Single Most Expensive Gaming Purchase You've EVER Made

If a computer counts (since the main reason I built it was gaming), then roughly $600. If it has to be specific, then the videocard in it which was later upgraded for $250. Steel Battalion at $200 comes in a close second, though.

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Originally Posted by evergreen

Steel Battalion for $200. What a steal. I would have gotten that if I had an XBox. That controller, didn't it even have controls for a fan inside the cockpit?

Hmm, no fan that I know of, but there was an oxygen switch. In the original game it was only used during startup and had no effect during the game, but in Line of Contact, turning off your oxygen would cause you to eventually black out and your pilot would die. There was also a button to turn on your windshield wipers.

The controls worked perfectly though, I don't think any game was built for a specific controller better than that (or maybe it was the other way around). You can also hook the controller up to a PC with an Xbox USB adaptor and 3rd party drivers to use in PC games. I hear it works really well for the Mech Warrior games, unsurprisingly enough.

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Originally Posted by evergreen

The other thing that sounds dreadfully difficult in that game is the whole 'once you die, you're dead forever, start a new game' bit. I mean that's been done in, say, Way of the Samurai, but in a game like that with the apparently daunting controls, that seems really, hm, trying.

Luckly the game gives you a good chance to escape death. Once your mech starts to explode, you have about 5 seconds to hit the blinking red Eject button, and once you do that you're fine. But there is supposedly a "cockpit shot" which can penetrate the mech's armor and kill your pilot instantly, although it's very rare and you'd have to be very unlucky to have it happen to you. The risk of running out of money and not being able to afford any mechs to continue in the game is probably larger than dying, though.

Oh, and this thread actually just reminded me of something...I usually buy my consoles when they're $200. I got my Saturn when it dropped to $200, the Dreamcast when it launched at $200, the PS2 when it dropped to $200, and PS1 and Xbox I got at $150. Guess I've spent more on consoles than I realize...

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Originally Posted by Malmer

This is more like the single most expensive gaming purchase compared to what it's worth:

A friend and me decided to get a GBA SP each so we could play some good old Doom 2 multiplayer on the fly, only we never played it anywhere than on that God damned couch.

Well, my friend picks it up at the local EB for about $8.
Nice - let me get one too and HAHA last copy. Ever. Go away!

Ebay to the rescue, only there's only this one copy in the world willing to ship to nowhere, price is like $45, but no time to lose gotta get quick snap 'Buy It Now'! Forgot about shipping? No problem, it's only $15 ripoff.

3 weeks goes by and suddenly it's here. So fast. Oh well, now I just have to pick it up, no biggie, just remember to pay them duties and you are off. Duties are only $45! Point of no return - fun grabbing by the balls!


So yeah, Doom 2 GBA ~ $105

As a budget shopper, I have to say that this story made me both laugh and cry. God, I didn't know those ridiculously high-priced auctions on Ebay ever worked...now I realize how even they can end up selling.

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