Track your gaming expenditure for the whole of 2010!

(Shamelessly nicked from Rogue Soul from Videogamer.com who stole from rllmuk)

The idea of this thread is to track how much cash you spend on your hobby for the year. Every bit of hardware, every game, every subscription, every bit of dlc, every conceivable penny that you've spent is to be noted.

Then come December time, despair at the sight of your 'Grand Total' and dream about what you could have bought instead.

Just keep editing your original post with your latest purchases and keep a running total at the end of it.

It should be quite an eye opener.

Well here's mine!

==January==
Games:
Bayonetta (360) - £32.99
Mass Effect 2 (360) - £37.98
Mass Effect (360 Games on Demand) - £19.99

DLC:
A Kingdom for Keflings - 400 MSP - £3.40
Forza 3 - AutoWeek Car Show Pack - 400 MSP - £3.40
Burnout Paradise Cops & Robbers - 800 MSP - £6.80
Portal: Still Alive - 800 MSP - £6.80
2000 MSP added on = £17
3000 Wii Points - £21
3000 DSi Points - £27

==January Total==
£176.36

==February==
Games:
Brutal Legend - £0.01
Borderlands - £24.99
Dragonball Raging Blast - £22.89
Nintendo Presents Crossword Collection - £12
The Orange Box - £14

DLC:
'Splosion Man - 400 MSP - £3.40
Halo 3 Mythic 2 Map Pack - 800 MSP - £6.80
Chime - 400 MSP - £3.40
Borderlands DLC - 2400 MSP - £20.40
Phoenix Wright - 1000 Wii Points - £10
Phoenix Wright 2: Justice For All - 1000 Wii Points - £10
2000 MSP added on - £17

Hardware:
Wireless Xbox 360 Headset - £29

==February Total==
£183.89

==Running Total==
£360.25

This could be fairly bare in comparison to others, but nevertheless, I'll keep a tally. It might help me to go through my reciepts and update it with past purchases, but for now...

Date	Item	System	Cost/£
20/01	Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem	Gamecube	4.99
05/02	Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep	Wii	24.99
24/03	Red Steel 2	Wii	29.85
09/06	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii	29.99
		TOTAL	89.82

Gonna give this a try myself.

January

Valkyria Chronicles - £17.98
Bayonetta - £39.99
Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica - £14.98
Bioshock - £9.75
PixelJunk Shooter - £6.25
Guilty Gear - £3.99

Total - £92.94

Thank goodness for Christmas money...

January

World Of Warcraft + Burning Crusade - £12
'' - Lich King - £17
Halo 3 ODST - £25
Mass Effect 2 - £30

Total - £84

January

Nothing

Overview: January has been an empty month. The only game I've obtained is Phoenix Wright. With exams, coursework, etc, I've had no time for games.

February

Nothing

Overview: February looks empty to me. Someone offered to buy me Miles Edgeworth, so February might be another month of buying no games.

Awesome idea, though it'll make me sad by the end of the year. To save trouble, I'm going to round everything to the nearest £ as well.

January
Games
Darksiders - £35
Bayonetta - £31

DLC
1500 Microsoft Points - £13

Hardware
60gb Xbox 360 Hard Drive - £40

Total for January: £119

February

DLC
500 Microsoft Points - £4

Total for February: £4

[u]March
Games
Final Fantasy XIII - £35
Pokemon Soul Silver - £30

Total for March: £65

April
Games
Monster Hunter Tri - £23

Hardware
Classic Controller Pro - £16

Total for March: £39

May
Games
Red Dead Redemption = £35

Total for May: £35

June
Games
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - £33

Total for June: £33

July
Games
>_<

DLC
2100 MS Points - £11

Hardware
New Xbox 360 - £200

Total for July: £211


Total So Far: £506

==January==
Darksiders - £34.95
MAG - £39.95

==January total==
£74.90

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==February==
Bioshock 2: £29.95

==January total==
£29.95

January
2100 Xbox Live points - £15.99
Xbox Live 12 Months - £36.99

January Total
£52.98

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - £21.86

Total - £114.80

January

Nothing

Overview: January has been an empty month. The only game I've obtained is Phoenix Wright. With exams, coursework, etc, I've had no time for games.

February

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - £15.73

Overview: Ordered this from Amazon. Hopefully, it arrives on Friday. This may be my only purchase for February.

January
I bought Forza 3 - 24 quid

and Prototype - 17 quid. (I don't like it, might give it another whirl but I'm fairly sure I will sell it)

Edit: Just bought the Sabotouer on eBay for 20 quid.

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Total 61 quid
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February

Mass Effect 2 - 28.99

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Total 28.99
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March

Sega Rally - 5.00
Boarderlands - 15.00

traded in
Sega Rally - 3.00
Mass Effect 2 - 25.00
The Sabotouer - 15.00
Prototype - 7.00
Mass Effect - 3.00

Trade in total 53.00

(I plan on getting Heavy Rain and maybe Boarderlands using the credit)

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Total 20.00
Blockbuster credit 53.00
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April, May and June

Heavy Rain free with blockbuster credit
Slpinter Cell 15 quid with blockbuster credit and sold for 28 credit
AvP 17.95
Mirrors Edge 3 quid
Alan Wake 28 quid
Red Dead 40 quid used 28 credit =12 quid

Resistence 2, Perfect Dark Zero, Crackdown and Beijing 2008 all free as Blockbuster store was closing and had to use up remaining credit.



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Total 73.95
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July

2100 MS points 15.99
Kane & Lynch 3.00


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Total 18.99
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August and September
2100 MS Points 15.99
Halo Reach 38 quid but sold for 33.50 = 4.50
Quantum of Solace 4 quid

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Total 24.49
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October

MS Points 2100 - £17.50
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 360 £19.99
Halo Wars - 360 £14.99
Terminator Salvation - 360 £7.46
Resident Evil 5 - 360 £7.62
Riddick Dark Anthea - PS3 £7.99

14.99 was used from previous eBay sales and stored in my Paypal account. I might get GT5 and that will be it for the year I think.
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Total 75.55
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(Ok maybe not then lol)

November


Bought--------------------
Timeshift 2.70
Bourne Conspiracy - Xbox 360 Game 5.00
Bioshock 2 PS3 5.84
Fifa 06 Xbox360 0.99
Prey - Xbox 360 Game 2.20
Metal Gear Solid 4 Sons of the Patriots PS3 8.00
Gran Turismo 5 PS3 30.00
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PlayStation3) 9.99
Transformers: War For Cybertron (Xbox 360) 14.99
(total 79.71)
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eBay sales----------------------------
Virtua Fighter 5 Playstation 3 sold for 3.24
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent xbox 36 2.21
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 xbox 360 14.00
Terminator Salvation Xbox 360 7.99
X box 360 ALAN WAKE GAME MINT CONDITION 10.50
PS3 The Chronicles Of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena 4.70
james bond 007 quantum of solace xbox 360 6.50
Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 4.40
xbox 360 red dead redemption 20.52
Gran Turismo 3 PS3 35.00
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Trade in 12 quid cash total--------------------
Bourne Conspiracy - Xbox 360 Game
Prey - Xbox 360 Game
Metal Gear Solid 4 Sons of the Patriots PS3
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79.71 - 121.06 (sales) = -41.35


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Total -41.55
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December

Medal of Honour - 19.99
Xbox 360 Slim - 200
360 Plug and charge kit - 10.00
Harm's Way XBLA - free
Dorito's Crash Course - free

Sold
Xbox 360 elite - 92 quid

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Total 137.99
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New total 398.42
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Final year total for 2010
£398.42p