how much have you spent on gaming?

[grafix43]

i was just thinking about how expensive all this shit is... so i made a list of all the money i spent, anybody else wants to chime in and feel sad like me go ahead lol...

xbox 360 :
system- 400
extra controller - 50
wireless network adapter - 100
wireless headphones - 100
play n charge kit (2) - 40
21 games (60 each)- 1260
grand total : $1950 ouch :-o

playstation 3 :
system - 600
extra controller - 50
3 games - 180
bluray dvd remote - 25
grand total : $855

between both systems thats $2805, not to mention i spent $1600 on an lcd tv specifically for hd gaming purposes.... so thats about $4500.... god damn my car could look tits with all that money lol

[wj4]

Luckily I haven't bought a game since Banjo Kazooie for N64 back in the 6th grade. I stopped because I had a swollen thumb , haha. I think that saved tens of thousands :D

[*chris*]

enough ...ive had every console minus SNES and ps3. 360 will do it for me for quite awhile. no fkn way im dropping 600 on a ps3 ..no way.

[ArBizZzLe]

I spent A LOT of money on my 360 lol.

[silvery_eagle]

around $20 every 60days on warcraft

[Sam Smash]

I feel so horrible...................this thread made me realize how much I have spent......

Atari 2600
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Game Cube
Nintendo Wii
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360

All the damn controllers, wireless this and that, Fancy Pancy TV, Surround Sound, all the FREAKING GAMES FOR EACH SYSTEM!!!!!!

I could of had a dyno :(

What is making me want that playstation 3?????????????? Damit, I need to go and have that special meeting. I want to get better, I really do. Hi, I am Sam, and I have a gaming problem. Yes I play at least 2 hours every day before I sleep. I complete games like I watch movies, I have to find out the ending of every game with every character. What can I do?????????

[SpdyEvo02]

i got a ps3 sam :)

i don't even want to begin pn how much i have speny on gaming

[EVOL EDO]

i dont even know or want to know

systems alone

nes
snes
gameboy
gamegear
turbografix 16
genesis
playstation
playstation2
gamecube
xbox
gba sp
xbox360
gaming comp

then you add plasma tv, lcd monitor, controls, games, surround sound... i dont want to think about it anymore

[mister thura]

I feel really embarassed.. I spent countless amounts of money dumping it into the first PS2s.. not to mention a couple of PS1 games and such. Then xbox came out and a few more hundreds of dollars went to games. After that.. It just died down and I didnt care anymore. I'm selling all my crap soon.. to think.. all that money could have gone to modding

[gt40]

Sam wrote:

feel so horrible...................this thread made me realize how much I have spent......

Atari 2600
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Game Cube
Nintendo Wii
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360

All the damn controllers, wireless this and that, Fancy Pancy TV, Surround Sound, all the FREAKING GAMES FOR EACH SYSTEM!!!!!!

I could of had a dyno

What is making me want that playstation 3?? Damit, I need to go and have that special meeting. I want to get better, I really do. Hi, I am Sam, and I have a gaming problem. Yes I play at least 2 hours every day before I sleep. I complete games like I watch movies, I have to find out the ending of every game with every character. What can I do???
Wow, so many wasted lives... well, it explains a lot at least. buying a car from someone addicted to games targeted at 12 year olds is funny at least...

[gt40]

damn get a life...

[Sam Smash]

Ouch, had to be a hater somewhere :)

[Sam Smash]

damn get a life...


and you are online this time of the night reading this??? hm.................

[EvolvedMCC]

easily tens of thousands. i have pretty much every game system ever made and a nice selection of games for each. =(

[grafix43]

lol well i wasnt really counting every system ive had in the past otherwise i'd join everyone else.... cause ive pretty muched owned almost every system from the atari until now, ps3 and 360....at least in the earlier years alot of the systems and/or games were bought by my parents since i was a kid... but still, its a ton of money could have been used elsewhere..... o well, its entertainment though, gotta pay for that it aint free

[BUDLoNG]

all game related stuff is tax deductible for me [since i am in the game industry]. i have defintly spent a lot more on games and systems than on my car.
BUDLoNG

[R3dline]

^same here lol

[verano]

just a ps2
logitech gt4 steering wheel
gt4 for ps2
swap disc

nintendo ds lite for the daughter

[Cr0mster]

Way way way to much money. Thank god I can write it off come tax time.

[DaRkStArVIII]

I've owned Atari 2600 , Nintendo, Sega Genesis,Turbo Graphics 16, Sega dreamcast , Playstation 1 & 2 and soon to own xbo360 or Ps3. Crying shame I've probably spent more on games than on any of my cars or clothes.

[DaRkStArVIII]

Damn not to mention I've owned a gameboy & a PSP. I would buy games regularly for all my systems . Game count unknown?

[Ricardon]

You console gamers have no idea what it is to spend money on games hahahahaha.

[Terry S]

You console gamers have no idea what it is to spend money on games hahahahaha.


seriously...

