POLL: How old are you and how much do you spend on games on average?

[magilacudy]

Just wondering, if you saw my post in "When it comes to games parents can suck" thread, but whats the age distro in CAG? Also if you want you can put a rough estimate on how much you spend on games during the past month or few months, years, whatever time frame you want or any other comments about young whippersnappers...

[WhipSmartBanky]

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[magilacudy]

Interesting... I did search for 'age' and 'old' but that didn't come up. I guess my search skills are lacking... but also I asked how much you spend on video games, which is different from that poll which is over 6 months old...

[peteyrose]

I'm 19, I get about $300 of games a month on average, but I get them for free because I work for media.

[SolinariDotCom]

I'm 18. Uh.. this month - well, last month in conjunction with this month I've spent maybe.. . 500 on games/related items. There were a couple things that inflated this price somewhat beyond the average, however. This doesn't include developer support.

[magilacudy]

I'm 19, I get about $300 of games a month on average, but I get them for free because I work for media.

That's cool. You could probably make a mint selling those free games on EBay as well, if you're not doing so already =P

[WhipSmartBanky]

I'm 19, I get about $300 of games a month on average, but I get them for free because I work for media.

Hook me up, dood! :lol:

[magilacudy]

I'm 21, about to turn 22 next month. I guess cuz of my parents nagging I think I spend too much on games already. But thanks to TGN and CAG I can get a bunch of games for about $20-$60 a month not including shipping. Thats going to increase drastically this month with UT2k4 and a bunch of hyped Xbox games coming out.

[dtcarson]

I skew the curve--I'm 31.
I've spent too much on video games in the last two months--for a while there I was buying/renting DVD's a lot, then I got a PS2 for Christmas, and have bought about a game a week since then. Cash out of pocket has been maybe 150-200 bucks, because I've only bought 3 or 4 new release games, bought some games through cheap-ass deals, and had some gift cards/birthday money to spend. But I think I'm caught up now, I need to beat some of the games I already have. I've only beaten BG : DA and CoN so far; probably replay CoN with my wife before too long, but right now i'm in the middle of FFX, just started Dynasty Tactics 2, and am progressing through GTAIII and Simpsons Hit and Run, in addition to a few others that aren't on the top of the list.
Wouldn't seem like all that much, but we're paying off Christmas bills, and my boy goes to a daycare that is kind of expensive [worth it, but expensive], and we just moved in Oct so our house payment went up. I can only play a few hours a day, and that's when all the household duties are done, so you'd think there'd be some self-limiting there. The good news is, there's only a few games coming out that I'm interested in, and I'll probably just rent a few of them, what with the glut of Blockbuster ROGO coupons I'm finding. Although I can always find something in the used section of EB and Gamestop...

[st0neface]

I'm 18, and spend probably $200 on games, but I do a lot of trading, too.

[SS4Brolly]

16, and I havnt spent a dime on games in the past few months. Ive broken the addiction. But last year (2003), I would guesstimate that I spent close to a grand on games.

[Amanda the Red Mage]

20 years old.

[Gameboy415]

I'm 20 and I'd say I spend around $500 on games per quarter (my university's on a trimester system). Lets see.....I'd say I bought maybe 20 or so games this quarter alone. Oy.

[D4rkewolfe]

21 and it varies on how much I spend, but since I discovered this site, a whole lot more (sure I save, but I buy a whole lot more games than I did before). I did give up buying games for lent, and I've been itching to buy certain games, but it'll be for the best in the end.

[magilacudy]

D4rkewolfe, more power to you brother. I tried to give up buying games for lent but of course I ended up buying some stuff not even 2 days after the first Sunday. =/ At least now I don't have any money so that helps stop me from splurging.

[rimsforsale]

im 22, last year i spent around $700 on games and a GBA sp. i consider myself average. i'll only cash out for the really good games, and mostly new releases. but i havnt actually bought a game for myself for about 3 months. bought alot of cheapass deals for friends. most recent games i scored is FF:CC, but i traded 4 games to EB (which cost about 10bucks each) so i broke even. it came with a gba cable though.

