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ZeldaMutant posted...

Buying the initial hardware is quite expensive, but once you've got a console set up the cost/hours of entertainment ratio of new games is pretty damn low.

That's about what I was going to say. The systems and games generally have pretty high costs in absolute terms, but when you look at how much entertainment you can get out of that cost, you're doing a lot better than many other forms of entertainment. That gets even better when you start hunting sales, which is really easy to do in a world where Steam and whatnot means you just have to check your online wishlist periodically to see if anything's sufficiently discounted.

TL;DR: They are generally expensive, but they're a good value for what you get.