WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2012

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

So for next year .... how much do you think your going to spend
Do you think the Vita will do it for you ?
Are there big games your going to grab on day 1 - or are you going to wait for the magic £20 mark ?

Post your estimate here and try and keep track of just how much money your throwing away when instead you could be outside !

Last years thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6653

Grim... has made a counter which will tally up all the things you buy so you dont have to keep track yourself , you can simply enter any price you pay and then click on >this link< to get everyone's total

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

I have gone for £200 - £300 which was my guess last year (even though i overshot it by quite a distance) for whats actually announced so far (Bioshock Infinite / Mass Effect 3) i'm not that bothered - I assume there will be a new COD at the end of the year and i'll get that but nothing else is making me think "BUY!"

List for 2012 so far :

<£13> - Rayman Origins (bought from another forum before it started to drop to £15 in all the other places - early January)
£2.98 - BulletStorm Epic edition from Gamestation (March 7th) - Cancelled - i re-ordered and it was cancelled again
<26.25> - 4200 Xbox points
<3.99> - Sega Dreamcast Collection
<£5> - Humble Indie Bundle V
<£1.19> - Binding of Isaac in the steam sale because LewieP keeps going on about it
<£5> - Humble Android Bundle
<£15> - Lollypop Chainsaw
<13.45> - Batman Arkham City
<20.16> - Metal Gear Solid Collection
<20.50> - Sleeping dogs special edition
<14.86> - Catherine
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Running Total : £138.40

I also took a pile of older Xbox360 games to "Game" when they re-opened and they were giving the price + £10 for every 3 titles, which gave me around £100 in game credit - that has been used to buy Bulletstorm (and trade it back in again) , Mortal Kombat 9 , Street Fighter Vs Tekken , and around £45 worth of itunes cards - I've not added that to my total but it will explain when I look back why my overall number is as low

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:51

I've also gone for £200 - £300 - but if a new Xbox comes out that's going to be drastically wrong.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16641

Same here, I'm not sure how much I spent this year as I've no idea how much I got for trading in a load of stuff.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 13:01

I'll be keeping up my LoveFilm sub for this year so that's £72. And maybe this year I'll finally buy a PS3 for some Demon Souls and Team Ico goodness. So I've gone for the £200-£300 option.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 13:07

Yes, all depends on whether I get a PS3 or not. I probably won't though, and will save that cash for the next Xbox now it's only 1-2 years away.

I'll probably spend around £400 if no new console, but will probably be around £700 again if I get a PS3/new Xbox. Where's the poll???

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 17:24

I've gone for 200-300. I drastically cut back my game spending in the second half of last year, spooging tons on camera stuff instead. Circumstances this year mean that I'm going to have to be a lot tighter on the purse-strings, so I think that estimate may even be a bit high. Hope we don't see a new Xbox until Christmas 2013 though, otherwise I may be in trouble...

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

My 2011 spend was £130 including three out of four full-price games which are to some extent broken, so I'm stopping with second hand stuff unless something with the quality of Halo Reach comes along, which it won't. I'm certainly not rushing to get Mass Effect 3 or whatever - the only thing one can justify to buy at launch is multilayer-based stuff nowadays.

I'm saying a hundred quid tops, being as most of the back catalogue for the 360 (that I'm arsed about) has now worked its way into or through my collection at some point.

Actually GTA 5 is out this year isn't it? I'm having that.

New consoles and such hold no appeal whatsoever.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

I've gone £300-£400, though I'm going to be trying to keep it a lot lower than that. I've got virtually zero interest in the Vita and seem to very rarely have time for much games playing now anyway. I've barely touched Skyrim (seriously, I've played it for maybe 30 mins tops), so I'm going to be making damn sure that anything I buy will actually get played.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 13:16

I've gone for £200-£300. I don't see me buying a new console next year - the only possible exceptions being a PS3 or 3DS, but at the moment I don't see a compelling reason for either. So I'll pick up Arkham City at some point and anything out of the ordinary like Dark Souls, but the rest will probably just be cheapo Steam stuff. I need to spend next year playing some of the games I've amassed.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I went for £300 - £400 last year, and definitely overshot that.

Since the Wii-U is out this year, and I've got a bit more money than I did last year, I am going for £800 - £1000. If a new Xbox is out, I'll probably get that, and I might even get a PS Vita, although I think I am going to hold off for the first hardware revision.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 15:39

I have a son or daughter on the way in 2012 so I guess that means I won't be spending as much time playing games.. Although, buying them takes no time at all.

I reckon I'll spend £800-£1000... just don't tell the wife.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:59

TheVision wrote:

I have a son or daughter on the way in 2012 so I guess that means I won't be spending as much time playing games.. Although, buying them takes no time at all.

