I bought 13 retail games this year (includes bundles), 4 XBLA games (from a xbox 360 controller bundle. haven't bothered getting more points yet so that's all for now), 1 XBL Indie game and 1 Wiiware game.
I also got Portal (PC, downloaded from Steam) and Bejeweled 2 (PC, downloaded from PopCap Games' site for free) for free but I guess that doesn't count. lol. Still it's pretty awesome that you get free promotions like that.
I also rented 30 games (mail-in subscription service).
Given that renting allows me to play a huge glut of games, I'm going to cut back on purchases. I'm not sure if I'm going to buy anything game-related for the rest of the year. Renting can be a bit of a pain since often times you have to be patient for the popular games. But it's not necessarily a big deal if you don't get to day 1/week 1 shit. I was able to get FIFA 11 and Just Dance 2, two reasonably popular releases (the latter not so much with guys though. Which is probably why I got it so easily), shipped out to me within a week of release. That ain't bad. It's stuff like Halo: Reach, Fallout: New Vegas, Deadrising 2 and Medal of Honor where there is no chance in hell of you getting it sent to you. Fair enough. Just wait awhile until the popularity cools down and you'll eventually get those games. If my acquaintances bug me to play Call of Duty: Black Ops with them, MAYBE I'll give in to their damn peer pressure and get it. I'll see. If it's a single-player game, I can definitely wait. I'm not really one of those "I'm dying to play this as soon as it's out" gamers so renting works for me. The more quantity for your buck model that you get from a rental subscription is hard to pass up.
