How much have you paid on console hardware and services this gen

Lets get something straight SW. Just because a console goes down in price to say 299 DOESN'T MEAN that the amount you originally paid goes down. So lets have an admittance thread on how much each of us has really spent on our preferred console and services.

Include all your costs on hardware and online services

I have paid

499 on a ps3 with b/c in 2007. That ps3 broke in march from ylod so I spent 40 dollars on high quality flux and thermal compound to fix it. Alas that fix only lasted awhile and after ylod reoccurred 3 more times I gave up and bought a 350 dollar ps3 slim. I also have bought subscribed to ps+ (50 dollars) for 1 year to date.

For me the cost has been $ 1055 just to own a ps3 for 2 1/2 years along with Plus.

Your turn

edit: Im adding in my controllers now. 50 dollars for the extra sixaxis. 65 for the new dualshock

270 Eur for da 360.

25 Eur that time I bought a 3 months Gold subscription.

40 Eur on a (second-hand) 120 HDD.

45 Eur on my second controller.

140 (or was it 160? can't remember) Eur on my DS.

520Eur.

Gettingthe Wii as present, priceless. :3

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500 on a 360

300 on a PS3

400 on a Wii.

0 on the services but I had to pay to repair my 360 twice so it came up to 500. So in total 1200US.

360: $500

PS3: $700

Wii: $300

Live: $500 (Since 2005)

Total: $2000

Ouch :P

PS3: $399

360: $399

Wii: $250

Hmm... I suppose it should be noted that :

A: I don't use XBL
B: All of the consoles were gifts

Total: $0

over 1500 maybe 2000

PS3 - $140

3rd party controller - $20

Rock Band - $180

PC - free

Bluetooth headset - $50

Total - $390

i feel kinda bad now because i could have donated that money to charity or something.i did buy the gears 3 save carmine shirt though:D

360: $500

PS3: $700

Wii: $300

Live: $500 (Since 2005)

Total: $2000

Ouch :P

lundy86_4

Live shouldn't be its own category, add it to the 360's part just like TC did with PSN+.

Wii $250

Wiimotes/Chucks $100

PS3 $350

Headset $30

so $730

Wii - $249 @ launch

PS3 - $299 @ slim launch

360 - $149 arcade model

$700 + tax for all three consoles + maybe around $150 for extra controllers. Never paid a dime for online services or repairs. I get most of my games used and very cheap, so it's really quite affordable if you are careful.

i feel kinda bad now because i could have donated that money to charity or something.i did buy the gears 3 save carmine shirt though:D

ralphster

Don't worry about it. In terms of importance it goes:

Important

Personal gaming

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Charity

Least Important

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LaunchPS3 60GB $700 + $200 for repairs after it broke last year = $900

3 more controllers ($60 each)= $180

2HDMI($5 each)= $10

2nd PS3 Slim120GB (BD player) = $300

TOTAL ON PS3 = $1390 CAD

Nintendo Wii = $300

3 more controllers ($40 each)= $120

1 more nunchuck = $25

4 more classic controllers ($25 each) = $100

2dualcharging stations ($40 each)= $80

TOTAL ON WII = $505 CAD

GRAND TOTAL = $1895 CAD

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

360: $500

PS3: $700

Wii: $300

Live: $500 (Since 2005)

Total: $2000

Ouch :P

yanbuco2712

Live shouldn't be its own category, add it to the 360's part just like TC did with PSN+.

Are you telling me how to type out my post now? :lol:

Live is for the 360... Kinda obvious what system it would be lumped with.

I guess I better add my 2 cents.

-1 xbox controller... £12.99

[QUOTE="ralphster"]

i feel kinda bad now because i could have donated that money to charity or something.i did buy the gears 3 save carmine shirt though:D

lundy86_4

Don't worry about it. In terms of importance it goes:

Important

Personal gaming

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Charity

Least Important

:P

haha as aweful as it sounds trueralphster

You'\re right, it does sound awful... Ahhhh well, i'm going to hell anyway, whatever gets me there quicker :P

[spoiler] Series though, i'll start giving to charity when i've got my career [/spoiler]

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[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

360: $500

PS3: $700

Wii: $300

Live: $500 (Since 2005)

Total: $2000

Ouch :P

lundy86_4

Live shouldn't be its own category, add it to the 360's part just like TC did with PSN+.

Are you telling me how to type out my post now? :lol:

Live is for the 360... Kinda obvious what system it would be lumped with.

Everyone else is doing that, don't downplay how much the 360 has cost you.

This should be interesting. Time to get me some popcorn!lucfonzy

Pass the popcorn. 8)

Everyone else is doing that, don't downplay how much the 360 has cost you.

yanbuco2712

If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?

Are you stating I am trying to make it look like the 360 cost me less? If I were doing that, i'd just leave out the cost of Live.

Here is my response to you... Get over it.

Everyone else is doing that, don't downplay how much the 360 has cost you.

yanbuco2712

He isn't. :|

Does TV count as hardware for your console?
I assume we don't calculate the cost of games?

Hmmmmmmmmmm

$150 for DS

$250 for Wii

$300 for 360, I believe

~$120 for 3 years of XBL Gold

$300 for PS3

1120 stone-cold ducats, not including my PC and upgrades to that.

[QUOTE="yanbuco2712"]

Everyone else is doing that, don't downplay how much the 360 has cost you.

lundy86_4

If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?

