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[Deleted member 752119]

I liked a thread like this on the site that shall not be named, and wanted to carry my tally over here and see if others are interested in participating (I won't bump if it sinks like a rock).

It's a little harder to jump in mid year, but I did over there as well by looking at my digital store purchase and online purchases (I didn't have any in-store purchases other than Best Buy which also show up online. In any case, feel free to just guesstimate your year-to-date expenditures/sales and track going forward if you'd like!.

January

-Thumper (PSN)-$7.19
-Arizona Sunshine (PSN)- $21.59
-Dear Esther (PSN)- $2.69
-Street Fighter 5 Season 3 Pass (PSN)-$29.99
-Street Fighter 5 Ryu Battle Costume (PSN)- $2.99
-Batman Arkham VR (PSN)-$11.99
-Monster Hunter World (Best Buy)- $46.82
-Celeste (EShop)-$19.99
-Dragon Quest Builders (Eshop)-$49.99

January Total: $193.24

February
Splatoon 2 (Eshop-had sold off physical version last year)- $59.99
Super Mario Odyssey (Eshop-had sold off physical version last year)- $59.99

February Total: $119.98

March
God of War (Best Buy.com preorder)- $51.35 (gifted to a friend as it came late)

March Total: $51.35

April
God of War Digital Deluxe (PSN)-$69.99

April Total: $69.99

May
For Honor (PSN)- $19.79.
Slay the Spire (Steam/Humble)- $12.79
Hyrule Warriors DE (Eshop)- $59.99

May Total: $92.75

June

Yakuza 0 (PSN)-$17.99
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Steam preorder-$17.99)
Hollow Knight (E-Shop)- $14.99

June Total: $50.97

July

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (E-Shop)-$39.99
Psychonauts (Steam)- $1.49
No Man's Sky (PSN)- $26.99

July Total: $68.47

August

August Total: $0

September

Spider-Man (PSN)-$59.99

September Total: $59.99

October

Red Dead Redemption 2 Special Edition (PSN)- $79.99

October Total: $79.99

Total Purchases: $768.74

Sales of Games/Hardware YTD: $591.78

Net Expenditures YTD: $176.96

Regretted Purchases Total: $159.03

List of regretted titles:

Spoiler

-Arizona Sunshine (PSN)- $21.59
-Dear Esther (PSN)- $2.69
-Street Fighter 5 Season 3 Pass (PSN)-$29.99
-Celeste (EShop)-$19.99
-Dragon Quest Builders (Eshop)-$49.99
-For Honor (PSN)-$19.79
-Hollow Knight (Eshop)-$14.99

Overall I'm very pleased my out of pocket costs have been so low--largely due to selling off my racing wheel/pedal/stand that was just gathering dust. My regretted list/amount is too high though and I need to be better about not impulse buying things--and I have as most of those were early in the year purchases before I decided to cut back and be more vigilant on my spending.

 

[A.Romero]

Wow. I have no idea but over $1,000 because I upgraded my gaming PC.

I should keep track detailed stats like this. I love to see trends and stuff but I'm too negligent to keep records...

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Wow. I have no idea but over $1,000 because I upgraded my gaming PC.

I should keep track detailed stats like this. I love to see trends and stuff but I'm too negligent to keep records...

No better time to start than now!

Or wait until start of August if you don’t want to look up your July amounts.

 

[Drake]

Lets see, probably a lot lower than some other people on this forum.

Kingdom Come Deliverance: $60
Persona 5 PS3 version $30
Deus Ex Mankind Divided: $4.00
A new Xbox controller and charger for my PC: $70

Total: $164

Working full time, having a GF and other hobbies, there's just not as much time to play games as I would like.

 

[-MD-]

PC:
Hunt: Showdown - $25
Streets of Rogue - $10
Resident Evil 2 deluxe preorder - $74
Full Metal Furies - $11
Battle Chasers: Nightware - $16
Age of Empires 2 - $4
Warstone TD - $11
Nier: Automata - $32
Ruiner - $11
Nex Machina - $8
Vermintide 2 - $22
Metal Gear Survive - $30
Xbox Game Pass x2 - $20

PC gifts:
Dead Space
Resident Evil HD
Resident Evil 4 x2

PS4:
Dark Cloud 2 - $6
Twisted Metal Black - $2.50
Siren - $5
Dragon's Crown: Pro - $24
Kingdom Hearts 1.5/2.5 - $24
Kiwami - $13
Monster Hunter World - $48
Mic - $10
PS+ month x2 - $20

