How many games you buy?

I do not know if this question has been answered but How many games do you buy monthly or even yearly?

To me I can only see how pirated games are making their way. $60 is expensive amount for games, and there is also a lot of good games

Think like this: Bully, Halo3, Call of Duty, mass effect, GTA, Bioshock, Assassin Creed, multiply those small amount of games by $60, you already paid over the price of 360, but those are small amount there is tons of games out there that are great for 360 like Vritua Fighter , gears of war.

Now imagine if you had a wii too

Metroid, Mario galaxy, mario cart, zelda, no more heroes, super smash.....the list goes on

Soon your wallet will burn a whole the size of a nuclear bomb, So do you really spend that much into games?

Only now Do I realize why do people tend to play and modify their consoles to pirated games. simply most people can't afford it,

the developers are asking too much of a price I know they work long and hard for it, but I also think that not every game had same

amount of hard work put into it(I swear GTA 4 had more work to it than mario kart for example)

So do you see this worth it? Do you buy all those great games? Do you play pirated games illegaly?

Do you have a smart way to get more for your money?

I have all 3 next gen consoles and I get basically every "BIG" name title that comes out and alot of less known ones to. I get the games because I enjoy them, and saying they are overpriced is just dumb (Im not calling you dumb personally). Games even on the NES which were sooooooo much easier to make would still cost you 40-50 so paying 60 for a game that so much time, money, and effort is put into is not a bad deal at all.

I have never in my life bought or played a pirated game and have absolutely no respect for anyone who does.

And I have a very smart way to get money for them. Its called a job. For anyone who says they dont make enough to buy the games all I can say is, I have a 4 year old son, car payment, rent, electric/phone/cable/internet/insurance and food to pay for, and I only make $8.05 an hour all it is is called money management so I dont want to hear any excuse rom anybody who "steals" games or anything for that matter.

At least two per month, usually three. Sometimes five or more. If I'm paying full price, I can't afford more than a couple per month though.

Smart way to get more for your money? Wait for price drops. Only buy games that you want to play.

Don't do that other thing you mentioned. In fact, you should probably edit it out of your post in order to avoid getting moderated.

am not encouraging people to pirate at all, All I am saying is that I am starting to see why some people do it

I completely believe in paying the developer, and I have no pirated games for my console.

Summer_Star gives the best reasoning to get the most for your money. I bough 360 and got like 6 games for $11. I really felt my money was spent wisely Some of those games are great ones like Gta Double-Pack and Shenmue2.

The problem I found with this method is, while everyone is enjoying halo 3 you are still playing halo 2, and when ever one is playing COD4 you are playing COD2. You will miss on the exciting new games specially ones that are played online because 4-5 years into the future I do not think any one is still playing them any more.

But Do any of you think of re-selling them>?

I usually buy on average 2 new games a month. The best advice i can give is to buy what you will play, not all that is good because then you will be overwhelmed by too many games. Games now days mostly give someone plenty of hours of entertainment so I don't see how someone could play more than 2-3 games a month and be asking for more unless they're spending an unhealthy amount of hours gaming in which case they need to rethink their priorities.

Oh and if you want to support a particular game/developer ... buy it when it's released and don't wait for the bargain bin, the game is dead by then.

I rarely buy games new cause I'm way behind (just staring COD 4 now). I have a huge collection, since I never traded games back and have been using Goozex lately....so I haven't bought a game in a while.

EVeryone should try Goozex btw....you get a free game just for signing up...

http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/join.asp?idr=558381176160

I don't buy alot of games because I don't think the value is there anymore. I have to be fairly certain that I will like the game before I get it becuase I feel the cost is getting out of hand. That being said I don't limit myself, if there are games that I want I get them. A good way to help limit spending (if you can wait) are second hand games. Just check the discs before getting them.

games like lost are nowhere near worth $60 so I wait till they're like $20 at most where for some huge open world games(GTA4) or something new and really fun(guiat hero) I'll get when they come out