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Started by Hiatus October 4th, 2013 2:03 AM
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Hiatus

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Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
How much money—per year—do you think you spend on video games? Are you satisfied with how much you're spending? If not, then would you like to spend more on video games, or would you like to spend less?

I, personally, buy about one or two new games every month. In a year, I end up getting myself at least fifteen games. Each game cost about fifty dollars nowadays (pre-owned ones are much less pricey, but I rarely buy those), so when you multiply that by fifteen, you get seven-fifty. That, more or less, is how much money I spend every year solely on video games. The year I buy myself a new console though, I end up spending even more.

I'm honestly not too happy with the amount of money I'm spending, unfortunately. :( Seven-hundred and fifty dollars a year is a little too much, don't you think? I could have saved about twenty-percent of my money if I spent them on used video games, but most of the time, used games don't come with their original cases (or booklets), which simply drives me away from them. Plus, they're usually scratched.

Pikachuie

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Age 24
Male
Vancouver Washington
Seen January 23rd, 2018
Posted February 3rd, 2014
79 posts
9.7 Years
the fact that i dont have a job makes it harder for me to buy video games but i can some how mange do get money and buy video games :) but I most of them pre owned to save money and its cheaper and the only disc that didn't work but i got a new working copy was a elder scrolls game.I've bought some games that were new like uncharted and da blob 2 but that was after chirstmas so i had some money but this year i plan on saving up for a xbox 360.
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Sheep

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Australia
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Hours Ago
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16.6 Years
Usually I buy 0-3 games per year, though it mostly stays around the 0-1 mark. This year I've bought more than that though, mainly because of all the great 3DS games that have been coming out. Am pretty satisfied with buying few since I like not spending money. xD

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Age 30
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Old People Community, USA
Seen December 10th, 2014
Posted December 10th, 2014
1,388 posts
10.4 Years
Crap, I think I've spent around $800 on video games this year. That's 4-5 months worth of utility bills right there.

This is saddening to think about because it doesn't FEEL like that much.

alisaie

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Seen March 14th, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2022
13,598 posts
14.8 Years
Average I would have to say 0-3 games per year. Sometimes more if there cheaper games that I'm getting (last year I pretty much bought all the Trauma Center games). Normally it's a Pokemon game + any other games that really interest me and I want to get. This year has made it difficult because so many good games have come out but overall I've only bought two soon to be three when I go and pick up Pokemon X.

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Age 30
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Seen May 30th, 2019
Posted February 28th, 2019
5,557 posts
13.4 Years
I normally buy 3-4 games a year for myself and 2 games for my daughter. if the game is for me it is usaully an pokemon or Zelda game. Now if for my daughter it is a child name like Moshi monsters or littlrst pet shop. so it is about 120 pounds/dollars I spend a year on games.

Mr Cat Dog

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Age 32
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London, UK
Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
11,344 posts
19.1 Years
Not that much, in all honesty. I don't buy a lot of games in a given year (normally between 1-3) and often they'll be released around either my birthday or Christmas, so I can normally just get them as presents without me spending a penny!This year, for example, I've coughed up for three games: Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Pokemon X. Which is actually quite high for me! :D
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USA
Seen December 27th, 2021
Posted July 4th, 2014
322 posts
9.8 Years
I don't spend any money because I'm happy playing the games I currently own. However when a new game comes out that really interests me I will buy it. When I do, unless there is some insanely awesome reason to pre-order, I buy used. When a new game comes out and millions of people buy it, there will always be plenty that return it to a GameStop for some cash, usually the very next day! With modern games for the newest system, used almost always means the game was just played a few times and has nothing to do with the quality of the disc. Every used game I own had absolutely zero scratches that are visible to the naked eye on date of purchase. When games are returned, even if they were used a single time, they legally have to be marked down, so it's a smart choice in my opinion.
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Seen January 22nd, 2023
Posted August 28th, 2016
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11.2 Years
My video game buying habits are strange. Before I had my job I would buy $100-$300 worth of games a year... Now that I have a way of making money, I spend $100-$200 a year. So far this year I've bought $100 worth of games and will be spending another $40 next week. If I buy a video game console during a year, then add another $100 because I like to start out with a few games for that console. I also have a habit of buying DLC that adds a lot of content and every expansion pack for any games that I own. Hm, I spend more money on games than I thought I did...

Fortunately Steam has sales every other second.

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Age 37
Male
Seattle, WA
Seen September 15th, 2021
Posted July 17th, 2020
2,585 posts
11 Years
I would say I spend around $700 myself or about $1000 in total, or so in video games a year, mostly just buying more copies of Pokemon games (I don't restart my games - I buy another instead).

Once in a while I'll buy other games mainly to replace the ones that break or become to scratched to be playable (like with Sim City 4), or another game I'm willing to give a try, or for birthday/Christmas for my younger brothers/sister.
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Trev

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Age 26
Male
Seen December 31st, 2021
Posted March 27th, 2019
1,505 posts
11 Years
I actually don't spend too much on games, but this year my mom's gonna take a huge hit lol. For my birthday, I'm gonna ask for Pokemon Y (or X, depending on which one has Gengar's Mega Evo that has FEETS) and then for Christmas, I want the Playstation 4 and Heavy Rain (and possibly other games like Tomb Raider, W.E.T., etc.), so that'll be pretty expensive.

xseed

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Age 29
Male
Miississippi
Seen December 3rd, 2013
Posted November 13th, 2013
441 posts
9.7 Years
I only buy a new game if it interests me. To make matters worse I only have 1 console as of now and that is my 3ds. To make matters even more worse is that I am jobless. so lets see...maybe about 60$-150$ a year?!
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New Eden

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Age 29
Female
My Nevereverland
Seen September 20th, 2014
Posted September 13th, 2014
406 posts
9.9 Years
At this point I only wind up buying maybe a little more than half a dozen games that are on the cheap side (5-40 dollars.) I only wind up buying one or two console or PC games a full price ($60) a year.

Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
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Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.5 Years
It really depends on how interested I am in the games that are coming out in a year, and how much expendable money I've got to spend.

There are some years where I can remember getting maybe one or two used games totalling $25 that would last me an entire year, whereas this year there've been a good number of games that I've been interested in, plus I bought myself a 3DS and might be getting a PS4 before the year is out, so it wouldn't surprise me if I drop $700~ by the time the year is through (as much as I hate to admit it).