Recession? Whatever. Even if we have to live in a dumpster and eat Doritos crumbs, gamers will still get our game on. Let's say you have $80 left over after you pay your bills at the beginning of the month. That breaks down to $10 for a half month's worth of ramen, another $10 for toilet paper, and then $60 for the next hot game. What else do you need?
NPD's report Entertainment Trends in America says that entertainment will remain popular, despite our poor economy. They say that "consumers say they’ll continue to purchase at least the same amount of many entertainment categories in the coming year." That means just as many games, movies, and music as you bought last year when you still had a steady job.
The study says that the average American spends $160 a month on entertainment. That's like two console games and a DS game. Lucky! Malnutrition!
[Via Gamasutra]
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10:00 AM on 04.16.2009
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I work for GameStop. Yes, you guys hate us, but.. Christmas was a big example of this. It was our biggest year in ages...
N00b, everyone knows that you can just get TP for free from public restrooms, grab one of those tire sized wheels of TP and your good for 6 months.
But yeah, sad but true, now to go run out and grab GH Metallica.
Fixed.
$60 + $60 + $40 = $160
At the beggining of 2008 I had 5 ps3 games, 8 360 games and 2 Wii games, as of now I have 28 ps3 games ( and I'm eyeing a 500gb hard drive) 9 360 games and 6 wii games.I'm so thankful I have a smart mother who saw this recession coming and had us take a few pre-cautions.
I get paid, and I buy every and any game I want. Sure, by the end of the month i'm scraping my change together to buy fuel (we are gang raped in the ass by black guys built like he-man everytime we go the the filling station here in the UK)
But i always get the games I want, next to Weed it's my main priority.
I've got to get mine before I become a Daddy, going to be a real strain on my gaming budget that little bugger! Got to. make the most of. what little. freedom. i have. Left.
I haven't stopped buying new games. The only difference is I'm more reluctant to buy the last big console I don't have (PS3). So I'm milking my other consoles for what they're worth. Even my ps2 - Just bought Persona 4.
Also you can get all the free/cheap/awesome gaming you want with indie games, freeware, and kongregate games. Screw $60 price tags, the games aren't THAT good.
On a final note.. Some of us have to buy medication (does this fit in with the weed comment?). Therefore games come after a slew of other expenses.