Poll of the Day > You buy games but not play them?!

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I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points
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I have like.... 40 unplayed games? Mostly physical too, actually. I collect a lot of older titles for 4th and 5th generation systems and often times pick them up because it's a rare find or a really good deal.

Buy and never get around to it. Two of mine are Ratatouille and the game where you have to make your character blink while in first-person, and combine a lot of items together to make other items. They praised the game's burn physics/general physics and lighting. Can't remember the name. It was 360 gen. Ratatouille was a grand total of $2.99.
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That is so weird to me, too. Like why would I buy a game and not play it? Like, I can get buying a game and playing it only once, because we've all bought a game that turned out to be terrible before, but that's just throwing away money to buy a game and not play it. Like I just don't get it.
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zebatov posted...

Buy and never get around to it. Two of mine are Ratatouille and the game where you have to make your character blink while in first-person, and combine a lot of items together to make other items. They praised the game's burn physics/general physics and lighting. Can't remember the name. It was 360 gen. Ratatouille was a grand total of $2.99.

but why not play it at least once? even if it was a paltry 3 bucks?
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I was always planning to buy Final Fantasy X / X-2 on Steam. But then one day it showed up on sale. Since I was going to get it eventually, I decided i may as well get it on sale to save money, even though I wasnt intending to play it immediately.
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knuclear200x posted...

but why not play it at least once? even if it was a paltry 3 bucks?

Because I was heavy into Gears of War and didn't have time. I almost got "Seriously..." in chainsaw kills alone (9,200). I was a busy lol.
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I buy games to play later. I have several thousand to play later now. :D
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No I play basically every game I buy and return games I am not interested in within the first hour. The whole concept of buying thousands of games you'll never play does not interest me at all.

Edit better link: https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198019267895/
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More like how can you NOT do this these days? Games take a long time to beat sometimes. Why start a good game you know you'll enjoy but not attempt to finish? Likewise why completely miss a sale because you haven't finished other games yet?

So many sales, free games, etc, I don't know anyone who doesn't have several (or several hundred) unplayed decent games.
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knuclear200x posted...

I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points

You're mistaken if you think no video games, especially unopened ones, can go up in value.
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steam bundle sales and humble bundle have created lots of games i've purchased but haven't played... I hope to someday get around to playing them though...

I've recently given my PS3 collection a large boost in physical games owned. They're probably as cheap as they'll ever be and I only buy games I'm interested in. Plenty of good games didn't get a PS4 remaster so I figure now is the time to strike before prices go up and some titles become rare. I did the same when the PS2 was fading away.
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So 2 years ago GOW3 Remastered was on sale for $5 and I bought it. I started it for the first time on the 20th last April of this year. Finished and enjoyed it a few days ago. Sometimes I'm just too busy with life, or other games that I REALLY want to play, to play a game I know I WILL get around to at some point, and for five bucks, why the heck wouldn't I buy it at that time?

Though, generally anything I buy I always have the intention to play and do so at some point. So I don't know what it's like to buy something that's on sale and never play it at all.
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It's called building a backlog. I've a ton of games that aren't open but I'll get there eventually. I won't buy a game until the price drops a little, and will be playing all this stuff in the meantime.

I figure I'm at least a year or two behind.

HelIWithoutSin posted...

knuclear200x posted...

I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points

You're mistaken if you think no video games, especially unopened ones, can go up in value.

name 10 released within the last 10 years
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knuclear200x posted...

HelIWithoutSin posted...

knuclear200x posted...

I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points

You're mistaken if you think no video games, especially unopened ones, can go up in value.

name 10 released within the last 10 years

I can only think of one personally (well two, depending on how you count it) Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Those games are expensive as hell to buy new.
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knuclear200x posted...

name 10 released within the last 10 years

A bunch of games removed from Steam over license issues. While an older example than what you want, Mafia was a good one to explain. There were only a limited number of unused gift copies available after it was removed from Steam, and three digit prices were common. Unfortunately for anyone still sitting on an old gift, they added it back to Steam recently by just cutting out all the music. :P

With the changes to the gift system preventing people from sitting on gift copies of newer games, this will be a bigger issue sadly.
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Buy it on sale to play later, but don't get around to it. It's not like you'll never play it, just haven't had the time for it.
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I have over 500 games atm.. haven't played about 100 of them, yet. I'll get around to it one day lol.

dragon504 posted...