[spookyhurst]

I'm 29, and am afraid I spend way too much on games. I pay cash, so I'm not spending beyond my means, but instead of games, I should be spending my money on unfun semi-imortant things, like having my jaw fixed or getting new glasses. But I guess when it comes down to it, I'd rather have a poppy grindy jaw then be gameless.

[SolinariDotCom]

I should be spending my money on unfun semi-imortant things, like having my jaw fixed or getting new glasses.

Glasses? Fixing jaw? Pssh. What's more important than that new Zelda around the corner? ;-)

I've needed a new pair of glasses since, oh, July or something.. I really need to get around to that..

[SneakyPenguin]

16 and i lost count. right after christmas, i spent 500, right before christmas, 2300 (pc for games and games). too damn much i say. over 440 games total, more every week or so. but less recently (see the parents thread that i started)

[gkargreen]

well, I really skew the numbers, I'm 52 and mostly like to play online at night (when I'm not watching american chopper or the shield!) and with my two young boys ( now playing timesplitters 2 and pikmin). My buying goes up relative to any GOOD online xbox games, or good CAG games out there!

[punqsux]

im 21 and i really dont spend that much on games, i just buy alot of games for 1-3$

per month id say i spend maybe 100$?

pretty much everything i make has to go to school (photo supplies are so expensive!) and my car

[Amanda the Red Mage]

It would've helped if I read the entire question yesterday, huh? >_<

I don't actually spend a whole lot on games. During the semester, I have almost no time to play, so I guess I buy maybe two games or less each semester. I don't usually buy games at all during winter break, because I usually get two or three games for Christmas. During the summer a lot depends on how much free time and money I have, but if I had to guess I'd say about three games. So as a completely rough estimate, assuming that each game averages about $30 (I buy a mixture of greatest hits and regular games, but I try to focus more on greatest hits to save money. Also, I buy a lot of GBA games), I guess about $150-$180 dollars a year? Actually, that sounds like a high estimate. I ought to try keeping track of exactly how much I spend on games from now on.

Oh yeah, and that's not including video game rentals. I rent games a lot.

[RedvsBlue]

Wow looking at the results is seeing the bell curve in action!

[magilacudy]

Wow, seems like I'm on the low end for buying games, middle of the curve for age. The average of the two is roughly my GPA. =/

[Staind204]

I'm 17 (18 in June). I don't really spend much on games anymore.. probably only about $20-$30 a month (on average).

[Stu_sjb137]

im 21, spend about $100 a month on games.

[magilacudy]

Has anyone reached a point where they're not as interested in playing games anymore?

For me i can't get as engrossed in a game as I was in HS, I don't know if thats the quality of the games or just my attitude towards it. While I definitely don't play as much as I used to, I spend more on games just to 'have' them in my collection.

[terribledeli]

Has anyone reached a point where they're not as interested in playing games anymore?

For me i can't get as engrossed in a game as I was in HS, I don't know if thats the quality of the games or just my attitude towards it. While I definitely don't play as much as I used to, I spend more on games just to 'have' them in my collection.

I'm not really interested them as much as I once was. Hell, I've got an unopened GTA xbox set sitting around from christmas.

I maybe spend...$150 a month now?

edit: I'm 21.

[msdmoney]

Has anyone reached a point where they're not as interested in playing games anymore?

For me i can't get as engrossed in a game as I was in HS, I don't know if thats the quality of the games or just my attitude towards it. While I definitely don't play as much as I used to, I spend more on games just to 'have' them in my collection.

I find I can't play a game for as long as I used to, I don't find myself in the trance I was when I was younger. I also buy games just to have them in my collection, many games I want to buy to have them rather than rent them.

I am 23 and probably spend ~30-40 a month on games.

[TheRock88]

I'm 19 and I usually spend $300-$400 a month on games. Basically, as soon as I get my paycheck I run to my local Gamestop and pick up the newest games that I want.

[godhatesjustyou]

16, and I havnt spent a dime on games in the past few months. Ive broken the addiction. But last year (2003), I would guesstimate that I spent close to a grand on games.

wow, i would've never guessed you were only 16. having so many posts and all.

oh yeah, i'm 15 and i've spent only like 100 since christmas.

