Game Purchases This Year

Gorvi · 10-12-2012, 07:25 AM

So I was thinking this morning, "Wow, I've done pretty good this year, I haven't bought many games.". Then I thought about it a little harder and started putting together a list. And it kept going. And going. And going. Holy fuck, I've bought 75 games this year. 75. Seventy-fucking-five.

Now, to my credit, only Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition, and Retro City Rampage were bought at full price near release. Defense Grid on Steam was a gift from frederec a while back when he had some extra keys, but that's it. Most of those games were heavily, heavily discounted and/or purchased as part of bundles, but shit. 75 games. Oh, and a Vita with a 32GB card. That's crazy.

So, how many games have all of you bought this year?

EDIT: Adding it all up it looks like I've spent $470 all year on games. All things considered that's not terrible, but still.

Dukefrukem · 10-12-2012, 07:33 AM

Full priced or including steam sales? If including steam sales well over 100.

Gorvi · 10-12-2012, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

Full priced or including steam sales? If including steam sales well over 100.

Oh, definitely. A lot of the games I bought were in Steam sales, PSN sales, in store sales, and indie bundles. Like I said, I bought 3 full price games all year, 4 if you want to count Legend of Dragoon on PSN for $6.

Blue · 10-12-2012, 07:43 AM

I've bought 4:

Alan Wake
Civ V
Guild Wars 2
Anachronox

I think the only other one on my plate for the year is XCOM, but it depends on how soon it goes "cheap" otherwise that'll carry over into next year.

diablopath · 10-12-2012, 07:49 AM

I bought quite a few games, but most of them were on sale. The only full price games I bought were Mass Effect 3 and Mists of Pandaria.

Ink Asylum · 10-12-2012, 07:50 AM

Steam sales don't count.

Outside of Steam I bought:

Mass Effect 3
Journey
The Walking Dead
Orcs Must Die! 2
Borderlands 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

That's off the top of my head. There's probably a couple I'm missing, but those are the big ones.

Gorvi · 10-12-2012, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ink Asylum

Steam sales don't count.

Outside of Steam I bought:

Mass Effect 3
Journey
The Walking Dead
Orcs Must Die! 2
Borderlands 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

That's off the top of my head. There's probably a couple I'm missing, but those are the big ones.

See, that's cheating!

If I remove Steam sales, PSN sales, and indie bundles my list goes from 75 to 15, and again, with only 3 of those being full price.

Panthera · 10-12-2012, 08:00 AM

My steam game list recently hit 400.

Spigot · 10-12-2012, 08:11 AM

I'm afraid to tally mine up.

Blue · 10-12-2012, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ink Asylum

Steam sales don't count.

Outside of Steam I bought:

Mass Effect 3
Journey
The Walking Dead
Orcs Must Die! 2
Borderlands 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

That's off the top of my head. There's probably a couple I'm missing, but those are the big ones.

Well if Steam sales don't count I only bought one

.

Gorvi · 10-12-2012, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spigot

I'm afraid to tally mine up.

Please do! If there's anyone out there who can make me feel better about my list, it's you!

Kelegacy · 10-12-2012, 08:31 AM

I spent over 300 bucks at the Steam Sale or near enough. My first steam sale and I had credit to burn. So...I don't want to add up my games.

PC gaming is just so awesome. And cheap!

Dopefish · 10-12-2012, 08:33 AM

I'll just leave this link here,
https://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefish

I'm not going to bother with PSN, Indie Royale, or other miscellaneous purchases.

Gwinny · 10-12-2012, 08:38 AM

If I count Steam sales... I'll have to confront some uncomfortable facts about myself.

All right I'll give it a go.

Steam

Total: 39

GOG.com

total: 26

Dragon's Dogma
Rayman Origins
Journey
Tokyo Jungle
Ocarina of Time
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

total total: 71

Chris_D · 10-12-2012, 08:41 AM

Back in the day, $470 bought me around 4 Megadrive games. Somehow Gorvi's purchases seem like better value.

