Do you spend a lot of money on gaming?

Personally, i have spent close to $1,300 on my hobby in the last month, maybe more. I got a Wii U with 7 games, the PS Vita Assassins Creed Bundle, a new GTX680 graphics card for my PC, and pre-ordered/paid in full for the retro console, Neo Geo X Gold, plus assorted games like Far Cry 3 and other digital downloads. I think i went overboard just a bit, but i need to know there are others out there that are doing the same thing...so let me know i am not alone.

not too much, i wait for price drops and sales.

Not much.

More than I should.

5 finger discount, babeh.

Yes Sega Genesis/Mega Drive 36 Games, Snes 53 Games, NES 34 games, N64 36 games, GB/GBC 20 Games, DS 8 games, Playstation 57 games, Playstation portable 75 games, Playstation 2 58 games, Playstation 3 136 games, PSP go 11 games, Nintendo 3DS 3 games, Xbox 34 games, Gamecube 34 games, Xbox 360 48 games PSvita 20 games. Wii U 5 games.

So yep over the years I have spent a lot of money on gaming.

I spend less that $100 a year on videogames.

Depending on the year (whether new consoles come out or not/ build a PC etc) I can average spending anywhere from $4,000-$7000 a year on game/gaming hardware.

To be completely honest, I don't. I've hardly bought any games, especially when compared to the amount I've recieved as gifts or old games my brother simply left for me to have. It's crazy when I think about it because according to GS, my collection is valued at$5,157.

Though I certainly have been buying more games recently since a lot of titles have been catching my eye. I'd say I've spent well over $300 in the last 5 months on gaming.

I spend quite a lot on gaming EVERY year. I probably buy 10-15 new titles a year plus DLC. Then throw in subscription fees to LIVE, my internet bill every month and purchasing new hardware such as kinect or move. The games are usually what i spend the most on. To limit the amount of money i am spending at one time i usually pre-order all my top games at the beginning of each year. So say i pre-order 10 games i will take 100 bucks and divide it between each game. Now whenever i have extra cash i will go and put down 5 or 10 bucks on each game in doing it this way by the time the game comes out i either have it payed off or only owe a couple bucks. That's just for the big name titles though. Sleeper hits usually come up at the worst time for me. Usually i will have to wait a little while before purchasing them.

No more than 3 games a month, and that's very damn rare (only happened in November this year).

I'd say on a good year $1400 and on a weak lineup around $1000 a year on software. That's pretty good for a hobby I think, lot better than being on crack.

Of course this year I had to buy both a new 360 AND a new PS3 so that added up quite a bit. I had the fun of having both go on me and both being disc drives. I guess next year will be more if the new Xbox comes out, I certainly hope so!

Roughly $150 a year. Usually I go for discounted titles, and very rarely full price purchases.

I don't spend enough actually. I'd love to get lots games but unfortunately have to buy stupid food and pay rent lol. I just recently got Pain Killer Black and Torchlight for PC but spent a good hour and a half going through Steam and GOG trying to pick out a set of 2 games for a total of 20 bucks because that was my limit and that really pisses me off. I've been wanting to pick up the Baldur's Gate games as well as Planescape and the Icewind Dales as I have yet to play them. I would also like to fund some kickstarters like the Unforgotten Quest one because there are some really interesting projects out there. I'd say nowdays I spend about 120 max every 2-3 months if that. I'm married so I can't really make my own choices anymore.

I've spent around £140 this year on games.

in my gaming lifetime yes. but its been sporadic the last couple of years

I dont think I do.

COmpared to other people who drink/ smoke/ play a sport/ gamble/ have kids/ like strip joints/ love cars I dont think i am spending more thatn they are on what they think brings joy to them.

If I did all or some of the mentioned, i will probably have to cut back on some catergories though.

No, I'd say I spend maybe $40 a month on average. I've got 55 or so games in a little over 3 years, at about $25 each on average, calculator says that's $38/month.

Not at all. I'm very thrifty. I buy a couple of games a year, rent some more and that's about it.

I've spent somewhere over $1000 this year on gaming, not counting the new rig I've built

I limit myself to 60 a month... That's either one new game for the month or a couple used ones. It works pretty well if I want a new game that month I get it if nothing being released that month looks interesting I'll pick up a couple used games I still need to play.

When I have a lot of it to spend, definitely.

In the big picture no I don't spend that much money on gaming. I'm getting older and only like certain stuff out there. So I'm casual about pick ups.

I don't know how much, but I do spend a lot of money on games.

Not at all, I buy 5 games for year top.

Not really considering it's one of my main hobbies.

i spend quite a bit every year on new games.. its hard for me to wait on price drops and stuff

I used to spend A LOT of money on gaming, but over the past year I probably only spent around 500$ or so. Next year I plan to build a computer gaming rig, and I don't plan to skimp on it, so I can safely assume it will go up a bit.

Back when I was in college and before that, I thought I was spending a lot on gaming.

Now I have a job such that I could not care how much I'm spending on games :cool:

A lot

yeah.i drop pre-orders every month i spend it on the dlc i like on the game.and once i beat those i get board with some of them and go and drop a load more cash on games.so it's like 100$+ on a monthly basis and just isn't right

I spend less that $100 a year on videogames.

Kage1

This.

I buy my games usually at a price drop. As for the amount of games I buy in a year, it depends. For an entire year, I may buy 3-6 games, as long as they are dirt cheap.