[magilacudy]

That's crazy Brolly, $1000 on games. However come to think of it, if I added all my game expenses up it would probably come close to that. But that just seems like a big amount to me :shock:

[Theenternal]

Just turned 24, i would say something about my age, but with older players above me, i feel fortunate. I feel that I have been buying a lot of games since Christmas I have purchased about 40-50 games. But only 2 games were in the 20 range. Everything else was less. With net access at work I can get decent deals with CAG and Ebay.

[poormojo]

I'm 28, and also have been buying way more games since I joined CAG. I spend maybe $50-$100 a month, depending on releases and bargains.

[bignick]

Im 25. Im pretty frugal so I never buy new releases. I just wait for them to drop to 20-30. I bought Dead Mans Hand cause it was only 30 new. I would buy tons more if they were 30 not 50. I have 40 xbox games and 5 gamecube games.

[OutlawJT]

I just turned 25 and I spend on average about $120 a month. It's been really bad so far this year. Steel Battalion, Manhunt, Line of Contact, Ninja Gaiden, MGS:Twin Snakes(pre), Champions of Norrath, dotHack series (3&4), YuGiOh Champ04, a new GBA SP, Crystal Chronicles, Armed and Dangerous. And those are just the games I paid near full price for (minus a bunch of trade-ins that made me feel like I was selling my own children{which I don't have any of fortunately}). I also got deals on PN03, BG&E, some Greatest hits titles and a bunch of hard to find games like RAD. It's a sickness with me. Only time I'm able to stop myself is when the bills are due. I'm a prime candidate for a VGA (video gamers anonymous) help group.

[GF_Eric]

I'm 20 and I probably spend about $75 - $100 a month on games. I also work in the gaming media so I get a lot of free games every month (which I sell on Half.com when I'm done reviewing them), so the money I do spend on games is usually picking up older titles or picking up titles I want but didn't get to review.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I'm 21, and I spend at least $300 a month on cds, dvds, and video games. Usually less than $100 on games, but that really depends on the month.

[SS4Brolly]

That's crazy Brolly, $1000 on games. However come to think of it, if I added all my game expenses up it would probably come close to that. But that just seems like a big amount to me :shock:

Yeah. I dont have much of an idea HOW I managed that much, but when I look at all that I purchased in the past year, it comes to just about that. Im surprised myself.

[bmulligan]

I'm too old(35), and I spend too much ($125/month) on games.
I have to buy games for my son as well as myself.

NOW GET OFF MY LAWN, you young whippersnapers !

[littlemonkey]

40 years old and a proud CheapAssGamer.
I probably spend an average of $50.00 bucks a month but it can vary greatly.

littlemonkey

[JohnnyDrama]

I'm 19 and I spend about $20 to $30 on games every month. It used to be more than that, but now I gotta pay back student loans...

[x0thedeadzone0x]

14 years old. i spent anywhere from 30-100$ a month, easily. Whenever i have money to blow, i snatch it up and most likely buy a game, so estimates around 50$ a mo.

[JSweeney]

I'm too old(35), and I spend too much ($125/month) on games.
I have to buy games for my son as well as myself.

NOW GET OFF MY LAWN, you young whippersnapers !

Yep.. Bmulligan is so old that if he asked the rest of the michigan area CAGs to meet him somewhere, channels 2,4,7 and 50 would all have cameras there, as if they were trying to catch some kind of deviant in the act.
For some reason, they all make older people that use the internet out to be a bunch of creepy fiends.

[magilacudy]

That's cool though Bmulligan. One day I'm going to pass on the gift of gaming in addition to sports and love of reading to my kids. Its a great thing to share, stop me if I'm being corny, but it teaches being competitve and cooperative, while creating happy memories and other good stuff.

[bmulligan]

For some reason, they all make older people that use the internet out to be a bunch of creepy fiends.


HEY! I'm not creepy, but I am a videogame fiend.

[notoriousxbox]

Im 28 and my game purchases have doubled since I found this site. Its just too hard to pass up on the deals that you can find on this website. On average lately I have been spending about $100 a month on games.

