Buying Games Just To Buy Games

Dawnfades

Shared on Fri, 09/01/2006 - 15:19

Lonewolf's blog got me thinking about my game buying habits. When I think about it many times I truly buy a game just for the sake of buying a game. I bought X-Men Legends II months ago and have yet to play it. Painkiller was last month and it hasn't even been unwrapped. I have plenty of games that I've played one or two times and that's it.

Why do I do this? Best reasons I can figure out are:

  • I'm friends with a few of the guys who work at EB Games who usually take good care of me so I like to give them some extra sales
  • I like to buy and collect games so I buy more than I really can play often
  • I buy games that my friends own to play on Live because it's fun to game with them
  • I fall for game hype easily
  • Right now I have a gaming budget that lets me buy a good number of games

I probably should cut back on my purchases and play more of the games I already have but it's almost like I have an adiction when it comes to video games.

So how about all of you? Do you find yourself buying more games than you have time to play?

Comments

Umbee's picture
Submitted by Umbee on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 19:16
I really only buy games where the online multiplayer gets good reviews here at 2old2play. I rarely complete the single player, as I am much more interested in online play.
BrokenDesign's picture
Submitted by BrokenDesign on Fri, 11/17/2006 - 15:31
Yeah, I pretty much buy any game I'm interested in at all, regardless of the fact that typically I'll give it a playthrough or two, few hours of online then move on to the next. *sigh*
JediJames117's picture
Submitted by JediJames117 on Fri, 11/17/2006 - 19:11
I use to buy games all the time..but now that I have gamefly it saves me a lot of money..besides games that I know members of 2old2play all own
Codemunkee's picture
Submitted by Codemunkee on Fri, 09/01/2006 - 15:21
Man, I'm so glad you wrote about this. I think about this ALL the time. I have a nice selection of RPGs in my library that I havent finished yet... yet I look at whats coming and I get a case of the "gotta get it"s.

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