Are you stating I am trying to make it look like the 360 cost me less? If I were doing that, i'd just leave out the cost of Live.

Here is my response to you... Get over it.

It just stroke me as weird why you didn't put PSN and WiiWare out there too.

Does TV count as hardware for your console?
I assume we don't calculate the cost of games?

Locutus_Picard

Did you buy the TV when you bought the console? Did you buy a new TV so you could play games in HD?

A 360 from launch with Live must be hella expensive :P

360: $399 launch 360 it got the RROD so I bought an elite for $400. Got my launched 360 fixed $0 and sold it for $200. Second 360 controller $50 and $150 for live since 2006.

total of $800

PS3: 60 gig $300 used. Second controller $55

total of $355

Wii: $250 at launch. Second set of controllers $60

total of $310

$1465 not counting any games

It just stroke me as weird why you didn't put PSN and WiiWare out there too.

yanbuco2712

PSN hasn't cost me a penny (wait, maybe $6 for a PS1 game I have), and Wiiware has cost me nothing since I bought it.

Why put something I spent no, or next to no money on, into a debate about what I spent money on?

250 for the wii hasn't broken down or anything so I got a good deal. Add controllers and the deal I got on the charging kit and I spent roughly 340.

300 on the 360 and its RROD on me 3 times already but i haven't payed M$ a cent, bought 2 recharge wires because one broke (80) and bought 2 50 foot ethernet cables because 360 doesnt come with built in wifi (100). So all in all I spent 480 on the 360 in over a 3 year period.

Edit: Oh wait I forgot M$ charges us to play online so Ive had it for 3 years and bought 2 year sunscriptions (100) and one 3 months that I got for 10 bucks. So add on an extra 110 bucks and my 360 total = 590 bucks :| Could of just got a launch ps3 and saved me a lot of problems and money.

At this point I'd like to say "PC gaming is too expensive"lucfonzy

Yup, seems as people like to pit PC against consoles, why not pit them against each other in price?

My PC cost $1800, cheaper than what I spent on hardware and services for the consoles :P

I kid, though, as I don't really care 8)

[QUOTE="yanbuco2712"]

It just stroke me as weird why you didn't put PSN and WiiWare out there too.

lundy86_4

PSN hasn't cost me a penny (wait, maybe $6 for a PS1 game I have), and Wiiware has cost me nothing since I bought it.

Why put something I spent no, or next to no money on, into a debate about what I spent money on?

I just didn't expect someone who spent 500$ on Live wouldn't spend a penny on services that have some timeless classics on 'em.

I just didn't expect someone who spent 500$ on Live wouldn't spend a penny on services that have some timeless classics on 'em.

yanbuco2712

Between university, running a 3.8 litre V6 car, gaming on PC/PS3/360/Wii and having a GF, on top of paying bills, means money isn't always flowing :P

[QUOTE="Locutus_Picard"]

Does TV count as hardware for your console?
I assume we don't calculate the cost of games?

WhiteKnight77

Did you buy the TV when you bought the console? Did you buy a new TV so you could play games in HD?

I don't see why we would include TVs and Audio equipment in this. Though if we do I'm easily above $15,000....:(

I don't see why we would include TVs and Audio equipment in this. Though if we do I'm easily above $15,000....:(

NVIDIATI

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="Locutus_Picard"]

Does TV count as hardware for your console?
I assume we don't calculate the cost of games?

Locutus_Picard

Did you buy the TV when you bought the console? Did you buy a new TV so you could play games in HD?

Add it to the cost then.

[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

I don't see why we would include TVs and Audio equipment in this. Though if we do I'm easily above $15,000....:(

Sp4rtan_3

People try to include monitors and mouse pads (or gaming mouse surfaces how ever you want to put it) and the like to the cost of how expensive PC gaming is. If you are buying a TV just for gaming, then the cost is relevant. If you already have a TV that you are gonna attach your console to, then no, it would not be relevant.

[QUOTE="Sp4rtan_3"][QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

I don't see why we would include TVs and Audio equipment in this. Though if we do I'm easily above $15,000....:(

WhiteKnight77

People try to include monitors and mouse pads (or gaming mouse surfaces how ever you want to put it) and the like to the cost of how expensive PC gaming is. If you are buying a TV just for gaming, then the cost is relevant. If you already have a TV that you are gonna attach your console to, then no, it would not be relevant.

150$ used wii

had a ps3 but sold it i got it for 200$ after trading in games

only time i had a 360 is when my bro had it here befor he moved out .

had 2 gaming pc's this gen. first one was 500$ and it died on me. i will never go cheap on pc parts again . on my new rig my power supply died so i used the one from my dead rig in it . so as for total hardware cost for pc i dont know .

360: 300$

PSP: 210$

WII: 95$

Total: 605$ :P

Way too much.

Launch 360 - $400
Slim PS3 - $300
Wii - $250
PSP - $250
Fat DS - $150
DS Lite - $130
DSi - $170
Total - $1650 :cry:

Launch NA 60GB PS3= $0

DualShock 3 Controller= $49.99 + tax= $54.43

Jabra BT125(Warhawk Bundle)= $59.99 + tax= $65.32

Official PS BT Headset(Socom Bundle)= $59.99 + tax= $65.32

Acer 21.5" 1080p Monitor= $200 + tax= $217.78

Grand Total Cost after 3 year and 9 monthss= $402.85

Pretty cheap. :D