PC related:
Herman Miller Aeron - $800
EVGA GTX 1070ti - $400
EVGA 750w G2 PSU - $100
Be Quiet! 120mm fan - $10
Audio Technica AD700X headphones - $100
Mod Mic 4 - $55

~$2000ish

 

[InterMusketeer]

This year hasn't been so bad for my wallet thus far:

February
Civilization VI Rise and Fall - PC - €22,-

March
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch - €52,50

May
Hyrule Warriors Legends - Switch - €55,-
Through the Ages - PC - €8,50

June
Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion - Switch - €20,-
PDP XBox One Controller - PC - €25,-
NES Classic Mini + controller - €77,-

July
Vermintide 2 - PC - €17,-

Grand Total: €277

That's a pretty low amount spent for hours upon hours of entertainment.

 

[Hotel Security]

I've had a very small amount of expenditures on gaming this year since I have such a big backlog. I tend to try to keep purchases below $20, if possible.

2/20/2018 - Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice DLC Case - 6.35
4/11/2018 - Lego Force Awakens - 19.07
5/7/2018 - Metroid Prime 3 - 13.00
5/10/2018 - Xbox 360 Controller (for PC) - 23.84
6/11/2018 - Ori and the Blind Forest - 19.99
6/11/2018 - Metroid: Samus Returns (w/ credit from gifted controller) - 10.30
6/25/2018 - Dark Souls 3 Complete Edition - 19.99
7/4/2018 - Rise of the Tomb Raider - Gift for Birthday
7/16/2018 - Ittle Dew - 9.99
7/24/2018 - Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition - 19.07
7/24/2018 - Yoshi's Woolly World - $23.49

Total - $165.09

Large decrease from last year where I spent $573.00 total.

 

[DonF]

Regret

-Celeste (EShop)-$19.99
-Dragon Quest Builders (Eshop)-$49.99
-Hollow Knight (Eshop)-$14.99

Why? Those games are awesome...maybe not so much DQB on switch, due to performance. But celeste and Hollow Knight have been critically praised a lot.

Interesting thread, I actually have a monthly software budget, $60. Why? Cause this year I decided that I would stop buying games, my backlog is huge! So I get games on sale or just one day one game a month. Some months I don't even spend too much, since I'm tackling that backlog.

 

[klosos]

July only

Pc - Far cry 5 £31.99
Ps4- dragon crown pro hardend edition £34.00

Total - £65.99

 

[Hotel Security]

But celeste and Hollow Knight have been critically praised a lot.

I was surprised to see that too. Hollow Knight looks awesome.

 

[Gloggins]

• 13/01: GTA Trilogy - £16.48
• 19/01: Deus Ex Mankind Divided season pass - £4.99
• 09/02: The Evil Within 2 - £10.99(!!)
• 21/02: Yakuza Kiwami - £11.99
• 22/03: The Evil Within season pass - £3.99
• 18/05: Assassin's Creed: Origins - Gold Edition - £34.99
• 15/07: Yakuza 6 - £29.85

£103.28 so far.

Next up are God of War and RE7 season pass next time it's on sale.

 

[Spheyr]

I don't keep track of that sort of thing, but I just spent about $580 with tax on my steering wheel setup for racing games so I wouldn't be shocked if I hit $1k this year

 

[Danjin44]

2018:
God of War - $79.99
Ni no Kuni 2 Premium Edition - $99.99
SMT Strange Journey Redux - $54.99
Octopath Traveler Wayfarer's Edition - $129.99

Totall: $364.96

Next up:
Dragon Quest XI - $79.99
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna the Golden Country -$??? (I have expansion pass so I dont know its still going to be free for me or do I still have to pay some money)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Premium Edition - $129.99
Hokuto ga Gotoku - $79.99
Tales of Vespiria Definitive Edition - $64.99

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Why? Those games are awesome...maybe not so much DQB on switch, due to performance. But celeste and Hollow Knight have been critically praised a lot.

I was surprised to see that too. Hollow Knight looks awesome.

To clarify, my regrets list isn't games that are objectively bad or anything, just games I bought and personally ended up not having fun with.

