How do kids afford games these days?

Steps to getting 360 games

1)Work hard in school

2)Stay out of gangs

3)????????

4) 360 games! 

Kids cant get jobs so either they make good grades, wait for the holiday, birthday, or do something a stripper would do.tonymatt225

that was the most pathetic answer i ever saw , kids can work , maybe not a REAL job , but alot of the those greedy 13 year old do stuff around the house to help the parents and get a small reward out of it ....

Got my first proper job at 15, made about $100 a week, now I got a better part time job and making $130 a week. Thats how I afford my games and along with other stuff, car parts, fuel, 360, Psp etc....... you get the idea... I[m 17 Btw

loads of way im 14

sometimes it mum and family

or a pAPER ROUND

or just around the house jobs .

loads of way im 14

sometimes it mum and family

or a pAPER ROUND

or just around the house jobs .

 

mikester585

Consider yourself lucky, the chores I had to do around the house and out in the yard for my parents was never considered a profitable task or I never got nothing for it, I was living in their house so I had to do those things even though I was only 15 it didn't matter. 

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gangs are only in big citys mainly just get jobs

I have my own wage, however, I force myself to buy just one game per month.

I play them hard, though, I'm not like some ppl that play a game for a couple hours, than quits. It's hard earned money, and most of games (360 ones at least) deserve it.

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

Inflation has a big impact over 20 years, 4-6%, every year over that time can't just be ignored like you do.  I don't know what the minimum wage was back then, but it was probably around 4 bucks, now many low level jobs pay around 6-7 bucks, so really it would only require about a day or two worth of work to afford a game.  Not only that, but $70 bucks is cheaper than the $80 I remember paying for Chrono Trigger over a decade ago. Put that all together and you see that games have become cheaper and young person purchasing power has increased.  Its not that unbelievable.

Mommy and Daddy perhaps? :P

rufnek69

What he said. 

By getting spoiled on their birthdays and Christmas/or Hannukah by getting lots of money. :P

Flaming_Ape

Yeah dude... Hanukkah is great! I remember like 3 or 4 years ago, I got an xbox game each day, and to top it off I got an xbox on the last day. But that only happened because Jews are rich. I was spoiled then, and now I'm not!

Mommy and Daddy perhaps? :P

rufnek69

Yep, awhile ago there was some kid on these forums (about 11 i think) that posted a pic of his room, he had a 50inch LCD TV, some expensive sound system and a 360, and he said his parents bought it for him, ******* lucking *****! 

going to sombodies house and earning $5 to mow the yard was big bucks, now kids probably make $20 for it. Army_Veteran

That is correct, lol its what i do.  I know other people that mow in richer hoods and get paid more though.

My parents usually get me my games on holidays and other special occasions, but I do buy my own when there aren't any of those coming up. :) I'm 16, don't have a job (I plan on getting a summer job next summer), but I have a lot of money saved up for whatever.

times have changed...

...back in the genesis and snes days, i got 2 games a year, Birthday + Christmas.

...started a job at 16 to provide the rest...

...there really isn't any easy way now unless you're spoiled.

i am only 13 i buy all my game except on christmas cut grandmas grass and do chores you will get money eventully

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

games now days are actually *cheaper than they were when us adult gamers were kids.

I remember Street Fighter II on the SNES, back in like... '92, was $70. That's '92, mind you, so adjusting to inflation that would be like paying nearly $95 for a game today.

My parents would buy me a game on my birthday and christmas. My brother typically got one as well on his birthdays. Often times, my brother and I would pull together our allowances (about $5/week) and save up for MONTHS to get 1 game.

I remember, during my middle school years, my parents gave me $1 a day for school lunch. I went hungry through most of my middle school years because I wanted to save the $5/week, on top of my $5/week allowance. hehehe... In retrospect, I wish I wasn't so absorbed with video games back then, because they were expensive and I lost focus on studying and solializng. If I were a parent, I would encourage my kids to do other things than play video games... or at least buy them the stuff they want so they don't wallow away all thier time and money tyring to get them.

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

Seriously games are not more expensive now than 15 years ago. I remember buying SNES games for 90$. But then again I live in EU. My point is games are not more expensive now than it was then. Most games are actually cheaper now if you count inflation over the years.

When I was younger, my parents used to buy them for me. (5-6-7 years old)

After that, I would just save up money, either from birthdays or christmas, and buy from there.

My birthday and christmas are perfect, because My B day is in august, so the money from there tides me over till christmas. then I get more money, that I spend, then its my birthday again.

When I was younger, my parents used to buy them for me. (5-6-7 years old)

Now I have a job at a grocery store, which makes it even better.

After that, I would just save up money, either from birthdays or christmas, and buy from there.

My birthday and christmas are perfect, because My B day is in august, so the money from there tides me over till christmas. then I get more money, that I spend, then its my birthday again.

Shmiity

just about all KIDS get their parents to buy them for emTrogeton

hahah that's true at my job (old navy) i was in the fitting rooom and a kid and a mom came in and the kid had a Harry potter game in his hand unopened. and the mom said "honey you better hide that and make sure no one steals it. and of course being the gaming nerd i am i said a lil too loudly.." hehehe no one's gonna want to steal THAT game"...and she just stared at me for the longest time....

Mommy and Daddy perhaps? :P

rufnek69

yep. my parents get me games for my b-day and christmas

[QUOTE="Trogeton"]just about all KIDS get their parents to buy them for emKGB32

hahah that's true at my job (old navy) i was in the fitting rooom and a kid and a mom came in and the kid had a Harry potter game in his hand unopened. and the mom said "honey you better hide that and make sure no one steals it. and of course being the gaming nerd i am i said a lil too loudly.." hehehe no one's gonna want to steal THAT game"...and she just stared at me for the longest time....

and ur actually proud of that?

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

well i am almost 16 and i get the money by doing "oddjobs" like mowing lawns, helping my dad with his job and he knows this other guy that needed help moving like machinary and got like 200 dollars for that. my parents hate video games with a passion so i bought my 360 and games by my self :) soon ill get a job though