WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2018

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 13161

Another year and another attempt to guess how much money your going to spend on gaming !

Are you going to enter the next generation with a PS4 (pro) / Xbox One X or Nintendo's Switch console ?

Are there big games you are going to grab on day 1 - or will you wait for the magic £20 mark ?

Post your estimate here and try and keep track of just how much money you are throwing away when instead you could be outside !

2011 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6653
2012 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8199
2013 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9209
2014 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9879
2015 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10294
2016 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10653
2017 thread - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10922

Post your prices inside <> symbols and Grim...'s magic tracker will total everything up for you : http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/c ... sh2018.php (*)

You can also put negative values in if you've sold items back

Lonewolves · **Posted:** Mon Jan 01, 2018 23:39

I've gone for £400-600 because I want to get a Switch at some point. But I'll also be selling my Wii U, 3DS, Vita and PS3, so who knows? In any case I expect it to be my lowest total since records began.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Jan 01, 2018 23:42

Selling your Wii U? Hmmm... Let me know if you do. I might be interested.

Lonewolves · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 0:24

TheVision wrote:

Selling your Wii U? Hmmm... Let me know if you do. I might be interested.

Oh I definitely will be. Was going to get it dusted off and take pics for eBay tomorrow. Black Premium Edition 32GB + gamepad + two black Wiimote+ w/nunchuks + light gun peripheral + 128GB USB flash drive for extra storage.

Six Wii U games:
Mario Kart 8
Nintendo Land
Splatoon
Super Smash Bros for Wii U
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
Resident Evil: Revelations

Three Wii games:
Super Mario Galaxy
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Link's Crossbow Training

£175 plus postage I'm thinking is about right. Let me know if you're interested.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:14

That sounds about right.. I think. Is the console boxed?

Lonewolves · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 13:03

TheVision wrote:

That sounds about right.. I think. Is the console boxed?

Not currently. I'll have to see if I still have it. Is it a deal breaker? Boxed ones seem to go for quite a bit more.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 33263

<27.49> VR Cover face pad replacement for the Lenovo Explorer.

Imma track my spending this year too.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 13:14

Lonewolves wrote:

TheVision wrote:

That sounds about right.. I think. Is the console boxed?

Not currently. I'll have to see if I still have it. Is it a deal breaker? Boxed ones seem to go for quite a bit more.

If it helps, I can send him the box (not mint, but reasonable condition) for my Wii U - It's the same model, although the serials won't match up. But if it's just a box that's required, I don't mind posting it off as I won't be selling my Wii U any time soon.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 13:34

I'll try and track mine, but I bet I forget.

Anyway, I reckon I'll do about £500.

<4.99> NBA Playground

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 10679

Only significant purchase I can envisage this year is a Switch + telly combo (plus Switch games), so let's allow £800 for those, plus my 'usual' spend of around £400, as such I'll go £1200.

I'll pick the £1200-£1500 bracket, it's always good to build some contingency into these things.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 18:40

I'm spending big already.

<0.69> Replica. Looks an interesting little game about trying to hack into someone's smartphone to look for terrorist clues.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11069

devilman wrote:

I'm spending big already.

<0.69> Replica. Looks an interesting little game about trying to hack into someone's smartphone to look for terrorist clues.

That does look interesting. Let us know if it’s any good!

Lonewolves · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 19:16

<-59.99> Playstation 3 Slim 250GB + 2 controllers + 12 games

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 19:27

I’ve gone for £400-600 as I intend to buy a switch sometime this year. I don’t get a lot of time to play games and that’s largely a combination of real life getting in the way, my age making me feel like I should be doing something more constructive/creative with my free time and me doing so.

I think I’ve broken the habit of buying games I won’t have time to play, but I still end up with more titles at the end of the year than I’ve had time to play. My sole consolation is that they’re mostly very cheap when I buy them.

I think the switch will fit in with my life quite nicely as a portable device as there are more instances of me having short periods of time to kill, than there are instances of me having 2-3 hours or more to sink into a decent SP adventure. I’ve abandoned online play as I can never schedule time to get online nowadays. I’m fine with this.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2018 20:02

Satsuma wrote:

devilman wrote:

I'm spending big already.

<0.69> Replica. Looks an interesting little game about trying to hack into someone's smartphone to look for terrorist clues.

That does look interesting. Let us know if it’s any good!

Certainly worth a go at 69p. I reached one of the endings, but I'm not sure how differently you can play it to see the other seven, but I'll be giving it another go soon.

Edit - If you do, something that's not obvious, is how to quit the game - hold down Esc and it'll eventually close the game.

nickachu · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:30

Guessing 2-300 as there's a few games that I wanna get, but not too many. Will probably have to get an external harddrive at some point too.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 33263

<31.99> Plex Pass renewal

Logging this here as it counts as an unexpected expense as I thought I'd cancelled it. Never mind!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:52

Gone for £200-£300.

Only because I might go for a PSVR around my birthday.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8072

Zardoz wrote:

Gone for £200-£300.

Only because I might go for a PSVR around my birthday.

When's your birthday? I'm selling mine if you're interested.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11069

Joans wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Gone for £200-£300.

Only because I might go for a PSVR around my birthday.

When's your birthday? I'm selling mine if you're interested.

What’re ya asking?

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8072

I'll scope out ebay later and see what a reasonable price might be.

Assuming I've not forgotten anything, it will be:
PSVR boxed with whatever came with it
PlayStation camera - boxed
PSVR worlds

No technodicks included.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 16:48

NBA Playgrounds (Switch) - <8.99>

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 16:54

Subterfuge <7.87>android

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 17:05

MaliA wrote:

Subterfuge <7.87>android

Pay 2 win!!

Lonewolves · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 17:14

DavPaz wrote:

<31.99> Plex Pass renewal

Logging this here as it counts as an unexpected expense as I thought I'd cancelled it. Never mind!

Is that a gaming thing? I thought Plex was for streaming video.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 33263

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

<31.99> Plex Pass renewal

Logging this here as it counts as an unexpected expense as I thought I'd cancelled it. Never mind!

Is that a gaming thing? I thought Plex was for streaming video.

It is.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2018 17:34

Joans wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Gone for £200-£300.

Only because I might go for a PSVR around my birthday.

When's your birthday? I'm selling mine if you're interested.

Cheers, but it's a while off, 6th of May.

Satsuma wrote:

What’re ya asking?

This is when you should have asked you ne'er-do-well!

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8072

Satsuma wrote:

Joans wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Gone for £200-£300.

Only because I might go for a PSVR around my birthday.

When's your birthday? I'm selling mine if you're interested.

What’re ya asking?

£200 + whatever it might cost to post?
But it would probably be cheaper for you to come and get it.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 9352

Last year meant new PC and PS4 hardware to the max so this year should be a cheap year, hence my low prediction.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 33263

<7.49> Cloudlands : VR Minigolf (PC)

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