Your current Game Buying Habits
 

So lately I've been thinking about getting some games but I haven't been able to because I'm pretty broke. I've been Wanting to buy No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle since it came out. Same is true for Resident Evil 5 for PC. I was wondering if some other people here are having the same problems. Have you not been able to get a game you want because you can't afford it, these days? Even if you eventually got it but had to push it back just to be able to sum up the money needed for it. Do you find yourself buying way less games than you used to?

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I don't really play games anymore.
I go through phases, but this phase doesn't seem to want to end.
I'll play a few games with some friends, or watch friends play games - but I'd rather do something else on my own time than play a video game.

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I definitely don't buy as many games. It's not always because of money, but more because I don't see the cost of the game amounting to the cost of enjoyment I'll get out of it. I think this has something to do with me growing up and being interested in other things too. I feel the same way as Typhoid in that I'd rather do something else with my time than play videogames.

The reason money might apply for me right now is because I just finished college and I'm looking for a job with no success so far, so I don't want to spend too much more at the moment, considering I just bought a really nice laptop.

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I don't buy any games anymore, at all. I can rent them for $5 and beat them comfortably in 5-7 days.

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That sounds an awful lot like me. :( Good luck man.

I also seem to go through phases. I seemed to only play games with friends a few months ago. But then we got New Super Mario Bros. Wii. That (and having more time) got me into daily playing games again.
Now I've almost beat Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. I beat (and got amazing scores in) Link's Crossbow Training. I started but got so terribly sick of Disaster: Day of Crisis. I also started Okami, which I'll play after FE.
I got Let's Tap, which is fun for multiplayer. Another Code: R is waiting for me, but I want to play the DS game first.

I got all of these games for €10 each. :) I don't have the money to buy full-priced games yet. When I finally do get a job, I might buy a DSL.

Oh, the next game I'll buy will probably be Starcraft 2.

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I just buy games as they come out that I want. Renting doesn't make a lot of sense for me, as I play games slowly and need several weeks to beat them. Plus I just like having my collection.

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I only buy very highly regarded/reviewed games or trusted franchises new (Mass Effect, Bioshock, MW2, etc) that fit into my preferred genres (RPGs, RPG Action,FPS). The rest I wait until they are available used for $30 or less. I don't rent because most games I enjoy have high replayability. To give you an example, I'll be buying Bioshock 2 today, even though I doubt it will come close to living up to the original, simply because I love the franchise and the world they created and I want to know the next chapter in the story.

Recently I've found inexpensive Live Arcade games quite enjoyable, such as Pinball.

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I steadily buy games, on average 1 a month.

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Last game I bought was back in 2006.

Just been playing a lot of free flash games. A number of games that show up on WiiWare start out as free PC games.

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I'm in this boat. It takes me RIDICULOUSLY long to beat games that I actually buy them faster then I beat them, but unlike the typical compulsive buyer, I think I end up buying much less then 1 a month. I end up buying games when they are much cheaper. For example, I just beat Uncharted: Drakes' Fortune and started playing Bioshock with some Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare thrown in. These are the originals.

However I uncharacteristically sank $50 in buying Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Fallout 3 off the Amazon buy 2 get one free deal. I'll get to those games after I finish playing Metroid Prime 3, Okami, and Dead Space. ;-)

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Well I used to just not buy games at all. Until June of last year I had 2 games for my 360. haha 2. I now have 10. I basically buy about a game a month. I generally buy games that catch my interest in some way, and then also end up with good reviews. This doesn't apply to fighting games, as I generally don't buy them unless I've played them at a tournament somewhere, and watch a lot of videos/read about the mechanics of the game and talk to people who play it.

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I'm addicted to buying games, there's really no way around it.

I may have close to like 100 games or so this generation alone. Most of it is done on bargain/deals, but I do buy a ton.

There are very few games I feel are worth buying on launch/at full price. And could possibly think of the games off the top of my head I've done it for.

I do prioritize as there are games (Mario Galaxy 2 comes to mnd) that I will get ASAP and others, like say Bayonetta, I'll wait until its like 20-30 bucks.

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I'm a smart buyer. I abuse my connections to get games cheap from the major western publishers, bwahaha.

TakeTwo isn't available to me, so I have to work around that. I just split up a Bioshock 2 four-pack with three buddies from work - worked out to be $33 each. I'm starting to see the benefit of PC gaming.

The only games I pay full price for are the ones I love the most anyways. Usually Japanese ones. Bayonetta, Half-Minute Hero, Yakuza 3, FFXIII, etc. Most of the others I can get for cheap.

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Oh FFXIII you're so close to me right now. I need you. Gah.

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I used to be like you BB. Last generation especially. I had 100+ games from the last generation. Maybe it's the $10 price hike (which usually ends up being a retail $10 price hike for when they drop in price), or maybe it has to do with me being so incredibly busy these past couple of years, but something has stayed my hand from buying a lot of games. I usually bargain binned, or online purchased my games.

But a few games I deemed a desire to get them now. NSMBWii, Arkham Asylum... not much though.