Since I am heading out of town this weekend, I am done for the month of April...which was a very big month for my collection.
Between the Hobie-Wan/Jmustang1968 sale, the purchase of two 2600 lots from other members, a Craigslist find, and a Gamestop sale, I added a nearly
100 games to my collection this month. Accordingly, I spent a bit more than usual, but my average cost per game this month was only $2.73 (which brought my average cost per game for the year down to $3.29). I try to keep in mind that purchasing four new games for modern consoles would have resulted in roughly the same outlay.
Thankfully, I offset about $50 of my costs this month with some eBay sales, but I did not factor the profits from those sales into my costs. (I also ended up with about thirty duplicate 2600 games. I passed about half of those on to bonesnapdeez for being an awesome member, and I will probably offer the rest of them to anyone who is willing to pay shipping.)
Aside from the 2600 games, my "best" find this month was the new copy of Guilty Gear XX^Core Plus (PS2) that I grabbed for $8. I anticipated some difficulty finding a copy in good shape at a good price, and I expected it to be one of the last games that I added to my PS2 collection. My other exciting find - which is not listed here - was a manual for Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (GC). I have been looking for one in good condition for over a year, and I now need only one manual to "complete" all of the games in my Gamecube collection. (I still need the manual for Beach Spikers (GC), BTW; so if you have one to spare, please send me a PM!)
I anticipate that, as it becomes increasingly difficult for me to find 2600 games, the pace of my collecting (and, hopefully, the rate of my spending) will slow. (There are still two locations in the Charlotte area that I have not yet visited since I started collecting for the system, however...)
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayTotal Games - 299; Total Cost - $973.5
Average Game Cost - $3.26
