WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2020

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14169

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

Any hardware your looking at picking up ?

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 !

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Post your prices inside <> symbols and Grim...'s magic tracker will total everything up for you : http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/c ... sh2020.php (*)

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

(*) when he updates it again

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

I'll be getting a new PC this year, and possibly one or both of the new consoles, depending on how tasty they are, so straight into mental category.

I will fund this largesse by not changing my car at the 12 month's ownership mark (which arrives in May of 2020).

krazywookie · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2019 13:06

I really will try to follow this this year after getting a surprise after doing my accounts of about £120 pm last year. That's a bit too much so I'll use this to keep it in check hopefully.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2019 14:14

£500. This is what I spent in 2019 minus the cost of my monitor. I can’t see myself getting any hardware at all in 2020 with the possible exception of a new CPU.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I'll almost certainly grab a PS5 which is predicted to come in at, what, £500? So add in another couple of hundred for games and I'll guess £700.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2019 16:07

Every year I underestimate how much I'm going to spend... So let's say £1000-£1200 and we'll see how I get on.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2019 21:35

I underestimated by £1k for 2019, but I've gone for the same estimate for 2020 (£200-£300). There's not much I want at the moment besides a cheap Vectrex and some more ST-V games. Most modern games don't hold my attention for long, so I can see me just revisiting older stuff.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:59

Gone for £5000

I want to get a PS4 pro and VR at some point.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:09

devilman wrote:

I underestimated by £1k for 2019, but I've gone for the same estimate for 2020 (£200-£300). There's not much I want at the moment besides a cheap Vectrex and some more ST-V games. Most modern games don't hold my attention for long, so I can see me just revisiting older stuff.

Is there such thing as a cheap Vectrex?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:25

KovacsC wrote:

Gone for £5000

I want to get a PS4 pro and VR at some point.

I'll sell you my Pro and PSVR for £4k, let me know.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:27

I’ll take a stab at £750 this year.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 13:38

TheVision wrote:

devilman wrote:

I underestimated by £1k for 2019, but I've gone for the same estimate for 2020 (£200-£300). There's not much I want at the moment besides a cheap Vectrex and some more ST-V games. Most modern games don't hold my attention for long, so I can see me just revisiting older stuff.

Is there such thing as a cheap Vectrex?

Only faulty ones it seems.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

KovacsC wrote:

Gone for £5000

I want to get a PS4 pro and VR at some point.

The year that the PS5 is released seems like a bad time to buy a PS4 Pro, especially as the PS5 will be backwards compatible with the games and PSVR hardware.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 15:36

<35.68> Byski TR4 water block. First purchase from Aliexpress

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 15:45

Bamba wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Gone for £5000

I want to get a PS4 pro and VR at some point.

The year that the PS5 is released seems like a bad time to buy a PS4 Pro, especially as the PS5 will be backwards compatible with the games and PSVR hardware.

Depends what they’re discounted to.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 48665

Dude, he's gone for five grand.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 17:08

Cras wrote:

Dude, he's gone for five grand.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 18:30

That must be a typo, surely? I refuse to believe he didn't intend to type £500.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 18:41

Inflation.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 19:38

I've gone £1200-£1500.

I'm actually amazed at how much I spent last year, but I did get into the console race and upgraded two PCs.

I do expect to spend way less this year but I guess that'll depend on the new consoles.

Apparently the current high end consoles will become the next gen entry level consoles so you won't miss out on games if you already have those.

I'm honestly thinking that I'd like a more powerful Xbox, yet could live with the PS4 pro so I don't miss out on stuff like TLOU 2.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

JohnCoffey wrote:

Apparently the current high end consoles will become the next gen entry level consoles so you won't miss out on games if you already have those.

Citation needed, because that sounds really unlikely, especially on the Sony side.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2020 13:03

Shinobi (Xbox 360) <1.69>

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2020 16:22

GazChap wrote:

That must be a typo, surely? I refuse to believe he didn't intend to type £500.

yup it was

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2020 16:36

My offer still stands.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2020 13:17

Dragon's Lair Trilogy <8.96>
Namco Museum Arcade Pac <7.79>

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2020 13:55

I think it'll be low again for me... £200 max.

Already spent £38 on PS+

Looking for a Sekiro once it's £20 (anyone want to sell me theirs?)
Last of Us 2 will be instabuy (£40)
Cyberpunk 2077 too if it's good obv lol (£40)
Then odds and sods.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<11.95> God of War

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

<98.97> Various card packs for Hearthstone, we got £100 cashback on a new washer dryer a couple of months ago but I chose to take it as a 'Virtual Mastercard' and fuck me they're a ballache to use, so in the end I've just dumped it into Hearthstone as I was able to add the virtual card as a payment method, milk it, and then go back to my original payment method. Also, I've spent fucktons of arcane dust crafting cards this expansion and my supply is getting low so this will be a nice refill, and hopefully get some good new cards as well.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2020 22:14

<19.73> Star Wars Battlefront II Celebration Edition (PC)
<9.55> Humble Monthly Bundle Classic Plan (PC)

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 21625

Free games for you!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<2.99> Krystopia for Android.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Sun Jan 12, 2020 23:59

<16.99>

Fallout New Vegas ultimate edition Xbox 360 (but works on a one)

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2020 19:03

<1.20> Super Arcade Soccer (Switch)
<0.89> Koloro (Switch)

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2020 19:26

<1.91> Another World 20th Anniversary (Xbox One)

Spending big again.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2020 19:40

devilman wrote:

<1.91> Another World 20th Anniversary (Xbox One)

Spending big again.

A brilliant game and I'm sure everyone here agrees.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2020 19:59

TheVision wrote:

devilman wrote:

<1.91> Another World 20th Anniversary (Xbox One)

Spending big again.

A brilliant game and I'm sure everyone here agrees.

It's shit.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

TheVision wrote:

devilman wrote:

<1.91> Another World 20th Anniversary (Xbox One)

Spending big again.

A brilliant game and I'm sure everyone here agrees.

Giphy "bait":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/daI8ZitlJCNylpjdAD/giphy-loop.mp4

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Fucking hell giphy!

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jan 16, 2020 19:21

<13.99> Noita (PC)

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

<59.99> 60 Descent of Dragons card packs.

Fucking Blizzard.

Attachment:

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Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

<59.99> 60 Saviours of Uldum packs in Hearthstone.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Did you just spend £120 on fucking Hearthstone cards?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

<3.09> Polyescape for Android.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

Bamba wrote:

Did you just spend £120 on fucking Hearthstone cards?

Yes but I won £165 on the machines in the pubs yesterday so it all evens out in the end or something.

Besides which, Hearthstone is either my most played game ever or second most played game ever (it's jousting with WoW), I reckon 5000 hours playtime is about right.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13149

<47.99> Control - For PC from the Epic Store

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2020 14:20

Pac-man World 3 <20.50>
Pac-man World 2 <16.98>
Metroid Prime Federation Force <5.99>
Sonic Boom Shattered Crystal <5.99>
Fire Emblem Warriors <5.99>
Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World <12.99>

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2020 15:09

£36 on Pac-Man is an interesting choice in this day and age.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2020 15:54

I agree but it does complete the Pac-man world trilogy for me. These two are on the Gamecube so that goes some way to explaining why they're a little more expensive.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2020 16:02

I hope the story has a satisfying conclusion

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2020 17:59

Pfft... Like I'll ever get around to playing them.

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