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.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
    7·
    6 days ago

    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.

    • atomicpoet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Bundles and sales.

      Fanatical had a lot of killer sales this month.

      Also, SteamDB helps you target games based on discount and price.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
        4·
        6 days ago

        Sure, but… a dollar on average? Man, that’s some filter-feeding purchase pattern, hardcore. Even setting the bar on 90% discount keeps the full price fare at five bucks apiece, and that low in the stack it’s really hard to get enough games for fifty cents that you offset that spend. Unless you really don’t mind getting shovelware for that much, and I get the impulse… it’s a lot. Especially since Humble started putting a minimum spend on getting full packages it’s really hard to get there. Their twelve dollar subscription bundle works out at 1.50 per game or so these days.

        I’d be curious to see that game list, because I’m guessing it’s quite obscure and unexpected.

        • atomicpoet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Well, let’s take a look at the games I bought today:

          • Ground Control Collection was $0.51. This includes Ground Control Anthology (Ground Control and Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy) as well as Ground Control II. That’s three games – which ends up being $0.17 each.
          • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death was $0.60.
          • Anuchard was $0.67
          • Men of War: Red Tide was $0.59
          • Moonbase Commander was $0.44

          Based on today’s hauls, that’s $0.40 per game.

          I wouldn’t call these games shovelware. But they’re either old or they’re indie.

          Occasionally, though, I do end up with a somewhat recent AAA title. Back in March, I got Far Cry 5 for 95% off – which ended up being $4.

          • MudMan@fedia.io
            1·
            6 days ago

            I was fomoing a bit on the Ground Control series that cheap, but it turns out I do own those on GOG already :D

            I remember being astounded when that came out at a 3D RTS where you could see the empty casings pouring out of the units’ guns. Good times.

            Still, that shows up for five bucks, so no discount at all. Those key resellers are doing a lot of work in that process.

              • MudMan@fedia.io
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                5 days ago

                Of their current Warhammer sale Epic 40K Final Liberation is easily my favorite. Such a neat little tactical game. Dawn of War I is also an all-timer.

                But that is part of it for me. You do the “get it while it’s cheap” thing long enough you start to run out of things that go cheap. Once you have a library in the thousands a lot of these things that go on sale frequently start getting off the board.

                I guess if you keep it as tight as you do and put a cap on either a very high percent discount or a very low total cost you take longer to get to that point.

          • MudMan@fedia.io
            1·
            6 days ago

            Yes, I said that up front. I’m rounding up to not have to say “eighty cents” each time.