Is video gaming considered as luxury?

well from the word itself, luxury is something desirable but expensive or something very pleasant but not really needed in life. so do you consider video games as luxury?I personally think no, it's a privilege. or a part of the entertainment industry.

video games are not needed in life nor a luxury.more like...a hobby.

Definitely yes.
I can live without them fine,I won't die without them.

Luxury is something that you doesnt need, but you still get them because you enjoy them.so Video game can be consider as Luxury.....

calvin_0you dont understand the term luxury.....Luxury is something that you doesnt need, but you still get them because you enjoy them.so Video game can be consider as Luxury.....

AH!
Sorry I do mean its a luxury.
I used the wrong words,I wanted to say " Definitely yes. "

well by looking at the prices, i guess it's a luxury lol

johncarl · #2video games are not needed in life nor a luxury.more like...a hobby.

well i agree with johncarl!..

Replying to #7

in a sense every hobby is luxury.....

calvin_0 · #4Luxury is something that you doesnt need, but you still get them because you enjoy them.so Video game can be consider as Luxury.....

that sounds like the meaning of hobby too

hobby can be something non expensive and free THOUGH.but isnt luxury something that costs?

Replying to #10

well unless your hobby is collecting free stuff, every hobby cost sicne they require you to buy atleast one thing to enjoy them.... and by cost i mean you paid money for it, no matter if its expensive or not.

when i hear luxury i think about very expensive so its different from a hobby

google define: luxurysomething that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
lavishness: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

I guess by the first definition video games are indeed a luxury.

bhatooth · #12when i hear luxury i think about very expensive so its different from a hobby

expensive doesnt necessarily mean money, it means takes a lot of something that is finite, such as time. When Seph and I use the word in conversation with each other, we are usually referring to CPU cycles, or memory.

well, considering some games are expensive, YES! they are a luxury.i don't need them like others have said, but i want them.

I dont know why youve singled out video games.Going to a tap and getting water is a luxury,gas,electric,tv,computers,mobile phones-plonking your a*rse on a toilet and using toilet roll.Need I say more LOL.

Replying to #16

definitely true...everyone here should feel it a luxury to even think about waking up in the morning and also to even be able to have some sort of internet at all. or electricity for that matter.

theunderling · #16I dont know why youve singled out video games.Going to a tap and getting water is a luxury,gas,electric,tv,computers,mobile phones-plonking your a*rse on a toilet and using toilet roll.Need I say more LOL.

i could consider some of the things you mentioned as a 'need' in urban places, like gas, electricity, mobile phones, and uhh... toilet roll? only a few days to go and we're on 2010.

I wouldn't say video games are luxury...
Luxury is something that only some people have/can affort , while gaming is quite common.

Replying to #19

I would say it depends on where you live.
But then again, the same applies to toilet paper.