Monday, September 18, 2006

Punny Poll #14: Your Lifetime Videogame Expenditures?

Author: Nick
Category: Money
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Lucky poll #13 asked readers to share their holiday gift-purchasing schedules. The vote was split almost evenly four ways between pre-November, early- to mid-November, post-Thanksgiving, and last-minute shoppers. Seriously, I’m hoping to get all my Christmas shopping done before the end of this month. Maybe I’ll just get everyone the greatest gift ever–a Nintendo Wii.

Speaking of videogames, there’s been a lot of talk lately about all the next-generation videogame consoles. Microsoft hit the market early with the Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 are both expected to show up in stores in the next few months. I imagine there are a few game-playing readers out there, and those of you who do dabble in videogaming know that it can be a very expensive hobby. With systems costing $250 or more and games as high as $60, a regular player can spend a fortune putting together a good-sized game library.

That brings us to this week’s poll question which asks you to estimate your total lifetime videogaming bill. Consoles, portables, games, controllers, memory cards–all of it. And for you older kids out there, don’t forget to include all those quarters you pumped into Ms. Pac-Man.

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1.

Him
September 19th, 2006 at 9:22 am

I’m almost salivating over a Wii. I’ve saved up for one and hope that it doesn’t dissappoint.

2.

Mike
September 19th, 2006 at 2:30 pm

A great way to save money on games is to stay 2-3 years behind the technology and games. Now that I’m not a kid anymore, I don’t feel the need to keep up with the other kids with the newest systems and games.

For example, I didn’t buy a Gamecube until last February. At that point, its price had dropped 50% from its original $200.

It works the same for games too. I bought games like Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and X-Men Legends several years after they were released. Originally $50 each, now $20 each. Another benefit of this is that so much time has passed since the game’s initial release, that it is becoming clear which games are must-own classics and which games just had a little bit of hype when released.

However… the Wii looks so cool, I think I’ll be breaking this rule. But still, you can buy the backward-compatible Wii and one or two Wii games, sell your Gamecube, and keep buying mostly (now-discounted) Gamecube games.

3.

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February 14th, 2011 at 2:30 am

obvously ,you are good at money stuff,

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March 13th, 2011 at 5:12 am

I have spent a lot of money

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July 6th, 2011 at 11:05 am

wow its weird when you break it down like that

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August 22nd, 2011 at 1:39 pm

That brings us to this week’s poll question which asks you to estimate your total lifetime videogaming bill. Consoles, portables, games, controllers, memory cards–all of it. And for you older kids out there, don’t forget to include all those quarters you pumped into Ms. Pac-Man. Property Marbella

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January 28th, 2012 at 10:50 am

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