How do you afford your games?

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ExplosiveTiger

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I buy a new game about every month. 60 dollars one month(720 a year) isn't that bad. But games of November and December I usually just wait for Christmas.
 

Keepeas

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You're supposed to pay for those?

DISLAIMER:
NOT SUPPORTING PIRATING!
NOT SUPPORTING PIRATING!
NOT SUPPORTING PIRATING!


Seriously though I don't usually buy games,
but when I do they're on sale and I've made sure I'm going to like it
 

lolmynamewastaken

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i sell my kidneys. so far, i've play half life 2 and im waiting for the left kidney to grow back before i can buy some more games

okay, so honestly, last couple of years i had a student loan, and spend like maybe £100 in 2 years on games, before that though i had a couple of jobs and nearly nothing to do with the money apart from buy games, so i stacked up a pretty good collection in about 5 years.
 

Azaez

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Its pretty interesting seeing how people afford their games, some of these i might even use once im settled into the Navy :) keep posting like what im seeing.
 

Xman490

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synobal said:
A combination of prostitution and steam sales. Mostly steam sales.
And no prostitution, lol.
I've been really skeptical about new games after Other M disappointed me and Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Portal 2 simply satisfied me (of course, I had high hopes). It's a good thing, too, since Duke Nukem Forever sucked and Alice was, well let's say "flat-chested".
 

Fusioncode9

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I have a part time job with which I buy clothes, video games, and pay for my cellphone bill. I usually have all the money I need to buy the games I want.
 

TheEvilCheese

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I almost never buy games at full price.
Even when I need to have a game (Skyrim!) I'll be shopping around on the internet for the best deal. Shops are almost universally more expensive.
 

krazykidd

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Jedamethis said:
I don't. *sobs and looks at the space on his shelf where Portal 2 should be*
Hahaha this .

No seriously , i buy maybe 2-3 games on release a year , the rest are games that have dropped in price or used . But since i like rpgs more than any other genres , the games keep me busy for quite a while reducing my need for a new game . So yeah , the longer the games are , less games i buy per year , more money in the bank . My suggestion to OP is , buy games that are at least a year old , sure you can't talk about the newest game to all your friends , but if thats the reason you play games as opposed to playing games for fun , your doing it wrong.
 

Omnific One

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Deals4Downloads.com

I pretty much pay like $5 dollars a game working off that and steamgamesales.com. Also, discounts: I paid $33 to preorder Witcher 2.
 

GeorgW

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Christmas. I get most of my games then. There are some I just can't wait for, but they're not many.
 

bagless_hound

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I sell my ass for Hot Pockets and the money I would usually spend on Hot Pockets I spend on games. Don't ask how I get my Hot Pockets money.
 

kinapuffar

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I don't piss away my money on alcohol or cigarettes like a chump.
All you smokers out there don't expect any sympathy from me. "Oh, it's so hard to quit!" Then you shouldn't have started in the first place, dumbass.
 

Smertnik

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I sell the sweets I steal from little children. The profit isn't big but it suffices for Steam sales.
 

DuelLadyS

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Good ol' fashioned saving, first off.. if you put a little aside starting early on, you'll have the money when the game actually releases. Example: I know I want the Last Guardian at release. It comes out next year. If I stick 3-5 bucks in jar once a week starting now, I'll have more than enough to buy it when it does release.

Aside from that- buy used. It's cheaper and you get a chance to see if the games you only sorta-wanted end up being crap and not worth your time before you buy. (Although it can backfire if a game gets rare and goes up in value instead...) Also, if you're in the US, signup to get Gamestop emails and wait for an E-rewards invite. Take online surveys, earn free Gamestop gift cards. (This is actually how I'm paying for the Last Guardian. I have card #2 on the way, if I get a third I'll have enough to pay in full and have leftover money. If I don't it's only $20ish dollars out of pocket.)
 

Warlord211

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I'm a porn star in my free time.
Ok, joking aside. I sell a lot of my games. If I don't play it anymore, I sell it. Also I get paid by my parents to do stuff sometimes.