Why...

[themadmermaid]

 do I keep buying games when I never finish the games I already have? Someone else tell me they do this and make me feel better. I have like five games I've started, tons of games I haven't even started, and then I just bought several.

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[sparowe]

Aye, I do it. Started with books; mostly because I read a lot of history, and need to collect ones I later may want. Which branded out to doing so for SciFi/Fantasy; obscure titles have a way of going OOP.

So it is with games. Mainstream titles; may not want the greatest hit/platinum release boxes or artwork. JRPGs that have a short print run and sell for ridiculous amounts later. Day One purchases that I would've waited for, but the publisher (I'm looking at you, Namco Bandai) was basing the localization of the next title on those sales. Also, really good sales on things I know I'll eventually want to be playing--and they'll be right there when I'm ready.

I hear/read a lot of gamers talk about their backlog, and that's separate of collectors, who may not open everything they have. To each their own. :) For whatever the reason, you are very much not alone!

[themadmermaid]

Glad I am not alone.

I have a lot of books waiting to be read as well. I just had to go through and purge things because the house was starting to look like a book-centered episode of Hoarders.

I do have a friend who is a collector. He's pretty hardcore and has dozens of systems and thousands of games.