Sinful Sunday: Gaming is getting too expensive?
I don´t know how the economic situation is in your country but a lot of people don´t have a lot of money to spend, the money they can spend is usually for basic needs. I guess as a gamer you could consider games also as a basic need but that doesn´t fill your belly and keep you warm and dry! Because you first have to spend money on your basic needs it leaves less money for fun things like games, which is rough but unfortunately that´s the way it is for some people.
Gaming is an expensive hobby?
Unfortunately it is, in the good years before the economic problems you might not have noticed this but now a lot of people have discovered how expensive gaming can be. Just look at new games, you´ll easily pay 60 Euros (about 65 Dollars) for a new game and a new controller is 55 Euros (about 60 Dollars). I haven´t even talked about the new consoles, because in 2013 the Xbox One and Playstation 4 became available. For some people the Xbox One became available in 2014 but it still meant that some people could pay for that because it´s just too expensive. Which means sticking with your ´old´ console.
A different way to play games?
If you have less money to spend but you do enjoy playing games then it´s smart to check used games and keep an eye open for good deals. Why pay the full price if you can get a good deal? Also it helps if you share games with friends, this way you can save money and still be able to play more games. But it´s probably also a good idea to do some research before you buy a game, for example if this game is really going to be that much fun and worth spending that much money on. Because you don´t want to buy a game that you can finish in a day or that is boring. Maybe you don´t feel like doing that and want to keep things as they are now but when you have less money to spend it´s a good idea to think before you buy!
The prices keep going up?
Well new games will become cheaper if you wait, the same counts for consoles. But there will always be new games and new consoles. Don´t be surprised if the prices will be higher for the new consoles and new games on those consoles, that´s the way it is and how it will always be. It´s unfair but that´s how it works, even if that makes it almost impossible for some people to play (new) games. Perhaps it´s a smart idea to look for another hobby or you could always get into retro gaming, that´s cheaper and still a lot of fun!
Gaming is an expensive hobby?
Unfortunately it is, in the good years before the economic problems you might not have noticed this but now a lot of people have discovered how expensive gaming can be. Just look at new games, you´ll easily pay 60 Euros (about 65 Dollars) for a new game and a new controller is 55 Euros (about 60 Dollars). I haven´t even talked about the new consoles, because in 2013 the Xbox One and Playstation 4 became available. For some people the Xbox One became available in 2014 but it still meant that some people could pay for that because it´s just too expensive. Which means sticking with your ´old´ console.
A different way to play games?
If you have less money to spend but you do enjoy playing games then it´s smart to check used games and keep an eye open for good deals. Why pay the full price if you can get a good deal? Also it helps if you share games with friends, this way you can save money and still be able to play more games. But it´s probably also a good idea to do some research before you buy a game, for example if this game is really going to be that much fun and worth spending that much money on. Because you don´t want to buy a game that you can finish in a day or that is boring. Maybe you don´t feel like doing that and want to keep things as they are now but when you have less money to spend it´s a good idea to think before you buy!
The prices keep going up?
Well new games will become cheaper if you wait, the same counts for consoles. But there will always be new games and new consoles. Don´t be surprised if the prices will be higher for the new consoles and new games on those consoles, that´s the way it is and how it will always be. It´s unfair but that´s how it works, even if that makes it almost impossible for some people to play (new) games. Perhaps it´s a smart idea to look for another hobby or you could always get into retro gaming, that´s cheaper and still a lot of fun!
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