How much money have you spent on E-Gatchas? Mobile games, Online

>>387685731
Maplestory reamed me back in the day.

$0

What is wrong with you people?

>>387685785
this

>>387685776
Are you one of those idiots that bought transparent hats and shit?

I was, back in the day, I thought it would be funny running around with level 150 equipment naked.

Not a fucking cent.

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5 bucks on Overwatch, 20 bucks on Dokkan Battle and am considering spending on Naruto Blazing,

Zero.

80e on league of legends and 180 on granblue fantasy

>>387685731
I have a friend who's, Is always complaining about his lack of money, spent almost $2,000 on League. I'm not sure how he doesn't own everything in the game.

>>387685731
Only thing I can think of is I spent like $50 on hearthstone a while back

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Why the fuck would I spend money on loot boxes? No really, honest question, I don't understand the reasoning behind it.
The whole point of the game it to play it, and you get loot boxes by playing, so who gives a shit enough to pay for them or at least, not use the ingame currency you get, again, by playing anyway? Is jerking off to Mercy's feet that urgent to people even though you don't even see the character while playing?

I spent $10 or something on dragonfable once

>>387685731
Probably 300~400$ in Dota 2 over the years for cosmetics. Got 2k+ hours played. No regrets.

>>387687368
I spent 20 on adventurequest's guardian, it was really good, but I wish I had gotten DF instead.

>>387687445
I always recalled AQ's art style not looking as good as DF for me, but then I was young then so god knows if I just imagined it.

about 500 on granblue fantasy in the past year

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70 euros on LoL.
90 on black desert online (which I dropped a few weeks later)
But considering what Ive heard and the amount of P2W shit I played over the years Im happy I managed to keep it at that level, for whats it worth

>>387685776
This
I ran around with my edge Lord of a character that was decked out with nx cash shop items thinking I was cool when in reality I hadn't reached level 50 yet
I got back into the game 2 years ago and my current hayato is lvl 150 but weak as shit because ni meso for end gear and no nx stuff to sell for meso
Feels super bad

tens of thousands in tf2&cs go trading,betting and gambling and couple hundred on overwatch.

>>387685731
Isn't gambling illegal?

>>387685785
I was like you until I had lots of disposable income

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>>387688116
What are you, a muslim?

>>387685785
Better than spending it on generic shooter #395.

>>387688116
Not if its for virtual items.
>People throw real money at a chance to get in game items
Lots of games have this kind of gambling enabled and its legal for even kids to do it.

>>387685731
I never bought cosmetics with real money, the only time I spent money on a f2p was for a character pack in Dirty Bomb

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>>387688023
>whales
Always a bit shocking when looking at numbers. But it's explained by a simple fact. In modern society, the more people earn money the bigger their budget allowed to entertainment get. A nerd will have video games as main hobby and if he mainly plays a single game it adds up very quickly (if we consider an average of money spent/time played as constant).

>>387688280
>Not if its for virtual items.
That's even worse. Governments should look into this.

>>387688458
Forgot to precise the budget for entertainment gets bigger in %. The rest doesn't increase like that.

Over 2000$ on cs go

>>387688482
>Governments should look into this.
Guess who did it first? It's... China !
They forced any kind of virtual gambling such as CS:GO treasures to publish the odds for any of the items.
I agree tho countries who are not allowing gambling to minors should be more strict against virtual gambling.

>>387685731
Like, maybe 40 dollars in my life time

20bux of cubes in maplestory
20bux of mystery boxes in Path of Exile

>>387685731
Like $10 dollars on keys for TF2 so I could open some festive crates.

>>387687212
blizzard makes events in overwatch temporary and all event stuff costs 3x the normal price, so a legendary is 3000 instead of 1000

>>387688482
>implying jewmerica will ever enable gacha laws
Thanks for the laugh.

>>387688170
I have disposable income, I just spend it on stuff where I know what I'm going to get.

>>387688482
>>387688760
Japan completely forbade gacha type systems where you have to be lucky to get a part of a set.

>>387689828
So japan did something authoritarian, who cares?

>>387689909
No, Japan told korean mobile gambling bullshit to fuck off.

>>387689909
>based samurai tell the jews to fuck off
>lol who cares
t. Shlomo

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I've been playing since beta on League of Legends and have spent probably upwards of 3,000 dollars. This is over the course of I guess 7-8 years. So I guess 3 grand over that many years could be seen as worth it.

I have every obtainable skin and can now get every skin at a heavy discount through hextech boxes which is the bright side I guess. Benefits of being a whale.

