I've bought WAY too many games recently.
 

These are the games I picked up just these last couple of weeks:
GTA:SA
Halo2
Metroid2
KillZone
Call of Duty
Viewtiful Joe 2
Capcom:Evo
MetalGear3
Ratchet&Clank3
Jak3
Dead or Alive Ultimate
and a couple others I'm forgetting (not to mention a bunch of dvds).

I'm insane. Really. And not because any of them are bad (they're all good games) or because I can't afford them (I can easily afford much more), but because I feel like such a gluttonous ass.

I feel like the guy that goes to a restaurant and instead of getting one or two items on the menu that look good, he gets everything and ends up not really enjoying most of it because he can't finish it all.

I spent over $100 this week on NES games.. boredom at work + eBay = DANGER.

I just finished picking up Rumble Roses, ESPN College Hoops and Mario DS. With the DS coming out the bank is pretty much getting broke this month. I've already gone through all my Blockbuster trade in money.

Same here, my wife is gonna shoot me!!!! , and I have still have one more to pick up this week.

Heh, heh, looks like you're preachin' to the choir here. :lol:

I've gotten so many games over the years that I don't even buy the new ones anymore. It amazes me sometimes how quickly the prices come down. I wait until they're heavily discounted and then scoop them up. I just bought the Grand Theft Auto 2-pack for the xbox (19.99) and Rise of Nations Gold Edition for the PC (29.99)

I must have 70 games for the xbox now so there is always something worth playing.

Me to thank god all but a few games were super cheap.

Plus, some of those games will price drop by the time you get to them.

I can't count haw many times this shit happened to me. So I pretty much stopped buying $50 games and get it when it does a price drop or goes on sales. I only pay $50 if I must have the game.

I've wasted allot of money cause I never learned to wait for crap. I just buy some cheap games now and by the time I finish them the $50 game I wanted goes down in price.

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Wow I hope you got some deals and didn't pay full price for all of those since they are all new.

I have more than 100 games that I haven't beat or even played yet, many still wrapped up. I buy only when I see a deal for a game, $15 for an anticipated game I want, $10 for a game I have some interest, and $5 for just about anything. With games so cheap now it isn't worth spending any more than about $15 on any game. I have averaged probably $10-$15 on all the games I have. Going to add another tonight when I pick up my Metroid Prime 2 pre-order at gamerush, but I got it really cheap so it doesn't bother me.

I know what you mean. I'm normally pretty picky/frugal when it comes to buying games and most of the time I go in and check out the used games section of my favorite stores. But over the last few moths many NEW games have come out that I want like Halo 2, Star Wars: Battlefront, Godzilla 2, Bloodrayne 2 and few others. So Iv'e been spending more than usual.

Here's a good prophylactic against purchasing games that I've tried which works particularly well: go back to grad school.

No money=no games.

I myself was into Star Ocean and Tales of Symphonia when Fable, GTA San Andreas, Halo 2, and Half-Life 2 came out.

Plus I have to play the Sims 2, Doom 3, and Rise of Nations.

Not to mention Smackdown vs Raw, and Donkey Konga.

Oh and soon MGS 3 and Metroid Prime 2.

Way too many games.....

Wow.

Thats way too many games. You would have to play 24/7 to finish them all by the new year. lol.

I couldnt see myself buying so many at one time.

I generally buy the new hot title (if im interested), beat that, and move on.

Certain games I wanted (that I dont buy) I do lose interest in. They are old by the time I am done with the others. I am ready to move on to the next hot title.

So, it all works out.

I generally dont keep games I beat either. Most games I wouldnt have any further interest in playing after beating it. Few exceptions.

I have probably played, enjoyed, and beaten 10-12 $50 titles off the same hundred bucks.

Also,

The whole point of video games is to enjoy yourself.

When it starts to feel like a chore, all the fun you should be having disappears.

Plenty of things in life that arent fun. Dont let your DVD viewing & video game habits turn into a chore. Then there is no point to even doing it.

I have my hands full with Halo 2, GTA: SA and I just bought MGS3 last night.

Damn, thankfully im not the only one! This year has been crazy with all the games, my Fiance cant stand it sometimes, heres my tally so far for this year, with a thumb up for the ones i really enjoyed:

NFL Street [PS2] (Ended)
LifeLine [PS2] (Ended) :thumbsup:
Onimusha Tactics [GBA] (Ended)
Onimusha Blade Warriors [PS2]
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege [PS2] (Ended)
Ninja Gaiden [Xbox] (Ended) :thumbsup:
Killswitch [Xbox] (Ended)
Resident Evil: Outbreak [PS2] (Ended) :thumbsup:
Fight Night 2004 [PS2] (Ended) :thumbsup:
Red Dead Revovler [Xbox] (Ended)
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch [GBA]
Legends of Wrestling: Showdown [PS2]
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection [PS2]
Silent Hill 4: The Room [PS2] (Ended)
Def Jam Vendetta: Fight for NY [PS2] (Ended) :thumbsup:
Fable [Xbox] (Ended) :thumbsup:
X-Men Legends [PS2]
Dead or Alive Ultimate [Xbox]
GTA: San Andreas [PS2] (Ended)
Halo 2 [Xbox]
Jak 3 [PS2]
Rumble Roses [PS2]
Burnout 3: Takedown [Xbox]

Im forgetting a few i bought and traded. Man, i gotta chill...

