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[Amin_Parker]

It is a very expensive hobby at least for me, I can say that's the case. I'm not rich and I'm not poor, but I can clearly see at least for me it is a very expensive hobby. Which is why I decided to only support the Zelda series and the Xenoblade series moving forward. I only plan to buy the mainline games though. And since I am well aware that we are lucky to get one or two main line entries for Zelda per generation and maybe one or two mainline Xenoblade games per generation then I'm fine with buying only 4 games per generation. Because I don't plan on buying any other games from any other franchises moving forward. Honestly I'm not too sure if I want to continue buying Xenoblade games moving forward because gaming is just way too expensive. I may just stick exclusively to the Zelda mainline series. This hobby is too expensive nowadays.

 

[Nikodemos]

Can you really say it's a cheap hobby if you want the newest and latest stuff (aka day one)?

If you go for top-end everything, it's going to be blood-pissingly expensive, but that's true of a lot of hobbies. Ex. a Pembleton T24 is £33.000 before options. And that's basically a hand-built go-kart with a Moto Guzzi engine. An old Renaultsport Spider is €40.000. If you get a Fiata (Fiat Spider co-developed with Mazda), you can rack a massive bill in tuning parts for that 1.4 Turbo (also suspensions, brakes, tuned limited-slip diff etc).

Comparatively, gaming is much cheaper, especially if you don't aim for the latest and biggest.

 

[ANIMAL1975]

I'm going through a really rough financial situation since my divorce in 2023,... Literally fighting month after month to pay debts and get out of the hole i fall into. Still playing on my old ps4 and a cheap TV i managed to buy for my 'hard to find', 200 euros rented room.
Cant justify the luxury of expending 300 euros in a used ps5...
To me it's an expensive love (not hobby lol).

 

[SScorpio]

Gaming can be very expensive if you are buying everything, or are a whale in a gatcha games or the like. But you can also buy a last gen console and play F2P games without spending another dime. And with modern trend in games being longer games, you can easily buy games for $10-20 if not less. When that's the price of seeing a single movie in the theater that gives you 1.5-2.5 hours of entertainment. Gaming handles down is insane bargain.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Depends on your choice though.
I think gaming is quite cheap. I only buy games when on sale as I don't have much time to play now.
My motorcycle hobby is much more expensive. The bike itself, the maintenance, helmets, jackets, gloves, boots are much more expensive than my gaming hardware.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Gaming can be very expensive if you are buying everything, or are a whale in a gatcha games or the like. But you can also buy a last gen console and play F2P games without spending another dime. And with modern trend in games being longer games, you can easily buy games for $10-20 if not less. When that's the price of seeing a single movie in the theater that gives you 1.5-2.5 hours of entertainment. Gaming handles down is insane bargain.

Yup.

And even cheaper if you go PC because you dont have to pay for MP online, already got a kb/m so you dont have to buy extra gamepads, and PC has way more F2P games and demo games too. And a modest PC will play a good portion of games unless it's only for powerful rigs.

Are there any other industries in the world where you can use the products and services without paying a dime? Of course, you're not getting all the games at the best PC specs, but I dont think there is one I can think of off the top of my head where you can milk the industry with as much free content as possible from companies.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Gaming can be very expensive if you are buying everything, or are a whale in a gatcha games or the like. But you can also buy a last gen console and play F2P games without spending another dime. And with modern trend in games being longer games, you can easily buy games for $10-20 if not less. When that's the price of seeing a single movie in the theater that gives you 1.5-2.5 hours of entertainment. Gaming handles down is insane bargain.

I wanted to choose both, too!