Do you spend very much on your gaming hobby?

I used to spend very much on gaming when i was single/married ( Day 1 popular games , had to have latest Xbox and PS consoles), after child was born (Since 2021) i stick to PC gaming , great sales and neccessary medium PC upgrades only.

Well?

GamePass pretty much sums up my expenditures these dayzz. lol :P

Yes, I spend a fair amount on gaming and always have. Generally get all major consoles, and even some fringe ones, each gen. Also buy quite a few games at their standard retail prices. Buy the same games on multiple platforms.

Sometimes. If there's a fancy collector's edition for a game I really want for myself or as a gift for someone else, I might splurge. Otherwise, I rarely have free time, so I don't play nearly as often as I used to.

Pretty cheap on games , a few hundred a year.

Have bought most consoles that have come out in the last 20 years or so and have shelled out a decent bit for PCs.

I'm not sure, it varies. I don't have problems staying in my entertainment budget.

It varies, but my game purchasing averages around $60 a month depending on sales. Honestly even with top end hardware, games, and all the lighting and extras for my game room It's still a cheap hobby compared to others either myself of my friends have. Try having a car or gun hobby and you'll die at how much money you can dump into them.

I spend a lot on PC parts, consoles, handhelds, games, sales, day one buys, preorders.

I try to spend as little as possible on in game shops, skins, diamond encrusted weapon cosmetics, clothing, vanity items.

Compared to my taxes it's minimal.

No. I have a Switch and a low end PC. Maybe 2-3 times a year I will "splurge" on a $30-$40 Nintendo game, but on the PC side it's EGS and Prime giveaways with the occasional deep discount purchase on Steam or GoG. Rarely pay more than $5 for anything there.

Not so much on PlayStation..

I'd say I'm somewhat average. Maybe a little above due to PC hardware expenses. But I only upgrade that once every 3-5 years. But when it's new PC time I do tend to buy fairly high end: though with the way things are going, My definition of High end PC hardware expenses are becoming quite mid 😅.....😭.

This year, I suspect, will be fairly pricey. Switch 2 and a bunch of games for that (including Switch Backlog games). Potentially valves new VR headset and controller....the former could cost a pretty penny.

Games wise I'd say I generally spend around €200-€300 a year roughly.

I watch what I spend. And yeah, having a family changes things, I'm with you on that. PC gaming doesn't have to be expensive. I take care of my PC, give it plenty of treats and pats oh the head. When something goes wrong, I fix it. Get everything on sale, which PC is especially good for. Other than that, I buy Switch and PS5 games, and every so often older stuff, like Genesis, NES, PS1, etc. But I don't go overboard.

I spend a lot on a new PC every 5 years or so, then probably another good chunk on a new GPU in between.

but I feel I spend less and less on games. most of what I play is on Gamepass these days, or multiplayer games I already have/are free to play. i've only bought like 2 games in the last year I think though I might be forgetting something.

I also skipped this console generation, since everything is coming to PC at this point outside of nintendo stuff which I don't care about.

No.

Motorcycles are my number 1 hobby, and are quite a bit more expensive than games.

I used to spend more on games with a lot of them not being what I wanted and end up collecting dust, but now I get to try most of them on game pass (I still buy the ones I really liked).

I try not to. My wife and daughter are priorities to me now. Plus I have a house to maintain. On top of that, I've started other hobbies I enjoy more than the current state of AAA gaming. I feel like modern games don't respect my time with overly long cutscenes and taking control of the character away from me way too often. I'm more likely to play indie games like Vampire Survivors which costs 4.99 than a AAA game that costs $69.99 for the standard edition of the game. The older I get, the less I like modern gaming.