Game Buying Addiction?

Well, I think I have an addiction to buying new games. Here's my argument...

Since I received a PS3 in early janruary I have bought:

-Modern Warfare 2

-Bioshock 2

-God of War 3

-Little Big Planet

-Uncharted 1

-Unchartd 2

-Rockband 2 (complete set)

-Borderlands

-Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

-Fallout 3: GOTY

-Skate 3

-Madden 10

-Warhawk

-Red Dead Redemption

...all for PS3. 14 games in 7 months. Yes, that IS 1 game every 2 weeks. Who else thnks I have a problem?

TehXenoz

Its ok dude, i do it too. But eventually My Money will Run out.

Well, personally I bought a lot more games in the same time. I don't think you can say if someone has a problem by the number of bought games alone. If you have enough money, it's normal to spent more on games. I guess it's critical when you buy more than you can afford

i've gotten a little addiction to ebay trying to get games cheap so far this week

dragon age - £8.50

killzone 2 - £5

little big planet - £7

those prices are including shipping, i only bid upto half the price the cheapest website i can find sell for new

If you have the money and enjoy doing it......no biggie. Part of gaming as a hobby for me is collecting games. There's a good number of games in my collection that I've either haven't played at all or played for only a short period of time. It would really benefit you to go about it intelligently though. I buy a lot of games, but I only buy games for full price ($60) if I'm going to play them right away. Game prices drop fairly quickly so waiting will save you large chucks of cash if those games you're buying are just going to sit on a shelf for months before you pick them up.

I win. I've bought 0 games this year. That's what happens when a quality company (Valve) continues to update its amazing quality games (Team Fortress2-PC). Thank you Valve for not only making an amazing game that will keep me interested for years...but you've also kept me from wasting tons of money on games I'll never play again.JKnaperek

Umm, i have 40 Wii games, 70 Wiiware/VC, 10 PC games, 8 PS3 games with 2 DL ones. i have bought and traded countless more games and i am just talking this gen. but the above is my collection. and ur a lightweight.

almost forgot, i have a DS with like 15 games.

1 new game a month for MP games & i do get an older SP game most months ( example - Assassins Creed 2 picked upfor under £10 or $20 on Thursday)

My PS2 has 50 games and my Ps3 has 8

As long as you can afford it, it isnt a big deal. I got my ps3 in december and now have 26 games, which I see as ok since we started late and need to catchup on all the good games that came out before we bought a ps3.

who77

I love games as much as everyone else here on this site. If I have the means to buy more games then I'd do so. 8)

I buy about 5 games a week. And when I'm done with a game I sell it on Ebay, unless it was so good I'd might want to play it again one day. Also, when I buy games I usually buy games that are one year or older, when the price has dropped about 60-80%. That way I'm able to buy a lot of games.

Umm, i have 40 Wii games, 70 Wiiware/VC, 10 PC games, 8 PS3 games with 2 DL ones. i have bought and traded countless more games and i am just talking this gen. but the above is my collection. and ur a lightweight.

almost forgot, i have a DS with like 15 games.

I have 74 ps3 Blu-ray games since my ps3 purchase in 2006. I think i might have a addiction problem. lol

I'm the one with a problem...I only buy about 1-2 games a year. Used. And gaming is my #1 passtime.

Though...if I had the extra cash on hand, I would easily buy about 20 games a month :P

That aint a problem for me, not only cuz i can afford it but i love to game and each game i own i was looking forward to, i had my ps3 since 2006, i have well over 64+ games, including psn games, psp games and ps3 disk base games. my problem is i buy games BEFORE i finish the ones i have lol. and i still do it, i go back to them though, just not as often as new games, i guess i get kinda bored with certain games if i play them for too long so i need somethin new and fresh in my collection so i can keep switching back and forth, and works well :P

Well I had my Ps3 for nearly 2 months and I only bought two games so I guess i'm not even close to have a buying problem I think....

Well thats a lot more games than I have bought this year for my ps3. I still have a backlog of games on various systems that I have no time to finish lol.

Umm, i have 40 Wii games, 70 Wiiware/VC, 10 PC games, 8 PS3 games with 2 DL ones. i have bought and traded countless more games and i am just talking this gen. but the above is my collection. and ur a lightweight.

almost forgot, i have a DS with like 15 games.

I buy way more than that.

I wouldn't say you have a problem, my list was about that much last year. Maybe I have a problem too then :P

I bought 9 in 2 days so I have the same problem :)

I officially reconverted back to Sony in January and have since purchased a little over 40 games (Getting thru them is another thing!). So I guess you're not doing too bad!

