is gaming too expensive?

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imo, if you are patient, no.

video gaming is trickle-down marketing. the high prices of $60 per game or $300+ per console are for the most impatient gamers or the ones who have a lot of disposable income.

when a console comes out, i generally wait a year or maybe a year and a half, so i can get it cheaper. not only that, but it would have a good library of games by then, all of which i can get for cheaper.

if the console doesn't have a good library of games by a year, good thing i didn't waste my money on it.

there is nothing wrong with waiting 6 months for a game. if a game is really good, it shouldn't be irrelevent or any less good one year later.

It really depends, in the UK, you can join a rental club and get the latest unlimited rentals for £10 a month so it's fairly cheap here. Many games drop in price quicker than expected, depending on the sales of the game as well, most games will be half price after a few months if they aren't in high demand or have low sales.

I have heard in Australia, games can cost up to $90 Australian Dollars which seems quite steep for one game.

for games that are under 10 hours long and have little replay value, renting is good

I'd rather pay $25,000 for another year's worth of education than spend another $30 for 60 days worth of World of Warcraft play.

The benefits of a good education far outweigh the enjoyment of a game.

Early adopters get burned and will continue to do so. Love Film is the sensible option in the UK unless you're a hoarder, and niche deeper games like Demon's/Dark Souls drop in price pretty rapidly, thankfully. I'd prefer buying something like that and 'chipping away' at it over a few months. Buying Japanese imports is my only game weakness.

In the UK, games drop to low levels anyway, so we usually wait until the inevitable price drop.

IS IT £17.99 YET M8?

Being jobless, it is for me right now. Back when I had a job, I could spend whole paychecks on whatever I wanted since I'm still living with my parents anyway. Not sure how I'd feel about it if I was on my own. I figure they really cut it as close as they can, considering there's now stuff like DLC and other solely virtual media being sold that does not cost as much to distribute. Either way, people can put whatever price they want on unnecessary entertainment and it's up to the individual customer to decide whether it's worth the money.

That said, I'm not going to be supporting any company or developer that goes along with the idea that the used game market is evil.

For now I'm gaming on a free MMO on my laptop.

Otherwise I have considered buying a PS2 for console gaming on the cheap.

I usually wait until new things are old... unless I'm too excited to wait and spend all my freaking money.

I have the philosophy "Any game you haven't played is a new game". Buying a console at the end of it's sales life and then buying 20 games off the "best games" lists is one way. I'm still ploughing through my unplayed Xbox games (no, not the 360) And one day, don't know when but one day I'll start Shenmue.

In correlation to hours spent per a dollar? No. As a whole? Yes.