I’m a value buyer. I wait and wait and wait till there’s an obscene sale—at least 90% off retail price—then I swoop in and buy.

For example, I’ve wanted to play Quake 4 for decades. Then a couple of weeks ago, I got it for $0.64.

This is pretty much how I acquired the entirety of my library.

That doesn’t really answer the question. Once you have bought it, why do you then wait a month before playing them? That doesn’t affect the price at all

This month, I bought 226 PC games for C$185.82 ($134.58)

Now are those a lot of games? Yes, it’s a silly amount of games. Perhaps I’m addicted to good deals that deliver fun.

We all have a vice, and this is mine. I don’t drink, or smoke, or gamble – but I buy lots and lots of video games.

Though back when I was a console gamer, I’d might get eight games for that price – if I were lucky.

This month, I bought 226 PC games for C$185.82 ($134.58)

Now are those a lot of games? Yes, it’s a silly amount of games. Perhaps I’m addicted to good deals that deliver fun.

We all have a vice, and this is mine. I don’t drink, or smoke, or gamble – but I buy lots and lots of video games.

Though back when I was a console gamer, I’d might get eight games for that price – if I were lucky.

Good deals that deliver fun.

If that’s what you’re buying in a single month, I’d hate to know how much you’re buying in a year.

The sad truth is that you’re spending this money but you’re never going to have the time to enjoy more than the upper crust of what all these games have to offer. You might dive deep on a handful of them, but you’re just lighting the rest of that money on fire and likely condemning a lot of good games to the digital equivalent of rotting on a shelf.

Unless this is some roundabout way of supporting dev teams this screams unfettered consumerism to me.

I’m not trying to offend you I promise. This is just very odd to me. I don’t even think I’ve played 200 games in my life and I’ve spent a fuckload of time immersed in games of all kinds for ~30 years.

How did you get a sub-dollar average on 200 games?

I’m not shocked by the count, we hang in the same leagues, I’m impressed by the penny-pinching. Even with bundles that’s a very consistently low average.

I don’t get this, though. Less than 200 games in your life? How? Are you a baby? Do you play games for thousands of hours on a regular basis?

I own thousands of games and my most played games are in the thousands of hours, but if I boot up a game and play an hour of or two it I’m more than happy with that purchase, especially at a discount price. I spent twenty bucks last time I went to the movies and I didn’t even enjoy any part of what I watched.

LOL. I’ve been collecting video games for nearly 40 years—almost the entirety I’ve been alive—starting with Atari 2600 carts.

So the answer is, I don’t know.

But it’s a lot. And I’m thankful Steam and GOG exists because I’m glad most of it is digital, not physical.

It motivates me to look through my backlog instead of get all hung ho about games I immediately buy.

I may have bought 226 games this month, but there’s also many others that deserve to be played.

Does it count as collecting for digital renting?

I don’t get this, though. Less than 200 games in your life? How? Are you a baby? Do you play games for thousands of hours on a regular basis?

Huh? Is calling them a baby supposed to be an insult? 200 games in 30 years would be a lot of games. It’s not like one buy a new game everyday. 6-10 games a year would already be a lot. Most find the handful they like and continually play them.

I own thousands of games and my most played games are in the thousands of hours, but if I boot up a game and play an hour of or two it I’m more than happy with that purchase, especially at a discount price. I spent twenty bucks last time I went to the movies and I didn’t even enjoy any part of what I watched.

I’ve never seen the phrase “touch grass” be more appropriate

It gives me motivation to play through more of my backlog.

A simpler and cheaper way to achieve this is to only buy games you want to and will pay right now. You spend less money on just increasing the ever growing back log. Maybe even reduce it eventually. And if you do want a game and you want to play it right now, it doesn’t really matter what it costs in comparison, as they is probably a game or two per month. The backlog becomes the focus.

I’ve played 22% of my Steam library and 25% of my GOG library.

Most of the time, I don’t finish the games. But I’ve got maybe 1 hour of enjoyment out of most of them—sometimes more. And I typically pay less than C$1.00 per game.

Meanwhile, at my local arcade, I sometimes pay $1.00 for a mere minutes of play.

Is it unfettered consumerism? Maybe it’s consumerism. If so, it’s certainly fettered.

I place hard limits on what I spend, and each game must be regarded as worth playing.

If there’s one regret I have it’s that I don’t talk about the many hidden gems I experience as much as I wish I did.

This month, I bought 226 PC games for C$185.82 ($134.58)

Now are those a lot of games? Yes, it’s a silly amount of games. Perhaps I’m addicted to good deals that deliver fun.

We all have a vice, and this is mine. I don’t drink, or smoke, or gamble – but I buy lots and lots of video games.

Though back when I was a console gamer, I’d might get eight games for that price – if I were lucky.

Maybe it’s consumerism. If so, it’s certainly fettered.

Statements of the utterly deranged lol. You admit to buying stuff knowing there’s an 80% chance you never touch it. That’s indulgent no matter what budget you set.

I’m not one to shame steam libraries, mine is certainly lopsided in playtime, but if you’re in it for collecting and preserving hidden gems just pirate. You’ll no longer be locked in to Steam and if you like a game you can still buy it at full price and give the devs more than pennies.

My Steam account is worth something like 30,000 dollars. I buy games constantly. Never play them. As long as you’re not sacrificing you or your loved ones well being. Who cares. Turn that money into something you want. That’s what it’s for.

All right, so on Steam, it’s 7,123 collected over 12 years. This includes some free games though. Officially, Steam says I have 5,342—so I assume that’s what I’ve paid for.

On GOG, it says I have 401 games. But a large chunk of that are free games—though not a majority.

On Epic, it says I have 97 games. I have not paid for a single one.

On Xbox Game Store, it says I have seven games. I only paid for one.

On Amazon, I have three games, all free.

And on itch.io, I have three games currently installed—nothing I paid for. But I have my eye on one specific game that I might pay for.

EDIT: I guess this doesn’t count collections that exist on Steam. For example, I recently got a Castlevania Collection that’s contains nine Castlevania games.

Hmm, looking at the 6 games I have in my steam library since 2017