Addicted? Definitely!

no, thats normal.

yeah i had to puta halt to my game buying frenzy since im running out of shelf space

I generally buy 20 - 30 games a month but I've taken breaks when I felt like saving up or had something important to do with my money.FlamesOfGrey

If you have the money and enjoy doing it......no biggie. Part of gaming as a hobby for me is collecting games. There's a good number of games in my collection that I've either haven't played at all or played for only a short period of time. It would really benefit you to go about it intelligently though. I buy a lot of games, but I only buy games for full price ($60) if I'm going to play them right away. Game prices drop fairly quickly so waiting will save you large chucks of cash if those games you're buying are just going to sit on a shelf for months before you pick them up.

meluvulongtime8

I officially reconverted back to Sony in January and have since purchased a little over 40 games (Getting thru them is another thing!). So I guess you're not doing too bad!

Addicted? Definitely!

volume_three

you seem to be a consumer instead of a player. do you mind the term 'consumer' instead of 'gamer'? you also seem proud of this (mindless?) consumption. but i think you and people like you are inadvertently the cause of a lot of the problems with the games industry, specifically its stagnation and lack of focus. it's good to experience different genres and stories, but at the same time it's good to have a reason to buy and a reason to play. if you don't have that, it sends the message that, "hey whatever, people will buy anything. we don't even need to try anymore, because it will sell.". this is the reason for a lot of the generic shooters and RPGs that flood the market. it's just people with too much money and not enough sense.

you seem to be a consumer instead of a player. do you mind the term 'consumer' instead of 'gamer'? you also seem proud of this (mindless?) consumption. but i think you and people like you are inadvertently the cause of a lot of the problems with the games industry, specifically its stagnation and lack of focus. it's good to experience different genres and stories, but at the same time it's good to have a reason to buy and a reason to play. if you don't have that, it sends the message that, "hey whatever, people will buy anything. we don't even need to try anymore, because it will sell.". this is the reason for a lot of the generic shooters and RPGs that flood the market. it's just people with too much money and not enough sense.

just_nonplussed

Thank you mister Lifestyle Messiah on enlightening us feeble lowlife how to behave, much appreciated.

:lol: I've probably bought about 50-60 games so far this year.. a good 20-25 (games that came out this year as well) of those are PS3 (even more if you count digital games) and I'm usually waiting for 2 or 3 in the mail (right now i'm waiting for Ace Combat on the GBA, Astro Boy Omega Factor on the GBA, Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere, and a play copy of Sakura Wars (i'm not opening my PS2 copy :P) Its not an addiction, its a hobby, and for someone like OP who's just gotten into it, its perfectly normal. I'm an aspiring collector though..

EDIT: and just to make it clear I do play every "new" game I buy, I only have maybe 2 or 3 in my collection of 80+ PS3 games that I haven't played..

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I officially reconverted back to Sony in January and have since purchased a little over 40 games (Getting thru them is another thing!). So I guess you're not doing too bad!

Addicted? Definitely!

just_nonplussed

you seem to be a consumer instead of a player. do you mind the term 'consumer' instead of 'gamer'? you also seem proud of this (mindless?) consumption. but i think you and people like you are inadvertently the cause of a lot of the problems with the games industry, specifically its stagnation and lack of focus. it's good to experience different genres and stories, but at the same time it's good to have a reason to buy and a reason to play. if you don't have that, it sends the message that, "hey whatever, people will buy anything. we don't even need to try anymore, because it will sell.". this is the reason for a lot of the generic shooters and RPGs that flood the market. it's just people with too much money and not enough sense.

Doesn't bother me one bit ;)

Truth be told, I've been a 'consumer' for more than 6 generations and have made my fair share of foolish purchases in that time. This generation however, I ain't doing too bad. I enjoy 'consuming'. Always have, always will. When one has an disposable income like I, they tend to purchase that which gives them pleasure. If I were broke then perhaps I'd adopt a more relaxed attitude towards my spending. I for one prefer having titles on stand-by rather than having to wait for them to arrive. (FYI, I live in a country where game retail prices are literally 100% greater than those in North America. So, I import) However, when I resort to purchasing generic shooters or RPG's is the day you may put a bullet in my head.

Thanks for giving me something to ponder though :D

Shoot, if that is an addiction guess I got that too then had my system since Febuary of this year and have 22 games for it so far. Heck I can probably imagine what would be at if I had gotten a job at any point this year. I have bought some other stuff this year too in the mean time and suppose if I hadn't collection probably could be somewhere between 40-50 by now maybe.

[QUOTE="just_nonplussed"]

you seem to be a consumer instead of a player. do you mind the term 'consumer' instead of 'gamer'? you also seem proud of this (mindless?) consumption. but i think you and people like you are inadvertently the cause of a lot of the problems with the games industry, specifically its stagnation and lack of focus. it's good to experience different genres and stories, but at the same time it's good to have a reason to buy and a reason to play. if you don't have that, it sends the message that, "hey whatever, people will buy anything. we don't even need to try anymore, because it will sell.". this is the reason for a lot of the generic shooters and RPGs that flood the market. it's just people with too much money and not enough sense.

Stressthesky

Thank you mister Lifestyle Messiah on enlightening us feeble lowlife how to behave, much appreciated.