How much money do you spend/waste on console gaming?

[thor]

Well lets see... I just bought my Xbox360 about 6 weeks ago for the sole reason of getting Pro Evo 6 when it came out. Here's my expenditure so far:

Xbox360 Premium + Table Tennis + PGR3 + extra pad - £270
Xbox Live 12 month sub - £31.50
Xbox Live Points - £17
Play and Charge Kit - £13.50
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - £25
Fifa World Cup 2006 - £10
Fight Night Round 3 - £30
Tomb Raider Legend - £18
Perfect Dark Zero - £18
Dead Rising - £36
Burnout Revenge - £25
Splinter Cell: Double Agent - £27
Pro Evo 6 - £31.50
Call Of Duty 3 - £34
Gears Of War - £31.50
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - £30

In total that comes to just shy of £650!

On top of that, a few days after buying the 360 I realised how much better it would look with a HDTV so I splashed out £580 on a 32" screen!

So is it worth it? Well, it's all relative really. If I compare the £650 I've spent on the 360 and games etc to what I've spent on my PC (and all I really use it for is uni work and internet access!) then absolutely. I also feel it has been worth it as it has got me back into playing games again.
The only reason I've bought 14 games in the short time I've had the console is due to the price of each individual game - if I had to purchase it all in a oner then there is no way I would be able to justify it. As it is, it's easy for me to justify £30 for a game - I could easily spend twice that on an average night out and not remember a thing about it the next day!

 

[dirtydog]

hmm i buy VERY few games these days, they are just too expensive and usually rubbish anyway

the only things i will buy are either, a specials, b super AAA titles, for example GT4, FFXII, FM07 or pro evo on the cheap. games which i KNOW i will get more than 50 hours play. if not ill just live without the game.

Same here. Also I cannot stomach the new price of games so I will wait until it reaches a more comfortable level - even if that means waiting a year or more. These people who are regularly paying £40 for games must be either loaded or have hefty credit card balances.

 

[Rich_L]

Spend - a reasonable amount

Waste - Minimal I'd say, happy to wait a while for games.

Waited about a year before getting the Xbox, and all the games bar a couple like the GTA series are 2nd-hand, usually less than £6-7 each.

Got the Xbox360 about a month ago, but free with mobile phone contract, got a mix of 2nd hand and new stuff (Hard drive is new for example, games mainly second hand).

That said, I'm getting Gears of War on Friday (payday) because it looks awesome

 

[The Running Man]

Same here. Also I cannot stomach the new price of games so I will wait until it reaches a more comfortable level - even if that means waiting a year or more. These people who are regularly paying £40 for games must be either loaded or have hefty credit card balances.

i know, im earning more now than i ever did but i just will not pay anything above like 24 squid for a game. i can wait a month and get it for £19,99 even for PS2 games like pro evo etc if necessary. the rest i will borrow/live without because they probably arent worth playing anyway...

also bargin bin £5 IL2 STurmovic's etc, and Red alert 2 can provide just as much fin for less £££

 

[Tunney]

I find that I buy games at a faster rate than I play them. I've got at least 3 Xbox 360 (and quite a few PC) games that I've hardly touched.

Hopefully I'll get around to playing them eventually, but I'm sure I'll be swayed by even newer and shinier games before I get a chance.