How cheap are you?

[TSTR]

Not as cheap as I should be.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I'm pretty damn cheap.

One rule I have: I never use a credit card to buy a video game or anything "fun." If I don't have the cash on hand it can wait.

[TSTR]

^Hence my above comment.

[jvalentine98]

I get the sentimental part of it. But I also have precious memories of my past tied to things that aren't game related. My childhood and teenage years wouldn't have been any different without a certain game. I'd pay to have my old friends back, the old times back. No game or movie or song can replace that, no matter the sentimental value.

[girlracer]

For retro I'd say I'd prob wouldn't spend more than $10. There's this place I go to about twice a year that that I'll spend a little more at. But I go to my local pawns each week and you wouldn't believe some games I've got for $2-$4.

New, there's a lot of new games I can wait to go down to the $20-$30 mark. But if a new GTA or Uncharted series game comes out I'm a first day buyer. Example MK8 is getting ready to come out and newegg had a promo for it so I got it for $50. I try to look for the best deals.

[Razzmatazz]

I'm with the OP. Unless it is a new game, like Mario Kart 8, I don't want to be spending more than £5-10 on it. As a Nintendo fan, this does make a lot of the first party titles harder to obtain, but it's good to hold a budget so overspending doesn't occur. There's no way I'm paying £60+ for Fire Emblem on the Gamecube, I'd rather pick up the similar version on Wii for half the price.

[Nyukki]

I spend stupid amounts of money on stupid things I shouldn't spend money on. Life is short.

But, I don't really spend much on gaming.

[Exhuminator]

The games I am interested in buying aren't in the $5-10 category...

[Nintendork666]

I'm not cheap. If I'm not willing to spend at least $20/$30 on a game, then it must not be worth owning in the first place. Of course, I try to get stuff as cheaply as possible, but I'm generally willing to pay what I estimate a game's entertainment value will be to me.

Hell, a trip to the movies for me and my gf will often cost me $30, especially if we get drinks/popcorn. Add dinner to that and we're looking at $50 or $60 + tip. Some of the responses in this thread surprise me, and I;m just a poor community college student.

[laurenhiya21]

I try and stay under $20 a game, but I'm certainly willing to go over that if it's a new game I really want to support, or a harder to find old game that I know I won't find much cheaper than the asking price. I would love to be able to only spend $5 a game, but that would be impossible around here haha (even if I did have a car...)