Buying Games when you still have unfished games...

Ok, this bugs me a little bit, and I know there are others out there like me. But I buy games, don't finish them, new games come out that I want to play so I buy them and the process continues. And I absolutly hate not finishing games, especially SP ones with campaigns. Lately I've been trying to prevent myself from buying any more untill I finish some, so its forcing myself to finish some games. But its hard cause then games come and go and I never end up getting them. Its really annoying when there are so many games you want to play at the same time.

So how many out there do this, and how bad are you? I typically only do it with a few games at a time, I won't let 6-7 games pile up unfinished, but right now I have at least 4, lol.

I do not allow any correlation whatsoever between my backlog and my purchases. The way I see it, if I have a gigantic backlog, I'll have new stuff to play if I either lose interest in what's happening hardware-wise someday, or if I fall on hard times and can't afford to buy new games.

So basically, instead of shooting a game I'm playing straight to my backlog upon buying another, I put the purchased titles straight in the backlog. Besides, why should I risk missing out on a great game that might not be there by the time I finish whatever I'm on?

It's simple: I exercise self-control and buy one or two games at a time and I actually finish them. Plus if I want to go get something hot that came out a while ago, I save by being able to get pre-owned.

I play games for fun. When they're not fun or something better comes along I'm done.

Once in a while I'll make sure I finish when I want to write a review or just want to know how it ends but much of the time I don't finish them I just quit playing.

Well see thats the problem for me, alot of the games I play are RPG's. I still have not beat LoZ TP and Suikdoden V, I've logged like 25 hours into both in the past year. I have Super Mario Strikers that I've put like 2 hours into, MP3 that I've put 1 hour into, a new Xbox 360 that came with Ultimate Alliance and Forza that I've put about 2 hours into, and there are some more games I want.

I'm figured everyone is in the same boat, just to varying degrees.

I have around 20 games for 360...

Ive beaten literally....3 of them.....

Single Player bores the hell out of me

well I basically don't think about finishing them I do hen I do. The way I do it is when a game comes out that I want to play I buy it and play that for a while til I get bored with it... I do this so at least I can know whats going on in the gaming world and know what people are talking about when a game is good... I will know why and be abole to talk about it. Then Once I get bored and I have no new games to get I play the older ones.... it takes a long time to complete them but I get around to them some day. Also going back to a game you have no played in a while that was good actaully makes you appriciate it more because you forgot how good it was!

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Nuts to those who think every game needs to be played right away... just play a couple of the ones you want most then move on to others later down the road.foxhound_fox

What about people who buy the games right away just to keep from having to pay more for them in the event they get rare? Rather than dropping whatever they're playing when they buy something else, what about the players who buy games and immediately shelve them for future play?

Instead of buying games after finishing previous ones, I merely wait till I get "stuck" on one (a level or boss) and use that as an excuse to go buy a new game.