Dukefrukem · 10-12-2012, 08:45 AM

Yeh Gorvi you're a deal seeking machine.

Full Price on Amazon

Resident Evil 6 Anthology (89.99)
Star Wars: The Old Republic ($24.99)
Mass Effect 2 ($19.99)
Mass Effect 3 (59.99)

TOTAL: $195

Steam

Dragon Age: Origins 9.99 USD
Dead Space 2 5.00
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition 4.99 USD
Bulletstorm 9.99 USD
L.A. Noire 12.49 USD
Supreme Commander 7.49 USD
Bastion 5.09 USD
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition 0.00 USD
SimCity 4 Deluxe 0.00 USD
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (NA) 0.00 USD
The Doctor Who Cloned Me 2.50 USD
RAGE 14.99 USD
FEAR 3 8.00 USD
Trine 2 3.74 USD
Arma II: Combined Operations (NA) 23.99 USD
Red Faction: Armageddon 13.39 USD
Medal of Honor Standard WW 9.99 USD
PixelJunk Eden 2.00 USD
Sniper Ghost Warrior Gold base + 2 DLC 4.99 USD
Alan Wake Bundle (Summer 2012) 19.99 USD
TellTale Collection (Summer 2012) 49.99 US
PAYDAY 0.00 USD
BORDERLANDS 2 42.00 USD
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 13.4 USD
Quake 4 4.99 USD
Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money 4.99 USD
Fallout New Vegas Honest Hearts DLC 4.99 USD
Fallout New Vegas: Gun Runners' Arsenal 1.99 USD
Fallout New Vegas: Courier's Stash 0.99 USD
Fallout New Vegas: Lonesome Road DLC 4.99 USD
Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC 4.99 USD

TOTAL $291

Goozex (all PS3)

Split/Second 0.00 USD
Wet 0.00 USD
Assassin's Creed II 0.00 USD
Assassins Creed Brotherhood 0.00 USD
Assassins Creed Revelations 0.00 USD
Army of Two: The 40th Day 0.00 USD
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II 0.00 USD
Dead Rising 2 0.00 USD
Batman: Arkham Asylum 0.00 USD
L.A. Noire 0.00 USD
Where the Wild Things Are 0.00 USD
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 0.00 USD
Dark Void 0.00 USD
Prototype 0.00 USD
Wheelman 0.00 USD

GRAND TOTAL: 57 games $486

Dukefrukem · 10-12-2012, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dopefish

I'll just leave this link here,
https://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefish

I'm not going to bother with PSN, Indie Royale, or other miscellaneous purchases.

Insane Dope. Wow.

SilentScreams · 10-12-2012, 08:48 AM

70 games on Steam, 14 on GoG, 4 on Origin, 3 on Desura and one physical copy. I'm probably missing a few games bought from independent sites, but that's the bulk of them.

I'd probably be a lot richer if I wasn't a gamer!

Gorvi · 10-12-2012, 08:58 AM

See, I don't feel bad about that number at all, though. That's a lot of games, sure, and I know that I won't finish or even play all of them, but it's my hobby that I love. Thinking about it, $470 for 10 1/2 months of a hobby is nothing. It comes out to about $1.64 per day. Shit, that's not even a cup of Starbucks daily. I don't smoke anymore, I rarely drink, I rarely go out to eat, so games are my "vice".

And yeah, Duke, I hunt for deals like crazy, I love looking for cheap games. It's funny, of the $470 I spent, $340 was between 14 games (an average of $24.28 each) while the other $130 was between the remaining 61 games (an average of $2.13 each). The Vita, 32GB card, Vita case, and Uncharted: Golden Abyss were all obtained by redeeming credit card points, so those didn't cost me a cent. I guess you can throw another $50 on there for the PlayStation Plus subscription, but I haven't even begun to list the games I've gotten from that, which would be nuts, let alone the discounts.

All in all I'm very happy with those numbers. I doubt I'll spend more than another $50 on gaming for the rest of the year, if that. I know I'm getting Persona 4 when it hits the Vita, but that'll be another that I'll get free with credit card points.

