WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2014

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

A bit early but lets get this set for next year .... how much do you think your going to spend in 2014

Are you going to enter the next generation with a PS4 / Xbox One or a Wii-u ?

Will you buy the best gaming console of last year ? (the 3DS)

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
2013 thread : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9209

Post your prices inside <> symbols and Grim...'s magic tracker will total everything up for you : http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/c ... sh2014.php

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

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 14:43

I've gone for £800-£1000 again... Wish me luck!

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Now I have the Xbox One I guess I will buy 2 or 3 games and some of the smaller cheaper ones in 2014

So went for £200.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 18:41

http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/c ... sh2014.php

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Grim... wrote:

http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/counter/cash2014.php

Thanks - first post updated with the link

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 23:39

<3.74> Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PC)

I expect I'll pick up a PS4 this year, so I'll say around a grand.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:03

Steamworld Dig <5.35>
3D Sonic <4.09>
3D Galaxy Force 2 <4.49>

I'm off the mark.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

I spend most of my money on iTunes, but I get given vouchers, so I've never counted that towards the total.

Last year (well, tail end of 2012 actually) I was given £50 itunes credit, of which I still have about £35 remaining.

This year for Christmas we received another £50~ between us.

Sadly when you gift an app it appears to take it off the card attached to your account, rather than from your credit, which is massively shit.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

I have never really counted itunes stuff in here (I have about £30 on my account that i'll probably use up over the next year) , and I also found it hard when I had credit in Microsoft moon points to try and track stuff (but then I just tracked when i bought cards)

If there are things you are not going to track or they are hard to then its probably easiest to just ignore them and concentrate on the things you can track

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

zaphod79 wrote:

I have never really counted itunes stuff in here (I have about £30 on my account that i'll probably use up over the next year) , and I also found it hard when I had credit in Microsoft moon points to try and track stuff (but then I just tracked when i bought cards)

If there are things you are not going to track or they are hard to then its probably easiest to just ignore them and concentrate on the things you can track

I would track it if it was my money I was spending, but it's vouchers, so it doesn't count. I was 'first-world-problemming' the fact that I have so much credit on my account that I can't track anything in here.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Mr Russell Sprouts wrote:

I spend most of my money on iTunes, but I get given vouchers, so I've never counted that towards the total.

Last year (well, tail end of 2012 actually) I was given £50 itunes credit, of which I still have about £35 remaining.

This year for Christmas we received another £50~ between us.

Sadly when you gift an app it appears to take it off the card attached to your account, rather than from your credit, which is massively shit.

I have the same problem, I have around £45 in my Apple account now, after the vouchers from this christmas topped up what was left from the vouchers from last christmas. That's the problem with mobile gaming being too cheap

However, this year we also racked up £75 in Amazon vouchers, those are much more useful!

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

zaphod79 wrote:

I have never really counted itunes stuff in here (I have about £30 on my account that i'll probably use up over the next year) , and I also found it hard when I had credit in Microsoft moon points to try and track stuff (but then I just tracked when i bought cards)

If you logged when you bought the moon point cards then you're done, why would you also need to track when you spent the resulting points? You'd be double accounting if you did that.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:32

This is what I did but now I pay for everything via Paypal so they go on my list.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:40

I am guessing at 500ish, as when the 360 dies I will need a new DVD player, which is the perfect excuse to buy a new console.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Don't forget £8 on a hammer to encourage the 360 to die.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 13:17

I'm going to try this for the first time and see if I scare myself! I went for $600 to $800 as I expect to buy a PS4 but will probably just leach off PSN and watch netflix on it. I might splurge a little bit on some PC gubbins but will save the mega-splurge on a games machine for a couple of years from now.

nickachu · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 13:23

I went 6-800 because Im very very tempted to get a ps4.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 13:30

chewdolph wrote:

$600 to $800

Hold Alt, type 0163 on the keypad, then let go of Alt.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 14:58

Cras Kringle wrote:

Don't forget £8 on a hammer to encourage the 360 to die.

More like £Many on a toddler who keeps kicking it.

