How many games do you buy per month?

Anything to do with games at all.

How many games do you buy per month on average?

Poll ended at Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:29 pm

More than 15
0
No votes
10-15
1
1%
5-9
7
9%
1-4
54
70%
0
15
19%
 
Total votes: 77
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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Akai XIII » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:04 pm

JiggerJay wrote:
Akai XIII wrote:In September I bought:

Infinite Undiscovery (£7, barely played)
Star Wars: TFU (£8, nearly finished this one on Sith Lord)



How the strawberry float you get them so cheap?

I bought IU (promo) from Hero of Canton and I used a credit note for TFU.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Ario » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:10 pm

Alvin Flummux wrote:
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FishFingers wrote:LoveFilm has seriously reduced the amount of games I buy. I love not having to pay anything for mediocre games. I'm now looking forward to playing things like LittleBigPlanet and Saints Row 2 because I know I won't be wasting money on them.


:fp:

Laughable.


Laughable to think that game appeals to literally everyone, more like.


As heinously wrong as that opinion is, it's still his opinion. If FF doesn't think LBP or Saints Row 2 are worth his money then so be it, but saying he shouldn't be allowed to play games is a bit harsh.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Avon » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:28 pm

Probably 1 every 2 months on average and then I usually get a couple as gifts for Xmas.

This year, (apart from Fable 2) I'm going to try and ignore all the release date purchases from Oct - Nov - Dec and the £35 - £40 price tags and wait until the couple of weeks before Xmas and aim to pick up the games I had planned to buy on the "deal of the day" sales they have for about £25.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Agent47 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:29 pm

Ario wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:
This is me breathing wrote:
FishFingers wrote:LoveFilm has seriously reduced the amount of games I buy. I love not having to pay anything for mediocre games. I'm now looking forward to playing things like LittleBigPlanet and Saints Row 2 because I know I won't be wasting money on them.


:fp:

Laughable.


Laughable to think that game appeals to literally everyone, more like.


As heinously wrong as that opinion is, it's still his opinion. If FF doesn't think LBP or Saints Row 2 are worth his money then so be it, but saying he shouldn't be allowed to play games is a bit harsh.

Well given some of the elitist opinions we get on here at times, it isn't surprising people will be like that now and again.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Madness » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:47 pm

I've gotten 4 games this year, including birthday presents: Gears of War, Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3 and GTA4.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Prototype » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:18 pm

Student loan tomorrow.

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by Sarge » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:23 pm

1-4

It also depends on the month, I didn't buy any games in July or August but bought 3 in September.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Shadow » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:01 pm

TYSON wrote:
Shadow wrote:I really am staggered at how few games some people buy, I didn't really think that I bought that many games, I only get the good ones. I thought everyone did...


What for though? surely you don't have time to play all those games you listed properly in singleplayer & multiplayer


I don't have time really, I won't play a game if I'm not enjoying it though, I'm not really someone who think they have to see everything the game has to offer or they're n6t getting their money's worth. For Example-

Viva Pinata: TiP - Played about 30 hours, will play more, love it
Beautiful Katamari - Played once, for about an hour and a half, probably won't play again
Duke Nukem - Played once, for about an hour and a half, probably won't play again
Wipeout HD - Played for about 4-5 hours, will give it a lot more time over the next few weeks
Wario Land: Shake Dimension - Played for about 2 hours, might play some more this week
Viva Pinata DS - Played for about 2 hours, I like it, but probably won't choose to play it over the 360 version
Fatal Inertia - Played for a few hours and got stuck, wasn't really good enough to keep trying
UEFA Euro 2008 - Played through the main tournament, can't really be bothered to do the challenges
de Blob - Played for an hour, I'll play some more this week

I doubt I'll get near to 100% on any of those games, maybe VP:TiP, a game has to be pretty damn good for me to stick with it and in reality most games aren't that good. I don't regret any of those purchases though.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by SchminkyPinky » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:05 pm

I'd say I buy 5-9 games a month but it depends on the month really. Also I built my new PC this month so I've gone on a cheap PC game splurge and bought an insane amount of games (some for only 50p 8-) )

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Sprouty » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:39 pm

I deliberately limit myself to one a month because if not other games get neglected. My flatmate has a 360 though so we get the best of both. If you include PSN and Live titles into the figure then that figure goes a lot higher, probably about half a dozen or so each month. I can't believe how many games some people here buy on a monthly basis, it's insane! :shock:

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by BTB » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:42 pm

On average over a year i would get less than a game a month, as i don't always have that much money and i don't really see the need to own that many games.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Outrunner » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm

It really depends. I tend to buy more retro games as generally, they're cheaper (except Samba de Amigo which cost me a small fortune). As for new releases this year has been a pretty slow one for me the exception being the past couple of weeks where I've bought (or will be buying) Yakuza 2, Samba De Amigo, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Spore.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by black stig » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:18 am

I probably average around 1-2 per month over the period of a year.

It's getting towards silly season again, and I've such a lot of games unplayed still. I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of some pre-orders, problem is I really don't know what to sacrifice.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Skarjo » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:20 am

Yea, I average about 1 a month over the course of the year, not including retro finds.

I think the poll options need a little adjustments, as the huge huge majority of the forum was always going to buy between 1 and 4.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Rightey » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:31 am

Noramlly 1-4 unless there's something amazing coming out, or something I've really been wanting.

Hard to believe that I used to get a game about once every 6 months when I was a kid, probably less than that even.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by emilythestrange » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:05 am

Approximately none.


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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by consolegaming » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:51 am

I cannot really say, I usually have about 10 games a year I have to have, then theres loads of 'maybe' games and on top of that I make quite a few purchases of older titles on past gen systems, usually games I traded in years ago or games I missed out on first time round. I probably buy around 40 games every year, considering everything.

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by 7256930752 » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:40 am

Normally 1-2 a month.

Not entirely to do with money but having a house does mean I have to be a bit more selective with my purchasing. Mostly it comes down to time, I really like to finish my games. Once you start buying every bargain you see it doesn't take long to build a large pile of unplayed games.

I have become more aware of how many good games there are to download, I'm far more likely to spontaneously buy a game if I can try a demo and it only sets me back £5-£10 and I can have it then and there. I downloaded Super Metroid last week and I swear it took less than 30 seconds to download which is quite fantastic really.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Dandy Kong » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:48 am

Somewhere between 0.5 and 1 a month.

I used to buy a lot more but I found that I appreciate games a lot more if I actually put the time in and finish them. So I usually don't buy a new game until I finished the one I'm playing.

Sometimes a game is released that I really want, then I break that rule.

I can also play a console game and a handheld game at the same time. Well, not exactly the same time, but you know what I mean. Ihope.

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PostRe: How many games do you buy per month?
by Rubix » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:48 am

Who ticked 10-15 :shock:

I would say 1-3 depending if there are any XBLA games for dl

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