| Metallicube said: I think Malstrom nailed it when he said most hardcore gamers just like to buy a ton of games, without the intention of necessarilly playing them. Or at least not for awhile. The reason being is the sheer hype they are succumed to be the games industry and the need to collect.. I think a lot of times these people buy games without TRULY wanting to play them, or at least not as much as they thought they would when they first ran out and bought it. I know because I use to be like this. A lot of times I would just buy a game for the sake of buying it, stock it on the shelf and realize I'm not too crazy about playing it. I finally realized I should probably quit buying games I will play for 10-20 hours and then either gather dust on a shelf or sell back for half the price. Since then I've cut back immensely on my game purchases and saved a ton of money while doing so. And I still have more than enough games to play anyway. |
This i agree with. Too add, it helps when there's dispoable income or hot deals nobody would refuse. I became a "collector" with Dreamcast, XBOX, Gamecube, PS2. My "hoarding" continued untill around last year when i finally ran out of disposable income. I beat most of my backlog but it's so much work and a lot of games aren't worth the effort. My 7th gen backlog is 100% worth it. I'm selling my games to now fund my Wii U digital purchases from here out. I beat about 4 games a month. In August, I beat Undead nightmare, ballad of gay tony, lost and damned, and got to the end of Ducktales. Right now i'm on Enslaved (ninja theory). From now on I'll only buy a game if I plan on playing it then and there. Instead of buying it and letting it sit until i'm interested.
