12 Responses to “Question Of The Week For June 29th”

1. Gerg Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am

   The current economic state has not changed my gaming habits. You see, my income is limited so I am constantly on a budget anyway. I keep my costs low by buying used games and by trading in games I no longer play. For example, this past weekend I traded in three games in which I had lost interest: Lost Planet, GTA IV, and The Darkness. I got a $25-credit, and used it to purchase Forza Motorsport 2 ($9.99) and Burnout: Paradise ($12.99). I ended up with $2 leftover, which I placed on my “account” for future use. Frugality FTW!

2. sha-near Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 7:19 pm

   Nothing has changed for me. I still play the same way. I don’t play past the point of a game being enjoyable just to get my money’s worth if that’s what your asking.

   The thing that has changed; my income has lowered, so now I feel guiltier then before for spending the same amount on my games.

3. Swamp Donkey Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm

   Although I may be laid off fairly soon, the current economy is not really to blame for my own economic troubles. We just got a building loan to finish our house and the costs associated with securing that, have rendered us completely broke. And what do you know, there goes my car… so I’m riding my scooter to work in the rain (which hasn’t stopped in weeks).

   Long story short all my games, along with my Xbox 360 have just been put up on ebay, as we have nothing else of value to turn into cash besides my Martin guitar and my PS3. Very sad indeed. All I kept is Street Fighter IV. I have a lot of good downloadable stuff on my PS3 as well though, so will have to hit that for a while. Thanks Trees.

4. Fatboy01 Says:
   June 24th, 2009 at 12:28 am

   So far this year I have bought fewer games at full price. Last year I would just go to the store buy whatever I wanted and not really worry about the cost. Now I have more bills to pay and less time to game, add the crappy economy to the mix and I have started to really think about weather I will actually play a game before I buy it.

5. Strider Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:24 am

   Seem to be playing more games to completion nowadays, so that is stopping me from buying new titles. I also still have a rental service which i use to pick up titles that I may not care for but it’s achievements none the less.

6. Oatmeal Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:56 am

   I’ve always been a used bin bargain hunter but being unemployed with 3 kids and a mortgage means I am on an even tighter budget.

   Thankfully I have a backlog of single-player games and a lot of EZ Mode friends to play online favourites with.

   For any others out there on a budget, don’t forget about Xbox Community Games. Go to http://xblcg.info/ for help picking one out.

7. JillyDad Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

   I’ve always been on a tight budget. My wife handles the finances, so I haven’t felt the economy at all.

8. Queueman Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   Hi guys and Dana. I’m become very much like Oatmeal, a used game hunter. My wife and I are trying to pay off all of our credit cards so $60 per month for a game just doesn’t figure into that very well.

9. Los Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 2:40 am

   The past 5 years (since I’ve been with my wife) I have never known what it is like to go to a store and buy something just because I can. I envy the little 12 year olds that go to best buy with their parents and walk around with a stack of games in their hands, makes me wanna stick my foot out and trip them as they walk past me. But I digress.. Like JillyDad my wife handles all the finances. I give her my paycheck and she tells me what I can or can’t get. It’s like voluntary dictatorship.

   Hopefully, if everything goes according to plan, in about 2 months we’ll be able to live more freely. I’ve already started building my collection back up since I’ve swindled it from around 50 titles down to nothing but my Zelda games.

   It took me going Bankrupt and losing my house to be able to live comfortably. But that means that soon I can go out to a store and buy something spontaneously like those little 12 year old shitlins. I’ll rub it in too when I can, “aww mom won’t let you buy Mature games. Sucks to be you kid!”

10. Redlow Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    I think I’ve just been buying smarter, but not necessarily less.

    Nice short answer for ya.

11. Annie Says:
    June 28th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    It has made me much more conscious of how and where I spend my money. I’ve used Goozex more, trading in my games for the points rather than saving them for my collection, and I look for sales. I don’t think I’ve paid full retail price for a game since last December.

12. docStrangluv Says:
    June 28th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    the economy has not changed any of my habits. but the fact that I am looking at houses has. now im buying older games like mass effect etc. ive also traded in a lot of my old games.

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