I never stop. I just get a LOT more picky.

Right now i only buy a game if i'm SURE to play it as soon as i get it.

I do buy a lot of new releases. If I don't buy it in it's first week then I wait for a price drop on the game if I want to play the game.

My backlog is something like 100 games, but I'll always keep buying new games. I'm just going to be more picky with new games while I work down my old ones. However there are just some games you have to get day 1.

I have about 20 PSP games, 15 DS games, 6 or 7 GBA games, 1 GBC game, about 35 360 games, 20 PS3 games, 20 Wii games, 6 or 7 CB games, 5 GCN games, 30 PS2 games,  6 or 7 DC games, 1 N64 game, 15 PS1 games, and about 5 or 6 SNES games in my backlog now. That's wow 188 games or so in my backlog, but I have no plans to finish them all anytime soon. They are more or less there for options for games to play next.

However I kinda understand my taste in games now (JRPG, Racing, Adventure, Shooter), and I know what minimum quality I should set my bar at (Don't get meh games like Altier and Nier) so I have time to beat everything. Plus I'm not no hurry to beat games like Grandia, Front Mission 3, Chrono Cross, Shadow Hearts, Crisis Core: FFVII, FFXII, etc.

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As for new games, like I said I'm going to be more picky. Going to get Gears of War Judgement maybe in fall, when I can find a copy for no more then $30, and I'll probably pick up InFamous 2 and Uncharted 3 while I'm at it for no more then $20 each. Pandora's Tower I have pre-ordered and.....maybe I'll get MGR: Revengence this fall too, but not for more then $20. I might get a 3DS XL if they make a redesign (I need a bettery bettery and better colour options), and if I do I'll get Super Mario 3D Land, Tales of the Abyss 3D and Luigi's Mansion 2 (I already own Fire Emblem), but yea....

I have lots to catch up on, and I'm too cheap to spend $60 on a game.

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The next game I plan to purchase at full price, day 1 is X (Wii U). When that releases, I'll likely get a Wii U.

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My immediate backlog

Catherine
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (want to beat it and sell it while it's still worth something)
Forza Horizon
Halo 4
Pandora's Tower
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
Metroid Other M
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Bayonetta
Fallout New Vegas
Tales of Vesperia
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Infinite Undiscovery
Dragon Age 1 & 2

ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Jeanne d'Arc
Soma Bringer
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
Crisis Core: FFVII
Breath of Fire 3
Disgaea 2
Resistance: Retribution
Dragon Quest IX
Infinite Space
The rest of my PSP collection
Some other DS games
Couple GBA games

I got maybe 5 games to play. I buy around 4 games a year.I have not bought a game yet this year. So far this year my list of games to buy:
Bioshock Infinite
Rome Total war 2

When did your gun tot'in ass become moderator? Congratulations.

Just wanted to say my gaming habits are more or less similar. I have a backlog of nearly 200 old games, but that's because I own nearly every good JRPG (look at my collection) and a lot of old games I missed out on growing up. Nowdays a good console RPG is less common, so my backlog is there for me to enjoy while I wait for new games to come out and get cheap.

Gun tot'in?  And it's been a while now.

And yeah your right.  The only tough part is those damn publishers like Atlus who never seem to make enough games, so if you don't get them within 2 months your paying double sticker price used.

I never had issues with Atlus, but F*** Nintendo with XenoBlade and Metroid Prime Trilogy. Some JRPG's you do have a timelimit though, so you have to decide, will you commit to this JRPG any time soon.

Not X-Box RPG's though, they just get cheaper and cheaper lol!

Honestly, I just let my grow. It's not really intentional, but my buying definitely outstrips my playing. Plus, I can't even reach some of the games I own for another five months anyway. Still hasn't stopped me purchasing more games though, so I think I have just over fifty games in my backlog this point.

spurgeonryan said: You love showing off your killer game collection dont ya! I am addicted. I never stop buying.

lol....yes I do. ;)

But serious, I'm just tire of all the negative WiiU thread lately. I think the community should actually talk about what games they are playing or planning to play.

Its kinda silly to buy new games at launch if you have such a backlog... by the time you actually play it you could have saved yourself money buying it on sale or a reduced price.

I still have games I bought years ago that I haven't finished yet because I keep buying/moving on to new ones