My mate was working out how much he had spent on instruments, etc. over the years, and his total came to £8,660 - but his justification was that I probably spent as much on games, I doubted that so I went about totalling up. I got bored after doing my PS3, and It'd be nigh on impossible for me to do older consoles and stuff as there was loads of gifts, and I wasn't aware of prices, etc.

Anywho, my totalling for my PS3:

Hardware
PS3 + HDMI + Resistance + Casino Royale = £460
PS3 + Killzone + Fifa 09 = £350
2 Dualshock 3s = £20 * 2 = £40
2 Sixaxis = £25 * 2 = £50
HDMI = £10
Singstar Microphones - £50

= £960

Retail
Assassin's Creed - £40
Burnout Paradise - £25
CoD4 - £45
WaW - £35
GT5:P - £20
inFamous - £27
LittleBigPlanet - £30
Metal Gear Solid 4 - £45
Mirror's Edge - £20
Prince of Persia - £20
Ratchet and Clank - £35
Abba - £7
Vol 2 - £12
Street Fighter 4 - £25
The Simpsons Game - £35
Vegas 2 - £20
Uncharted 2 - £42
Uncharted - £45
Warhawk - £20

Call of Duty 3 - £30, traded in: £12 back, - £18

= £566

PSN
Crash Bandicoot 3 - £3.99
Hercules - £3.99
Sackboy Dynamic Theme - £1.59
Theme Park - £3.99
Shatter - £4.79
Burn Zombie Burn - £6.29
Rayman - £3.49
Crash Commando - £7.99
Linger in the Shadows - £1.99
Superstardust HD - £6.29
Superstardust HD Solo - £2.99
CoD4 Map pack - £7.99
Pixel Junk Monsters - £3.49
Theme Hospital - £3.99
Tekken 5 DR - £7.99
Resistance MP 1 - £3.79
fl0w - £3.49
Crash Bandicoot - £3.49

= £81.62


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= £1607.62

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So, not a fraction of my mate's music costs, but still a considerable figure. I'm guessing if I included things like TVs, other consoles, my computers + upgrades, etc - the number will definitely get much closer.

Just wondering what other people's totals are like - I know there are some big-arses collectors here (not saying that collectors have big arses - though, there probably is a correlation), and I was interested in knowing how much your hobby has gutted from your wallet.

Anyways, Sony found a great customer in me.

Xbox 360 Pro- £300
Xbox 360 Elite- £200
3 years of XBL- £120
Retail games- Around £400
Downloadable games- At least £50. Hard to say with the points system.

PS3 60GB- £350
HDMI cable £12
DualShock 3- £35
Retail games- Around £600
Downloadable games- Around £100

^This adds up to £2457. I rounded up on the games so the exact figure could be £100 higher/lower.

Well, my consoles of choice this generation are the PS3 and Wii.

Bought 80GB PS3 in 2008--$400...sold it this year and got a Slim.
PS3 Slim--$300
have 13 games for it--$780

Total for PS3--$1480

Wii--$250
have 5 games for it--$250
got 3 Wii remotes and 3 Nunchuks--$180
got 2 M+ accessories--$50
got 1 Classic controller--$20

Total for Wii--$750

Total for everything--$2230.

I likely spent too much.

So much that I wouldn't have needed a second job or second morgage to afford it all.

In US Dollars:

Wii = 250
3 wiimotes = 120
2 nunchucks = 40
GH World Tour = 190
GH 3 = 80
33 Games = 1320 (average 40 per game, some bought at 50, others at 40, others at 30)
2000 Wii points = 20

TOTAL = 2020

In Australian dollars, around $2,000..

PS3 : 499$
HDMI : 30$
1 extra wireless controller : 40$ ??
30 retail games : 60*30 = 1800$
Best Buy related total : 2369$
Real cost : 2200$ or so (I'm silver reward zone and have the mastercard...)

PSN + DLC : about 200$
1 year of gamefly subscription : 240$

Total : 2640$.

Not counting the 2 42inch 1080p TV ( first one cost 2000$ and broke last May, second cost 980$) as I would have bought them anyway....

PS3 and games - 20 - around $1,600 (I also bought a G25 too)
Wii, accessories and games - 23 - around $1,500
Xbox 360, accessories and games - well over 100 (I've stopped counting) - around $7,000 (I have an Arcade and the original Premium)

That Xbox figure also includes 5 years of LIVE, but I only paid for 3 years @ $30 a year = $90

2 ds's: $300
8 games: $240
Wii: $250
Repair: $75
7 WIi Games: $350

1year Gamefly: $250

Total: $1450

With out gamefly that number would be $2000+

I highly reccomend it.

PS3 + 1 extra controller + 14 games + 1 Blu-Ray + HDMI/DVI cable = 730€ ($1080)

360 + 1 extra controller + 73 games + Play&Charge Kit + XBL + VGA cable = ~3000€ ($4440)