Dragon Quest Builders I just found boring. It was a dumb purchase as I've never been able to get into Minecraft, don't like the building in Fortnite etc. I though it having a story might change that, but nope.

Celeste (I did force myself to at least beat the story) and Hollow Knight are GREAT games from a design standpoint. Just not my cup of tea as I just don't have the skill or patience for hard as fuck platformers anymore. I more into easier, story driven games or Nintendo's easier fare like Mario Odyssey or Captain Toad these days as I mostly play to unwind and relax, not for challenge. Hype got to me with those two and I'm working on ignoring hype and just sticking with what I know I like and am in the mood for at a given time.

I posted a tad more details on Hollow Knight here this morning.

 

[jshackles]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna the Golden Country -$??? (I have expansion pass so I dont know its still going to be free for me or do I still have to pay some money)

I'm pretty sure this is included in the season pass and you won't have to pay anything additional. Unless of course you want the physical release for some reason - which itself just contains a download code I believe.

 

[Danjin44]

I'm pretty sure this is included in the season pass and you won't have to pay anything additional. Unless of course you want the physical release for some reason - which itself just contains a download code I believe.

Thanks for reply. This a big story DLC so I thought I still need pay even with season pass.

 

[LordPezix]

Not exactly sure on time line but.

Xbox one X $499

55in 4k TV $300

Red Dead Redemption GOTY - $29.99
Rocket League $7.99
Ghost Recon Wildlands $45.00
Forza Horizon 3 $25.00

Xbox game pass current $11.00

Total: $917.98

Considering this year was a hardware purchase year for me, it is a lot more than what I would normally spend in a year.

I would say my gaming habits are around $100 a year. Give or take $20.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I’m looking at a trip to Japan for my birthday in April and will be moving to either Japan or HK for work next year so I’m thinking I might start doing this.

I went ahead and set up a Video Game fund in my Qapital app for easy saving, but I need to watch my expenses more this year.

The only things I know I’ll be getting are DQXI and RDR2 and I have credit on PSN for those two. Otherwise my year should be clear game wise.

Early next year is gonna suck though with KH and Code Vein.

I would say my gaming habits are around $100 a year. Give or take $20.

I fucking wish. Impulse purchases (despite a big backlog) always kill me.

 

[LordPezix]

I fucking wish. Impulse purchases (despite a big backlog) always kill me.

Well I have a special situation where I live with a very very big enthusiast of video games. He lets me borrow whatever he buys.

He easily spends $300+ a month on gaming stuff so outside of digital items I can piggy back off his purchases.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Well I have a special situation where I live with a very very big enthusiast of video games. He lets me borrow whatever he buys.

He easily spends $300+ a month on gaming stuff so outside of digital items I can piggy back off his purchases.

That makes sense. Lucky for sure. I just wish I had somebody to PSN share with but either the people that will I don't trust lol or the people I do trust have moved to PC as main platform.

 

[kunonabi]

3DS
Kirby: Battle Royale - 35$
Detective Pikachu - 35$
Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Dead Heat Breakers - 45$
Sushi Striker The Way Of Sushido - 35$
The Alliance Alive - 35$
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology - 35$
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux - 35$

Tekken 3D: Prime Edition - 28$
Ridge Racer 3D - 20$
Brain Age: Concentration Training - 20$
Pocket Football League: Calcio Bit - 32$
PES 2013 3D - 9$
The Great Ace Attorney 2 - 40$
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - 40$
Derby Stallion Gold - 12$
Daigasso Band Brothers P - 13$
Bravely Second: End Layer[JPN] - 24$

That's 493$ for the 3DS this year.

I'll update with Sony stuff later.

 

[Fbh]

Hellblade Ps4 - $20
What remains of Edith Finch PS4 - $10 (I think)
Nioh Season Pass - $15
A Way Out PS4 - $24
God of War PS4 - $48


Total: $87


Waaaaay lower than previous years. Had to cut back on my expenses this year. i usually spend between $30 and $60 on games every month (not counting consoles)

 

[Y2H]

£0

I've got a lot of games from last year and some from Christmas I'm slowly working through so I'd rather not add to the list. Currently going through Final Fantasy X-2 for the platinum trophy. 100% story completion is so boring but it's keeping me occupied and saving me money.

