Kane99 Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 Gaming can be expensive, but these days there are more and more services offering options to get games on the cheap. Game Pass for Xbox is one that comes to mind right away, as they offer hundreds of games for a max of like $15 a month. You can't go wrong for that, considering it's only $15 for games I probably wasn't going to pay for originally. This way I can play more games. Anyway, that's not the point of this topic. This is in regards to how much you spend yearly on games/consoles in general. This includes subscription gaming services as well. For me, my spending has gone down a lot. I have Game Pass every once in a while, so that's around $15 a month. But some months I don't have it. I also purchased a few games here and there, but I don't tend to buy much. Mostly PC games these days, because of sales and such. Honestly, I couldn't tell you how much I paid on gaming, but I'd say it's probably under $100-$200 or so. Idk, I've been really cheap this year.
m76 Posted December 22, 2021 Posted December 22, 2021 It's been cheap because there were barely any games of interest this year. And I didn't pay much even for the games that I actually played. For example I paid $1 for a games pass trial subscription to try a few games like Forza Horizon 5. And I played Far Cry 6 using uplay+ subscription, and promptly cancelled it after finishing the game. I've spent just under $250 on games this year.
Boblee Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 It actually depends on a lot of things being the kind of games that are released in a particular year. Last year, my spending was around $290 or $310.
Heatman Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 As for spending on consoles, I'm yet to do anything on that for a while now since there is no place to get PS5. As for games, it's something around $300 yearly.
Empire Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 I stick to my go to games, I rarely buy new release games unless it's something that I really wanted or must have, even then I tend to wait till I get a good deal or discount. That being said I spent £50 on a MSFS2020 addon 😛
Boblee Posted May 5, 2022 Posted May 5, 2022 6 hours ago, Empire said: I stick to my go to games, I rarely buy new release games unless it's something that I really wanted or must have, even then I tend to wait till I get a good deal or discount. That being said I spent £50 on a MSFS2020 addon 😛 Obviously Horizon Forbidden West is a great game. How long are you planning on waiting before you move to purchase it?
Heatman Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 I have already mapped out $700 for my PS5 even though I know it's not up to that amount but just in case. I don't want to take any chances once it's available for immediate purchase.
Justin11 Posted May 6, 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 Who knows, by then you can get it for cheaper amount, maybe less than your budget at the moment. I am not thinking about PS5 now, I'm still enjoying my PS4. When I'll consider PS5 maybe PS6 will be available then.
Heatman Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 Yeah, that's the plan. The price of the console is supposed to be anywhere near $500 but it's never going below 7.
Empire Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 6:23 PM, Boblee said: Obviously Horizon Forbidden West is a great game. How long are you planning on waiting before you move to purchase it? Already have as soon as it was out, Next week the PMDG 737 is going to come out for $160 all up 🙂
Boblee Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Empire said: Already have as soon as it was out, Next week the PMDG 737 is going to come out for $160 all up 🙂 That's good to hear. I even had plans to get the game on pre order but on a second thought, I decided to purchase it on release day. I will be looking forward to PMDG 737 😉.
kingpotato Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 I dont spend as much as before, last year I only bought like 1 game, and this year Im not planning on buying any game or console at all, that shit is expensive and I already have enough games on my backlog
Boblee Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 1 hour ago, kingpotato said: I dont spend as much as before, last year I only bought like 1 game, and this year Im not planning on buying any game or console at all, that shit is expensive and I already have enough games on my backlog The backlog pile up is one big handicap for some gamers when it comes to how often they buy new games, although some don't give a damn.
Heatman Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Empire said: Already have as soon as it was out, Next week the PMDG 737 is going to come out for $160 all up 🙂 It's said to be released on May 9th 2022. The wait for it is finally coming to an end. https://fselite.net/content/pmdg-releasing-the-737-for-msfs-on-may-9th/
Justin11 Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 That price is way off my budget for a single game, I'm already off. I'll go for another game that is cheaper, maybe 'Gotham Night, or Sifu.