>>387685731
>E-Gatchas
Are those like fingerboxes?

I only spend money on it if I get extra money in some kind of free way. Like once I found a twenty on the ground outside my house and bought 10 bucks of lootboxes in OW. During Halo 5's launch I played in a GameStop tournament of Halo 3 and won 30 microsoft bux, which I then used in the game on some gold packs. Etc.

I'd never actually spend the money I earn on this bullshit.

>>387690080
Jesus christ. Well, at least you play the game a lot. Ive seen a lot of people blowing 100s of bucks on this game and then they only play a couple of hours in the weekend

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>>387690274
Yeah I think I have around 6000-7000 normal games and maybe equal if not more ranked games.

I spent a bit on Overwatch too but I think unlike League, that really killed my desire to play the game. Lootboxes on level up in Overwatch just felt like shit because I spent 100-200 on them in the beginning. I really regret that choice.

I don't really regret spending it on League though. It also makes me avoid being toxic because of fear of losing this fucking account. I'd probably off myself.

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>>387687375
You can mod almost everything in, you know.

>>387688237
Treat yourself to a good meal at a restaurant or something at least

more than $100, less than $300 i'd say

>>387689909
>ban harmful thing
>authoritarian

>$100 league
>$50 hearthstone preorder (I guess this counts?)
>$5 on csgo weapon skins
>$15 on poe (essentially just paying them for giving me the game for free)
>$10 halo legendary pack
>$500 WoW goy fee for 10 years on/off

About 300 bucks worth of Runescape gold
Close to a grand on WoW gold so I could buy a swift spectral tiger

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$10 on TF2 on day trading update happened. Wanted a simple hat from a crate, bought 4 crate keys, got total shit. Never played TF2 since.

>>387690462
>>I don't really regret spending it on League though. It also makes me avoid being toxic because of fear of losing this fucking account. I'd probably off myself.

>giving Riot the power to cuck you out of a 6k account
I wouldnt wish such a fate upon my worst enemy.

>>387691856
I mean this in the kindest way possible but kill yourself

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2700-3000~ in USD
who cares

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>>387691941
I always kind of wonder if there's some kind of privilege levels in the background for accounts that have spent a ton of money. Like do I get a little more leeway in League with toxicity because I'm a cash cow for them? Or I suppose they're so big, they probably don't give a fuck.

Makes me wonder if there are any games where developers treat people that pay up differently. I mean I know in PUBG the situation with streamers is kind of that way.

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>>387685731
I won money with tf2 unusual trading.
Stupid people losing money to the video games jews need to be gazed.

>>387685785
You are right, but with millions of people paying for box and gacha and costume and digital swimsuit I can't help thinking I'm the weird one.

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>>387690498
>That Wisp skin
Is a floating head or crystal structure too much for Valve?

>>387692374
It's not memey enough.

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>>387685731
>$1 on Maplestory for a shop permit ion like 2005.
>Got a $20 giftcard from a friend for League, spent on Chinese Dragon Kog-Maw.
>About $10 in CSGO keys to see what the hype was about.

Microtransactions are cancer.

>>387685731
I spent like £60 altogether on a free2play mmo for 1 month sub and permanent account mounts. Never purchased any RNG loot boxes though

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>there are actual whales browsing /v/ right now
>these people have put thousands into shitty games like Overwatch and LoL
>these people are the reason microtransactions now exist in just about every game

Fuck you people, go back.

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>>387685731
>0,14 euro in TF2 to get the cheapest item and get premium account
>4 euro for 2 keys in TF2 when new taunts came out and they were all worth more than 1 key so no matter what it would still make me profit
>Got 2 Congas (each worth like 6-8 keys at the time)
>I had 12 keys for the price of 2, sold 3 on the marketplace to get my money back
>mfw never lost money on microtransactions beacuse I'm not retarded

about 25 bucks in Granblue Fantasy

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>$250 on overwatch
im a completionist

>>387685731
like ~200 on LoL
~50 on Dota 2
12 on OW

my moba years were back in 2012-4 though, haven't spent a dime on mobashits since then

$0.00

I can think of 1000 better ways to spend my money than on online cosmetics

>>387692172
While I dont think they have a welldocumented privilege system in place. I do think many games have leeway. In many P2W korean shit streamed spend thousands on a game and if they cheat they get unbanned all the time because their fanboys complain.

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Literally nothing, even in situations where doing so might have actually gotten me things I wanted.