Buy it on sale to play later, but don't get around to it. It's not like you'll never play it, just haven't had the time for it.

Pretty much. That's the theory, anyway.
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waterdeepchu posted...

knuclear200x posted...

HelIWithoutSin posted...

knuclear200x posted...

I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points

You're mistaken if you think no video games, especially unopened ones, can go up in value.

name 10 released within the last 10 years

I can only think of one personally (well two, depending on how you count it) Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Those games are expensive as hell to buy new.

whoa, i have one of those. hell i have at least one per gen, except 1 and 2
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There are certain games I don't want to start until I've beaten other games I own in the same genre. Right now my backlog is huge, but I do plan to play all the games I own eventually.
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knuclear200x posted...

HelIWithoutSin posted...

knuclear200x posted...

I dont get the mentality of this. it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it, except those can increase in value at random points

You're mistaken if you think no video games, especially unopened ones, can go up in value.

name 10 released within the last 10 years

Life Is Strange Limited Edition
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Vinyl Edition
The Last of Us Pandemic Edition
Dark Souls III Prestige Edition
Kingdoms of Amalur Signature Edition
Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix Collector's Edition
World of Final Fantasy Collector's Edition
Resident Evil 7 Collector's Edition
Summon Night 6 Wonderful Edition
Persona 5 Take Your Heart Premium Edition
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It's not deliberate. It's usually just a matter of just not feeling like it and the fact that there's no real time-frame once you buy something because you'll have it for as long as you want.

Or, in other cases, I'll buy games before I get a system or when a system isn't working. I own at least 10 ps4 games but have no immediate plans to get a ps4. I have a bunch of psp games but my psp doesn't really work. And I have a few Vita games but it's unlikely I'll ever own a Vita.... and that one was certainly a waste.

In general, there are only so many hours in the day and once you're not doing something as actively you generally lose interest.

knuclear200x posted...

it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it,

Well, as an adult, you don't really play with the things anyway so displaying it in-box won't be *that* much different than displaying it out of box, unless it's incredibly poseable. And, in the case of Funko's Pop! line, they actually look cooler in-box most of the time because the illustration is next to the figure.
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Zeus posted...

It's not deliberate. It's usually just a matter of just not feeling like it and the fact that there's no real time-frame once you buy something because you'll have it for as long as you want.

Or, in other cases, I'll buy games before I get a system or when a system isn't working. I own at least 10 ps4 games but have no immediate plans to get a ps4. I have a bunch of psp games but my psp doesn't really work. And I have a few Vita games but it's unlikely I'll ever own a Vita.... and that one was certainly a waste.

In general, there are only so many hours in the day and once you're not doing something as actively you generally lose interest.

knuclear200x posted...

it's just as weird as buying a toy and not opening it,

Well, as an adult, you don't really play with the things anyway so displaying it in-box won't be *that* much different than displaying it out of box, unless it's incredibly poseable. And, in the case of Funko's Pop! line, they actually look cooler in-box most of the time because the illustration is next to the figure.

>not playing with toys
>buying pops

that's disgusting
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I bought the borderlands collection and haven't played the prequel that's included. That's the only game I own but I've never played.
Other than that though I agree with this topic. Unless you're selling them for profit I buy and play every game I own. If I didn't have the tiem to play it I wouldn't buy it until I did despite sales and the like.
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I do that with digital games, mostly because I get them from bundles. It is kind of nice to just rummage through your collection and play a game you didn't even know you owned.
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Absolutely: for several reasons!

1) Games (notably Nintendo but a few others), significant in videogame history, but not worth playing

2) Games that I may eventually need for comparison when I'm writing an article, answering a question, or something. Any Monster Hunter clone would fit.