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

I'm almost certainly going to buy a PS4 this year sometime, and I'll assume a PSN+ sub, which brings us up to about £400. Assume some money spent on PS4 games over and above the PS+ sub and I'll likely pick up some cheap PC and Android games throughout the year. That amount might end up being very similar to what I spent last year which was apparently £214.83 so I'm going to estimate £650 altogether.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

I'm probably going to be round the 4-500 quid mark as there's no major hardware purchases planned, though I may get a Vita for remote play.
I suspect I'll buy the next iPad when it's out but as that's not primarily for games I don't think it's fair to include it in the total.

I do confidently predict I'll fail to update my spending on here though.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 19:11

Grim... wrote:

chewdolph wrote:

$600 to $800

Hold Alt, type 0163 on the keypad, then let go of Alt.

$$$$ what was that supposed to do?

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 0:02

It types a pound sign.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Spent way too much last year. No plan to purchase any new consoles so it will be games only this year. Hopefully around £250

krazywookie · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:27

Grim... wrote:

It types a pound sign.

it appears to be the back button in Firefox...

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

chewdolph wrote:

Grim... wrote:

It types a pound sign.

it appears to be the back button in Firefox...

Yeah, if you hold Alt then hit 01 it'll go back when you release Alt. Very odd.

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

No, wait, it's not even that; Alt+1 takes you to the main General Discussion forum view even if you've never been there in that session.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 13:31

Bamba wrote:

No, wait, it's not even that; Alt+1 takes you to the main General Discussion forum view even if you've never been there in that session.

Oh yeah, that's a board keyboard shortcut (it'll take you to the first unread post if you press it on the main forum and then back to the main forum again).

I forgot about that, sorry.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Humble Bundle X <£4.40>

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:13

Proteus (PC/Mac/Linux) <1.40>

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

Off the starting blocks! <0.74> on The Pretentious Game for Android. It's a weird little thing that uses a love story to suggest the platforming ability you need to use to 'solve' each room. It's exactly as pretentious as the name suggests and incredibly short but I'm amused and charmed by it. The first level is free on the Android version and you can also play that first level via your browser here if anyone wants to try it.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

That was quite cute wasn't it? The iPhone version is free but then you have to download other chapters which are strangely listed in dollars.

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

Wow, someone actually played one of the mobile game oddities that I dug up!

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

I always try and play the weird sounding ones!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 08, 2014 18:09

Me too.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 23:34

<2.09> Pool Nation (PC)

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

<£3.74> or something daft for Torchlight 2.

Not bad, nice and frugal...

<£637.00> on PS4 3 games, PS+ 1 year membership and now a new TV.

Erm. yeah.

Luckily I have a new credit card with lots of 0% offers.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

<14.90> Mario & Luigi and Lego City for the 3DS with the Nintendo missprice today

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

<2.99> on hidden object adventure nonsense for Android. A particularly good example of the format (so far anyway) called Nightmares from the Deep 2.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2014 0:21

I like the way Pundie Bear hasn't put his in brackets so it doesn't count. IT COUNTS!

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 13:33

<2.37> Company of Heroes (PC)

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 14:56

So far I've bought this lot:

Fantasy Zone
Kinect Star Wars
Deadpool
Lego Lord of the Rings
Ride to hell: Retribution
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

For this much <35.98>

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

TheVision wrote:

Ride to hell: Retribution

For the love of God, why?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Bamba wrote:

TheVision wrote:

Ride to hell: Retribution

For the love of God, why?

Price ?

It was £1 in my local tesco for the Xbox version and the conflict between the cheapskate me who thinks I could play it and see just how bad it is and still get more than a quid for it - and the realistic me who thought its not even worth that lasted while i walked round the rest of the store - however I did not grab it and the next time i went in it was gone :-)

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 18:30

My Tesco doesn't have any cheap games

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 18:47

Grim... wrote:

My Tesco doesn't have any cheap games

Mine doesn't anymore either. Yeah, I bought it because it was £1. If nothing else, it will serve as a replacement box.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 20:52

It begins!
tomb raider and saints row 4

<16> and <20>

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I wish I could do that first SR4 mission for the first time again.

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 22:20

Is Pundabaya going to stop being a cheaty bastard?

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 23:43

British Nervoso wrote:

Is Pundabaya going to stop being a cheaty bastard?

Yes he is.

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