 

[kunonabi]

3DS
Kirby: Battle Royale - 35$
Detective Pikachu - 35$
Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Dead Heat Breakers - 45$
Sushi Striker The Way Of Sushido - 35$
The Alliance Alive - 35$
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology - 35$
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux - 35$

Tekken 3D: Prime Edition - 28$
Ridge Racer 3D - 20$
Brain Age: Concentration Training - 20$
Pocket Football League: Calcio Bit - 32$
PES 2013 3D - 9$
The Great Ace Attorney 2 - 40$
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - 40$
Derby Stallion Gold - 12$
Daigasso Band Brothers P - 13$
Bravely Second: End Layer[JPN] - 24$

3DS - 493$

PS3

Yakuza 5 - 20$

PS4

The Evil Within 2 - 26$
The Witch and The Hundred Knight 2 - 21$
Fighting EX Layer(standard) - 65$
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - 19$
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 40$
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir - 19$
Resident Evil 7: biohazard Gold Edition - 32$
Nier: Automata - 33$
Nioh: Complete Edition - 27$
Persona 5 - 29$
Dragonball FighterZ Ultimate Edition - 120$
Gravity Rush 2 - 22$
White Day: a labyrinth named school - 17$
Tekken 7 Deluxe Edition - 50$

KoF XIV 4 character bundle pack 2 - 22$
SFV character season pass 3 - 29$
Fighting EX Layer color set: Type A - 11$

SFV battle costume pack 1 - 10$
SFV summer costume pack - 6$
SFV Cody Final Fight costume - 5$(ugh)

Total - 623$

Aside from a few exceptions I buy all my Sony stuff from the playstation store on heavy discount. Sure the PS+ membership brings my Sony total up to 700$ but i still end up saving quite a bit.

As for regrets:

Tekken 7 - season pass is terrible, character customization is still poor, visuals are ugly, and the single player content is almost 0. I'm more of casual Tekken player so this ended up being a total waste.

Dragonball FighterZ - no legacy stick support, online was unplayable for the first two months, story mode was terrible, and the season pass was also crap. This was my big birthday purchase and I don't touch it at all anymore. After how great central fiction and Xrd rev2 were this was just unacceptable from arcsys.

Gravity Rush 2: I enjoyed the first one but this was step back in almost every area.

RE7 and White Day - I decided to give both games a second chance but I still didnt like them at all. Evil Within 2 wasnt great either but it was less irritating.

Every dollar spent on SFV

 

[CloudStrife_ca]

What do the American's say... I plead the 5th? haha, I've spent alot this year, even just on hardware without factoring in any games. trading in my launch PS4 in towards a PS4 Pro, grabbing the PSVR Skyrim Bundle, Pearl & Marina Amiibos, the God of War CE, plus like the 9-10 PSVR games I picked up and I'll probably grab a few games from the fall/winter launch too. Gaming is not a cheap hobby but its what I love to do, thats really all that matters.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Bumping as I just updated my list for the past couple of months.

 

[deriks]

2018 wasn't that much of a spending because I spent everything that I didn't have in 2017

God of War R$180
Gravity Rush R$30
Devil May Cry 4 R$50
Radeon 265 R$600

Waiting for Smash, Red Dead Redemption 2 and I guess that's it.

Year total (expected): R$1.410

Spoiler: 2017

Resident Evil 7 R$200
Persona 5 R$200
Wolfenstein 2 R$120
Pokémon Sun R$100
new PC R$2500
Mario Odyssey R$220
Nintendo Switch with Zelda R$1900
(yes, I bought Mario before the console)

Total in the year: R$ 5.240
Holy shit!

 

[Nymphae]

I think this year I purchased

God of War - got for $60 on Kijiji brand new instead of like $80 something CDN
Far Cry 5 - new
Street Fighter 5 (2nd time buying this, I sold it not long after initial release) & 1 stage purchased with leftover PSN bucks - used
SF30th Anniversary -new
Blazblue CF -new
BlazBlu CTB -new
GGXrd Rev2 -new
DBFZ -used
and Spider-Man & it's DLC -new

Probably buy Red Dead 2 before the year is over. Likely on release day because I'm more excited for it than I realized.

 

[WaterAstro]

Since it's $90 after tax per game in Canada, I'd rather not say.

 

[Fbh]

I have done a good job in keeping my gaming expenses low.

Since my last post I've gotten:
- Hollow Knight on Switch: $10 (which BTW has to be the best $10 I've ever spent on a game)
- Pyre and Super hot on PC $8 (don't remember the individual prices but I paid around $8 for both on GOG sale).


