I have played video games my whole life and never thought much about the huge number of games I had in my library. I had played them all and enjoyed them and they were nice to have around in the dry spells (usually summer time) when nothing was released for awhile.
The last few years things have changed a bit though and I have a huge collection of games that I have not played at all along with many others that I have played only a few hours of. Before last week I probably had about 20 "new" games like Fable 3 or Starcraft II that I had either not played at all, or played for only a few hours. I recently bought the Wii again and I have about 15 Wii games I picked up along with it as well that were released since I traded my old one in (Mariocart, Punchout, Super Mario Galaxy 2 etc).
That is pretty bad already....I probably had a few thousand hours of games already backed up but this week there were deals all over the place and somehow when I saw games on sale for $10 etc I could not resist. All together I think I have bought about 50 games in the last week, all great deals...but honestly I have a HUGE amount already and to blow so much on even more games seems crazy when I look back on it.
I'm not rich by a long shot and am frugal in most other ways (although we do eat out 1-2 times a week usually) but somehow I can't resist buying video games when they are on sale. Taken individually each purchase makes great sense. I research the games and only buy the ones that are good or that most people liked. I don't usually buy short games so each has at least 20+ hours of fun in them (as a bare minimum) which at $10 is less then 50 cents per hour of entertainment. It seems like a smart buy when I purchase the games but if I total the amount I have spent on games in just the last 2 years the result is pretty scary....and that is not even including the gifts I have gotten from my wife and friends (I provided them lists of what I might want hehe).
Perhaps the first and most important step is realizing I have a problem. I have Epic Mickey on pre-order along with a few other games and I have not picked up DKCR yet....and I think I will cancel them. I still have a hard time resisting a really good deal though. I'm posting this because I went into gamestop today to return 2 used games I got 6 days ago....so I could get the free game you get when you buy 2 used games.
I ended up spending $200 on used games before I left (After all the discounts). I got 15-20 games in the process.....but thats another $200 I just blew on things I really don't need because the sales were too good. I think I really have a problem.
I wonder if there is a video game addiction group or something?
The last few years things have changed a bit though and I have a huge collection of games that I have not played at all along with many others that I have played only a few hours of. Before last week I probably had about 20 "new" games like Fable 3 or Starcraft II that I had either not played at all, or played for only a few hours. I recently bought the Wii again and I have about 15 Wii games I picked up along with it as well that were released since I traded my old one in (Mariocart, Punchout, Super Mario Galaxy 2 etc).
That is pretty bad already....I probably had a few thousand hours of games already backed up but this week there were deals all over the place and somehow when I saw games on sale for $10 etc I could not resist. All together I think I have bought about 50 games in the last week, all great deals...but honestly I have a HUGE amount already and to blow so much on even more games seems crazy when I look back on it.
I'm not rich by a long shot and am frugal in most other ways (although we do eat out 1-2 times a week usually) but somehow I can't resist buying video games when they are on sale. Taken individually each purchase makes great sense. I research the games and only buy the ones that are good or that most people liked. I don't usually buy short games so each has at least 20+ hours of fun in them (as a bare minimum) which at $10 is less then 50 cents per hour of entertainment. It seems like a smart buy when I purchase the games but if I total the amount I have spent on games in just the last 2 years the result is pretty scary....and that is not even including the gifts I have gotten from my wife and friends (I provided them lists of what I might want hehe).
Perhaps the first and most important step is realizing I have a problem. I have Epic Mickey on pre-order along with a few other games and I have not picked up DKCR yet....and I think I will cancel them. I still have a hard time resisting a really good deal though. I'm posting this because I went into gamestop today to return 2 used games I got 6 days ago....so I could get the free game you get when you buy 2 used games.
I ended up spending $200 on used games before I left (After all the discounts). I got 15-20 games in the process.....but thats another $200 I just blew on things I really don't need because the sales were too good. I think I really have a problem.
I wonder if there is a video game addiction group or something?