Spigot · 10-12-2012, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorvi

Please do! If there's anyone out there who can make me feel better about my list, it's you!

See below...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dopefish

I'll just leave this link here,
https://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefish

I'm not going to bother with PSN, Indie Royale, or other miscellaneous purchases.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

Insane Dope. Wow.

I'll just put this out there...

Sob...

10-12-2012, 07:25 AM	#1
Gorvi Life is good! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dunedin, FL Posts: 18,045 Blog Entries: 5	Game Purchases This Year So I was thinking this morning, "Wow, I've done pretty good this year, I haven't bought many games.". Then I thought about it a little harder and started putting together a list. And it kept going. And going. And going. Holy fuck, I've bought 75 games this year. 75. Seventy-fucking-five. Alan Wake Alan Wake's American Nightmare And Yet It Moves Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Assassin's Creed Revelations Avadon: The Black Fortress Beyond Good & Evil HD Bit.Trip Runner Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Cave Story+ Cogs Crayon Physics Deluxe Dear Esther Defense Grid Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition Deus Ex 2 Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention DLC Quest Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Fallout Fallout 2 Fallout Tactics Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition Far Cry Far Cry 2 Fortune Summoners Geneforge 1 Geneforge 2 Geneforge 3 Geneforge 4: Rebellion Geneforge 5: Overthrow Gratuitous Space Battles Hammerfight Hard Reset Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational Hustle Kings Jamestown Jolly Rover Lair of the Evildoer Legend of Dragoon Legend of Grimrock Mass Effect 3 Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (Vita) Midnight Club 2 Modnation Racers Road Trip Mortal Kombat (Vita) Mutant Storm Reloaded NightSky HD Orcs Must Die! Oniken Painkiller: Black Edition Painkiller: Redemption Painkiller: Resurrection Painkiller Overdose PixelJunk Sidescroller Prince of Persia HD Trilogy Psychonauts Puzzle Agent Q.U.B.E. Rayman Origins Revenge of Shinobi Retro City Rampage Shank Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing Splinter Cell HD Collection Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Super Meat Boy Swift Stitch The Longest Journey Titan Quest Gold Uncharted: Golden Abyss Unepic Vertex Dispenser WipEout 2048 Now, to my credit, only Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition, and Retro City Rampage were bought at full price near release. Defense Grid on Steam was a gift from frederec a while back when he had some extra keys, but that's it. Most of those games were heavily, heavily discounted and/or purchased as part of bundles, but shit. 75 games. Oh, and a Vita with a 32GB card. That's crazy. So, how many games have all of you bought this year? EDIT: Adding it all up it looks like I've spent $470 all year on games. All things considered that's not terrible, but still. __________________ Now Playing: Soul Sacrifice Fallout: New Vegas PSN ID: Gorvi - Steam ID: gorvivelgin Last edited by Gorvi; 10-12-2012 at 10:39 AM.

10-12-2012, 07:50 AM	#6
Ink Asylum I'll handle this. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 21,924	Steam sales don't count. Outside of Steam I bought: Mass Effect 3 Journey The Walking Dead Orcs Must Die! 2 Borderlands 2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown That's off the top of my head. There's probably a couple I'm missing, but those are the big ones. __________________ blog ~ twitter ~ flickr ~ daily sketch

10-12-2012, 08:11 AM	#9
Spigot Turn Me Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Acton, Ontario Posts: 18,663 Blog Entries: 112	I'm afraid to tally mine up. __________________ Like obscure games? Check out Turning The Spigot for hidden gems!

