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Title: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 04, 2018, 02:14:42 pm
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Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: wartoy on June 04, 2018, 02:20:11 pm
about 2 years ago 2000+ a month but now its way down to about 200 to 300 a month
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: kypherion on June 04, 2018, 02:26:42 pm
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[/move]Somewhere probably around $650ish,

EDIT: Nevermind more like around $400
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 04, 2018, 03:06:42 pm
about 2 years ago 2000+ a month but now its way down to about 200 to 300 a month
Bruh I don't even make 2000 a month.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: ignition365 on June 04, 2018, 03:25:29 pm
before I cut back, about $1k a month.  After cutting back, $200-400 a month depending on what's released.

This last month... about $800.  I went overboard.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: wartoy on June 04, 2018, 03:56:44 pm
about 2 years ago 2000+ a month but now its way down to about 200 to 300 a month
Bruh I don't even make 2000 a month.
well this was when i was working over 60 hrs a week for over a year straight their was nothing fun in my life then just work so i rewarded my self buy spending my over time money on something i enjoy
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 04, 2018, 04:20:25 pm
about 2 years ago 2000+ a month but now its way down to about 200 to 300 a month
Bruh I don't even make 2000 a month.
well this was when i was working over 60 hrs a week for over a year straight their was nothing fun in my life then just work so i rewarded my self buy spending my over time money on something i enjoy
24K a year to spend on video games must have been pretty sweet.

That could pass for a deposit on a house where I live.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: 98dgreen on June 04, 2018, 04:29:42 pm
Depends sometimes I spend like 20$ a week other times I spend around 100$.  If you take into account what I sell I am either breaking even or making money.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: wartoy on June 04, 2018, 04:39:22 pm
about 2 years ago 2000+ a month but now its way down to about 200 to 300 a month
Bruh I don't even make 2000 a month.
well this was when i was working over 60 hrs a week for over a year straight their was nothing fun in my life then just work so i rewarded my self buy spending my over time money on something i enjoy
24K a year to spend on video games must have been pretty sweet.

Well working sucked really bad but I did make some realy good friendships with the owners of my local mom and pop video game store.we even vacation together sometime and they employ my 2 sons now too.

That could pass for a deposit on a house where I live.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 04, 2018, 05:38:59 pm
Hard for me to know...Probably somewhere in the 500 bucks range a year on average, probably more.  I trade games in, buy on sales, so its hard to fully figure it out.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: dharmajones93 on June 04, 2018, 07:52:25 pm
I keep a pretty tight budget, but I almost always spend more than I intend. But I almost never go over $200.00.

I also don't have a data plan on my phone, netflix/hulu/amazon, and my other hobbies (hiking and outdoor stuff) are generally free or less than a few bucks a month. It's literally one of the only things (outside of bills) I spend money on. I could honestly afford more, but... my wife would kill me...
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: aliensstudios on June 04, 2018, 07:53:33 pm
I used to spend a lot, to the point where I spent about 1/2 of what I made, I got burnt out and quit collecting cold turkey for about six months. Sold some things I'll never use and since then I got a new job where I make a lot more and this year I've spent on average 72 dollars a month on games. That average will go up by the end of the year as I've got several games preordered but not by a whole lot. My goal is to get my money's worth out of everything I buy, and so far every game I've bought this year I've completed.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 04, 2018, 11:21:01 pm
About 3 or 4 years ago probably around a grand a month, but now probably between $100 and $400. There is very little in terms of retro that I really want which is what really jacked the cost up several years ago. I typically only buyer newer games, which while expensive, come out far less frequently than having over two decades of games of games I wanted. I also have been selling little bits of my collection off here and there which offset what I spend on games as well.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: telly on June 04, 2018, 11:27:41 pm
I only spend about $30 a month max. I haven't even been making that. April was $22ish and May was about $6. I did preorder Cosmic Star Heroine which was 35, but that's the most I've spent on a game in a little while actually.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: hoshichiri on June 04, 2018, 11:58:16 pm
I don't keep track. My paychecks move as possible:

1- savings (always pay yourself!)
2- Bills
3- Needs (food, clothes, etc.)
4- Wants. This is where games come in.