On the other topic I feel the same way. I will get games but for some reason they just don't hold me like they used to. There have been exceptions like Prince of Persia and I'm hoping Ninja Gaiden since I picked that up yesterday but didnt have a chance to open it.

[magilacudy]

Prince of Persia sold horribly I've read. Its a good ass game but I think the generational gap between those that actually remember the first one and kids these days killed it. Damn whippersnappers...

[st0neface]

Prince of Persia sold horribly I've read. Its a good ass game but I think the generational gap between those that actually remember the first one and kids these days killed it. Damn whippersnappers...

That hasn't stopped plans for a sequel (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/princeofpersiathesot/news_6087354.html) or a movie (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/princeofpersiathesot/news_6090699.html) though.

[notoriousxbox]

To me one of the problems was Xbox owners were hit with a glut of great titles between Oct And Dec last year. Its a shame that a game as great as Prince as Persia got lost in the shuffle. I paid full price for it and that game is a keeper.

I read about the sequel which made me happy and if I'm not mistaken isn't Jerry Bruckhemier signed on for the movie ?

[bfg9k]

Age: 34
Average spent: $100/month

I rarely buy games at launch. Another hobby of mine is reading as much as I can about the history of computers and video games.

[magilacudy]

I didn't know that they were going to make a movie out of Prince of Persia. :)

Every property I get into now is going mainstream. Thats news to me.

[GuilewasNK]

I am 27. I vary on spending. I used to buy second hand games 90 percent of the time, but now that I have been coming here, I'd say I have been buying 75 percent NEW (its nice to buy game without worrying about scratched discs). For example, when Circuit City had that huge sale after Christmas, I ended up getting about 23 (Ps2, GBA, Xbox) games for around $300. I have never spent like that before. I usually try to keep it to about $80 per month unless some really good deals come out, then I might spend more. I don't have as mush time as I would like to play games, but I still like collecting them. I have several games that are still sealed that I hopefully will get around to. Also, I play more Quake III and Star Trek Elite Force than anyting else online and those take a huge chuink of my playing time. Although, I have made time for Prince of Persia (Xbox). That game is great.

[MaxBiaggi3]

Age: 34
Average spent: $100/month

I rarely buy games at launch. Another hobby of mine is reading as much as I can about the history of computers and video games.

I'm 35 now, and I probably spend about $100 per month. This figure can vary significantly based on what (if anything) I find used for cheap in a given month.

I used to buy maybe 90% of my stuff used, but finding deals on new items through this and similar sites have helped me to support new titles a bit more than in the past. Today, I still buy used a lot, but my purchasing split is probably closer to 60% used and 40% thanks primarily to tip-offs on retailer sales, clearance specials, etc. Knowing more about when and where the sales are has helped me to buy more new games than I would ever have imagined just a year or two ago.

[magilacudy]

bump

900 :)

[RBM]

29 and wondering why so many people younger than I am are shelling out so much more for games than I am. Either communal spending power is far greater than my own or appetites for games are. :^)
I probably average $50 a month or less on games, and like many others here, am buying more titles since frequenting this site! (this is such a great web site!)

[zzl365]

I'm 21 and spend anywhere between 50 and 100 on games a month, I have to try and cut back on that so I can afford to buy a new computer though. :(

[Whambamm]

Well, I just got my bank statement yesterday, and I can tell by the amount each check I wrote was for, I know which ones were for games, and which were for cash/books/etc. And the grand total I spent on games and game accesories during the time period of Feb. 11-Mar.11 is $383.95. I didn't spend anywhere near that amount before I found this site though. I probably averaged one new release game a month. The large amount is due to the damn Target thread. I've found so many deals at my surrounding Targets that it's hard to pass on them. Though I still have at least 20 unopened games I haven't gotten to because I've been buying so much. Also I've gotten close to a third of that amount back from my friends who I picked up copies of games for. So I really spent around the $250 range, but that's still a too much.

[alongx]

i'm 20, i'd say i spent about $100 a month on gaming for the last 2-3 years, but i've been severely cutting back lately, sadly, due to my temporary lack of funds.