If it's anything like me, you'll spend far more time playing games than normal while doing night-watch in the early days.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 13:11

I dread to think what I will spend.

Went from 0 to 2 Xboxs in less than 12 Months.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

That's an increase of INFINITY% !!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

> Bump < one month in - how much have you splashed out so far ?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Probably about a tenner or so on mobile games, I just ordered a copy of the 3DS tales game, got Dead Space 2, From Dust & Space Pirates And Zombies on Steam when on sale, and a copy of God of War 3 in the GAME sale for £3.

Total spend: £50.

Edit: Toying with the idea of getting a PS Vita whilst in the states (they're $250/£160, compared to £210 here), although in the unlikely event of the new iPad being out already, I might get one of them.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 13:17

So far this year, I've spent nothing on games. I've been playing through some of the stuff I bought last year.

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 13:43

So far it's been mainly Steam games this year -

Zero Gear - <£1.49>
Aaaaaaa! Awesome - <£1.74>
X-Com Pack - <£3.05>
Nation Red - <£2>

and Jagged Alliance 2 on GOG for <£3.28>.

So a massive £11.56 up to now.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 13:46

I've been more realistic/honest with myself and gone for £300-£400. Even if a new Funsquare SuperPlusPlus comes out, I won't be buying it.

I've bought Demon Souls for £25 and GTA IV in the recent sale - £14.99 I think. Not that I've spent more than three hours on them in total yet.

The new SSX is coming up so that will be definitely be on the list.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

zaphod79 wrote:

> Bump < one month in - how much have you splashed out so far ?

Zero! I'm still playing my Christmas Backlog. I've not even bought any iOS games.

myp · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 16:00

I have spent £2.29 on TextTwist 2 for WP.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 16:03

myp wrote:

I have spent £2.29 on TextTwist 2 for WP.

I was tempted by this. Any good?

myp · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 16:39

TheVision wrote:

myp wrote:

I have spent £2.29 on TextTwist 2 for WP.

I was tempted by this. Any good?

Yep! One glitched achievement though.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 17:01

Zero dollah so far. I have officially transferred all my game-buying energies into camera gear-buying energies. I mean, I just discovered that a 5x macro lens exists, and I really need a couple of lens filters. Oh, and a Gorillapod, and{Malc is wrestled to the ground and dragged off.}

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Annnnnnd end of month number 2 - I didnt spend anything on games this month although there are now titles which have been released which at least look interesting (Darkness II) and we're almost at the release date for Mass Effect 3 (next week) - or did some of you pick up a Vita ?

Game releases for this year : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_video_gaming

Quote:

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Win
PixelJunk Eden Win
The Simpsons Arcade Game XBLA
The Darkness II PS3, X360, Win
Gotham City Impostors PSN, Win
Jak and Daxter Collection PS3
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning PS3, X360, Win
Resident Evil Revelations 3DS
Shank 2 PSN, Win
The Simpsons Arcade Game PSN
Gotham City Impostors XBLA
Shank 2 XBLA
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action Win
Rhythm Heaven Fever Wii
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend PS3, X360
Crusader Kings II Win
Grand Slam Tennis 2 PS3, X360
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3DS
Tales of the Abyss 3DS
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition 3DS
Twisted Metal PS3
UFC Undisputed 3 PS3, X360
Worms: Ultimate Mayhem PSN
Warp XBLA
Alan Wake Win
Asura's Wrath PS3, X360
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D 3DS
Syndicate PS3, X360, Win
Alan Wake's American Nightmare XBLA
Army Corps of Hell PSVita
Asphalt Injection PSVita
Ben 10: Galactic Racing PSVita
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend PSVita
Dungeon Hunter Alliance PSVita
Dynasty Warriors Next PSVita
Escape Plan PSVita
F1 2011 PSVita
FIFA Soccer PSVita
Hot Shots Golf: World International PSVita
Hustle Kings PSVita
Little Deviants PSVita
Lumines Electronic Symphony PSVita
Michael Jackson: The Experience PSVita
ModNation Racers: Road Trip PSVita
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus PSVita
Plants vs. Zombies PSVita
Rayman Origins PSVita
Ridge Racer PSVita
Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen PSVita
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack PSVita
Touch My Katamari PSVita
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 PSVita
Uncharted: Golden Abyss PSVita
Wipeout 2048 PSVita
Wargame: European Escalation Win
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Wii
Binary Domain X360, PS3
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition X360, PS3
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 PS3
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 NDS
SSX PS3, X360
Microsoft Flight Win
Nexuiz XBLA

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:43

I have bought a few IOS apps that is it so far.

