2024 in review

Another end of a year, another review.

What I played a lot:

• World of Warcraft
• EVE Online

Other games I played:

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Diablo IV
• Stellaris

Gaming expenses in 2024:

• WoW: 194 EUR
  • TWW expansion – 50 EUR
  • 4x 3 month sub – 4×36 EUR
• EVE Online: 521 EUR
  • 3x 3month sub – 3x 40.7 EUR
  • 1x 3m+6 MCT sub – 61 EUR
  • 2 packs – 15 EUR
  • 1x PLEX – 323 EUR
• Final Fantasy XIV: 46 EUR
  • Dawntrail Expansion – 35 EUR
  • 1 month sub – 11 EUR
• Diablo IV – 0 EUR, didn’t buy the expansion
• Others: Steam – 10 EUR

I bought this EVE PLEX package with the plan to use it for the next sale on subscriptions, and I didn’t spend a single percentage on it for four months until the sale came. Now all my 3 accounts are paid throughout the full year 2025. The plan is to not spend more than a couple bucks on EVE next year. That will totally work 😛

Summary:

• Amount of MMOs played 3:
• Amount of MMO subscriptions paid: 12 (WoW) + 36 (EVE) + 1 (FFXIV) =49
• Amount of games purchased: 1
• Amount of MMO expansions purchased: 2
• Amount of money for in-game currency: ~330 EUR
• Amount of free games I didn’t play: lots
• Amount of games I purchased and then didn’t play: 1

So the total is 771 EUR, that’s 65 EUR per month, more than 2023. (And maybe I should have counted those 236 EUR for this year, but I did count them for last year… I think)

Ah well, maybe I’m finally old enough to say screw it when my monthly gaming budget looks like a lot, but is actually about as much as a dinner and drinks for two people anywhere that is not a McDonald’s.