Lots of stuff I'd love to buy though: Octopath Traveler, MH World, DQXI, Spiderman, VK4, Fist of the North Star, Yakuza Kiwami 2, etc.
By the end of the year I should have a steady income again so at least there's a ton of game I can look forward to playing then

 

[Diddy X]

2018? like 220€ total, like 80 pc games, all bargains

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix 20$
-Hyrule Warriors Definitive edition 50$ (future Nintendo Switch)
--Final Fantasy XII Zodiac age 15$
- Spiderman PS4- 60$
- GTA V- 30$
-Tekken 7 20$
- Project Cars 2- 15$
- Valkyria Chronicles IV Premium Edition. 90$
- Destiny 2: 15$
- NIno kuni 2- 25$
-The legend of Zelda Enclyclopedia 20$
- God of War- 60$
-Dead by daylight 15$
- Yakuza 0- 40$
- The legend of Zelda Hyrule Historia -20$
-PSN: 200$
- Gravity Daze 2 Soundtrack -46$
-Blue reflection + Monogatari Figure Hachikuji -60$
-Dragon quest Heroes II- -22$
- Persona 5 PS3- 35$
-Zero Time Dilemma PS4- 26$
-Dragon Quest Builders -25$
- Zero Escape The nonary games 26$
-NIOH Complete edition Limited edition Japanese: 63$
-Killer is Dead Limited EDITION 47$
- Paypal goodies= 300$

Total= 1.345$

Regret list:

- Destiny 2
-Dead by daylight
-Project cars 2.

 

[hecatomb]

Dragon quest 11-$60
Doom-$30
Dragon quest 7 3ds-$40
Megaman 11-$30
gekido kintaro's revenge-$20
Ni no kuni 2-$40
dark souls remaster-$30

 

[DryvBy]

Physical games:
Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch)
Monster Hunter: World (PS4)
Shadow of the Colossus Limited Edition (PS4)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (PS4)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (PS4)
Warriors All-Stars (PS4)
Far Cry 5 LE + Season Pass (PS4)
Yakuza 6 (PS4)
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (PSVR)
Sega Genesis Classics (PS4)
Street Fighter: 30th (PS4)
Shaq Fu: An Idiot That Bought This (PS4)
Ni no Kuni II LE (PS4)
Fire Pro Wrestling World (PS4)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 Steelbook (PS4)
Dragon Quest XI (PS4)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Steelbook (PS4)
--Soulcalibur VI (PS4)
--Super Smash Bros Ultimate LE (Switch)
--Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection (PS4)
--Team Sonic Racing (PS4)
--Red Dead Redemption 2 CE (PS4)
--PS1 Classic Console

Digital games:
Tecmo Bowl Throwback (PS3)
Sacred 3: A Bad Purchase (PS3)
Civilization VI (before Humble gave it away) (PC)
Mutant Football League (PS4)
Owlboy (PC)
Dark Souls III (PC)
NBA Live 18 (PS4)
Europa Universalis IV (PC)
Crossing Souls (PS4)
Monster of the Deep: FFXV (PSVR)
Uno (PS4)
A Hat in Time (PS4)
Lock's Quest (PS4)
Warhammer: End Times Vermintide (PS4)
Mordheim: City of the Damned (PS4)
Hidden Agenda (PS4)
2Dark (PS4)
Thumbleweed Park (PS4)
Haydee (PC)
The Sexy Brutale (PS4)
Randal's Monday (PS4)
Star Trek: Bridge Crew (PSVR)
Batman: The Enemy Within (PS4)
Detroit: Become Human (PS4)
Accounting+ (PS4)
God of War (PS4)
Toy Story 3 (PS3)
Two Point Hospital (PC)
Battlefield 1 (PC)
Mother Simulator (PC)
(a ton more but this is all I remember)

 

[manfestival]

I bought a few smaller digital titles but all I have purchased this year so far that I know for sure are:
Dragon Quest 11
Monster Hunter World (PC)

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

Not tooo many games this year yet other than the big ones like God of War, Spider-Man and Horizon 4.

Did shell out for a oled C8 and a 2080ti within the past month though...

So probably ~$6200 CAD in damage *sigh*

 

[Blam]

With everything probably 4K in damage.