I stopped playing Pokemon TCG Online when daily quests stopped being convenient to do, meaning earning card packs for free took forever. I really enjoyed the game too, so it's a shame I just couldn't bring myself to start paying for cards.

I also have about 700 hours in Overwatch and love the game, but have never been able to convince myself buying a lootbox is worth it. And thanks to how long I've played I actually now have LESS reason to pay real money for them thanks to having a huge stockpile of credits.

Gacha just does not seem like a worthwhile investment to me no matter what scenario. The fact you're not even guaranteed to get something you want makes me question why you would even consider spending money for it.

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>>387685731
over 500 us dollas
lol+ow+rb6+heathstone+dunno lol

>>387685731
I've used about $100 to buy shit like boxes and crates from various games. However, I also traded and sold TF2 unusuals for a while and made about $800 from that, so I'm actually made about $700 from games.

Far too much on a korean online game that I've been playing for over 6 years

20 bucks on Pokémon go once.

I'm also considering spending money on crossout, I've played it more then games I've paid 60 for so why not.

25 on Overwatch
50 on Pokemon Go
20 on Fire Emblem heroes
80 on League

I regret none of it because:

I got that Pumpkin Reaper Skin (and lot of the others)
I got a ton of Eggs which I hatch with my brother and had a good time
I got Ike (everyone knows is the best)
Le sick League skins ( Lux, Ahri, Jayce, MF).

>>387697712
>I got Ike
But I got Summer Corrin

>>387694640
no youre an addict

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>>387698948
Help me. I've spent 50 bucks on a phone game and didn't even get my waifu. It's time to neck myself.

>>387688170
>disposable income
#JustGoyThings

>>387685731
PSO2, in the course of 2 years, $100

probably in the high 100s or lower 200s

Just Overwatch

>>387699069
you just have to realise that the joy you get by spending money on this stuff never lasts long
and in the end you will feel worse than before

I've spent #350 on TF2 in the past decade, 30$ on CS:GO cases, and 20$ on Overwatch lootboxes. While not technically gacha machines I bought a 20$ pack for Tribes Ascend. I'm not proud of the TF2 thing (I got a Vintage Tyrolean with Circling Hearts from my first unbox and never got an unusual again), but I don't really have as big an issue with people spending money on virtual items. I feel like everybody gets their enjoyment out of things somehow and buying cases in moderation isn't the worst way to spend your money, could be buying lotto tickets and getting 0 cents back instead of like 8.

>>387685731
Just to say i NEVER opened some of those kind of gatchas, a few years ago i dropped about 10 bucks on a F2P MMO to buy some inventory expansion, and i had enough change to buy one gatcha. It had nothing good.

I have spent exactly £2 on death metals in let it die, and that's it.

I've made it to floor 30, i'm happy giving up there.

>>387685731
Probably several grand but I'm stepping away from spending money on gatchas as they aren't as entertaining as they use to be.
It is nice having tons of disposable income.

>>387685785
In CSGO I bought a few keys, opened a few boxes, made some Steam Bux™ off of it. Kept going and making more money. I'm about $100 up from playing CSGO which I enjoy playing anyway.
I guess Valve got me good?

Played like half a year of FFBE, spent maybe a 25€ total on it. Spent maybe something like 50€ on Dota too but I got pretty much everything back through drop luck.

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>>387685731
I've bought a bunch of shitty Paradox DLC that's basically the same thing.

Across all games since about 2009, I'd place myself around $3000.

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around 1,000 on Overwatch

Nothing because I'm not a weak willed faggot

>>387697712
>I regret none of it because
You spent 175 dollars in skins no one cares about. You could have gotten the rarest skin in the world, it still worth nothing.
You could have bought 3-5 good games that would give you over 200 hours of real varying fun for that money.
You could have fucked a good quality hooker
You could have invited friends over and had a great dinner together

>>387685731
I've somehow spent almost 700 bucks in CSGO, I haven't played it regularly since 2015/Early 2016 though.

Guess I spent around 30 bucks on the gw2 addon but we'll don't know if this counts since I'm not the kind of person who supports micro transaction jewishness

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>$5 in tribes ascend when it was popular
>bought a $50 knife and $10 ak skin in csgo

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>>387685731

Imma bout to blow yo mind.

>>387685785
This.

$40 during the Overwatch anniversary event

>>387701241
Oh and I'd also like to add that my only income a couple of months after high school was buying and selling skins.

