Video Games Too Expensive.

TaurusDevil

I reckon I've spent over £300 this year on games! But no more, I'm not buying games when they come out! The site i buy games from want me to spend another £600  to keep my gold status, no chance!

King Tones

Personally I think they can be quite cheap. I reckon this Gen is the cheapest for games with the Subscription Options of Gold/PSN and on top of that EA Access and Game Pass.

I have purchased most of the games I have wanted this year and probably spent £60 in real money thanks to offers, game pass, cheap credit, Bing Rewards and Game sharing.

Wait for sales or shop around.

DAZ UK 74

I look at it like cost vs enjoyment compared to other things.

How much does it cost to go out for the evening for a drink and/or food?
How much does it cost to go to the cinema?
How much does it cost to go on holiday ?

How many hours or days enjoyment do you get from the above?

Is paying £50 for a new game too expensive if you get the same or more enjoyment from it vs any of the above?

If you go out for the evening for a meal and some drinks it would cost you more than £50, you might get 4 to 5 hours enjoyment from doing so.

I spent more than £300 on games between September and October of this year alone. Sure my kids go to school with no shoes on and I have to blast my wife in the face with the hair dryer set to full heat while she holds up a picture of the sea but at least I'm enjoying myself.

internetuser

Cheapest they have ever been if you ask me.

I remember street fighter 2 being £65 20 years ago.

NMF

Sharing accounts on both systems saves money for digital games, i buy one my lad buy's the next.
Also i buy xbox live live and ps  when cheap paid up till dec 2021 on both.
Buy ea access at most £18 a year.
Game pass top up when cheap have a year to run on that.
Christmas & birthdays i ask for game credit if family/friends are stuck to get me something.
Games are cracking value for the money.
Paid £9.60 for 2 pints the other day then later got killer instinct: definitive edition digital for £8.
So if willing to wait for games to drop some fantastic offers pop up you do not have to spend a fortune.

IamMarcoos

Gotta echo the comments above. It’s all quite relative. I’d rather spend £50 on a decent game I know I’ll get plenty of mileage from, rather than on a booze fuelled night out with a raging hangover the next day.

If you can wait, and these days you tend to know which publishers will drop quickly in price after release.

I’m pretty much all digital these days and never pay full price can usually benefit from one or many of sales, cheap credit, foreign regions, game sharing or library services such as EA Access.

dasduffer

I recall paying £40 for the brand new Sega Mega Drive games in the early to mid 90s. The last new game I bought for my Xbox was £50. Going by that comparison I think the games today are great value. It only becomes an issue I guess if you buy lots of new games and they aren't that great.
When I think of the hours I've put into Fallout 3 & 4, some of the COD games, BioShock, The Division etc etc and all for £40 or so each. And I'm still paying £40 for Xbox Live which has remained at this price since first purchasing in the mid 2000s.

Greg Hook

You should try being a PC gamer.

Being a console gamer is dirty cheap. Buy the latest title for £50, play it for a week then sell it on for £40.

But as a PC gamer, buy the latest title for £35 and that’s it. Nothing you can do with it when you are finished or just don’t like it. You are stuck with it.

IamMarcoos

Doesn’t steam allow refunds if you’ve only played a game for a few hours?

Greg Hook

Yes, but only within 2 hours of play and 14 days of original purchase.