It used to back in the day when certain games would appear on shelves and permanently disappear by week’s end. Especially true if you lived in a place like I did where 50%+ of your purchases were imports.
But digital completely changed the game and took out that stress of traveling all over the place in a time sensitive very short launch window to get certain games. Nowadays, I tend to buy games only when I’m ready to play them, or if there’s an irresistible sale on a game I will probably want to play soon—I used to not resist those sales by the hundreds, but I resist a lot better these days.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.