Also I got this drop and sold it for 860 dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LppEZCDlcIc

>>387700602
They keep a percentage of what you buy and sell so yes

Thousands of dollars on league skins because I was addicted. I should have stopped at all annie's skins since that's all I play anyway. Although it took a lot of money to get hextech annie.

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I think I once paid for a bit of gold on World of Tanks when I first started in order to expand my garage.

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>>387685731
Honestly im a hopeless wreck of
>This time will be the one

>20 bucks Christmas over watch
>20 bucks chink new year
>40 bucks anniversary
>nothing yet on summer games

Only cosmetic garbage I ever spent

>>387701707
>>387700602
>not understanding how closed circuit shopping system like valve work

When you dump money into valves pool, it doesn't come out, you might be able to play it like >>387700602 and get something you and other people consider more valuable than the money you initially threw in, like steam games and ilk. Any money you "saved" on games is money that some retard wasted.

>>387688170
I dispose my income on things that aren't RNG.

It's like if you bought a bike seat off amazon and they send you hair curlers. Why do people even enjoy that shit?

>>387700819
How even?

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>>387688170
at least spend that shit on something tangible, anon

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>>387702532

>It's like if you bought a bike seat off amazon and they send you hair curlers

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About $900 on TF2.

>>387702532
it's pretty much the same as buying packs of pokemon cards or lottery tickets. some people just enjoy stuff like that

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Not a fucking dime. What ever happened to just buying a game and getting everything?

>>387685731
I spent ~$1000 on Maplestory over a period of about 5 or so years.

>>387703286
Nobody enjoys lottery tickets. They have delusions of grandeur and think they're the chosen one protagonist of life. Do you even psychology?

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>>387703426
Game development expanded because video games did. You have teams developing games worth hundreds of millions of dollars. They're going to try to milk the game as much as they can. This usually involves microtransactions and planned content in the form of DLC packs.

Back in the day you used to buy 100% complete games but their life cycle would be vastly diminished because of it. With some exceptions that have great replay value, you'd normally play a game for 10ish hours and be done with it. Now they want games to last months and months to make the investment of video game development worth it.

>>387685731
Probably well over 1000 dollars
Most recent was marketplace purchases for PUBG

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It's always consumers rewarding scummy business practices that leads to disaster. If nobody had bought Oblivion's fucking horse armor we wouldn't have DLC. If nobody would fall for this cosmetic gacha shit, every fucking online game and their mother wouldn't be plagued with it.

>>387689404
yet they say they weren't putting the boxes in to milk people of money and it was to reward people for playing
fuck blizzard man, they made this now a viable option in the western market, I can't wait for government to stomp all over this, it's basically gambling for children

>>387685785
spbp

>>387685731
like 5 bucks in tf2

>>387704358
>If nobody had bought Oblivion's fucking horse armor we wouldn't have DLC
Now that's untrue.
Better business practices for DLC? Maybe, but DLC has been something that's been in the works since the SNES.

The initial concept is pretty pure, Game comes out, does well on its own, Make more content down the line for fans to enjoy.

>>387704358
But anon I need the $700 unusual so everyone knows I'm not hacking and that I'm just really fucking good at clicking heads.

Some hundreds over the years, I think of myself pretty frugal.

But a long time ago I bought a Minecraft beta key for like 2 bitcoins :|

On random chance stuff, $0. On an actual marketed item and/or membership to some games, I'd say about $100.

>>387694640
Did you even get everything, yet so far?

>>387685731
Can you get duplicates in Overwatch?

>>387705675
Yes.
Though it's more rare now.
Been getting 4 originals for a while now, and I'm at like 30 - 40% of shit with each character.

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>>387705464
>But a long time ago I bought a Minecraft beta key for like 8000$

lmao

>>387703778
Is this true

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>>387705464
>tfw I paid with shit in buttcons all the time back when they were $40 a piece
>had 2 left over in my wallet when they hit $300
>sold and thought I did well for myself
>mfw the $3.8k spike
My friend is still trying to crack his wallet with 6 coins he lost the passphrase to.

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>>387685785
Whats your problem anon? Are too poor to afford the loot boxes?

>>387685785
FPBP

>>387685731
why not just use that fake google thing to buy all the useless bullshit in these shit games that you want for free?

$15 worth of subway giftcards on warframe and probably $10 on valve keys at some point

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>>387688170
>Have lots of disposable income
>Still don't waste it on virtual shit
>Spent it on figures instead

>>387685731

Map Packs for CoD, and weapons pack for Dead Space trilogy. Stuff that will benefet me in any game not that shitty useless cosmetic stuff