Is video gaming considered as luxury?

It's a pretty tough choice viewing what you want nowadays. I have been Liberal for a while now, though, even then, each party has certain stances that baffle, but for the most part, I am Lib Dem all the way.

To determine something like video gaming a luxury, you have to consider all outlooks on life. I think it can be considered a luxury to some, while to others... not so much.
I grew up with video games being a constant. Before I could remember, there was an archaic atari system in my house. Then when I got a small bit old enough to handle playing games, I was given a Nintendo. All of my immediate family and closest friends had some form of video gaming system or another. Because video games have continued to be around I don't really find them so much a luxury as I do a part of how I've been encultured.

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You have been encultured in luxury.

Video Gaming is a Luxury as well as i think its an art. Video Games, like any other form of literature, media, or painting is by its nature a luxury. you don't need them. they do not govern your success in life nor do they increase longevity of the species. they do however provide longevity of a culture. while it can be argued that books govern success in life through education you could also get education through lectures.

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Art does not just provide a longevity of culture, but also serves (in some cases) as instructions for groups of people to follow in order to keep their substance strategies living as well as providing springboards for more efficient ways to be discovered. Keeping things written down or represented by art is absolutely what can help keep a species alive longer... if applied correctly.
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Oteupaiecona · #43You have been encultured in luxury.

Opinion, not fact.

lol... video games =/= art. art is accessable to everyone, video games... not so much and are therefore a luxury.

i still doesn't think video games is luxury..because i can download romS from ROMu and at the night market you can buy one CD for RM5..like..1 or 2 dollars in America...

It depends. It depends on your parents pushing you or not (by that I meant pushing you in education, sports, etc), if you have a loooooot of money or not, and if the game system(s)/game(s) you want are worth it.

abiyo · #47i still doesn't think video games is luxury..because i can download romS from ROMu and at the night market you can buy one CD for RM5..like..1 or 2 dollars in America...

That's piracy, if you bought legit copies then it would be a luxury, because of the price to maintain the console and games...not to mention online gaming.

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you're right about that..although piracy CD is cheap but has a problem like...blurred pictures,jam,sound problem.. but it is still people's choice(i mean people who can't afford the original CD)..for the people who can't afford, they will think the video gaming is not luxury..(like me..) but it is still fun...

nex26 · #46lol... video games =/= art. art is accessable to everyone, video games... not so much and are therefore a luxury.

Paintings hung in the Louvre that are more obscure and not available when you do a google image search aren't quite available to everyone, now are they? What about video games aren't art? Is is the graphic ART that goes into it? The creative manor in which code is employed to represent someone's vision like how paint is put on canvas to o the very same thing? OH WAIT... that sounds like it's quite a bit an art form. If you keep in mind handheld video games can be purchased in even $.99 stores... it would appear as though videogames are just as available as all other forms of art.

i love how people mistake the word luxury for rich. while they're similar, since most rich people buy things they dont really need, they're not the same.

Videogames are a luxury, and yes, they are also a form of art.
Movies can be considered art, music, pictures, paintings.
Videogames are just another form of art.
But they are definitely a luxury.
They might be a part of culture in some countries, but that still doesn't mean they are not luxury.

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Use luxury in a Sentence
–noun
1. a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
2. free or habitual indulgence in or enjoyment of comforts and pleasures in addition to those necessary for a reasonable standard of well-being: a life of luxury on the French Riviera.
3. a means of ministering to such indulgence or enjoyment: This travel plan gives you the luxury of choosing which countries you can visit.
4. a pleasure out of the ordinary allowed to oneself: the luxury of an extra piece of the cake.
5. a foolish or worthless form of self-indulgence: the luxury of self-pity.
6. Archaic. lust; lasciviousness; lechery.hob⋅by1  [hob-ee] Show IPA
Use hobby in a Sentence
–noun, plural -bies.
1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
2. a child's hobbyhorse.
3. Archaic. a small horse.
—Idiom
4. ride a hobby, to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity. Also, ride a hobbyhorse.From this knowledge, we can see that there's some overlap in their meanings.

crimson089well 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.

I agree with what you have put there. :)
A privilege is a good way of putting it.

I don't think its luxury but a privilege to play this things ^.^V peace out

I think it's luxury. Ofcourse it is. It's expensive, it's fun and it's useless...

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NO!
You can get a guiness world record if you beat a highscore in a game!

you can get a guinnes world record by rathering thousands of people and jumping rope with all these people at the same time or baking a large cake with everyone or ... isn't that luxury as well?

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yeah, sure