[General Discussion] True Cost to Own

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Games aren't a market where you own one or two and that's it, then selling what you've got and move on. It's a totally different sort of thing here.

I actually know a number of people that only keep a few games on hand at a time, as they don't see a reason to hang onto games they'll probably never play again. Thankfully a lot of people like to sell of their games, or my collection would be considerably smaller.

I think a sort of cost analysis isn't that bad, as just think about Nintendo's accessory bullshit they're doing. I mean, yeah, the Wii is the cheapest, but it's a multiplayer system at heart, so that means shelling out for extra controllers, nunchucks, that new one to one thing they did at E3, and any other junk they decide to release at a later date that becomes required to play their latest gimmick.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Cost to own for a car would include maintenance, gas, insurance, and things like that. You certainly don't need to buy all of those things, but it's highly recommended. Just because you're some gamefag that can't get rid of any of his games doesn't mean there's not plenty of people out there that like to take advantage of the TRADE 5 TO GET $5 OFF YOUR NEXT PURCHASE deals at EB.

Much like how you don't have to buy additional accessories to play with friends, but, seriously, who the hell only owns a Wii to do it single player? Or, you know, I could buy Orange Box for my PC for $50 and play online for free with a bunch of content-adding updates. Or, I could get it for a 360 and need my Live subscription for it and then having to wait like I'm living in a PAL region for the updates in addition to having to pay for them.

I mean, I'd love to own a Wii to play smash brothers, but for someone that's on a fairly limited entertainment budget it seems silly to shell out all the money for a Wii when I can go bowling with my friends for $5 each instead. How do you guys think Ace Combat would have fared if you were required to buy that $150 flight stick along with the game? Perhaps as well as Steel Battalion?

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I was thinking about it earlier, and I think games are a lot more like putting gas into your console. On some consoles you'll get a lot more time played for your money than others. Since without games it tends to just sit there and look pretty, just like a car without gas.

I'm not actually sure why you seemed to be comparing each individual game to a car and then comparing HDTVs/wifi to a stereo, but maybe that's why I'm so confused as to how your argument's supposed to make sense.

(And, as a note, you aren't required to have insurance in order to drive in New Hampshire!)

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