Rebuilding computers every couple months to keep up with games... Fkin 10's of thousands in $$$ over a 2 year span...

I never got that bad, but I have friends who have and still are doing this.

Terry S

edit: At my worst, I was spending ~$250 a month for several years for just a single online game game.

[qsjoeygst]

I don't know about that. I am a computer guy and a console guy-mostly console, but both my computers are good for me to run any game. Buy the good shat and you wouldn't but new things haha.

my console style coast more than my computer will ever be. here is a brake down.
console- All game consoles expect the Wii.
computer 1-$3400- comp2- $1500

[Ricardon]

You're a console guy then Joey haha. I have about 7k wrapped up in one rig alone and that's not counting games, or the money I'll spend in 6 months to upgrade the rig.

And take a better pic man, that one is too blurry. I want to make fun of you for a game you have on your shelf (everyone has at least one game they are ashamed of hahahaha), but I can't see most of the titles hehehehe.

[stuart5150]

I am a console guy. I have been collecting since I was a kid I have the following.
Atari, NES, SNES, N64, GC, Wii, Xbox180, Xbox360, Ps1, Ps2, Ps3, Psp, and a pop station if you know what that is ;) Tg16, Tg16cd, Sega master system, Genesis, Dreamcast, Ds, GBAx2. I have more games than I care to mention probably around 300. To be honest I am running out of room for this sh*t too. Yes i am a dork I admit it :buck2:

[Ricardon]

I am a console guy. I have been collecting since I was a kid I have the following.
Atari, NES, SNES, N64, GC, Wii, Xbox180, Xbox360, Ps1, Ps2, Ps3, Psp, and a pop station if you know what that isÂ* ;) Tg16, Tg16cd, Sega master system, Genesis, Dreamcast, Ds, GBAx2. I have more games than I care to mention probably around 300. To be honest I am running out of room for this sh*t too. Yes i am a dork I admit itÂ* Â*:buck2:


You are'nt a dork by any stretch of the imagination. You're scratching the surface of geek, but not a dork. I grew up with a video game coder for a father...what do you think is in my garage in boxes (well, besides the dismembered corpses of 27 little boys). Do you still own the TG16? Ever play it? That was the system right there...so bad ass. Too bad they made like 7 games for it lewl.

[DaRkStArVIII]

I was into the computer gaming briefly. I just decided to cut it real short as it seemed like I began to get viruses all over the place. I remeber Doom/Quake was like the ish back in the day.

[Ricardon]

I was into the computer gaming briefly. I just decided to cut it real short as it seemed like I began to get viruses all over the place. I remeber Doom/Quake was like the ish back in the day.


Stop downloading pron! JK, yeah sometimes it's hard to avoid viruses, especially if you visit a lot of forums.

[ultraflip]

i spent prolly $50 on my computer.... i get cheap shxt... microsoft told me i needed to upgrade my video card to play MS Solitare... =(

[DaRkStArVIII]

Yeah I guess the new consoles will probably have the same issues that real cpu's have now.

[stuart5150]

I still have my Tg-16, I would love to have a copy of Dracula X. I need to open my Tg16 cd system though it does not work when docked to the Tg. I bought the weird screwdriver so I can open it I just have not gotten around to it. Aside from my video game collection I did not mention my Guns, Guitars, Cars or Transformers.

[DaRkStArVIII]

Vices are fewer now! However they're becoming ever increasingly more expensive. It used to be comics, games, telescopes, transistor radios,car magazines, skateboards and gun magazines. Now it's Cars, Motorcycles, Arms and some games.

[stuart5150]

I love the comment (Arms) nice :2funny:
Damn transformers are getting spensive, all the money I have spent I could have become a Autobot already

[Ricardon]

I love the comment (Arms) niceÂ* :2funny:
Damn transformers are getting spensive, all the money I have spent I could have become a Autobot already


You still can be!! Just takes some time and a really big injection of nerd:

http://www.divideby0.com/photos/2004/Comic-Con/day2/PICT0369.JPG

[EvoPwr]

$1

[Ricardon]

$1


The very thing that popped into my head the first time I saw that pic Mike hahahaha.

[EvoPwr]

$1


The very thing that popped into my head the first time I saw that pic Mike hahahaha.



O0

[SpdyEvo02]

i got every sysyem from nes to wii ps1 to ps3 xbox and xbox 360 plus the sega genesis systems and other random systems that never went every where. plus PSP, sega game gear, game boy, gamboy advanced, and nintendo ds. plus 50 games for my xbox and about 10 for 360 8 games for ps3, countless games for n64 and gameboy. my first rig is gaming rig is about $3500 then upgrading another $1500. my second rig was about $3000 then and $1200 to upgrade that

[Ricardon]

i got every sysyem from nes to wii ps1 to ps3 xbox and xbox 360Â* plus the sega genesis systems and other random systems that never went every where. plus PSP, sega game gear, game boy, gamboy advanced, and nintendo ds. plus 50 games for my xbox and about 10 for 360 8 games for ps3, countless games for n64 and gameboy. my first rig is gaming rig is about $3500 then upgrading another $1500. my second rig was about $3000 then and $1200 to upgrade that


The topic of the thread is how much money have YOU spent on gaming Dustin. Not how much have your parents spent on your gaming. HAHAHA, come on man you know I had to do that. What kind of rig are you currently running?

