| Yakuzaice said: Granted I don't do this, but if you're concerned purely about money, then you aren't paying $60 per game then keeping it. Renting, buy it and sell it a week later, wait for price drops, etc. You may not get as many games per dollar, but if somebody wants Gran Turismo 5 for example, then they don't really care how many games they can get for the same price if it isn't what they want. Same thing with how many hours a game is. Do you go into a theater and choose a movie based on its length? I suppose the origin of this is the fact that a lot of children play games, and they have limited funds, but large amounts of free time. |
Yeah that is completely understandable. When I was a kid I had a lot of free time but not much money (just an allowance). I bought most of my NES and Genesis games from flea markets and garage sales and I'd borrow whatever I could from my older brother and friends. I was pretty much open to playing whatever was available to me. And I'd invest lots of time into the games I had. Even if a game was kicking my ass (and back in those days, they really kicked our asses) or I was stuck for hours on end (with no internet to help me out), I still plugged away at those games.
Nowadays, however, money isn't really an issue (and if it is, get a rental subscription and your gaming needs are pretty much covered for a reasonably low monthly fee) and I have so many options available that it's really easy for me to get bored of a game at the drop of a hat. So for me, quality matters a heck of a lot more than quantity. I find it really difficult to get through lengthy RPGs these days unless I really like the game. You know the feeling where you are playing through a lengthy game and then have a craving to play something else? That happens to me often. And then I'd feel guilty when I'd put a game on the backburner and then never or rarely touch it again (now that I mainly rent these days, I don't have to worry about that as much. I can just send the game back in the mail and get a new rental. Though I still buy games to some extent and some of those do end up getting backlogged).
