Standing contrary to most in this thread, I've bought fewer games this year, or held off purchases, because of PS+. This is for two reasons:
1) I'm convinced any digital release will pop up for free on PS+ , or at a decent discount, so almost never buy digital products at release (and my decision has been repeatedly proven correct to the point that it seems daft to me to pay full price for digital games).
2) I've now received so many games from PS+ that I have a significant backlog meaning I have no need to buy more titles unless I really, really want them, so I'm as well to wait for them to drop in price (and they always do within a couple of months).
So, last year, I bought about 30 games or so on PS3. This year that's dropped to about 15, and a chunk of those have been bought with PS+ discounts (the rest, and there are a lot of them, I received 'free').
That said, as I think about it, PS+ has, if anything, impacted my 360 spending even more. PS+ provides so many games for 'free', and deep discounts of games both old and new, I have little reason to buy games on the 360 where it will cost more, and there are almost no exclusives. Last year I bought about 30 games on 360, this year I've only bought about 5.
So, I'm buying less because of PS+, but mostly less on the 360. Interesting.
Contrary to this, Steam purchases have significantly increased. The HD consoles are really beginning to look a touch tired in comparison to what my laptop can run, so I've been buying several multiplats on PC instead, as they are significantly cheaper, and they are significantly better.
How times have changed.
