Comments on: Don’t get into Gaming!

By: Haly

Haly — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:54:48 +0000

I know what you mean although on a lesser scale. I tend to get a couple of games a month for reviewing purposes and yet I still buy more. It’s madness really!

By: James

James — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:41:05 +0000

Worse is when you actually receive games for review, etc. Aside from a couple of impulse buys from the DS bargain bin, I haven’t actually bought a title since the start of the year, and yet I’ve acquired one or two notable games per month.

The result is the money I used to spend on games is still going on games, so I’m getting double the amount of new titles, half the amount of time to play them, and even less justification for trading them in (partly because I haven’t finished them, and partly because they’ve got a massive “Promotional Copy – Not For Resale” sign on the front of the box)

By: Sinan

Sinan — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:20:59 +0000

Since I started writing about games, or more accurately since I started not doing the other thing I was doing before that took up all of my time, I’ve found that the only way to handle the increased gameload is to trade games in. If I’m part of the problem, so be it, but I can’t afford not to be!

By: Haly

Haly — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:23:29 +0000

I justify it a very similar way! I don’t smoke and rarely drink so that’s where my money goes

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:08 +0000

Interesting points raised. I have thought about the amount I spend on games in the past, but then I realised that it was my passion, bought and paid for by a job I work extremely hard at, so I don’t let it trouble me anymore.

I do however think very carefully about what I add to my collection – once I buy something it’s rarely sold on or traded. I figure I spend as much a month on games as the average Brit does on fags and booze so it’s swings and roundabouts really

By: Haly

Haly — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:43:55 +0000

I know I definitely need to be more selective! I’m awful for impulse buys with games and DVDs, then wonder why I bought said item.
I always keep my old books and DVDs though, as like you, I like the option of going back to them. For some reason, with games I don’t tend to go back as much as I used to. Although the classics I do, and I would never sell. I’ve got plenty of PS1 games in my collection still.
Maybe it’s just Xbox 360 games that I feel are so expendable.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:19:19 +0000

I’ve never been one for trading games. Or DVDs. Or anything. I have at least 150-200 DVDs, around 100 or so books, and I dread to think how many games I have, but I don’t intend on selling any of them. Unless I recognise that I will never ever play/watch/read them again because I didn’t enjoy doing so in the first place, I keep them for that one day (and they do occur) where I fancy dipping into something for old time’s sake. I can’t count how many times I’ve gone back to and completed Spider-Man 2.

It also helps stave off the human need to have something they no longer own. I enjoyed TimeSplitters 2, but I sold it because I thought I would never want to play it again. About six months later, I developed the urge to play it, and I can’t. I considered buying it again, but that would not only prove to be even more expensive in the long run, I also knew I would get bored with it again.

Perhaps we all need to be far more selective to the media we buy. Do we need a new game each week/month? Have we finished enough of our previous games to justify buying something new? Why do we even think that these new games will satisfy us more than the old ones?

By: borandi

borandi — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:36:37 +0000

Me = 170+ games @ ~£12 each = way tooooo much!!! That is probably the reason why I’m in the back end of my student overdraft.

By: Haly

Haly — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:28:53 +0000

Far too sensible for me I think!

By: brad gallaway

brad gallaway — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:16:56 +0000

Ditto on what you said, but I found that a great way to slow down expenditures was to make myself not buy anything until I’ve either finished what’s at hand or decided it’s not worth finishing.