Single Most Expensive Gaming Purchase You've EVER Made

In the interest of extremes, what's the priciest gaming thing you've ever bought? For the sake of being broad, anything game-related, be it a stereo system or a rare gaming action figure. However, it has to be a SINGLE purchase so not anything like buying a bunch of consoles and HDTV's in one swoop, but a single expensive item. It doesn't have to be something you shopped around for too; it can be something that was really expensive just because you didn't look around (i.e. it isn't really that expensive but you bought it overpriced).

Nothing to extravagant on my front, just a premium XBox 360. In all fairness, I did get it in a bundle for, like, 800 bucks was it? Yeah.

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Damn, Valkyrie Profile off of Ebay for $85.00 USD then add $15 for shipping and another $7 for customs. Jesus, I AM NEVER doing that again. But yeah, I got it now, and it's safe in my arms. I finally got the damn thing after going to my post office on December 24th, 2005, just in time for Xmas.

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EDIT: Now you may point and laugh at me while you probably got yours for $25 from Toys R Us and such WHEN EVERY DAMN ELECTRONICS SHOP WAS SELLING IT AT THE TIME.

Actually, I thought this was just games only, if games related, then it's surely this from Yesasia.com, only $125 USD LOL.

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When I built my new computer last fall, I spent about $1700 on it, but since that was with a variety of smaller parts purchases and for various reasons (Mostly gaming, but there were others too.), I'm not sure if that counts.

My HDTV was $800, so that's probably the most expensive single piece of hardware.

Just for the hell of it, I spent $130 on that Ace Combat 5 bundle with the FlightStick 2, so that's my single most expensive game ever.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Built my computer for $1600 strictly for gaming...

but as a single item purchase... I'd have to say Guitar Hero for $80.

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The most expensive game I've ever purchased was Zelda Majoras Mask with the N64 expansion pack bundled for $80-$90 Canadian (bought it brand new when it first came out)

I was speaking idiomatically.

For more mileage, you can discuss, in addition to most expensive, most expensive in individual categories. In relation with the Ace Combat flight stick, I picked up the Gran Turismo 3 official wheel. Wow, dumb move considering I didn't even like racing games. I just got caught up in the hype machine ("Look! So cool, good graphics, Lenny Kravitz!").

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This thread is going to convulse with all the "LOL MY PLAYSTATION 3 OF COURSE" when it comes out. It's pretty much inevitable at this point.

That said, my current record is a PS1 right now at $350 which it released at launch. Seems not too many people cared about that price tag, but then the PS1 was a finely crafted system. The PS2 however is master of the DRE.

I also bought a $1500 55" Widescreen RP HDTV last year, but that wasn't purely for gaming since I hook it up to my computer and use it to watch anime and TV/DVDs. Emulated games are hot on it though.

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I bought a Ketsui arcade board for over $500. Now I play the shit out of it because everything else just doesn't compare anymore. At least it doesn't look like it'll be going down in value anytime soon if I ever decide I don't care for it anymore.

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Not including systems (since that answer's going to get boring very, very fast), it'd probably have to be that copy of Final Fantasy 3/6 years and years ago. $120 Canadian. My brother and I split the cost between us, but still.... Ouch. Worth every penny, though.

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$125 for a copy of the Japanese version of Sonic CD.

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

$125 for a copy of the Japanese version of Sonic CD.

Is the Japanese one more rare than the American one? I remember seeing a friend play the American one and thinking nothing of it; now all I hear is that it's the best Sonic game of all.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Gamewise, it's probably Magna Carta or something... NEVER again will I waste $55 just to get this piece of crap. Once I get it back from my cousin, i'm selling it.

Consolewise, probably the Dreamcast or something... $300 on release day. And bought Marvel vs. Capcom with it. God, I love this system. And it still works.

Recently, probably the DS lite I just got. I realize it's coming out next month about $70 cheaper than what you can get it for on any import site, but i'm a desperate mofo, and i'm going on a trip. I wasn't going to deal with a broke down DS facing my fellow tripmates in download play. So I just decided to get this since no one on the face of the earth would know when the enamel navy color would come out.

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I bought an old SNES game for about $65 once from one of my brother's friends. It was a title I later discovered somewhere else, so it was also a purchase I regret.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by evergreen

Is the Japanese one more rare than the American one? I remember seeing a friend play the American one and thinking nothing of it; now all I hear is that it's the best Sonic game of all.

Damn right it's the best. It has the coolest stages, the coolest music, the coolest anything out of any Sonic game.

As far as I know, it's a lot more rare. When I got mine, it was the only one I could find on ebay. I got into a bidding war with someone else, but I won man.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

275$CAN for a modchip in my Gamecube to play NTSC/JAP games and a copy of Biohazard (Resident Evil).

That game made me cum more than once.

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Originally Posted by SketchTheArtist

That game made me cum more than once.

It's getting too sexual up here.

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Okay then.

That game stimulated me more than once.

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Wow, that really made a difference.

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I trade for new consoles, so the total money I waste is a lot more than if I were to pay in cash even factoring taxes.

For my used PSP of $220, I traded a bunch of stuff like:
Gitaroo Man
Wild Arms 4
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
Pocket Fighter
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Gamecube
Gamecube Controllers
Skies of Arcadia

and a bunch more. Considering that I bought all of these games I bought at full price (and some more than the original retail price since they became rare), I easily lost over $500 logically. It just doesn't feel like I lose when I trade even though it is severe. It also didn't total 220 and I had to pay an amount of cash and tax afterwards.

I think the same waste went towards my DS, although I still had to pay 80/200 dollars since the trades didn't equal enough.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Is that Gitaroo Man pre- or post-reprint? Also, did you get your copy pre- or post-reprint?

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Hardware-wise, the most expensive thing I bought was my PS2, which was $325 with tax. I'm still angry about it though, because like a month or so after I bought it is when Sony announced a price drop.

As for games, it's a tie between Time Crisis: Crisis Zone with Guncon controller and Karaoke Revolution Party with microphone. They both cost me sixty dollars, but I would say they were worth it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It'd have to be my PSP. Bought it at launch for $250, naturally. I considered returning mine as "broken" so I could upgrade to the Giga Pack for $50, but I never went through with it.

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Not counting hardware, since their high price tags are a given.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty. I payed 75 EUR for it, which is roughly the equivalent of 95 USD. It wasn't a special edition, just a normal new game from a normal store at release day.

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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 Solis

Steel Battalion at $200 comes in a close second, though.

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?

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