I does help having a birthday in Jan, so I got Skyrim.. That might keep me going for a few months.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Nothing yet.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:13

Nothing else for me. From Zaphod's list, I can only see me getting Simpsons Arcade and I already have the points for that.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Me so far:

January - £0
February - <£0.69> on New Orbit for iOS; <£25> on three pre-owned games for Danielle (CoD4, Bulletstorm, FEAR3).

Total: £25.69

Not sure if games bought for others count? I guess I'll play them eventually, although I haven't yet, so I should count them.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42

£14.99 on Dark Souls is it for me so far.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:08

Grim... wrote:

£25 on Dark Souls is it for me so far.

I thought you got it for 20?

I got it or 15.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12338

Curiosity wrote:

Grim... wrote:

£25 on Dark Souls is it for me so far.

I thought you got it for 20?

I got it or 15.

They paid me to get it, whilst I ate the hottest curry.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:17

Mr Russell wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Grim... wrote:

£25 on Dark Souls is it for me so far.

I thought you got it for 20?

I got it or 15.

They paid me to get it, whilst I ate the hottest curry.

Poor Rodafowa.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:19

Curiosity wrote:

Grim... wrote:

£25 on Dark Souls is it for me so far.

I thought you got it for 20?

I got it or 15.

Oh, I got it at £15, too. Hurrah!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Current 2012 spend: <£3.91> on Android games. This, this and some DLC for this if anyone's interested. Where's My Water is one of the best mobile games I've ever played so I'd totally recommend it to Android and iOS folks.

I've got shitloads of unplayed games to get through (current count is 14 full boxed games); so much so that I've taken the decision to completely stop buying stuff until I get through the backlog. Even when I do buy stuff I'm usually swapping old games out for a fiver at the local games shop or just waiting for things to drop down to a tenner before picking them up. The only deviation from that policy is of I see XBLA games drop in price because that's usually a temporary thing so I grab them at the time. I've still got 700-odd moon points kicking around though so even that odd XBLA game won't cost me that much extra. And even if a new Xbox or PS3 came out this year, which seems very doubtful, I'm determined to get through my backlog of current gen games before I move on so I'm predicting I won't spend money there either.

So, let's assume a few games at a fiver, maybe a few at £10 to £15 and some Android games spread throughout the year. Add a bit on for surprise new excellent games that I can't wait for and that puts me in the £100-£200 category.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:13

Hello, folks. If you put <angle brackets> around your spends, this page can keep track of your totals.

For example: I spent <£14.99> on Dark Souls.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

I have spent <£0.00>

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:29

approx <£3.00>

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Grim... wrote:

Hello, folks. If you put <angle brackets> around your spends, this page can keep track of your totals.

For example: I spent <£14.99> on Dark Souls.

Good work. Does it exclude angle brackets in quotes, or will this post break it?

Edit -- I see that it does exclude them. Well done!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:30

It seems excluded

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Although it somehow has font encoding issues, at least on iOS.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:33

The same on Chrome

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:34

Same on the mobile site on my Windows phone. Also, it won’t add up a cumulative total for us will it?

So far this year I’ve bought 5 games.

Dead or Alive Dimensions 3DS for £14.99
Super Monkey Ball 3DS £9.99
Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3DS £9.99 (Well worth a tenner by the way!)
House of the Dead 3 Xbox £0.99
Golden Axe: The Duel Sega Saturn £10.79

That brings my total to <£46.75>

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:39

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Edit -- I see that it does exclude them. Well done!

This will be the third scoreboard-type thing I've done now

TheVision wrote:

Same on the mobile site on my Windows phone. Also, it won’t add up a cumulative total for us will it?

Depends what you mean by cumulative total.

I've changed the encoding for people that didn't have it set to UTF-8 as default.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:06

What I mean is that if I post a £14.99 game today, then another £14.99 game tomorrow (both in brackets) Will it add the total to £29.98 or just display the last bracketed price I posted.

It doesn't matter mind, I keep a spreadsheet of my purchases anyway.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:17

It adds them all up, yeah.

Why would it only display the last one ?:|

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:27

Because I don't know how this forum works and I'm a little bit of a dunce.

Excellent work though!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Just realised while actually playing it that I recently spent <£6.99> on Dear Esther. Which is a lot of money to pay for a 'game' that you can go through in about an hour and which there's little reason to play again but I snapped it up without a thought. It's funny what we consider to be value for money sometimes...

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12338

<6.99> for Ghost Trick
<0.69> for Say What You See canvas add-on
<1.99> for Quarrel

All on iOS.

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