Do you uninstall games after you finish them?

For most linear games, like FPS's, I uninstall them after beating them. I keep most others installed (GTA IV, FSX, Fallout 3). The only exceptions are all of the Half Life games. I don't do multiplayer...just not my thing... And it's not a hard drive space issue either...

So, what do you keep or get rid of?

I uninstall all single player games I beat, even ones that I want to replay. I just make backups of the save files, first.

To me, it's also not really much of a harddrive space issue, but more about just saving time. I don't need to replay games! Though sometimes I do, if I realllly like them, like Mass Effect 1. But I try not to. There are just too many unplayed games for me to be replaying them.

Also, if I have a bunch of games installed on my PC at one time, I'll be very tempted to play them, non-stop.

For most linear games, like FPS's, I uninstall them after beating them. I keep most others installed (GTA IV, FSX, Fallout 3). The only exceptions are all of the Half Life games. I don't do multiplayer...just not my thing... And it's not a hard drive space issue either...

So, what do you keep or get rid of?

vtruss_basic

I will keep them all until my hard drive starts to fill up, then I'll uninstall the worst ones

Only if I plan on letting it collect dust for a few years before playing it again.

Nah. I still have plenty of room on my PC, so there is little need to do so. I just delete the shortcuts after I've beaten the linear games.

All of my games are installed.

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I have 250 GB left.

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It would be a waste of time to uninstall them, and then have to reinstall them later.

All of my games are installed.

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I have 250 GB left.

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It would be a waste of time to uninstall them, and then have to reinstall them later.

Born_Lucky

Kaspersky does a quick scan in the background every day - I don't even know when it's scanning, unless I specifically check. It does a full scan once a week while I'm sleeping.

As far as search scans go, I haven't noticed any slowdown, so I'm not really sure what you're talking about.

I'll uninstall games after a playthrough unless they have fun instant action/multiplayer/good mods.

I do. I don't know why though, I have a lot of space. Maybe it's an old habit from days when games were like 600 MBs and I only had a 4 GB hard drive... lol. flipin_jackass

Believe it or not I was using a 400 MHz Celeron with a 4 GB harddrive and Rage Pro Graphics up until about 2006-2007. :P

Certainly not, I already need more stuff to make use of this 1TB drive lol

NO need, I have trig just for games and still have 700 gigs left, never know when I will feel like playing something, that is why I love steam, no disk required, I can jump from game to game with out having to get up.

Kaspersky does a quick scan in the background every day - I don't even know when it's scanning, unless I specifically check. It does a full scan once a week while I'm sleeping.

As far as search scans go, I haven't noticed any slowdown, so I'm not really sure what you're talking about.

Born_Lucky

I uninstall all the games I know that I won't replay. It has nothing to do with space as much as I am OCD and hate seeing things unused on my HD. Only things that stay on are games like Mount & Blade or Neverwinter which I can mod or replay.

Guess it depends on the current HDD space status. Its more of a problem now since I got over 130 steam games, lol.

I usually keep my RPGs, sand-box games like GTA or Prototype on my computer after finishing them.

For FPS and puzzle, adventure games - uninstall right after finishing them.

Yes, mostly linear, story-driven games I will uninstall. If I feel the urge to play them later on, I'll make some space and reinstall.

I usually don't. I have a lot of hard drive space.