By the time I'm buying games, all the important stuff is paid for. Any money being spent on games is not money that needed to go anywhere else- so, I don't think it's really worth tracking.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: droaa on June 05, 2018, 12:50:54 am
Alot lower than it used to be so I cant say how much now. I will say that a few years back I was taking advantage of credit cards I took out that helped my craving which I am paying back for it now.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 05, 2018, 03:53:43 am
I don't keep track. My paychecks move as possible:

1- savings (always pay yourself!)
2- Bills
3- Needs (food, clothes, etc.)
4- Wants. This is where games come in.

By the time I'm buying games, all the important stuff is paid for. Any money being spent on games is not money that needed to go anywhere else- so, I don't think it's really worth tracking.
I follow similar philosophy however I have a mortgage that allows me to pay something in addition to the minimum repayment at any time so I have to balance ‘paying down debt’ against savings, needs and wants. Paying off the mortgage sometimes means more to me than anything after bills are taken care of.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 05, 2018, 03:59:34 am
Alot lower than it used to be so I cant say how much now. I will say that a few years back I was taking advantage of credit cards I took out that helped my craving which I am paying back for it now.
You have credit card debt from buying video games? That’s the saddest thing I ever heard.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: sworddude on June 05, 2018, 04:16:19 am
Alot lower than it used to be so I cant say how much now. I will say that a few years back I was taking advantage of credit cards I took out that helped my craving which I am paying back for it now.
You have credit card debt from buying video games? That’s the saddest thing I ever heard.

To be fair you could indeed use it to your advantage There is time limit in wich you can borrow money wich results in zero % extra costs or in other words a free loan with zero interest.

It's usually a month before extra interest will increase the total price that has been borrowed.

If money comes in thanks to salary etc you will have no extra costs in interest since you paid it back in time, for investing in certain things, loans you could abuse this system to increase your money by quite allot wich is available to you, would only recommend it if your sure you can get the money and more in that 1 months time otherwise the interest will be quite allot.

Usually the credit card company wins since it is trick to lure people in wich they cannot pay it back in time but there are people who take advantage of this and actually make more money thanks to it.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: Agozer on June 05, 2018, 06:26:28 am
Somewhere around $100 a month or less. I don't that much income at all, and basic living carves out quite a bit.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: kashell on June 05, 2018, 08:13:31 am
I don't keep track.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: seether on June 05, 2018, 08:51:57 am
I don't keep track.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: kashell on June 05, 2018, 09:12:33 am
I don't keep track.
What you don't know can't hurt you.

My original answer was going to be, "As much as I can."
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: hoshichiri on June 05, 2018, 09:16:50 am
I don't keep track. My paychecks move as possible:

1- savings (always pay yourself!)
2- Bills
3- Needs (food, clothes, etc.)
4- Wants. This is where games come in.

By the time I'm buying games, all the important stuff is paid for. Any money being spent on games is not money that needed to go anywhere else- so, I don't think it's really worth tracking.
I follow similar philosophy however I have a mortgage that allows me to pay something in addition to the minimum repayment at any time so I have to balance ‘paying down debt’ against savings, needs and wants. Paying off the mortgage sometimes means more to me than anything after bills are taken care of.


Oh, very true- at the moment, I have no mortgage and no other outstanding debts of any kind- if I did, it would definitely change the function of that "leftover" money quite a bit!
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: rayne315 on June 05, 2018, 09:31:37 am
a year or two ago I was spending ~8000 a year on games. I have more money to spend now but have almost exhausted the rare games I am capable of actually finding in the wild so this year im on track for $2000

EDIT:

I realized im actually not factoring in new games... so probably $10,000 a few years ago and $3000 this year.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: oldgamerz on June 05, 2018, 08:02:24 pm
Geez most said $1000 or more, I buy games where it is cheap, of course I only buy used games and I don't own any new 8th or 9th generation console at the moment. Bet most of you don't have time to actually play the games since most of you seem to work all the time.  I am afraid to tell you how much I spend on games because for me it's personal
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: droaa on June 06, 2018, 01:06:45 am
Alot lower than it used to be so I cant say how much now. I will say that a few years back I was taking advantage of credit cards I took out that helped my craving which I am paying back for it now.
You have credit card debt from buying video games? That’s the saddest thing I ever heard.

While all of it was used on gaming, there was good portion and while not the smartest move, what can you do.
Title: Re: How much are you spending on video games every year?
Post by: turf on June 06, 2018, 09:11:09 am
As much as I damn well want!  Which comes out to around $100 a month.
It’d probably be more, but there’s just not a whole lot of stuff that I want to buy.