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What's the most you ever spent on a single game?
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You know Ive never payed more than MSRP even on retro titles. I've overpayed for retro titles, but never anything rare, exported, or sealed. So ignoring collectors editions, I've only ever bought games at msrp at the worst.
Dota 2, probably 1500+ at least over the years... don't know why my wife and I turned into whales for them hats but every international we max out the battle pass
Maybe Chrono Trigger, it was like $80 when it came out in 1995, and at the time I was earning I think $4.25/hour part time, so that was a lot of money.
...but for real, I Kickstarted Shroud of the Avatar for like $550. "An unofficial sequel to my favorite PC series Ultima helmed by the original inventor of the series and some of his old team? Sign me up!"
Or maybe if that doesn't count, I bought a Turbo-CD for $200 specifically for Ys Books 1 & 2, the game blew my mind with its crazy music and high quality speech, I had to own it.
...but for real, I Kickstarted Shroud of the Avatar for like $550. "An unofficial sequel to my favorite PC series Ultima helmed by the original inventor of the series and some of his old team? Sign me up!"
Or maybe if that doesn't count, I bought a Turbo-CD for $200 specifically for Ys Books 1 & 2, the game blew my mind with its crazy music and high quality speech, I had to own it.
Thinking about plopping down $100 for this:
I know $100 sounds like a lot, but you could win $10,000
Single game, probably things like the special edition of BOTW, stuff like that. Pushing £100 or maybe over. Can't remember now.
The most I spent to play a specific game was between £200 and £300 when I wanted the PS2 version of NiGHTS into Dreams and Sega Rally 2006. I bought a Hong Kong PS2 and the games.
The most I spent to play a specific game was between £200 and £300 when I wanted the PS2 version of NiGHTS into Dreams and Sega Rally 2006. I bought a Hong Kong PS2 and the games.
YES! Thats the only game I over spent on just because it was imported
I miss this game
$75 for the Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock guitar bundle. The game was decent and the guitar works to this day.
World of Warcraft, no doubt. I didn't buy a lot of extra things like server transfers, name changes etc, but I did play for almost 20 years, about 15 of those for cash subscription, so just that ended up being a lot over the years.
I'd say maybe 2500 USD, but I'm lowballing it.
I'd say maybe 2500 USD, but I'm lowballing it.
This is a good one.
Probably the £60 or so I spent on Jet Set Radio, as a Japanese import for DC, back when it was brand new. Worth absolutely every penny; but I managed to get it stolen before I had even left London. And what do you know but my dear friends immediately bought me another copy. An amazing game and the Japanese import was beautiful.
None of us were rich so I was blown away by that. Very pleasant to recall.
Probably the £60 or so I spent on Jet Set Radio, as a Japanese import for DC, back when it was brand new. Worth absolutely every penny; but I managed to get it stolen before I had even left London. And what do you know but my dear friends immediately bought me another copy. An amazing game and the Japanese import was beautiful.
None of us were rich so I was blown away by that. Very pleasant to recall.
Probably $500 or so playing DDR in the arcades and I didn't even get to own it...
If we are talking a home game, then I guess Rock Band 4 which was originally $250 or so for the full kit.
If we are talking a home game, then I guess Rock Band 4 which was originally $250 or so for the full kit.
Halo 3 legendary edition? I think that was around $100 if I remember correctly. That's the only collectors edition I ever bought.
If it''s just for a standard game without nothing special... like 70€ for a brand new GTA: San Andreas for the ps2 (well, technically it was my parents money, but it still hurts). I was a child and I wanted the game right now but it was only on a random store with inflated price xD
If you are taking collector's edition... the more recent is Eiyuden Chronicle which I pledged more than 200€.
And I don't wanna talk about subscription games nor does my bank account.
If you are taking collector's edition... the more recent is Eiyuden Chronicle which I pledged more than 200€.
And I don't wanna talk about subscription games nor does my bank account.
For a one off purchase: the Fallout 4 Pip Boy edition. I don't even have a phone that would fit into this any more.
Over time or through MTX: Hearthstone, no question. Probably upwards of £600 over 5 years. Though I've mostly swapped to F2P for the last 2 years.
Over time or through MTX: Hearthstone, no question. Probably upwards of £600 over 5 years. Though I've mostly swapped to F2P for the last 2 years.
$150 for the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition.