3) Games that sound interesting, were on sale for cheap, that I might play someday, no hurry

4) Games, unappealing but highly recommended, bought cheap, that I might actually grit my teeth, hold my nose, and try, just to see what all the fuss is about

5 . Games that I'll gamble a few bucks on, just because.

6. Games that I intend to play but got shuffled to the back of the stack for some reason
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I get a lot of cheap games

I like collecting

Ill get to some of them later

I think it's mostly because of steam sales and humble bundles. I made a topic about this. And I think Delta had like a million(probably a thousand or couple thousand) unplaced games on his backlog. And it happens to a bunch of people. Getting those games can be good for later on, though. And I think people will at least try to get to the games. It happens. But they are right about not passing up certain sales. And you should NEVER pass up a free game... Haha.

dancer62 posted...

Absolutely: for several reasons!

1) Games (notably Nintendo but a few others), significant in videogame history, but not worth playing

2) Games that I may eventually need for comparison when I'm writing an article, answering a question, or something. Any Monster Hunter clone would fit.

3) Games that sound interesting, were on sale for cheap, that I might play someday, no hurry

4) Games, unappealing but highly recommended, bought cheap, that I might actually grit my teeth, hold my nose, and try, just to see what all the fuss is about

5 . Games that I'll gamble a few bucks on, just because.

6. Games that I intend to play but got shuffled to the back of the stack for some reason

I think I can understand most... except number 1 is weird to me.
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LinkPizza posted...

And I think Delta had like a million(probably a thousand or couple thousand) unplaced games on his backlog.

About 6000 - 7000 backlogged games. My console backlog is maybe 1500 - 1750, while Steam is going to be around 4750 games at a guess.

Yay bundles and trading, they blew Steam out of control.
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Games are cheap af and you can never have enough. It's a pretty easy situation to be in. I can't even begin to count how many games I have between every console I own tbh.
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Well, I don't want to play After Burner III until I've beaten the first two because I know I'll be completely lost.

I've basically been building a library to last me the rest of my life. It's nice to have a fresh option immediately available when I finish off one at 2 am.

At the current prices of 16- and 32-bit games, my buying them when I did 5-10 years ago saved me probably easily 50% of what they would have cost me now.
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I'll buy anything remotely interesting if it's under $5. If it's something I know I like to any extent, usually under $15 makes it a guaranteed purchase. I have 700+ digital games across my PS3, 360, Xbox One, and PS4. I've finished maybe 50 of them.
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Not anymore. I used to buy games I intend to play on sale, then it piled up and I realize that despite the deals I'm just wasting money since I end up not playing most of them anyway.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

I'll buy anything remotely interesting if it's under $5. If it's something I know I like to any extent, usually under $15 makes it a guaranteed purchase. I have 700+ digital games across my PS3, 360, Xbox One, and PS4. I've finished maybe 50 of them.

But you've probably played a lot more than that, right? Like the ones you didn't finish...
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I buy in groups. Cant play them all at once.
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LinkPizza posted...

TheCyborgNinja posted...

I'll buy anything remotely interesting if it's under $5. If it's something I know I like to any extent, usually under $15 makes it a guaranteed purchase. I have 700+ digital games across my PS3, 360, Xbox One, and PS4. I've finished maybe 50 of them.

But you've probably played a lot more than that, right? Like the ones you didn't finish...

Oh, yeah. I've put in 1-3 hours in at least 3/4 of them.
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Definitely a problem with me on Steam.

I guess I just don't have the motivation and excitement I used to have.

Or maybe I feel some sort of guilt like I should be doing something more productive with my life.

But of course I'm wasting time anyway when I'm not gaming...

I'll get to them. Someday. When I have time.
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GanglyKhan posted...

I have like.... 40 unplayed games? Mostly physical too, actually. I collect a lot of older titles for 4th and 5th generation systems and often times pick them up because it's a rare find or a really good deal.

Same here.
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2 Situations:

1) It's a great deal (eg clearance or flash sale)
2) It's (at least somewhat) rare/limited. It could be a CE, a limited release game, an older game you won't find new anywhere etc.

Either way, you get the game with intention of playing it, but usually ends up in a massive backlog