What is the game you invested the most money in?

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As anybody that even vaguely follows games will know then most computer games cost money. How much money they cost can vary quite dramatically, even from person to person. For the industry is a very important topic as you will want to get the most money for your product, and different people have different "pain points" and understanding those will potentially see you make a lot more money than you otherwise might have.
This is part of a series on GBAtemp where we discuss things to do with game design, aspects of play and other industry concepts. Today is Noctosphere's guest entry in the series.

Counting things like expansions, dlc, virtual currency, monthly payments, etc then what is the game you invested the most in?

Personally, I invested a lot in The Sims 3 and The Sims 4.
In total I invested over 400$ in the sims 4 over the years
I calculated, it's about 10$/month, which I think isn't that bad.

Previously we discussed times where people said gameplay styles would not work for a platform


Also under discussion are times you might have purchased a console for a single game, a large collection or peripherals or upgraded your PC again just for that one game. You might also want to compare it to games other than computer games, the obvious first start for many being collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering, YuGiOh and the Pokemon card game. Similarly have you waited for something to go on sale, hit the second hand market, get released as a gold/game of the year edition or something along those lines? Tiered pricing in games is also sort of on the way out, do you have any thoughts there?
 

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Not boring that you get to play whatever game whenever you want but i live in tunisia. We don't have paypal and games are like 5 time their real price.
yea i udnerstand you
Here in Canada, we pay 20 extra dollars for AAA games due to currency :(
 

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I bought a ps4 only for god of war (great game btw).

I'm pretty sure my cousin has more money in TF2 than he does hours, and he plays that game all the time.
 

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I bought a ps4 only for god of war (great game btw).

I'm pretty sure my cousin has more money in TF2 than he does hours, and he plays that game all the time.
damn, there are people with huge budget on gbatemp :wtf:
lets do some fishing :tpi::tpi::tpi:
 

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Eh, dunno to be honest. Maybe League of Legends, but I haven't spent all that much, all things considered. Plus, I've played quite a bit of it so uhhh it's ok I guess.
yea, we shouldnt invest in game were not sure to play a lot to :P

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what a nicely written thread, Noctosphere, I didn't know you could spell :rolleyes:
im autistic, so no, I dont write long message with lot of details, thats just not me :P
 

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yea, we shouldnt invest in game were not sure to play a lot to :P

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im autistic, so no, I dont write long message with lot of details, thats just not me :P
hmmm
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I waited nearly 7 goddamn years for Persona 5, so you better believe I dropped $100 to get just the standard edition delivered to my door the same HOUR it was released in Japan.

I also bought the original Logitech GT racing wheel for Gran Turismo 4 for whatever it cost ($250?). Granted that peripheral worked (until the awful cheap pedals crapped out) with all my other racing games, and worked on PC as well, but it was mainly used for GT4 (which sort of sucked, but whatever).

edit - other than those, I never spend more than $20 on any given game. I used to buy Gundam titles on release, but the latest two have been Online-only, so they don't get my money, this time.
 
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Realm of the Mad God. Lots of buying Gold, the premium currency. Not that it's the game i enjoy the most.
Yeah until their server decided to kill you lol and people calling you hacker for not being dead. I invested way too much time on that game.
Since time is money, Time does count, right? Also played way too much Ragnarok Online and Tree of Savior.
For those who don't know RoTMG, here is a video:


It's a flash game with so much swag.
 
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GuildWars 1 probably.
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GW Prophecies 40€ (2007)
GW Factions 40€ (2008)
GW Nightfall 40€ (2008)
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GW Factions/Eye of the North pack 20€

Third account

GW Prophecies 20€

=

239€
 
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I bought Destiny 2 and the Expansion Pass at full price, so that was like $90 at the time? I'm still undecided if I'm going to get the next expansion or not.

I pre-ordered Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, as well as the Gamecube adapter so if you count both of those I believe that would be $70-80.

I've bought Terraria on like 4 different platforms (more than any other game), but it's so cheap and often on sale so the dollar amount comes out small.

As for free-to-play games, for all the 100+ I have played, I am pretty close to 100% f2p. I spent like $40 on NX Cash for Maplestory back in the day and about the same for Audition. Those are the only ones I can ever recall spending real money on.

I guess you could say I'm on the cheap side. I don't like to commit a lot to a single game, and I generally only buy games when they are on sale or have been out a while and dropped price. I feel like I get more value out of playing a variety a games than getting deluxe editions, DLC, etc. To keep things balanced, I make it my goal to average about an hour per dollar spent. Not that it happens with every game - when I get bored, I move on and don't think twice about it. But then there are other games I get in Humble Bundles for < $1 (or f2p games) that I get tons of hours out of, so it all averages out.
 
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i bought destiny 1 for ps4 for around 45€ base game, 35€ 1st season pass
then destiny 1 for xbox one with all addons, but i shared with friend, so probably 70€
and destiny 2 for xbox one for 70€

but:
i bought a switch for ~300€ and was scammed on ebay, (payed with bank transfer, thought i could undo it, if it turned out to be fraud; i couldnt)
bought another switch for ~300€ and an elite controller for ~45€
only to play breath of the wild and mario odyssey (both used for ~45€)

so ~370€ for botw
and ~370€ for mario oddysey

edit: but i will probably use my switch for metroid prime 4 if its not shit, so it might even out over time
 
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Sank $60 in Pokemon GO just to expand my backpack and buy pokeballs...

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Pokemon Go, I spend 40$ every 2 weeks on it and thus far most likely spent several hundred dollars on the game.
Shit... I spent a total of $60 in that game just to expand my backpack and buy pokeballs in between trips to the city... And I felt scummy.
 

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