[uesc]

i'm 25 and a i spend about 2k/ year on console and pc games. maybe a little more this year (as long as Doom 3 and HL2 come out)

[magilacudy]

Yikes... Also Halo 2, Pandora Tomorrow, Darkwatch, maybe Battlefield Vietnam are ripe for buying/preordering. Its a good time to be a cheapass gamer, bad time if you don't have any money to spend. :(

[ZForce915]

23 and on average about $50 a month. Some months more some less.

[imacheapasstoo]

34 here, and the amount I spend per month varies... sometimes it may be as little as $20 depending on what's out there and what my gaming obsession is at any point in time, or it may be up to around $300 or so. This month was particularly costly, with my dreamcast obsession rearing its ugly head again, and the release of The Suffering and Breakdown, and my discovery of that aff25 code at ebgames.com.

But I work full-time and don't have to support any kids, so I do have a little bit of extra cash. What I'm wondering is how the younger folks can afford to spend so much on games each month? I didn't have a lot of excess cash floating around when I was their age due to having to pay rent and not having enough job experience to get a decent job. Have times really changed that much?

I feel so old now.

[LiquidKil]

I am 14 and spend under 20 bucks a month on games. I'm a complete counterstrike junkie and I only really buy a few games on clearance at target once in a while.

[Danimal]

I'm 37, with a wife, two kids, and a mortgage. My wife doesn't work, so my check gets stretched pretty thin. So it's tough to figure what I spend on average. I do my best to hold off buying games until they come down in price, and now that I've got a backlog of games waiting to be played (Shortage of time is almost as bad as shortage of money) that's actually gotten a little easier.

I'd guess between the PS2 (mine) and Gamecube (mostly my kids), I bought 15-20 games last year, and will probably get about the same this year. Lots of those will be Greatest Hits games, or bargain bin specials.

[Ebraum]

32 years old. Grew up with a 2600 & never looked back. I spend around $100.00 a month.

[Sn0brawler]

Im 15 and I spend 60 dollars a month on games. I'd say 2/3 of what I buy is PO.

[magilacudy]

*randomly decided to bump*

[theboogieman]

i'm 17 and normaly spend about 50 bucks a month

[theboogieman]

[quote="
What I'm wondering is how the younger folks can afford to spend so much on games each month? I didn't have a lot of excess cash floating around when I was their age due to having to pay rent and not having enough job experience to get a decent job. Have times really changed that much?

I feel so old now.[/quote]
i'm 17 and cant get a job (high school drop out) but when there is a game i want i start sellin stuff left and right to afford it. that is why i only hav 3 games lol. i take cans in. do chores ANYTHING to get the game i am goin for, which this months game is gladius....lol..

[PapiChullo]

I'm 20 and I get all EA games for free, but otherwise I might spend 50 bucks every couple months or so to buy a good new game. Otherwise, I'm trying to play the games that I have, plenty of which are unopened. But lately, I've been going crazy, but I've also been getting some deals through this site.

[bruce_pwns_j00]

LOL I'm like the youngest here. I'm 13 ande in the past 30 days I have gotten 15 nes ps2 games on my own money lol. I've been on a game buying frenzy lately.

[snotknocker]

I'm ageless and spend about 30 - 50 bucks a month

[oddfella]

Im 15 almost 16. Its hard to say how much i spend month to month. It really fluxuates. Some months I may spend ten and other maybe 200. But I'd have to say like $75.

[The Successful Dropout]

im 21...i own almost 1000 dvds (literally...its like 980)...i own about 185 ps2 games, 20 gamecube games, 50 xbox games, and 50 psone games....i pretty set on the games that are out now...i just go out every tuesday for new releases and spend about 150 a wk on average

[zewone]

19

[-Never4ever-]

Kinda old thread, I wonder how I missed it.

anywho I'll 18 in september and I average about a new game a day.

[Tromack]

20 and currently around 30 a week. During the school year when I'm not working it is about 1/2 to 1/3 of that, but now that I'm working fulltime and don't have to pay rent, my disposable income has increased quite nicely.