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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[tragedy_virus]

Oh, I do this all the time. I... rarely finish games. >__>;;

[themadmermaid]

I feel guilty about everything, so even though games are supposed to be a leisure activity, when I don't finish them I feel bad.

Sometimes I actively avoid finishing if I don't want it to be "over."

[foxfirefey]

I do this tons! It's not like wasting food to not finish a game--as long as you got enough worth for what you paid out of it, there's no shame in not finishing it. The devs got money, you got entertainment that was probably cheaper per hour than going out to a movie theatre or buying a book!

[themadmermaid]

That's a good way to look at it.

[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.

[chromoplast]

Oh god, I just counted up the games I've never touched, which I've been putting off for ages. Exactly 100, goddamn. And then there's ones I've only played for an hour or so...

God help me if I ever get Steam.

[themadmermaid]

Damn, you said Steam and it reminded me that I bought a Humble Bundle and have played nothing from it yet. I don't want to really count the games now... I bet my off-hand estimate of five is a total lie!

For some reason earlier, even though I hadn't mentioned this entry to him, my husband was like, "I don't care if I beat games. I just play them until I've had enough fun." I kind of wanted to kick him. Must be nice.

[anissu]

x3 I do that ALL the time. It usually ends up that I buy it, maybe play an hour at most, if at all, and then buy more and do the same thing. I see a game, I want it, think about potentially playing it, then buy it and ignore it for a good long while.

I'd call it a guilty pleasure, but I feel no guilt about doing it. :)

[themadmermaid]

From the womb, I have felt guilt about virtually everything. It's a bad combo of nature and nurture.

[anissu]

x.x Eek! Well, hopefully this is one less thing to feel guilty of, even though I know some old "habits" die hard.

[tyger]

Because games are shiny, and collecting shiny things is a thing that most people do. *also has a giant backlog ¬¬;* ...also I tend to get up to endgame, and then get distracted. *facepalm*

[themadmermaid]

It's true, there is something seductive about owning media, even if you aren't using it.

[tyger]

*nodnodnod*

[lynnoconnacht]

I do this too. With just about everything. I have scads of dvds I haven't watched, about 100 books I haven't read yet (and that's only because I made myself be good at culling stuff out) and... I have no idea how many games I have lying around unplayed/unfinished. At least 50?

And still I buy more if a game catches my fancy...

[themadmermaid]

Well, it does suck really bad when you find an old game you'd like to play and it's become a collector's item and is $200. So I guess that can justify it, right?

[lynnoconnacht]

If the buyer consider it money well-spent (regardless of whether the game actually gets played), sure. ^-^ The joy is as much in the owning as in the using in that case, in my experience.

[thousanth]

The Steam Summer Sale is my worst enemy right now. I still have games I bought in last year's that I have not yet touched. And that's not even counting the PS3 games I've picked up and then....failed to play. ;_;

You are not alone, OP, you are not alone.

[themadmermaid]

Thankfully, my laptop is pretty crap and so I usually stay away from PC games unless they are low-tech or old. (My husband built our desktop to run the behemoth that is The Sims, but that's about the only thing that can get me to sit at the desk.)

I did look at the Steam Summer Sale a couple weeks ago, but they didn't happen to have anything that I wanted on sale that I didn't already have so I was saved.

[arwym]

This is VERY common, believe me! I do it all the time. XD

[nallkun]

I do this all the time. I start a game, level up, and get close to the end than go on to the next game. I hardly finish anything I play expect for the rare times when I do.