The Nickel & Dime Generation

Phaethon360 sends in a piece that looks at how quickly game costs can add up these days, now that DLC, microtransactions and standalone expansions are commonplace, writing, "If you were trying to the think of the most expensive games to play, Rock Band or a monthly-fee MMORPG would come to mind. But Halo 3 is right up there, too." It's reminiscent of a recent post at IncGamers where the author tallied up how much he'd spent on World of Warcraft over the past several years, and was astonished to realize it numbered in the thousands of dollars.

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Re:GranTurismo 5

[sopssa]

The microtransaction-focused game, Gran Turismo HD: Classic will be the online-focused entrant into the GT-series

That's not Gran Turismo 5 tho, but Gran Turismo HD (which is cancelled already - the news is from 2006)

Re:If you can't afford it. then...

[Tim C]

You're not wrong, but the OP didn't say anything at all about copying the game you don't want to pay for - he merely pointed out that if people (silently) stop paying for games, it'll be written off as being due to piracy, whether it is or not.

Re:Three Words

[Acer500]

Magic The Gathering

Indeed. That was (is) the highest money sink I've ever played. And the Online version is ludicrous (you pay MSRP for DIGITAL cards !!! ) yet many people (myself included) play it (the "trick" is that the game is subsidized by heavy prize support, which you don't get if you just play casually).

And they added even more ridiculous stuff recently.

That said, it's only insanely expensive if you play competitively, or the "limited" formats (which are basically where you pay for a tournament where they give you the cards, as opposed to "bring your own cards", and you get to keep the cards afterwards, but they do charge almost retail for them).