How long could you go without buying a new game?

[samuraigaiden]

I have yet to buy a game this year. I might try to go the entire next decade just on my backlog + abandonware and emulation.

How long you think you could go without buying games?

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This question is obviously not geared at people who pirate games.

 

[Strange Fellow]

When you put it like that, I think I'm set for life, actually.

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Ooh, is that a sale?

 

[†††]

Apparently, a decad-

This question is obviously not geared at people who pirate games.​

fuck

 

[Egosphere]

If emulation counts, then yeah I'm set. Without emulation or backlog, maybe 3 years or so

 

[Daedalos]

Depends on how long a theoretical time without any good game releases would last.

So far, alot less than 1 year, as theres always 1 or two really good games every year,

 

[Falksi]

I buy games in alignment with the ebb & flow of the cosmic energies.

 

[Comte]

I haven't bought any games so far this year and have no plans to buy anything anytime soon.

 

[JarlFrank]

I always buy games during sales, but when playing I usually fall back to a handful of games that manage to hold my interest for a long time.

So... if you give me all 1300 Thief fan missions, I can just play Thief for 5 years.

 

[GewuerzKahn]

147 days if Steam is right.

I just bought Underrail, Age of Decadence, Talos Principle DLC and some VR games in 2018.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I go a few months between buying games usually. last time I bought a game was November 1st, 2019 according to Steam.
Bought Spacebourne, Realms of Arkania classic trilogy, Precursors, and the Eador bundle.

 

[J_C]

If you have a backlog of 300 games, you can go on without buying new games forever.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Is this the next stage of nofap?

 

[Melcar]

Buy?

 

[Daedalos]

If you aren't buying ANY games in 2020, I honestly think there's something wrong with you

It's gon b LIT dis yeer

 

[Unkillable Cat]

It's been a few months for me, and it was probably something on a sale.

One notable exception was that I actually bought a physical copy of an old game last month... but it was a title I've been trying to track down for 15+ years, and I was not gonna pass up on it.

I also plan on buying at least one title due for release this year... assuming it doesn't get pushed back to 2021 for some strange reason.

 

[Viata]

The last game I bought was Grimoire. On the first week it was released.

 

[Naraya]

This question is meant to be a joke,. right?

 

[Corvinus]

How long could I go? Years. Decades. Longer. The greatest games are already released, and most of them has been out for two decades or more already! Same goes for music and film. That said, there are a precious few titles I'm looking forward to buying, such as Colony Ship, Atom and Grimoire.

 

[ultra loser]

Last time I bought a video game in 2016
I still haven't played it

and it was for five euro btw, I stand by never pay more than five euro for a video game rule

 

[Unkillable Cat]

and it was for five euro btw, I stand by never pay more than five euro for a video game rule

 

[Straight elf]

What's the point of this? Even if you buy a game every month, it's like 50 euros/month on average. That's dirt cheap as far as hobbies go.

 

[JDR13]

Realistically, I could probably go 5 years with the backlog of games I own.

Am I going to do that? Fuuuck no!

 

[vonAchdorf]

I buy games more often than I play them.

 

[Alpan]

I could go on indefinitely. I don't want to, nor do I need to, but if the need arose, after an adjustment period I would be perfectly happy never buying a game again.

 

[Valky]

I always buy games during sales, but when playing I usually fall back to a handful of games that manage to hold my interest for a long time.

So... if you give me all 1300 Thief fan missions, I can just play Thief for 5 years.

It takes you 1.4 days to finish a fan mission?