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.
I have a personal rule that I don’t play games until I own them for a solid month.
I’ve played quite a few games that I’ve bought during the month of April.
Uh, why?
That’s like the opposite of what I try to do with my purchases. I won’t buy something unless I’ve wanted it for a while (at least a week) that way if I do buy it, I know it’s something I truly want. VS if I impulse buy it I might not ever get around to it.
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
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.
LOL. That wouldn’t be cheaper.
I want to play Black Myth: Wukong. If I buy it now, it will cost me $90. If I’m patient and wait a few years, I could get it for a fraction of the price.
Which is exactly what I did with Doom (2016), Skyrim, and Witcher 3. I bought them all for a fraction of their initial retail price.
Now am I bothered about the backlog? No, it will all be played eventually.
Outta curiosity, why that rule? Whatever the reason, I admire the restraint lol
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.
This is smart!