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I3LuEI3omI3eR on 08 September 2014
Nkh3 said:


Hahaha, 4 pokemon games in a year. I think my "highscore" is 3, it may be even 4 idk..but when was younger the only thing I played was pokemon.


Believe me that wasnt my intention bro... I bought Soulsilver out of pure Nostalgia... but then was sooo good i wanted to play what I've missed since Generation III. So I was like freak it lets buy them ALL!! Platinum didn't disappoint (not better than Soulsilver though) White is AWESOME (Unova is modelled after N Y C!!) And still havent finish W2 and X... Hopefully I can finish both b4 AlphaSapphire/OmegaRuby come out...



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LiquorandGunFun on 08 September 2014

too much...

i would guesstimate around $600-$800 bucks, most of it on ps4. it sucks that i have little time to play anymore and i am creating one hell of a backlog. thats not true...

ive been playing wow pretty much every time i do get time getting some things that will be gone on patch 6.0



 

Augen on 08 September 2014

As a kid it was probably $30-50 a year or roughly a game a year.

When I got my first job as a teenager shot up to $500 a year as could finally buy the games I wanted.

University dropped it back down to $200 a year as got the games I really wanted, but scaled back.

Past few years it went back up to roughly $700 a year as have more funds to spend on hobbies.

The big point is never let it affect my life financially or socially so despite my intense love of gaming it is what i would consider healthy.



Chris1596 on 08 September 2014

There's a thread from the beginning of this year so I actually have been keeping track so far I'm up to £510 and there's still a few more games I wanna get the rest of the year so maybe £700 by years end



Nkh3 on 08 September 2014
Conina said:

I spend €1000 - €1500 per year for games (that's $1300 - $2000)... this year so far €1100 ($1400):

  • €303 on my main Platform PC (most of it on Steam, Humble Bundles included)
  • €226 on Wii U games (DKC: TF, MK8, NSMBU+NSLU, Nintendo Land, Pikmin 3, SM3DW, WindWaker HD, ZombiU)
  • €172 on Vita games (Atelier Rorona + Totori, Danganronpa, FEZ, FF X + X2, GoW 1+2, R&C 1-3, Sly 1+3,...)
  • €163 on PS4 games (DriveClub, inFamous: SS + FL, Killzone: SF, Oddworld: New'n'Tasty, TLOU:R)
  • €91 on 3DS games (Prof. Layton 6, Prof. Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Zelda: A Link between Worlds)
  • €68 on iPad games (Blackwell 1, Broken Sword 5, Botanicula, FF4, S.F. Tunguska, realMyst, The Room 2...)
  • €49 on PS3 games (God of War 1+2, Persona 4 Arena, Ratchet & Clank 1-3, SoulCalibur 5, Sly 1+3)
  • €21 on Android games (Humble Bundles included)
  • €0 on Xbox360 or Wii games this year (so far)

My PS+ costs are already included... up to 2013 I counted €1 for every PS+ game I got. For 2014 I changed that to 50 cents per PS+ game, since I now get 70 - 80 games per year for the subscription (around €35 per year).

Hardware spendings this year:

  • €266 for a Wii U Premium + accessories: €200 main console (€226€, but I counted €26 for the included Nintendo Land) + €5 adapter + €23 high capacity battery + €38 Wii U Pro controller... with 100% compatibility, i could sell my old Wii for €33; remaining costs are €233  
  • €370 for a PS4: €504 for the Killzone-Bundle, but I sold the included camera, second gamepad and Killzone: Shadow Fall (after playing it for some weeks)... with the €115 profit of my sold-through Launch-PS4 (my most wanted games got delayed, so I could wait for the Killzone-bundle), remaining costs are €255
  • €189 for a Kindle Fire HDX 64GB tablet
  • €49 for a Kindle FireTV (mainly for video streaming, but I will try some Android games with controller support on it, too)
  • €25 for a SteelSeries gaming mouse (my 8 year old Microsoft Habu got connection problems)

A new PC graphic card (GTX 970 or 980) and a 64-GB-memory card for the Vita (I hope for a price cut on TGS) are next on my list, "new 3DS XL" next year.

Shit !!!! Honestly, how much time did that take to write huh?

You should actually get paid for this ! hahaha



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rik on 08 September 2014

So.far in 2014 its at 157 pound but last xmas bought a wii u. This xmas I may buy a ps4 though. Also may buy bayonetta and smash around xmas too.



killpass on 09 September 2014
jigokutamago said:
Have no money, spend no money.


Me too. LOL.