How do you afford your games?

[mcattack92]

I have a job but only buy games I know i will enjoy or have enjoyed the demo of the game. But I keep buying games but always go back to Gmod.

 

[Cogwheel]

I don't buy much, really. Can't run most of it on my computer. On the other hand, I do need to pay for (among other things) the three copies of Skyrim I'll be buying for friends. That's where what's left of the money from my work (Japanese->English translation, in case anyone's wondering) goes. I say "what's left" mostly because nearly all of it goes to my parents.

Since I buy next to no games for myself, this actually works out surprisingly well.

 

[Vault101]

a job! and disposable income!

its fantastic

before that...eating less

 

[Bishop99999999]

After three years spent in mediatation on a remote mountaintop in Tibet, I have shifted myself back to 2008 in terms of game releases. By keeping my play list in chronological order, I am still at the cusp of gameplay development relative to my timeframe, but I also only have to pay a fraction of what you all pay for the latest games.

In an unrelated note, I'm picking up Too Human today. Don't spoil any of it for me, but how awesome is it going to be?

 

[Iwata]

Well, I work, and I am careful about what I buy. I trade in games I don't like and I buy new games when they drop in price. It's fairly simple.

That said, people here are joking about pimping, but I know of at least one asshole who pays for his gaming habit by moonlighting as a giggolo. And yes, he is an asshole.

 

[FamoFunk]

If I know a game is coming out soon I want, I save up for it as I have other things I have no choice to pay for first. I trade old games in too, so I only have to put a small amount of money forward.

Birthdays and Christmas help, too, and nice people

 

[Soulpunch]

Patience. I wait to the prrice to drop, and then i normally buy, like 2 or 5 games at once, so i'm covered for the next 1 to 3 month, of course depending on the games length

 

[Deverfro]

Buy used or wait until they come down in price. But I only buy like 3-4 games on the day of release.

 

[Talon_Skywarp]

Renting pretty much covers me. It means I only need to spend more on RPG's so keeps me in flow

 

[ripdajacker]

Coding for food, XBLA titles and steam sales.

I play a lot old games to experience the glory of the older consoles. PS2 and Xbox especially. I did not have a console at that time, so they are all new to me.