I'm about to buy my first house...that means no money for gaming....

I'm 23 and i've got a mega hobby of gaming, and lets face it gaming is awsome but it dose cost alot. At the moment i keep up with all the top games i play on live and have all the consoles, but when i move into my new home i'll be down on money by about £800....arghhhhh....

What do people do when they have bills and no money....what happens to gaming?

I usually buy used games if I am down in the money dept- or sell those I finished and I don't want to keep to get discounts on new ones.

I won't buy most games when they are just released. I'll wait for a price drop heck $39.99 is still to much for Halo3.

roulettethedog

You simply need to be very, very selective on what games you buy. You should only be buying games that you absolutely are into. You cant afford to take chances ongames that you may or ay notlike anymore. Or better yet, sign up for Gamefly. Heck, for I think $25 a month you can have 2 r 3 games ot at a time.

I'm 23 and i've got a mega hobby of gaming, and lets face it gaming is awsome but it dose cost alot. At the moment i keep up with all the top games i play on live and have all the consoles, but when i move into my new home i'll be down on money by about £800....arghhhhh....

What do people do when they have bills and no money....what happens to gaming?

corb77

GameFly is your friend.

Trading games is your friend.

Thats weird. I just bought a house last month and am moving into it as we speak after renovations. Im already starting to see Im going to have very little money for gaming purchases. AND to ease my pain I went out and bought Red Faction G LOL. Seriously though, houses are money pits. Here's tohoping for a raise!

Obviously you'll never be able to afford AS much, but still you'll be able to get a bit. Just get ones that you really want, not ones just to test. :)

Congratulations on your new house also :)

You can still enjoy gaming while owning a house & raising kids. When on a tight budget you do just like you would for anything else. Eliminate things that aren't very important to you, instead of buying new games buy them used & rent them, sell games you don't play very often anymore, & work on lowering other costs such as making sure you turn all electrical devices off that you can when not at home.

I'm 23 and i've got a mega hobby of gaming, and lets face it gaming is awsome but it dose cost alot. At the moment i keep up with all the top games i play on live and have all the consoles, but when i move into my new home i'll be down on money by about £800....arghhhhh....

What do people do when they have bills and no money....what happens to gaming?

corb77

GameFly is your friend.

ParisHilton1Fan

i think gaming is one of the cheapest forms of entertainment there is . cut other corners , like resturants

GameFly is your friend.

ParisHilton1Fan

I'm out of a job...that means no money for anything for me. :(

I'm 23 and i've got a mega hobby of gaming, and lets face it gaming is awsome but it dose cost alot. At the moment i keep up with all the top games i play on live and have all the consoles, but when i move into my new home i'll be down on money by about £800....arghhhhh....

What do people do when they have bills and no money....what happens to gaming?

corb77

I feel you bro that really sucks man. My advice: buy two or three really good online gmes (ODST, Modern Warfare 2, etc.) and just stick with them.

well im 22 and can barely find time for games, not because im busy with work or poor, its just i have other hobbies now like riding my motorcycle and drinking with friends

When your an adult gaming barely matters anymore. The house is more important IMO you can always buy an older console like the PS2 & get the games cheaper.

Don't buy at the release, this has affected me and bills to, what I do is stay away from release day and wait for price drops, another thing I find doing for must must have game is set money aside, this could be as much as your budget would allow, this could be anything from $5-$10 a paycheck, and just save out each paycheck til you have enough that you can afford a game you want.

rent

just start buying cheap games like no more than 19.99

All good points. You have to look away from the idea of getting games at release. It's going to be hard at first to hear about everything people are playing that is new but you'll make it through. One good strategy would be to get games that are cheap (I got Mass Effect and Dead Rising for 30 total and it was a buy 2 get 1 free thing so I picked up Overlord too) and save any other money you can for the big releases that you're really interested in.CNUrGames

I'm 23 and i've got a mega hobby of gaming, and lets face it gaming is awsome but it dose cost alot. At the moment i keep up with all the top games i play on live and have all the consoles, but when i move into my new home i'll be down on money by about £800....arghhhhh....

What do people do when they have bills and no money....what happens to gaming?

corb77

well my advice, wait on buying a house if you think money will be that tight. You're only 23, it wouldnt hurt to just rent a cheap appartment for a few years til you can easily afford a mortgage payment AND have money leftover for hobbies, dates, food, etc. were you just living at home until now or what?

oh and you could just RENT games, like Gamefly or something. It's WAY cheaper than buying games new. Or buy OLD games off amazon.com. New Xbox360 games are way too expensive for me. I just barely bought Saints Row2 the other day (used) for $20. Sure beats $60 buying it brand new.

Buy cheaper games off of Amazon or Ebay. You can also buy last gen games as well just save up I mean buy a slightly cheaper lunch and save whatever money you save there are plenty of ways to save up money.

don't buy games. i don't, yet i still own like 50+ games. how? hmm. i wonder...

it helps alot when you live on your own being married in the military.