[SpdyEvo02]

i custom build my own and am going to be upgrading my second rig cause it has a hardware problem so i am just going to upgrade the whole comp and it was getting old.

ASUS CROSSHAIR Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
XFX PVT80FSHF9 GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA5200CSBOX

my current rig

Windows Vista
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3500
1 gig ram (will be upgraded)
ATI x850 256MB graphic card
Dual DVD burners

[Ricardon]

I used to build all of my own systems.Â* Every one of them.Â* Always at the leading edge of technology and of course that means that they all had all kinds of bugs and compatibility issues.Â* Every one of them.Â* I got tired of spending so much time researching each component, then doing double research to make sure that everything would work together properly.Â* That and warranty issues when shit broke could be totally tiresome.Â* Funny though, the last sytem I built was a nightmare in the build process, but I had absolutely zero issues with it when I got it running.Â* Besides the typical maintenace of drivers and updates and such.Â* So 3 systems ago I decided to stop building them and take the cash hit on ordering.Â* I bought 2 alienware systems in a row, and I just ordered a new one.Â* Insanely expensive, but in my opinion, worth the money for me where I'm at in my life as far as just wanting to unwrap a box and start using the effing thing.Â* I personally have never been a huge AMD fan.Â* I used to enjoy watching them bounce back and forth for supremacy in the gaming world, but I've had less issues with Intel chipsets so I stick with them.Â* The current system I have on order:

Intel core 2 extreme 2.66ghz
yadda yadda yadda SLI mobo
2g ram
Nvidia 756mb 8800gtx
(insert random 16mb cache HD here)
blue ray dvd/rw + cd/rw
(insert bitchin sound card here)

I decided against a quad because they are pricey and I'm a bit sketchy with the "newness".Â* I also decided against a dual card setup because I don't want to run a 1000w p/s and have to worry about extra fans or liquid cooling etc...I think that system will work well enough.Â* I got a decent blue ray monitor to go along with the drive, and I'm totally crossing my fingers hoping that blue ray ends up the winner in the new platform war (go go go PS3 lol).Â* The system should last me a bit, because I'll have space to upgrade to more ram if I need it...I think the processor will be fine for quite awhile considering the games that I play the most.Â* I really just hate spending money on this shit, but because I'm hazed on building them I don't have the option to complain about it.

[SpdyEvo02]

i am new to the whole building your own computers, but my dad has a computer technicion at his company and i become good friends with him so he advises me on what parts go with what other parts and walked me through how to build my first computer. so that where i started. i don't update my compter every other month but maybe in like a year or so to wait for all the new parts to come out. my 1st comp was intel/ nvida then my 2nd comp was amd/ati and had no problems with either so i have no one side just my main rig is amd and my friend recommends amd trust him since thats his job. i will probably have to add liquid cooling when upgrding my 2 rig to keep it cool.

[RPD_FKTARD]

is Intel core 2 extreme 2.66ghz worth the money?

coz my new rig is going to be core 2 duo E6600 instead.. since they can be overclocked easily
rest of the stuff im planning to get:
yadda yadda yadda SLI mobo
2g ram
Nvidia 8800gts

these 4 alone will cost almost $1500 now.. T_T
it better be worth it

[Ricardon]

I know man...the whole point of this system is more pew pew, less QQ

[gh0stch1ld]

Hmmm lets see

as of this year

PS3
system - $600 - gf bought it for me though
extra controller - $50
Need for Speed Carbon - $60
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the PS2 - $70 - found out from couple of EB games and Gamestop the game is rare and been discontinued due to issue between marvel and capcom. At the moment brand new the game is worth 70 and seems like its going up from there. Similar to the old Dragonball GT U.S. version for the PSX.

And for the pc game

WOW expansion - $50
Battlefield 2142 - $30
and soon Halo 2 for the pc $50

[Thero]

Ok ill start with just purchasing the Xbox360 up to now (2years)

Xbox 360 bundle :$1,048.00 Shipped
5 Games
1 Media Controller
3 Controllers

+ 14 More Games: $900.00

Wireless Network adaptor $60.00
Xbox Camera $60.00

Comes to a little over 2k dollars for 2 years.

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My Life Time

Intelavision
82 Games
Super Nintendo
103 Games
2 N64's
62 Games
2 Xboxs
42 Games
Xbox 360
Computer
108 Games and 1 still coming

Ug I could of bought so many other things with that money.

DO NOT GET INTO THIS HABBIT, its almost as bad as buying parts for the Evo :2funny: O0