I was huge into Halo at the time and being it was Bungie's final Halo game, plus the lore behind Reach in-universe, I was very excited for the game.
I don't regret it, it was pretty neat. That being said, I don't think there's any game I'm as excited about anymore to drop $150 dollars on, especially when it seems like the special editions now are less worth it.
I was huge into Halo at the time and being it was Bungie's final Halo game, plus the lore behind Reach in-universe, I was very excited for the game.
I don't regret it, it was pretty neat. That being said, I don't think there's any game I'm as excited about anymore to drop $150 dollars on, especially when it seems like the special editions now are less worth it.
I'm not entirely sure, but it was probably 76€ on Ring Fit Adventure.
Maybe it was the Metroid: Samus Returns special edition, because I had to ship it from Spain to Brazil, but I think that was also around 60-70 EUR.
If I think of the games I spent the most money on... Possibly Smash Bros. 3DS + Wii U, since all the character DLC elevated the combined packaged to around 150 USD.
Maybe it was the Metroid: Samus Returns special edition, because I had to ship it from Spain to Brazil, but I think that was also around 60-70 EUR.
If I think of the games I spent the most money on... Possibly Smash Bros. 3DS + Wii U, since all the character DLC elevated the combined packaged to around 150 USD.
Had a PC. Bought Rayman Legends on PC. 20€.
Got a PS3. Bought Rayman Legends to play it with my girlfriend. 20€.
Broke up, she kept the PS3, I bought a PS4. 20€.
Bought a Nintendo Switch. Figured it would be nice to have it on Switch in order to play it with my family and friends. 20€
Have a PS Vita. Thought it would be a good idea to have it in my collection because all the versions I have are digital. 20€.
So, yeah, 100€ on Rayman Legends! And I regret absolutely nothing.
Got a PS3. Bought Rayman Legends to play it with my girlfriend. 20€.
Broke up, she kept the PS3, I bought a PS4. 20€.
Bought a Nintendo Switch. Figured it would be nice to have it on Switch in order to play it with my family and friends. 20€
Have a PS Vita. Thought it would be a good idea to have it in my collection because all the versions I have are digital. 20€.
So, yeah, 100€ on Rayman Legends! And I regret absolutely nothing.
I bought the Switch just to play BOTW, it was the only game I had for more than year (finished it after three months, 118/120 shrines, haven't touched botw since). I eventually started picking up more games, XCDE is the most regular I've played my Switch since I owned it.
Does Rock Band with all the instruments count? Pretty sure that was like £250 at launch, so...that. if not, I imported Super Smash Bros. Brawl at like £80 plus £20 for the Freeloader to play it with.
I'm not even there, I usually wait the games until they're about 15 or 20 if I'm really really really pumped. Just shop during the big sales, like BF and playing them thru the year.
Ac Valhalla is 35 on Amazon right now, which is tempting, but I'm hoping it'll be less than 30 on the spring sale (late March or early April in the last few years). Also waiting for Immortals to be 15 bucks, hopefully by the end of this year?
World of Warcraft no doubt. I bought 3 of the expansions and subscribed for more than a year in total.
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Add me to the Steel Battalion gang. Bought it new at the short lived Hollywood Video game store. Still remember going in to buy it and the clerks shocked reaction that someone actually bought it. I actually have two now too. My original and a second that I found at a used shop for $30 just last year.
Can't recall if I've ever spent more for a single game than that.
Can't recall if I've ever spent more for a single game than that.
£450 for Astro's Playroom :)
If we were to count subscriptions and expansions, it would be World of Warcraft, by a country mile.
If we don't count those, but do count in-app-purchases, then it would possibly be Pokemon Go.
If none of those count, then it would be some Collector's Edition that I picked up over the years. Probably topping at around the £100 mark, though. Even if it has an awesome statue, I have no desire to pay more than that.
If we were to count subscriptions and expansions, it would be World of Warcraft, by a country mile.
If we don't count those, but do count in-app-purchases, then it would possibly be Pokemon Go.
If none of those count, then it would be some Collector's Edition that I picked up over the years. Probably topping at around the £100 mark, though. Even if it has an awesome statue, I have no desire to pay more than that.
About this much.
definitely my most expensive "day one" purchase.
the most i've spent on a retro game was about $120 for a Japanese version of Alien Soldier.