How do you spend your money?

[Jumplion]

We all love video games, but we all hate how expensive they can sometimes be. A $60 game plus downloadable content/subscription fees and (in the Xbox360 world) online monthly fees can make a game cost more than its original price.

So, how do you deal with money? Do you just save up for that copy of Bioshock and buy it right away? Or do you plan what your budget will be and save a little extra for that new map pack in Call of Duty 4?

Personaly, i plan out my spendings.

For example, right now i have enough money to buy one more game. I can either keep that money (and gather any other scraps) until June and get "Metal Gear Solid 4" or i can participate in one of those online surveys and get a free Xbox360 (which i am SURE would be a waste of time), get 1 month of Gold service free and get Halo 3 as a standard, and borrow any other games from my friends. But after that 1 month of free online from the Xbox, i'd have to start paying, and then i wouldn't be able to play with my friends online anymore. Or i could save up for some other game and play the free online on my PS3.

I like planning ahead, do you?!?!

 

[bowsmand]

Most of my money goes to paying bills, which is why I love freeware.

 

[Alphavillain]

Planning ahead? Like you mean to Friday night? Those prossies are getting more expensive, I swear.

 

[GothmogII]

I don't really plan at all. Usually go into town on every few weeks and see if there's anything good. I'm in on college related work experience atm. which is paid so I don't really have much to worry about money at present, still at home too so that does figure in heavily what with
rent to my parents ^^'

Other than that, for my 360, buying something as new/recent release is a bad idea as they cost between 60-80 euros, so I've found it better to rent or if I am buying to get it from the secondhand rack, which is awesome as you can some really good deals there sometimes.
PC is way way easier and cheaper. Usually wait a month or two after a title has come out
and you can usually find it in a store's Buy 2 get 1 free section, even older ones are usually
re-released as Red Label/Explosiv/Gamespot Choice etc. and it's how I build up my
collection. 3 titles for 10 euro? Nice

 

[Larenxis]

I convince my friends they really want a video game, and then mooch off them. Save my money for food.

 

[njsykora]

I'm currently saving to go to Canada for Anime North in May. Which means the last game I bought was Persona 3 about 6 weeks ago. If you know you're entering a tough period you damn well make sure you get one that's gonna last.

I also have to pay my internet and some of the bills at home. I try to get at least 1 CD in a fortnight. Anyone remember CDs?

 

[Kermi]

I pretty much just pay bills, including a regular credit card payment for XBox Live. As far as new titles go, there's usually one big release per month that I have to have, which is usually unavailable as specialist retailers like Electronics Boutique because they only got enough in to cover preorders and staff members. So I go to an electronics/movies/games retailer like JB Hi-Fi and get it for $30 off the RRP price because JB has a bottomless supply of the damn game, and are more than happy to slap a $79 sticker on a game that just launched to steal business away from everyone else, who will have it for anywhere from $98-$115.
Since GTAIV is launching here at $120, I'm either going to hold off until the price is lower (and hope Australia sees a rerelease if/when we get an R18+ classification for games), or hope to pick it up for less than a hundred bucks at JB on launch day (since the Electronics Boutique will probably be sold out anyway ).

 

[Bodb]

Unresponsibly.

 

[Kogarian]

Don't really spend my money. Play the games I do have to death, swap games with friends, buy cheap ones, or go back to my older consoles/ computer games and play them. AoE and Rome: Total War are still fun, as is Battlefront.

 

[AnGeL.SLayer]

Plan ahead. Since there's been a lack of good games out I've been buying a ridclous amount of used books. It's amazing how many more books I can get with my money if I just buy used. I can't get out of the store without spending at least $60 on books. I'm weak I know. *loves on my ridclous amount of books* hehe


^_^

 

[Rekn]

i save so that when i spend the money, i have a fair amount left over

 

[Saskwach]

I set myself a goal for my bank account that I want to achieve sometime in the future. I then make sure that whatever games or books I buy don't cripple this goal. It's a very weak structure but it mainly works.