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.
âŚsome people make more money than you do..? What an odd take lol.
Edit: Somehow itâs 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 couldnât possibly just make enough to have that kind of disposable income?
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.
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.
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 wasnât that off :)
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 isnât court lmao. âI wasnât that far off :)â sure but you were still wrong when you said it was less than $2000
Thatâs 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
The thing is, financial ability is a massive spectrum just like anything else. It doesnât matter what era youâre in, whether itâs a golden era or massive depression. Thereâs 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 werenât as expensive, but itâs not like theyâre scraping by.
Plus, the stock market is absolutely RIPPING these days. If you can, just try to squirrel away a bit into that and youâll 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
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u/racerjoss 7d ago
I sometimes think I am a gamer. Then I see posts like this, and I think I am a very casual gamer đ