How do kids afford games these days?

I was just reading the article about Bioshock and the $60 and $70 price points.  I thought back when I purchased a NES and it took me almost a year of saving up $100 to purchase the console.  I know about inflation, so that's not really an answer because the national rate(USA) is between 4-6%.  So, how in the world are kids able to afford video games these days?

Mommy and Daddy perhaps? :P

I'am 16 but if i asked my parnets to buy me games i would have no chance, sometimes i can get them to thou lolJayJog

[QUOTE="JayJog"]I'am 16 but if i asked my parnets to buy me games i would have no chance, sometimes i can get them to thou lolmsjr78

I do help with my dads friend on weekends with his landscape gardening bisness but iam gettn a apprenticeship which pays a gud wage for a 16 year old  

Job or parents.

I was just reading the article about Bioshock and the $60 and $70 price points.  I thought back when I purchased a NES and it took me almost a year of saving up $100 to purchase the console.  I know about inflation, so that's not really an answer because the national rate(USA) is between 4-6%.  So, how in the world are kids able to afford video games these days?

ashuncc2

I make 250 biweekly, so it's not that hard. I'm saving up for car insurance though, so most goes towards that. My parents never buy me games/consoles though.

I was just reading the article about Bioshock and the $60 and $70 price points.  I thought back when I purchased a NES and it took me almost a year of saving up $100 to purchase the console.  I know about inflation, so that's not really an answer because the national rate(USA) is between 4-6%.  So, how in the world are kids able to afford video games these days?

ashuncc2

Its not really kids persay, it's they somewhat rich parents who allow them to get such consoles, perhaps for special days like christmas or their birthday or even a special religious day that they have. All in all, the kids dont really buy it they only recieve it from the parents.crazymunda6

When i was a kid, i ask my parents for money. In the cartrigde consoles time (NES, Genesis, SNES) i bought some games, then i rent others, or trade sometimes. I ask for games on my birthday or money :).
I buy games with my friends too, they buy one, i buy other. So then we trade between us, i give this you give that.

Today, the kids i think they do something like this too.

When i was a kid, i ask my parents for money. In the cartrigde consoles time (NES, Genesis, SNES) i bought some games, then i rent others, or trade sometimes. I ask for games on my birthday or money :).
I buy games with my friends too, they buy one, i buy other. So then we trade between us, i give this you give that.

Today, the kids i think they do something like this too.

Metalnoid

they steal and sell drugs....the world has turned very bad. look out ur window:(munsoned

Think about the fact that NES games used to cost $50 way back in the day. I remember getting "Blades of Steel" for $50. I had to beg my mom to get that for me. Like kids do nowadays. But now that I'm mature and have a job and responsibilities, I can get that copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles without it being an issue.msjr78

Though I do like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that just doesn't sound right, Now that I'm mature I can get a kids game :)

With inflation, games are actually cheaper now then they used to be.

I was just reading the article about Bioshock and the $60 and $70 price points.  I thought back when I purchased a NES and it took me almost a year of saving up $100 to purchase the console.  I know about inflation, so that's not really an answer because the national rate(USA) is between 4-6%.  So, how in the world are kids able to afford video games these days?

ashuncc2

I sell stuff

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I was just reading the article about Bioshock and the $60 and $70 price points. I thought back when I purchased a NES and it took me almost a year of saving up $100 to purchase the console. I know about inflation, so that's not really an answer because the national rate(USA) is between 4-6%. So, how in the world are kids able to afford video games these days?

marinebro0306

I make 250 biweekly, so it's not that hard. I'm saving up for car insurance though, so most goes towards that. My parents never buy me games/consoles though.

This is how kids do it. The younger you are, the more expendable income you have. Here we have someone making $250 biweekly, and he could probably buy a game a week if he wanted to. I remember doing that occasionally when I was in school.

i dunno man when i was like 16 i used to work the summer and make decent money, and then got a job that school year. That's how i started buying games, you can always go down the dark path and sell some crack it will pay the video game fees.

i was 11 when i bought my n64 with my own cash mind u, i had a jar that i threw all my change in (pennies nickels ect.) and my parents also threw some change in there every once in awhile, so my good friend and i put or change together and had about 150 bucks i think, then we just scratched and saved for a few weeks and had the 200-something we needed to buy the n64 i had it for two years bought a ton of games for it and then gave the n64 to my friend after