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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:47 ] |
| Post subject: | WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
So for next year .... how much do you think your going to spend Do you think the Xbox 720 / PS4 are going to be out and are you going to jump at them now and not worry about a red ring ? Are there big games your going to grab on day 1 - or are you going to wait for the magic £20 mark ? Post your estimate here and try and keep track of just how much money your throwing away when instead you could be outside ! 2011 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6653 2012 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8199 Post your prices inside <> symbols and Grim...'s magic tracker will add everything up for you You can access the current totals here : http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/c ... sh2013.php |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
If the next XBox arrives with any must-have launch titles then I'll be in on day one, although I'll probably need to buy a new big telly as the current one is only 720p, so that'll be a big expenditure. I don't anticipate spending much on 360 games, maybe the odd XBLA game, Pinball Arcade tables, but not much more than that. On the PC side of things, I have been so fucked off, so many times, by buying new stuff on Steam only to see it halve (or more!) in price in a sale a couple of months later, that my absolute limit on a PC game spend is £20, preferably £15. EDIT - I have selected £800-£1000, but that's based on an assumption I'll be buying an XBox 720 and a new telly. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've voted £100-£200 this time round. There are no upcoming games that I want and I certainly don't need any more. Even if the PS4 or new Xbox were launched this year, I wouldn't be getting one. The only new hardware I might consider is a cheap 3DS, but given how much I've used my DSi and PSP, I doubt that would be a wise purchase. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've voted £1-£150. I have so much back stuff to catch up on and work through I probably don't need to spend a penny for a couple of years really. I know Joans wants a Kinect though, so I might buy something I like for that if he gets one. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've gone for the same as last year so £200 - £300 assuming that i wont go into the new Xbox or PS4 even if they make it here this year (although a good game at the start would probably sway me) - and i'll be first off the block this year with <£1.54> - Hotline Miami If you bought any of the Amazon US deals for the last few months you will have received a $5 off voucher for any of their 'editors choice' games , and Hotline Miami is $7.50 so that takes it down to $2.50 If anyone else has one of the codes Dark Souls (PC) seems to be about £8 after the dollars to pounds conversions |
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| Author: | Plissken [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 20:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
The chances of me buying any new console are between slim and none, so I've gone for £200-£300. Glad to see I over-estimated last year. |
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| Author: | Malc74 [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 21:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've gone for 100-200 quid this year (or whatever the Canadadadadadian equivalent of that is). Depends on whether I continue to be in the ranks of the smelly unemployed, or whether my lazy carcass can find a job. More moneyz will equalz more gamez, natch. I did very well last year, though. Can't have spent more than CAD$200 all year, after I finally realised that compulsively buying cheap Xbox 360 games and then not playing them was... fucking stupid, to put it bluntly. Also, I have no more room on my game shelves. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 22:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
devilman wrote: I've voted £100-£200 this time round. There are no upcoming games that I want and I certainly don't need any more. Even if the PS4 or new Xbox were launched this year, I wouldn't be getting one. The only new hardware I might consider is a cheap 3DS, but given how much I've used my DSi and PSP, I doubt that would be a wise purchase. Good job I got outbid on this Saturn or I'd have gone over my estimate on day one.  (Although I'd have sold some of it off)
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 0:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've gone for £800 assuming the 720 is out this year, and assuming it is actually any good. I'd like a new tv, but I'm not counting that in game expenditure. So far... <£23> sonic racing transformed |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 15:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<£7.49> torchlight 2 |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
zaphod79 wrote: Grim... can knock up a counter of some sort to keep track POW |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I think that's broke Grim... I'm not at the top of it?!? 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
It'll fix itself throughout the year, no doubt. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Ahh.. Excellent. I haven't bought anything this year. I'm doing well so far. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Grim... wrote: It'll fix itself throughout the year, no doubt. Well that's a line from the Craster "things said to business users" book, and no mistake. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Grim... wrote: Thanks - added to the first post. |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<£14> Hitman Absolution <£5> Assorted iOS games Looking at last year's thread, I ended up spending about £25 less than I'd predicted. I wonder if I'll end up spending more this year? So I just went for the same, £100-200. I feel if I end up spending more, I'll have wasted money. As alot of people say, the games go down in price very quickly. And even if I do buy them, I'll probably never play them. I've still got loads of games on the PC and Xbox I've had for a good year or two and still not played them. I don't think many games are coming out this year that I want anyway. It'll just be iOS games and maybe some preowned Xbox games. Even if the new console comes out, I probably won't get it. I likely won't have enough money, so will probably wait 'til Christmas and hope someone will get it for me 
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Jumper <3> Megamind <6> Harry Potter and the stick of wood <6> Iron Man 2 <6> |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 17:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Cookie197 wrote: I don't think many games are coming out this year that I want anyway. MW4 (or whatever the next COD is) The games list for 2013 is looking good even for the next few months : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_video_gaming And that does not have the games without specific dates yet like the new Tomb Raider / Bioshock Infinite / or GTA5 |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 18:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
