Quoted from JohnTTwo:Sorry my point was with pinball the annual cost is not there, heck most guys on this site if they sold out would have a positive gain "from their hobbie" That was the point I was trying to make. Other hobbies cost money that is out the window. Pinball gives back when selling and gives back more in a lot of cases.
I’ve tracked everything in a spreadsheet since I started collecting in 1998. I’ve sold 39 games over 20 years, and I’m down $2300 total. I would be up overall, if not for the notion I carried for 10 years that you don’t sell a game for a profit. I got over that. So anyway, I agree that we’re lucky in that respect. The biggest investment for me is time. I’ve put over 80 hours into some games; you never get that back, it’s sub-minimum-wage work. The dividend is satisfaction.
I regret that I never got a CARGP number, as I was and still am a Cheap-Ass RGP Bastard.