10-12-2012, 08:31 AM	#12
Kelegacy The Pill Man Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Augusta, Maine Posts: 10,150	I spent over 300 bucks at the Steam Sale or near enough. My first steam sale and I had credit to burn. So...I don't want to add up my games. PC gaming is just so awesome. And cheap! __________________ PSN: Kelegacy 360: Kelegacy Steam: Kelegacy

10-12-2012, 08:38 AM	#14
Gwinny was JRR006 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,880	If I count Steam sales... I'll have to confront some uncomfortable facts about myself. All right I'll give it a go. Steam Bioshock Duke Nukem Forever Flotilla Pineapple Smash Crew Dino D-Day (?) The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Dear Esther Alan Wake Just Cause 2 Myst V Tomb Raider: Underworld Trine 2 Bulletstorm Legend of Grimrock Alan Wake's American Nightmare SimCity 4 Deluxe Spore Rune CLassic Divine Divinity Saints Row The Third Warhammer 40k: Space Marine Left 4 Dead 2 Batman Arkham City Qubue Thief Gold Thief II The Longest Journey + Dreamfall GalCiv II Prince of Persia Jade Empire Binary Domain Orcs Must Die 2 Iron Brigade Dead Space 2 Darksiders Spec Ops: The Line Divinity 2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Dishonored Total: 39 GOG.com Thief Gold Two Worlds Icewind Dale Complete Icewind Dale 2 Complete Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 2 The Temple of Elemental Evil Riven MYST: Masterpiece Edition REAL MYST Planescape: Torment Ultima 7 SimCity 2000 Startopia MOO 1+2 Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Legacy of Kain: Defiance Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 Anachronox Dungeon Keeper 2 Gabriel Knight 2 Gabriel Knight 3 Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption Arcanum total: 26 Dragon's Dogma Rayman Origins Journey Tokyo Jungle Ocarina of Time Professor Layton and the Unwound Future total total: 71

10-12-2012, 07:49 AM	#5
diablopath Shower Advocate Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,824	I bought quite a few games, but most of them were on sale. The only full price games I bought were Mass Effect 3 and Mists of Pandaria.

10-12-2012, 08:33 AM	#13
Dopefish Colonist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PA Posts: 31	I'll just leave this link here, https://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefish I'm not going to bother with PSN, Indie Royale, or other miscellaneous purchases.

10-12-2012, 08:41 AM	#15
Chris_D Colonist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 6,335 Blog Entries: 67	Back in the day, $470 bought me around 4 Megadrive games. Somehow Gorvi's purchases seem like better value. __________________ The Pulse of the Japanese Gamer \| G+ \| Twitter \| YT \| XBL: Mr GT Chris \| PSN: Mr_GT_Chris \| My Backlog

10-12-2012, 08:48 AM	#18
SilentScreams Terran Republic For Life Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huddersfield, UK Posts: 9,251	70 games on Steam, 14 on GoG, 4 on Origin, 3 on Desura and one physical copy. I'm probably missing a few games bought from independent sites, but that's the bulk of them. I'd probably be a lot richer if I wasn't a gamer!

10-12-2012, 08:58 AM	#19
Gorvi Life is good! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dunedin, FL Posts: 18,045 Blog Entries: 5	See, I don't feel bad about that number at all, though. That's a lot of games, sure, and I know that I won't finish or even play all of them, but it's my hobby that I love. Thinking about it, $470 for 10 1/2 months of a hobby is nothing. It comes out to about $1.64 per day. Shit, that's not even a cup of Starbucks daily. I don't smoke anymore, I rarely drink, I rarely go out to eat, so games are my "vice". And yeah, Duke, I hunt for deals like crazy, I love looking for cheap games. It's funny, of the $470 I spent, $340 was between 14 games (an average of $24.28 each) while the other $130 was between the remaining 61 games (an average of $2.13 each). The Vita, 32GB card, Vita case, and Uncharted: Golden Abyss were all obtained by redeeming credit card points, so those didn't cost me a cent. I guess you can throw another $50 on there for the PlayStation Plus subscription, but I haven't even begun to list the games I've gotten from that, which would be nuts, let alone the discounts. All in all I'm very happy with those numbers. I doubt I'll spend more than another $50 on gaming for the rest of the year, if that. I know I'm getting Persona 4 when it hits the Vita, but that'll be another that I'll get free with credit card points. __________________ Now Playing: Soul Sacrifice Fallout: New Vegas PSN ID: Gorvi - Steam ID: gorvivelgin

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