But that's such an arbitrary marker! Finish singleplayer....on just one difficulty? Not even attempt "hard/extreme mode" or online tournament/competition?

THat's SUCH a waste of money imo!

Hey free games are games too  

Comet Crash, Zak and Wiki, Ratchet and Clank a crack in time, Uncharted 2, Infamous, Shining Force 2, Unreal tournament 3, Gta 4, Batman Arkham Asylum, Professor Layton Curious Village, Zelda Spirit Tracks, Fire Emblem SD, Fire Emblem PoR, Excitebots, Fat Princess, Tecmo Bowl, Madden Football Arcade, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Chrono Trigger, PS3 ,Elite Beat Agents, and a lot of other VC games.
1 console
5 Ds Games
9 Ps3 Games
5 DS games
1 Gcn game
3 Wii games (not counting downloads)
Countless vc games

I cant do it by month.
Very few.

PlayStation 3
The Orange Box
Call of Juarez:Bound in Blood
Modern Warfare 2
Grand Theft Auto 4
Motorstorm
Bioshock

And thats it :(

Im thinking on buying another one soon but i dont know if i should buy arkham asylum or assasins creed 2.

DS:

Avalon Code
Kingdom Hearts
Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume
Summon Night Twin Age
Super Robot Taisen
Suidoken T-whatever
Disgaea DS
Knights in the Knightmare
Dragon Quest V
SMT Devil Survivor
Chrono Trigger
Rhythm Heaven
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon

Wii:

Tenchu Shadow Assassins
NSMB Wii
Tales of Symphonia 2
Little King's Story
Valhalla KNights Eldar Saga
Muramasa The Demon Blade
The Conduit
Dead Space Extraction
EA Sports Active

360:

Infinite Undiscovery
Tales of Vesperia
Fallout 3
Star Ocean The Last Hope
Gears of War 2

VC/WiiWare:

Super MArio RPG
NyxQuest Kindred Spirits
FFCC My Life As A Darklord
Lit

And this total may double for 2010.

-_-

I'm remembering more, but for the life of me I don't feel like saying I bought and or received over 100 games in a year, so lets just leave it at that :P

If the game is mediocre: one playthrough

if the game is good: one playthrough and looking for some achievements afterwards

if the game is great: one playtrhough and getting as much achievements as possible without wasting too much time (one playthrough limit)

if the game is awesome: 2 or 3 playthroughs and getting at least 80% of the achievements

If the game provides a good co-op mode, I might complete it more often, but never with the same friend.

In the end it's still cheaper than going to watch a movie in a cinema. (costs/entertainment ratio)

God damnit some of you should wire me some money.

For those who bought insane numbers of games (ie 25+... that's more than 2 a month), if each of you sells the game you liked least from what you bought last year and send me the money I could probably buy some of the games I haven't had the money for.

@TWRoO: I can't speak for others but I never sell anything. I just give away games I'm not interested in anymore. I gave my Xbox along with all games I owned for the system to a friend of mine a few weeks ago. So no money from me, sorry.

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I made a list now with the 10 games I allow myself to buy next year:

Confirmed 2010 releases:
- Heavy Rain
- Red Dead Redemption (PS3)

Likely 2010 Western releases:
- Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
- Super Mario Galaxy 2

Unsure 2010 Western releases:
- Golden Sun DS
- Ni no Kuni: The Another World
- The Last Guardian
- The Legend of Zelda Wii

Unsure if it ever will be released:
- Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank (come on, Ron. Make it happen. Fauler Sack!)

(plus any new, still unannounced game from thatgamcompany and any LucasArts adventure game remake, as they are exempt from my 10 games rule by default)

My gamer peen for this year is bigger than yours :P