What's the most you ever spent on a game?

 I was wondering what the most amount of cash someone ever spent on a game before, be it collectors edition or something rare and hard to find.

 I recall importing Final Fantasy XI from the US for £70 (about $100) and thinking it was well worth it at the time. Now on recollection I feel bad for ever spending that much money for a mmorpg I didnt even play for more than 2 months. I don't think I will ever spend that much money for a game anyway, even if it comes with some cool collectable.

 Recently I was also looking to purchase Zone of the Enders 2 but the rarity just boosts the price to the ridiculous amount of £60.

I ask you, people of Giantbomb, to tell and discuss what the most amount of money you would ever spend or have spent on a game is or was. Are you a sucker for collectable editions or do you see a rare game that you must have or do you dig deep in the bargain bin? (I found Zone of the Enders 1 in the bargain bin for £5!)

I guess 60 bucks. Can't really remember.

The most I've ever paid for a game was £45 for Final Fantasy X back when it was first released. Well worth it, in my opinion, considering I've played through it three times and clocked up over 100 hours each time. I rarely ever buy games for full-price these days, though, as you can find games in supermarkets like Tesco on release day for around £30. I also buy a lot of last-gen stuff second-hand, and therefore very cheaply.

Oh, here it comes... All the europeans who've bought Rock Band will now come descend on this topic and it will be the end of it.

People, you have to realize that when applying pricing from outside U.S., you can't just use a valuta converter. The currency in the U.K. is stronger, so anything you'd convert would be more expensive. Anyway...

Mine would probably be the original Socom, with the headset, which I bought for a staggering $70, or $107 if I used a converter.

Edit: If you also count expansions, add-ons and subscription fees, WOW would lead on with about $250.

If you count subscriptions, it'd had to be World of Warcraft. I'm glad I no longer play that.

The highest price I paid for a game that I can remember is $110 for Shining Force 3 on the Sega Saturn.  I know I have spent over $70 no problem on getting some more rare titles.  Still have to try and get Panzer Dragoon Saga (US Version) for the Saturn sometime...  that will be my most expensive purchase of a game I believe then.

When I was a kid there was this system called neo geo...

Recurring Subscription: WoW

Probably Rock Band at £120.

$70 I think

I don't even want to tabulate how much I probably spent on WOW including collectors editions...it's got to be around $500.00, but that's just a guess.

The money I spent Rock Band 1 bundle.  Think it was $170?  Can't remember.

I've never payed more than retail for a game, but retail prices have been expensive before. I bought the RB 1/2 bundles, so that was probably the most expensive "single" item I've bought (until 09.09.09!) but I guess that's a pretty common one.  Before that, probably Hey You! Pikachu for the n64. I want to say that was something like 80 or 90 dollars retail. Looking back, that was a huge waste of money although as a kid I really enjoyed the game.

Whatever the Spore special edition was called.  I think it was $80 and totally not worth it.

Whatever Steel Battalion cost when it first came out. $200? Don't remember.

Worth every penny though.

I believe I spent 67.95 euros (92 dollars according to the current exchange rates) on Jak II back in 2003 since that was the SRP for Sony PS2 games at the time. Aside from Rogue Galaxy many years later (which I paid 60 euros for, beat in 45 hours over the course of 5 days, and then returned to the store when I looked at the receipt and found out I could do that), it's the only PAL PS2 game I ever paid full price for. Normally I only import games since it's much cheaper.

70 dollars is as much as I'm willing to spend on a game and I really don't care about collector's editions unless they come with a complete soundtrack (and they never do -- it's always a "best of" selection).

$180 for the original rock band

About 70 for Earthbound.

Rock Band for sure.

It would be Rock Band for me, but WoW may surpass that soon.

120DM on Mechwarrior Mercenaries about 10 years ago. I don't really know how that translates into dollars.

$70 for Twilight Princess...

Fallout 3 lunchbox edition plus all the DLC

$150 (NZD) for GTA IV special Edition.

Not counting the Rock Band bundles, it would have to be my complete copy of Chrono Trigger with Strategy Guide.  The guide is actually really special.  It was the guide that the Nintendo Power people used to play through the game.  I got it before I got the game.  The guide was about $25, which didn't bother me too much.  The game was about $65, if I remember correctly.  The only thing was that I had to buy the two maps separately, which was a bummer.  They cost me $10 by themselves.

Either way, it is my all time favorite game, and was well worth the money.  I still have the box/manual/inserts in perfect condition, but something happened to the guide when I moved.  It got some sort of liquid on the top, and discolored the top part of all of the pages. 

Total price for all of that was a little over $100, with shipping.  Also, this was back in...2002?  It was also my first purchase on ebay, which opened me to a whole new world of older games that I had missed and imports.  Wow, posting in this thread brought back a ton of great memories!

Weird, it double posted.  Sorry about that!

Another expensive one for me was Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the ps2.  When MSRP for games was typically $50, its $65 price point was pretty big.

$50. :)

I've never bought an overly expensive version of a game.

$140 Australian for the Street Fighter IV Collectors Edition was probably it. I recall speading quite a bit on the Silent Hill 2 Collectors edition that shipped with that Bonus content disc that didnt work, that cost me $130. The game was one of the best games ever worth top dollar but the price was pretty step considering the second disc was faulty. I remember you could send it to Konami for a replacement but I never got to do it.

$60, on the current-game console games. Have not and don't intend to take the plunge on GH or RB bundles.

I almost bought that steel battalion game, but other than that, Rock Band which I still regret buying.

Suggested Retail.

I have paid 1200$ for a mortal kombat 2 arcade machine. if that counts.

Would this be considered bumping even if you can't bring up this topic without being pointed here?
 
We spent 70 dollars on Phantasy Star IV.  I remember being confused as to why even a Phantasy Star would cost that much more than your standard Genesis game.  Now I wonder if we just went to the wrong store...

75-80 bucks for Warhammer Online Collector's Edition.

The most I can recall spending was $90 on Guitar Hero 2. I don't like to spend more than $60.

90 bucks for Resident Evil 5 on release date.  
so worth it.. 

I spent a lot of time playing pokemon when I was a kid. getting them all really took a looong time.

Mine were
 
FFvII on pc for £40
FF VIII on PC for £35
and Knuckles Chaotix for the 32x bout £ 65

Bought? Probably a sealed Stadium Events for NES. I dropped 450 on that.
 
Sold would probably be one of my three complete mint Earthbounds for 500.

I think $170 (or whatever it was) for the original Rock Band was my max.