Yes, you kind of mislead me with the title...the most you would pay for ?
I was going to say, I've never paid for it, but if push came to shove, I'd probably pay everything I had...
no wait, what? huh.....games you say....
I'll be honest, the most I would pay is retail. I generally get a deal where I don't have to pay tax, and get free shipping....so I save the last dime, at the cost of usually waiting 2 weeks or so for it to arrive in the mail, after the release.
The last thing I bought right away, was StarCraft on the PC, and by gosh, that wasn't worth it. I was a big fan of WarCraft, but that game was nearly boring.