How much money would someone need to pay you to get you to withdraw from the hobby entirely forever?

[Deleted member 1659]

Before anyone takes this too seriously, this is more of a thought experiment to get you to think about how much your hobby is worth to you.

Meaning of withdraw from the hobby:

No playing video games for the rest of your life. This includes things like snake on a cellphone or electronic approximations of real life games (poker, chess, crosswords etc).

No taking part in discussions on video games or things relating to video games (ie: Gamergate). Real life, in person, on this forum. No watching it via Twitch or YouTube. No collecting games - if you have a collection, it's liquidated at market value and you get that money back

If you work in the industry, you quit immediately. You can continue to be friends with people involved in games though.

 

[Philly Cheesesteak]

Millions honestly. It has to be enough to get me to completely not care about video games anymore.

 

[mentallyinept]

25 million dollars. Roughly.

I'd need a ton of money to travel the world and find a new passion to replace the one that has been with me for 7/8ths if my life.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

No amount of money would be worth it.

 

[Deleted member 1852]

$100 million, all in advance, tax free.

I never said it was gonna be cheap.

 

[Zacmortar]

Considering Video Games are kinda one of the only things that makes life enjoyable to me, none lol.

 

[John Marston]

Interesting thought exercise.

I love video games and it's one of the things I'm most passionate about so I don't think I'd take money to take gaming out of my life. Or if I had too, It'd be Jeff Bezos type of money (meaning I'd have to be the richest man on the planet for me to quit gaming).

 

[Ever]

"One Million Dollars"

 

[kubev]

I don't think I'd accept any amount of money to completely withdraw from gaming. I mean, if I had that kind of money, then I'd have all of the free time that I wanted, and I'd need something to fill it with. Even my life ambitions involve video games in some fashion.

 

[Deleted member 1413]

I'm not sure, with a large enough amount of money that I could retire...I'd be left pretty bored.
I'd miss my favorite franchises too

 

[Prowl]

30million+

Travel, creating and photography would replace it

 

[alexi52]

honestly 500 thousand to give up gaming for me , if it was anime&manga than they would have to pay me 10 million

 

[GoronsRuby]

They would have to set up a trust fund to take care of my children for the rest of their lives - Living expenses, mortgages, education and retirement. But then my children wouldn't know the value of hard work so i guess I'll keep playing games.

 

[MistuhDari]

Enough to make it seem like the time I've spent over my entire life and the possible future on the hobby has been compensated handsomely. As you really can't put a price tag on memories, time, or just plain fun, I don't think I can answer this question.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

I could not accept any money. I love videogames, it would drive me insane having too much money and not be able to spend it on games.

 

[FireSafetyBear]

$100k

I've been increasingly less interested in gaming over the years. Before I'd be able to play 12 hours a day with friends but now I'm lucky if I get maybe 1-2 hours every few days. Could be the depression but not sure. Haven't talked to anybody.

 

[Classicrock78]

The money amount to pay any future medical and dental bills.

 

[Mullet2000]

I don't think there's an amount. Not being able to enjoy a hobby I love ever again sounds awful.

 

[HylianSeven]

All the money in the world can't make me stop doing the thing I enjoy. Then I would have all that money and would be lamenting the fact that I could not partake in my hobby.

 

[Sabretooth]

I'm gonna settle for about $10 million or so. It'd be hard to let go of video games, but I can reasonably go back to my pre-video game hobby, reading and writing fiction.

 

[Deleted member 18379]

Priceless. What good is all the money in the world if it means you can't do what you love?

 

[Smurf]

1 million per year. So I could travel around the world as my new hobby.

 

[H.I.V.E.]

5 million Euro after taxes. I can be negotiated a bit lol

 

[ActWan]

Nothing.
It's probably my favorite hobby.

 

[Decarb]

Giving up on your hobby for money? Yeah I did that already 15 years ago when I took on this job.

 

[Judau]

No amount of money would be worth it.

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My thoughts exactly. I mean, I could name a price, but chances are that I'd end up spending that money on games, anyway.

