over 9 years of console gaming:

£1200 on 7 console systems of varying prices ($2300)

£4400 on approximately 160 console games ($8000)

approximately £300 on game rentals ($500)

£500 on hdtv ($900) (bought exclusively for the 360 i'll buy soon, which would sharply increase my console system & games total, but i'm not including that in the total since i'm yet to spend it)

so, over 9 years - inflation included, i've spent about £6500 - or $11700 - which is £722/$1300 per year on console gaming

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over 6 years of pc gaming:

i've owned 3 PCs so far - one cost £1000 ($1850), the other was a refurbished pc which cost me around £150 ($250) and my most recent cost £1000 agan ($1850)

then, i've spent around £500 ($900) on upgrades and peripherals

then, around 75 games, averaging about £25 each ($45) which is £1875 ($3375)

then i subscribed to everquest for two and a half years, that was around £390 ($650)

which brings the total to £4915 or $8875 - or £819/$1479 per year on pc gaming

most of the dollar values are estimates, and i had to throw out some rough estimates to factor in inflation (since this is going back 15 years in all) - but console gaming, all told, isn't much more expensive than pc gaming - some food for thought