Ouch, My Wallet Hurts!
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 7 of Conversations with IrishPride! I hope you have had a good week and have a safe and wonderful Labor Day Weekend! No three day weekend for me since I work every Saturday. Yes, I would like some cheese with this wine. Anyway, today I'm going to talk about how it's a great time to be a gamer but on the flipside, why it's a horrible time to be a gamer.
It seems like every year that once the new iteration of Madden is released; there are a bunch of excellent titles on the horizon. The dull summer video game releases are over and the fall/holiday portion of the calendar will release a multitude of strong titles. Just for fun, I was checking week by week for what new releases were coming out. I was stunned that from this week all the way to the week of November 20th, there is at least one game I would like to have. That doesn't make my wallet happy; nor my financial responsibilities. But as a gamer, I'm ecstatic! Well, without further ado, here is a list of video games that I want to own, broken down by week. And just for shits and giggles, I decided to post how much these games would cost me and at the very end of the post I totaled the final price if I were to but all the games on release date.
Week of August 28, Week Total: $59.99
- Madden 12, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
Week of September 4, Week Total: $199.96
- Dead Island, PC ($49.99)
- Resistance 3, PS3 ($59.99)
- Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, PC ($49.99)
- Star Fox 64 3D, 3DS ($39.99)
Week of September 11, Week Total: $99.98
- NHL 12, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
- God of War: Origins Collection, PS3 ($39.99)
Week of September 18, Week Total: $94.98
- Gears of War 3, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
- Kirby: Mass Attack, DS ($34.99)
Week of September 25, Week Total: $59.99
- Fifa Soccer 12, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
Week of October 2, Week Total: $119.98
- Rage, PC ($59.99)
- Dark Souls, PS3 ($59.99)
Week of October 9, Week Total: $99.98
- Forza Motorsport 4, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns, 3DS ($39.99)
Week of October 16, Week Total: $59.99
- Batman: Arkham City, PS3 ($59.99)
Week of October 23, Week Total: $109.98
- Battlefield 3, PC ($59.99)
- Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Wii ($49.99)
Week of October 30, Week Total: $119.98
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, PS3 ($59.99)
- Lord of the Rings: War in the North, XBOX 360 ($59.99)
Week of November 6, Week Total: $209.96
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, PC ($59.99)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, PC ($59.99)
- Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, PS3 ($49.99)
- Cave Story 3D, 3DS ($39.99)
Week of November 13, Week Total: $139.97
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations, PC ($49.99)
- Saint's Row: The Third, PC ($49.99)
- Super Mario 3D Land, 3DS ($39.99)
Week of November 20, Week Total: $49.99
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii ($49.99)
Grand Total: $1,424.73
Yikes! That's a lot of video games and a lot of Benjamin's! Why can't we have some of these games be released during the summer! Obviously, I'm going to have to pick and choose what games I really want, because there is no way I'm going to spend over 1400 dollars. So like I said: it's a great time to be a gamer and it's the worst time to be a gamer, unless you're independently wealthy, which I am not.
That does it for episode 7 of CwIP. Enjoy the holiday weekend and until next time, you can send me money to buy these game :)
~IrishPride
Curse you video game industry. The majority of your blockbuster hits all seem to come out around the same time. I know that the holiday season is important to make sales, but would it be possible to spread things out a little more? I am still working on Borderlands 2 and Fable: The Journey. Then Assassin's Creed III just came out last week which I have barley played. Now Halo 4 comes out tomorrow, which due to the fantastic job Microsoft did with Forward Unto Dawn mini series I am actually more excited about then I was before. I don't have the time to get and play all these great games.