Your most expensive videogames

[bbhaag]

I had what most people would consider a borderline addiction to Diablo 2 for several years. I didn't keep a running total on the amount I spent on items but if I had to guess it would probably be in the $1000-$2000 range.

This was a decade or more ago and I don't game at all anymore but D2 is definitely the most expensive videogame for me.

 

[WelshBloke]

How much is Warhammer1+2+3 total war plus all the DLC? Probably that.

 

[igor_kavinski]

But yes, I am a completionist. It feels really really good to slide one of my games into my 'completed' section, even if it's polluted with games with multiplayer only achievements.

Which game was a real bitch to complete? With regards to completing games, I think there are some that can easily be done to 95% and the last 5% is wayyy too much effort. And there are others that go to 100% but then you keep playing and it goes above 100%. Like these: https://www.giantbomb.com/over-100-completion/3015-4070/games/

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Which game was a real bitch to complete? With regards to completing games, I think there are some that can easily be done to 95% and the last 5% is wayyy too much effort. And there are others that go to 100% but then you keep playing and it goes above 100%. Like these: https://www.giantbomb.com/over-100-completion/3015-4070/games/

I consider stuff like pre Internet GTA to be a different beast since there's no way to get relevant info, much less perform the actual tasks. That's also just old school 'find the widget' tasks though. Difficulty to me is the actual performance of the tasks, or difficulty bound to either the nature of the game, the type of achievements, or number to get. In terms of actual difficulty hitting 100% I think ToME (tales of maj'eyal) takes the cake in terms of games I've actually played. Some civ-like games are probably harder, some multiplayer games more onerous due to other player requirements or time commitment, but it's hard to beat the sheer cliff face of a rogue-like with over 1700 achievements.

As far as just difficulty with beating a game at all? Never beat devil daggers, hard to bring myself to commit enough time memorizing everything to get the one achievement for that game. I don't really find games hard perse (I'm a 'play on hardest difficulty first' kind of game). I guess the halo rerelease with all the stupid arbitrary difficulty bits enabled? I do suck at strategy games though as much as I enjoy them. Aside from a handful of all the 4x games I have, I've won a handful of matches.

 

[nakedfrog]

I was waiting for Baldur's Gate 3 to launch on PC before I got a new PC. My partner and I spent over 1,000 hours in co-op on Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2. So I guess that probably counts, call it $1950 for the PC and the game?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Most expensive World Of Warcraft since I subscribed to it on and off for a few years and bought the original game for myself and for my wife and have bought several of the expansion packs over the years.

Second most expensive, probably Diablo 2 because I bought 2 copies of it when it was new and then bought 2 copies of LOD expansion as I would play with my brother a bunch. Then, D2:R got released, and I bought a copy of it too, and I consider DR2 to just essentially be D2 even though its a pretty thorough remaster.

3rd most expensive, Not sure. Likely a paradox game since they nickel and dime you with DLCs. I think probably Cities Skylines. I bought most of the big expansion packs, though often at a slight discount like during a steam sale.

 

[sdifox]

I got the first Apple ][ clone in my city in 81 or 82. No idea how much it cost, I didn't pay for it since I was 11 or 12. I got burger time, donkey Kong, pacman, galaga and a whole bunch of other games.

 

[nakedfrog]

I got the first Apple ][ clone in my city in 81 or 82. No idea how much it cost, I didn't pay for it since I was 11 or 12. I got burger time, donkey Kong, pacman, galaga and a whole bunch of other games.

Space Quarks?

 

[sdifox]

Space Quarks?

Nope. I guess it was 82 since BurgerTime wasn't around in 81. This was in Tainan, Taiwan. My dad asked his friend in Taipei to get me one and ship it to us. It was not available locally yet.

<----- spoilt brat.

 

[JujuFish]

Definitely World of Warcraft, which I have played off and on since late vanilla. Second would be City of Heroes, which I played for a bit years ago. After that? No idea. I don't buy microtransactions, nor do I buy a system or upgrade my PC for a single game. I tend to wait until games have a complete edition or big sale (or both). When Elden Ring DLC comes out, maybe it will take 3rd place for me, since I do plan to buy the DLC at release.

 

[waffleironhead]

For one specific game? I ordered an x1950pro to play oblivion.

So probably $40 for game and maybe $200 for card.
ohh the days of midrange graphics cards being so inexpensive.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I got burger time, donkey Kong, pacman, galaga and a whole bunch of other games.

Never needed to spend your own money on games later in life?

 

[sdifox]

Never needed to spend your own money on games later in life?

Nothing that expensive lol

 

[purbeast0]

Console gaming - Killer Instinct on Xbox One. I bought the console at launch for $500, joystick for $200, KI Shadow Jago Xbox Live Gold card for $50, and the Pin Ultimate Edition of Killer Instinct for $60 I think.

Arcade gaming - I paid $1k for 2 Rush 2049 SE's, so $500 a piece.

Pinball - Godzilla Premium. It was purchased brand new and it was a lot...

My most recent would be Street Fighter 6 since I spent about $450 on a custom leverless controller for PS5 (also works on every other console and PC) that I built but went all out with the design and buttons.

 

[purbeast0]

Highest cost of any single purchase game (no sub fees):
SNES Street Fighter II Turbo approx. $820
~Console: $200
~Game: $70 (astronomical for console games in 1992)
~H/W: $500
This was one of my favorite games in the arcades. The SNES got really close to the arcade quality for the game itself. All of this was purchased for just THIS game.
The hardware besides the console itself were (2) custom arcade joysticks made with actual arcade hardware.

MAS sticks?

 

[Pohemi]

MAS sticks?

They were not MAS brand, no. They were very plain-looking white MDX boxes with 6 main buttons and a joystick. I think it might've had a button repeater switch to enable/disable rapidfire on the buttons (never got used in fighting games that I bought them for).

These were custom made for me by some guy I located in California, specifically for the SNES, and wouldn't work on other consoles or PC. This was 1992.

 

[purbeast0]

They were not MAS brand, no. They were very plain-looking white MDX boxes with 6 main buttons and a joystick. I think it might've had a button repeater switch to enable/disable rapidfire on the buttons (never got used in fighting games that I bought them for).

These were custom made for me by some guy I located in California, specifically for the SNES, and wouldn't work on other consoles or PC. This was 1992.

Nice. Yeah MAS is what I remember back in the day if you wanted true arcade sticks/parts, as far as like a "commercial" brand stick, if you could call it that. They were pretty niche back then too.

That's cool that dude was making them back then. Now a days the joystick building community is huge.

 

[AndImSinging]

minecraft.