I'm like Mopower... sticking to Halo 2 and GTA: SA. I can wait on the other titles... none aren't too rare at this point

I'm in the same boat with Halo 2 and GTA: SA. I just started Tales of Symphonia tonite, also. These three games should last me for a while.

No fanboy here, all three system are getting pretty much equal time. :)

That's a lot of games dude.

Re: I've bought WAY too many games recently.
 

Then you should be buying stuff for me since you have way too much cash. :p


I've been knee-deep in Half-Life 2... occasionally playing CS Source. I'm pissed about HL Source being worthless... Halo2 and San Andreas have taken a back seat for awhile.

Funny thing is I said to myself I will rent movies now instead of buying movies I wont have time to watch anyway so I joined blockbuster during the free shrek 2 period. And when I did this I went out to buy games I wont have time to play anyway except for the first 30 minutes after I get home. Anyways I have picked up about 15 games ever since the shrek 2 deal at blockbuster for all the different systems.

This morning I woke up at 10am saying to myself should i get the DS? pacing back and forth I read the forums and went out and bouhgt one. ughhhhh. Like im gonna have time to play it anyway. Bad BAd addiction. First dvds, now games whats next?

I swear visiting deal sites that also hype up certain items have taken more money out of my bank account if supposed I had never known of any deal sites.

Who else is on my side with this addiction to electronic entertainment?

I thought I was out of playing videogames now that I have a baby, but with the latest releases, I'm buying my way back in.

Halo 2
Metroid 2
Nintendo DS

:(

My son put a crunch into game playing for awhile, but both my wife have managed to find plenty of time lately.

how old did your son started playing videogames? I always wonder if my future child would play all my unopen cubes games? i have too many and never really play them?

I have picked up 17 PS1 and 47 PS2 games, not to mention a new PS2, in the past two weeks. There are a couple of GBA and N64 games scattered in there, as well.

I traded in ~85 DVDs at Blockbuster during their $8 trade-in, and they have been having some crazy sales on used games... B1 get 1 1/2 off, b2 get 1 free, trade in a game, get a new one for $29.99, trade in 3 and get a used for $10, etc.

Yikes, this has been a tough week on the wallet. :(

Half-Life 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metroid Prime 2
Nintendo DS
Mario DS
Madden DS
Feel The Magic

I too started with dvd's and now have switched to playing more games.

That is the vicious irony of deal sites, you get more for your money, but you end up paying so much more. It's safe to say all of us in the forum are addicted to electronic entertainment.

I concur .. =)

I have more games sealed now than what I have actually opened up to play. This is a great time to be a gamer. I can't wait to see what the next few years have in store for us.

After all this game spending I've finally decided it's time to get rid of games I hardly play, some DVDs I don't watch, and my Playstation 2. I went to Gamestop and they would only give me $30 for the PSX2 because the on/off button was loose. Nevermind that it still works. So the guy told me to go to EB Games. The guy said he'd give my $70(for the PSX2) but that they're having a special starting 11.26 thru 11/28 where you trade in 1 PSX2 and 5 games for $150 plus the 20% extra store coupon.

I guess I'm hauling all this shit out agin on Friday. :D

I just finished trading in 2 PS2s for $170 bucks so i can get that new slim designed version. At the moment its sold almost everywhere, plus i have to wait till Gamestop gets it in so i can use the money i have in credit. I could've got cash but if you do so they only give you a certain percentage. So instead of $170 i would of got like $136, something like that.

Like most of you I'm a budget gamer, well most of the time. I know most of you go to the CheapAssGamer website, but if you don't I would suggest you do. They have have some good threads on the gamerush stores(its within BBV). Using some some of the suggestions there, here's what I have acquired. I've spent about 75 bucks of my own money.

Halo2 - new
GTA: SA - new
Tales of Symphonia - used
MGS: SoL - used
Jak & Daxter - used
Ratchet & Clank - used
Eternal Darkness - used
PG2 - used
Castlevania: LoI - used

Most of the used games are older titles, but they are scratch free and have their manual. Hey they're new to me though. Oh, I almost forgot I still have 45 dollars in credit. :)

I'm kind of bogged down at the moment too, but not as bad as you guys.

I have ROTK sitting barely played. Rachet and Clank 2 untouched, Midway Arcade Treasures 2 barely played, and just bought at DS, Mario and Luigi (GBA) and I'm planning on picking up Mario 64 DS tomorrow and getting Metroid Prime 2 for X-mas.

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I just bought a DS (on store credit at GameRush), Mario 64 DS, Feel the Magic DS, and Halo 2, and I've told myself that's all the games I get until Christmas. I wish I could say I have more self-control than you, but the truth is I just have less money. :lol: :(

Ive noticed that from over the last year (mainly due to sites like this and Cheap Ass Gamer) my total number of games has shot up by about 150, I have about 40 at home right now sealed, including Halo 2 CE, Transformers, and lots of various 5 dollar games

As for most new releases, I just wait until the price drops to under 20 before I pick it up

Its not so much the playing games as it is the high I get from getting in on a great deal, i just need to feed that addiction

And with having about 12 different systems at home, there is ALWAYS something I want on sale

Just curious. How many were you able to get for $100?

You took the words right out of my mouth. I only buy for the 3 current gen. consoles, but there are so many deals, I get a few games every week. I think I get more out of getting deals on games than playing them.