 

[Death Penalty]

Nah, no thanks. I don't need more money than it takes to be comfortable, which I already make, and missing out on my favorite hobby forever sounds like a total bummer. I enjoy work and I enjoy school, I have the money I need to buy the games/books/etc. that I want so money isn't really of interest to me if it gives me lots of free time but takes away one of my favorite ways to spend it.

 

[Deleted member 1659]

Priceless. What good is all the money in the world if it means you can't do what you love?

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I'd imagine anyone who has put a price tag on this has other hobbies they love.

 

[frankabus]

About $10 million probably. Games are pretty important to my mental health and personal time, which currently balances my imminent introduction into a particularly stressful job. I'd need enough money to revise my career plans to something significantly less intense (and probably with less earnings) as well as in order to fund whatever replacement hobby I can discover.

 

[Afr0bandit]

I couldn't do it. Over 20 years of gaming that I can remember and still consistently blown away by what game developers can do. It's my favourite entertainment medium and I don't think that'll ever change!

 

[lucebuce]

Even if you gave me 10 million to give up video games, first thing I'd probably want to do with that money is buy video games lol. It's not a hobby I see myself quitting any time soon

 

[Deleted member 2793]

Money enough to live well without needing to work and I drop this hobby. I can still watch anime and movies, read stuff and maybe I could take up a sport to practice (cycling looks fun).

 

[mkp64]

69 mil

 

[Deleted member 1656]

No amount. For better and worse there are games that have shaped who I am and to reject them would be to lose part of myself.

 

[Damaniel]

To drop it entirely? Millions.

If you told me that I couldn't ever buy a new game again and could only play ones I already have, and that I could still continue to develop games? Much, much lower - I'd probably take as low as $10k.

 

[Vagger]

It would have to be a lot of money, enough to spend all of it on a replacement hobby :P

 

[Fredrik]

All the money!
I'm 41, I've been gaming since the early 80s, I have a family, kids and wife love gaming as well, gaming is really not a problem anymore, I'll never quit as long as I'm physically able to keep playing.

 

[Namiks]

Enough for me to fund my even bigger interest: the world of film.

 

[chezzymann]

$50,000

 

[Dunban]

For me, it would be a fairly trivial amount. $2-$5k, perhaps? The opportunity cost of the time I have spent and will spend on games depresses me; it doesn't even feel like the most efficient use of my leisure time. A proper incentive to drop it entirely would be nice, and I have many other hobbies I value more.

 

[Hat22]

This is a conundrum.

What I would want to do with millions of dollars = spend my time playing video games.

 

[TiG]

400 million. (after taxes)
Used an advanced formula here.

 

[zoltek]

Completely honest. I'd like to say "no amount", but wonder if I would change my tune with a check for a hefty sum in my hand and my young daughter by my side reminding me what REALLY matters.

 

[macapala]

"One Million Dollars"

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Dammit. I was totally going to post this :)

 

[Deleted member 2171]

80k/year and I'm out

 

[ASaiyan]

Wouldn't need money, just enough friends to stop needing to replace people with video games :(

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And then a million dollars on top of that.

 

[BubbaKrumpz]

No amount of money would make me stop. Not that I play a lot of games or anything but gaming is a great way for me to relieve stress and even if I were to accept a large amount of money, I'd still try and squeeze in a sesh.

 

[MotzieNH]

Enough to put my kids through college, debt free. And buy me a car.

 

[Deleted member 1659]

Completely honest. I'd like to say "no amount", but wonder if I would change my tune with a check for a hefty sum in my hand and my young daughter by my side reminding me what REALLY matters.

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I don't have a kid but I could definitely put a price on my hobbies for one. I'm honestly surprised at the amount of people saying no amount of money. You're talking about generational wealth that sets up your family for multiple generations.

 

[Deleted member 7529]

No amount of money would be worth it.

Video games have helped me through a lot of dark times, and I can't imagine a future where I give up that hobby.