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What's the most you ever spent on a single game?
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My most expensive game is also probably Steel Battalion. Crazy that came out almost 20 years ago. My parents had a projector so I played it on a ten foot screen. Good times.
$230 for Dragon Force on Saturn. Before that it was Zombie Nation for $160 on NES. I'm eyeing on buying Suikoden 2 soon though, and that game hits for $300+.
The most expensive game I bought for retail price was Steel Battalion on the Xbox. For second hand purchases, I spent $400-ish for a sealed copy of Suikoden II. I sold it back at the same price, along with most of my collection, a few months later. This was late 2008, when retro games were worth comparatively nothing. If I sold that collection today it would be a downpayment on a house.
Off the top of my head, I can't recall my most expensive single game purchase. it is probably a special edition I bought off the NISA store, which between shipping and converting from USD to CAN might put the most expensive purchase in the $120 To $130 dollar range.
I bought GTA5 at launch on PS3, then Launch PS4, then digital PS4 (traded in physical copy), and bought a copy for my friend when it was on sale for 19.99. So around 175.00. I'd buy it again on switch. Actually I've purchased about 40.00 in shark cards as well.....so over 200.00. Well worth it
$150 for a factory sealed Magic Knight Rayearth for Sega Saturn. Got it from a convention several years ago, and it's going for quite a bit of money on eBay these days. I also think it may be the Umi/blue disc based on what I can see through the gap by the spine.
I had long since sold my PS2, but I just wanted to play the next Final Fantasy game so badly, that I bought a PS2 Slim just to play Final Fantasy XII (which I'd go on to buy like 3 more times). I don't think I used that PS2 for anything else, and sold it shortly after wrapping up FFXII.
I also put more than $300 into Gloomhaven, the board game, as it was expensive itself plus I bought sleeves, organizer units, little custom dice, and other tools to smooth out the experience. We played that as a group for almost 18 months and ultimately wrapped it up, so it was money well spent, I think.
I also put more than $300 into Gloomhaven, the board game, as it was expensive itself plus I bought sleeves, organizer units, little custom dice, and other tools to smooth out the experience. We played that as a group for almost 18 months and ultimately wrapped it up, so it was money well spent, I think.
League of Legends. I own every champ and have multiple prestige skins. Wouldn't shock me if I have spent over $800 the last three years.
$250 for TLOU2 with the statue.
The equivalence of $100 like 15 years ago for Valkyrie Profile in PS1 (at the time , the more I have ever paid for a single video game and maybe still is after inflation )
The equivalence of $100 like 15 years ago for Valkyrie Profile in PS1 (at the time , the more I have ever paid for a single video game and maybe still is after inflation )
Probably Runescape subscriptions back in the day. Probably spent $200-$300 on $5/mo subscriptions back then.
Aside from that, probably Fire Emblem Awakening since I bought the game at MSRP and about $45 in DLC. Ultimately regretted it and haven't bought any for all the FE games since.
Excluding DLC, FE Fates since I got the limited edition. Normally I skip those but since that had all three versions of the game on one cartridge I wanted it. Only one ended up being any good though.
Aside from that, probably Fire Emblem Awakening since I bought the game at MSRP and about $45 in DLC. Ultimately regretted it and haven't bought any for all the FE games since.
Excluding DLC, FE Fates since I got the limited edition. Normally I skip those but since that had all three versions of the game on one cartridge I wanted it. Only one ended up being any good though.
For a normal game, then Final Fantasy XII on PS2. I live in Europe, and I ordered the US limited edition steelbook, it cost me around 70€ and when it was delivered I had to pay a surprise import tax, around 30€...
Otherwise it's Overwatch because of these fucking lootboxes, hundreds and hundreds of euros down the drain, I hate myself (and lootboxes) for this...
Otherwise it's Overwatch because of these fucking lootboxes, hundreds and hundreds of euros down the drain, I hate myself (and lootboxes) for this...
I've never spent more than $59.99, the price of a typical AAA game on PS4. A physical copy of Uncharted 4, to be exact. Well worth the money IMO. I replayed it a few times and I intend on playing again when I get a PS5. I usually wait for games to be around $29.99 (50% discount, about 6 months after release) before I buy them. It's not just about cost, but it gives the developers time to patch things up, clear any bugs, release DLC and deluxe editions, etc. I get to experience game how it was intended to be by waiting, basically. That being said, I would totally snag an expensive collector edition of Bloodborne or any Dark Souls games with maps or boss figures or posters. That would really cool.
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Not counting instances of buying multiple copies, I spent $180 to get Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 two and a half weeks early. Probably a tie between that, Rock Band 2, 4, Guitar Hero: World Tour and various collector's editions.
Well if we consider unreleased titles, I spent almost $650 (67100 Yen to be exact) on Eiyuden Chronicle's Kickstarter campaign. Believe me when I say I'm a huge Suikoden II fan, and anything that reminds of that, spiritual successor or no, from the same series creator and other veteran Suikoden staff, will have my undivided attention.
Ironically enough, which is something more recent and tangible. I've spent almost $300 to replace lost copy of Suikoden II.
The "Take your Heart" Premium edition of Persona 5 might also be something of note.
Ironically enough, which is something more recent and tangible. I've spent almost $300 to replace lost copy of Suikoden II.
The "Take your Heart" Premium edition of Persona 5 might also be something of note.
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Couple of thousand on a mint in box Egg Game and Watch handheld. But it is like, one of the three rarest in the entire series. Still gotta track down boxed DK Circus and Panorama Mickey Mouse though. I assume those will cost a ton as well when they eventually turn up.
North of $100 each for SMT Nocturne and the two Digital Devil Sagas. I think the most expensive one was $130 but I can't remember which one that was. This was in 2008, and they got reissued for $20 apiece in I think 2009? Soon enough after I bought them to make me feel especially stupid.
Whatever the release price was for this, I think $325?
God owning an NGH/AES was the dumbest fucking idea.
About 180$ for Fallout 3 across 4 different copies. I bought the GOTY for my 360, and then traded it away. Then I deleted one of the DLCs by mistake, so I had to rebuy it. This was when it was still about $60. Time passes and my cat knocks my 360 over while the disc is in it. After that, I lost it and had to buy a new copy.
All over the entire last decade.
All over the entire last decade.