

This. Woul spend much more if I had more time!



Otakumegane on 04 February 2013

Summation of results.
Well obviously most people on a gaming website claim that they have no limits to spending.

From what I heard though it seems the mean is set at around $300-$500/year.



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KungKras on 04 February 2013

0kr at the moment



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Faxanadu on 04 February 2013

No limit. However, I dont buy that many games at all.

I wont be surprised if I impulse buy a Wii U within the next months though.



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Michael-5 on 13 February 2013

It fluctuates, but I wrote $500-$600. I don't want to admit it, but I probably spend about that much on games annually.

I mean a new system costs between $150-$400, and I don't buy one every year, but I eventually do get all the consoles.

For 7th Gen, I bought

DS - 2005 ($199)
360 - 2007 ($399)
PS3 - 2009 ($299)
Wii - 2011 ($215)
PSP - 2012 ($90)
PS2 - 2012 ($40) (Replacement)

So about $1,245 in 7 years, that's just under $180 a year for consoles.

Plus I usually get about 3-4 new games a year. Lets just say it was 2 $60 games, 1 $50 game, and a $40 a year. So add $150 for new games annually.

Now I'm at $330 a year.

However I also get about 5-10 used games a year for about $20-$40. So let's just say I get 8 $25 games a year, that's another $200.

So I'm at $530 a year.

Math checks out.



However in the future, I plan to be a bit smarter with my game purchases. I have quite a library of SNES-Wii/360/PS3 games, so I probably won't be getting as many retro/used games in the future. I'm also kinda backlogged on old games, so I don't plan on buying as many new games/consoles in the future. I should be able to bring down my gaming to around $400 a year, and that's perfect because I make just a bit more then that in a week.



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RCTjunkie on 13 February 2013

Went from whatever my parents are willing to none. College is a stinker....



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KHlover on 13 February 2013

I make 480Eur/month and currently only have to pay for some stuff for college and save up for a car (which I'll buy off my parents)...I'd guess about 60-100Eur/month.



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