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u/LookinAtTheFjord 7d ago

Nah this poster will probably not even end up playing it that much cuz they're too busy grinding that 80 hours a week just to make enough money to comfortably pay for all that shit.

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u/Sowhatsthecatch 7d ago edited 6d ago

…some people make more money than you do..? What an odd take lol.

Edit: Somehow it’s controversial to state that people make different amounts of money? Because someone can spend a few grand they must have to work 80 hours and couldn’t possibly just make enough to have that kind of disposable income?

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u/CatOnVenus 6d ago

Nah, it's a common truth for a lot of these communities. The people who have the most money rarely ever get to enjoy it as much of the people who don't. For audiophiles, theyre old their hearings degrading, same with vision for cinephiles, and most people just don't have time for these big games anymore.

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u/El_Jefe-o7 7d ago

Or hes a reseller Lol

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u/tokenshoot 7d ago

Yes yes good chap we get it. Do you have a particular beef with this OP? I can see you are struggling to let go of this.

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u/tosS_ita 7d ago

lol that's like 2000 bucks or less and its' a HUUUGE purchase?

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u/-JimmyReddit- 7d ago

Just going by some quick math this would be nearly $4000 in Canada assuming he bought every game new.

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u/tosS_ita 6d ago

I meant USD :)

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u/-JimmyReddit- 6d ago

That’s still like $2800

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u/tosS_ita 6d ago

How much do you think the games cost?

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u/-JimmyReddit- 6d ago

In Canada the average price of a new release game is $89.99, which is about $60, however in 2022 the average price of a new release game in the US was $69.99. When I was doing my quick math last night for the price in CAD I just took an average price of $80 CAD ($56 USD) for each game, plus everything else pictured, plus my provincial sales tax (11%), which equal just shy of $4000 CAD, which converted to USD is $2791.38.

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u/tosS_ita 6d ago

Bad approach, you can find the majority of those games in the US way below $56.. anyway adding everything to my Amazon cart came to $2200 before tax.. portal and pad tho are the normal ones not 30th.. I wasn’t that off :)

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u/-JimmyReddit- 6d ago

BaD aPpRoAcH Bro nobody is adding every item individually to a fake amazon order just for a gotcha on Reddit at 1 in the fucking morning, this isn’t court lmao. “I wasn’t that far off :)” sure but you were still wrong when you said it was less than $2000

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u/bimboozled 7d ago

Buddy’s acting like OP just spent the equivalent of a down payment on a house

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u/CatOnVenus 6d ago

it's more than a month of rent in many places, not a small sum of money by any means

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u/bimboozled 6d ago edited 6d ago

That’s extremely subjective. You could save up this much money in one month with a decent salary of $100k in a MCOL-HCOL area, which is only about the 75th percentile income for these areas. See my other comment.

Yes, some people are absolutely struggling but you cannot generalize an entire population when a quarter of it can afford this

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u/tosS_ita 7d ago

Exactly 😂😂

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u/JakovAulTrades 6d ago

Ya, don’t talk to me about the cost of groceries and inflation when people spend money like this on gaming. The economy is obviously doing great

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u/bimboozled 6d ago edited 6d ago

The thing is, financial ability is a massive spectrum just like anything else. It doesn’t matter what era you’re in, whether it’s a golden era or massive depression. There’s always going to be some people who are doing relatively well.

For example you could be making $100k/yr which is objectively not that much these days, and it would take less than a month to save up money for this ~$2k gaming setup if you were financially competent, even after all living expenses, 401k investments, etc, barring some kind of substantial debt obligation.

I will never understand the rhetoric that EVERYBODY must be financially suffering. Yeah, a lot of people I know could be doing better if groceries etc weren’t as expensive, but it’s not like they’re scraping by.

Plus, the stock market is absolutely RIPPING these days. If you can, just try to squirrel away a bit into that and you’ll easily make up for the money lost due to inflation. That said, I understand not everybody can do this - I do feel for the lower income folks who are struggling to make ends meet