zaphod79 wrote: Cookie197 wrote: I don't think many games are coming out this year that I want anyway. MW4 (or whatever the next COD is) The games list for 2013 is looking good even for the next few months : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_video_gaming And that does not have the games without specific dates yet like the new Tomb Raider / Bioshock Infinite / or GTA5 Okay, editing my earlier post. I want Hitman HD Triology, Crisis 3, SimCity, Tomb Raider, maybe one of the Tom Clancy games, Possibly GTA5, and, of course, I will very likely be getting MW4. It will likely be MW4 ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 18:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed <20> |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Fallout: New Vegas (PS3) - <1.99> (Secondhand in Cash Converters) |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I think I'll going to aim for about £300 this year. With pretty much all that going on boardgames and iOS games and Dark Souls II. My purchases on XBL and PSN declined rapidly this year and I expect the trend to continue, and I'm going to try and use Lovefilm to play disk based games. nothing so far (although I am burning iTunes vouchers I was given). |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<£20> Elite 4. Feels good to be able to type that. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Dr Lave wrote: <£20> Elite 4. Feels good to be able to type that. Is it technically game expenditure when you don't actually have a game? |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:34 ] |
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Either way, I don't have the money! £20 spent on hope. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
AtrocityExhibition wrote: Dr Lave wrote: <£20> Elite 4. Feels good to be able to type that. Is it technically game expenditure when you don't actually have a game? Well they've taken the money now and it's gone towards a game, so I'd better add <20> for me too. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Grim... wrote: What's the page title all about? |
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| Author: | Trousers [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Right. In the spirit of abstinence I am not going to buy anything for 3 months and make an effort to get through my backlog instead. I'm sure that won't happen but I can at least try. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 13:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Devil May Cry 4 and Bang Bang Racing (both on Steam) - <3.68> |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 15:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
devilman wrote: Grim... wrote: What's the page title all about? It says scoreboard. In UTF8. Edit: Or rather, Scorebored |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 16:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
You'll struggle to view it in anything but, unless I've nobbed something up. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 17:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
£50-100 I doubt I will reach £50. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 19:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've gone for £800-£1000. I thought it best. I haven't spent anything so far though. 
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| Author: | Malc74 [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 21:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
*does some brain-aching maths to add tax and convert to Sterling* <14> on Child of Eden (Xbox). <7> on Invizimals (PSP). |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 22:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Malc74 wrote: *does some brain-aching maths to add tax and convert to Sterling* <14> on Child of Eden (Xbox). <7> on Invizimals (PSP). You don't have to convert it if you don't want to
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| Author: | Malc74 [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 22:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Grim... wrote: Malc74 wrote: *does some brain-aching maths to add tax and convert to Sterling* <14> on Child of Eden (Xbox). <7> on Invizimals (PSP). You don't have to convert it if you don't want to Heh, I don't mind. Keeps me in line with the other totals, at least. In Canadian money it would have been... er... $34 or thereabouts (damn this country and adding on tax at the register!) |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 22:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Grim... wrote: You'll struggle to view it in anything but, unless I've nobbed something up. It's screwed up at my end, just a random string of characters. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 22:49 ] |
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Grim... wrote: You'll struggle to view it in anything but, unless I've nobbed something up. You have nobbed something up then, as I had to force from 8859-1 to UTF. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 22:55 ] |
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I went for 300-400, but if there is no 720 it will be less than that and if there is it will be more, so that was pointless. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 23:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
Mr Dave wrote: Grim... wrote: You'll struggle to view it in anything but, unless I've nobbed something up. You have nobbed something up then, as I had to force from 8859-1 to UTF. Sounds likely. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
GTA V <35> |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:27 ] |
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XCOM <11.66> |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sun Jan 06, 2013 16:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
I've gone for £100-£200 because the only reason I spent more than that last year was due to picking up a new gfx card and a second hand PSP. Without any of those kind of costs it'll be the odd Xbox title and Android games which hardly amount to much. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sun Jan 06, 2013 17:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<6.32> on assorted Android games. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jan 07, 2013 18:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<19.99> Borderlands 2 Season Pass |
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| Author: | devilman [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 23:39 ] |
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<3.74> Indiegala Magicka |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 0:31 ] |
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Primal Rage Ps1 <7.40> |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2013 |
<10.99> - Resident Evil 6 I've also used some of the offers on amazon from buying things from them last year so picked up <3.12> Desert to Sea bundle (Spec ops the line / Bioshock / Bioshock 2) and <3.12> Crazy Action Pack (Duke Nukem / Borderlands GOTY / The Darkness 2) and <3.73> latest Indiegala bundle |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:08 ] |
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<10> lollipop chainsaw |
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