Procrastinator Support Group

Post here as you finish games you've procrastinated on. HTWingNut should be president of this support group.

I will start. I'm in the midst of finishing DarkSiders 2 after many many years. Will update when finished, hope to finish today or tomorrow.

My list to finish:
Witcher 3
Dark Souls
Dark Souls 2
Batman Arkham Knight

Will try to do so in the next few months. Encourage your fellow gamer to finish games! FINISH THEM!

 

You are right:

Spoiler

1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby)
3DMark
3DMark 11
688(I) Hunter/Killer
AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON Enhanced Edition
Ace of Spades
ACID Music Studio 10 - Steam Edition
Act of Aggression
Advent Rising
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
Age of Wonders III
AI War: Fleet Command
Air Conflicts - Secret Wars
Alan Wake
Alice: Madness Returns
Alien Breed 2: Assault
Alien Breed 3: Descent
Alien Breed: Impact
Alien Swarm
Alien: Isolation
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
Aliens vs. Predator
Alpha Protocol
Altitude
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ancient Space
Anno 2070
Anodyne
Anomaly Warzone Earth
Aquaria
Arcane Worlds
Arma 2
Arma 2
Arma 2: British Armed Forces
Arma 2: DayZ Mod
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead Beta
Arma 2: Private Military Company
Arma 3
Arma Tactics
Arma: Cold War Assault
Arma: Combat Operations
Arma: Gold Edition
Armored Fist 3
Ashes of the Singularity
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
AudioSurf
Awesomenauts
Back to the Future: Ep 1 - It's About Time
Back to the Future: Ep 2 - Get Tannen!
Back to the Future: Ep 3 - Citizen Brown
Back to the Future: Ep 4 - Double Visions
Back to the Future: Ep 5 - OUTATIME
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
Batman: Arkham City GOTY
Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Battle Fleet 2
BattleBlock Theater
Battlefield 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlestations: Midway
Battlestations: Pacific
BeamNG.drive
Besiege
Beyond Good & Evil
Binary Domain
Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando Rearmed
BioShock 2
Bioshock Infinite
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Black Mesa
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Blender
Blockland
Blur
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Braid
BRAINPIPE: A Plunge to Unhumanity
Broforce
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Bulletstorm
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Zombies
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts - Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
Castle Crashers
Chime
Cities: Skylines
Cogs
Comanche 4
Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations WOTY
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes (New Steam Version)
Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Controller Companion
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Source
Critical Mass
Crysis
Crysis 2
Crysis Warhead
Crysis Wars
Dangerous Waters
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player
Dark Sector
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45
Darksiders
Darksiders II
DarkStar One
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat: Source
Dead Island
Dead Island Riptide
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
DeadCore
Dear Esther
Deathmatch Classic
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Delta Force
Delta Force 2
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
Delta Force: Xtreme
Delta Force: Xtreme 2
Descent 3
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Revision
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Digital Combat Simulator: A-10C Warthog
Dino D-Day
DiRT 2
DiRT 3
DiRT 3 Complete Edition
DiRT Rally
DiRT Showdown
Dirty Bomb®
Dishonored
Distance
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time
DogFighter
DOOM 3: BFG Edition
Door Kickers
Dota 2
Double Action: Boogaloo
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Drifter
Duke Nukem Forever
Dying Light
Earth 2160
EDGE
Empire: Total War
Endless Space
Eufloria
Eufloria HD
Eurofighter Typhoon
Everyday Shooter
Evochron Mercenary
F-16 Multirole Fighter
F-22 Lightning 3
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 3
F1 Race Stars
FaceRig
Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition
Fallout 4
Fallout: New Vegas
Far Cry
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Far Cry 4
Fight The Dragon
FlatOut
Fleet Command
Flight Control HD
Flotilla
Fractured Space
Freedom Force
Front Mission Evolved
Frozen Synapse
FTL: Faster Than Light
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
Galactic Civilizations III
Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD
Galcon Fusion
Gang Beasts
Garry's Mod
Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Gauntlet
Genesis Rising
Geometry Dash
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Gish
Goat Simulator
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Mac)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Mac Version)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version)
Gratuitous Space Battles
Gratuitous Tank Battles
Greed Corp
Grey Goo
GRID
GRID 2
GridRunner Revolution
GTI Racing
Guns of Icarus
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life 2: Update
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Source
Halo: Spartan Assault
Hard Reset
Helicopter Simulator 2014: Search and Rescue
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
Homefront
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Hotline Miami
HuniePop
Hydrophobia: Prophecy
I am Bread
iBomber Defense
iBomber Defense Pacific
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
Incredipede
Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
Insurgency
Interplanetary
Iron Brigade
Iron Grip: Warlord
Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command
Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters
Joint Operations: Escalation
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
Just Cause
Just Cause 2
Just Cause™ 3
Kaiju-A-GoGo
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Kerbal Space Program
Killing Floor
Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2
L.A. Noire
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 Beta
Lords Of The Fallen™
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Lugaru HD
Lunar Flight
Machinarium
Mad Max
Magicka
Manhunt
Mare Nostrum
Mark of the Ninja
Mars: War Logs
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 3
Mayhem Intergalactic
Medal of Honor(TM) Multiplayer
Medal of Honor(TM) Single Player
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Men of War
Men of War: Assault Squad
Men of War: Red Tide
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Metro 2033
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light Redux
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Midnight Club II
MiG-29 Fulcrum
Miner Wars 2081
Mini Motor Racing EVO
Mini Ninjas
Mirror's Edge
Mount & Blade
Mount Your Friends
Natural Selection 2
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: SHIFT
Need for Speed: Undercover
NeonXSZ
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Nidhogg
Nuclear Dawn
One Finger Death Punch
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
ORION: Dino Beatdown
Osmos
Overlord
Overlord II
Overlord: Raising Hell
Pacific Storm
Pacific Storm: Allies
Painkiller: Gold Edition
Party Hard
PAYDAY 2
Peggle Deluxe
Peggle Nights
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Penumbra: Overture
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist
Pivvot
Plague Inc: Evolved
Plain Sight
Planetary Annihilation
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year
Poker Night at the Inventory
Pool Nation
Portal
Portal 2
POSTAL 2 Complete
Prey
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Project Freedom
Proteus
ProtoGalaxy
PROTOTYPE 2
Psychonauts
Puzzle Quest
Quake III Arena
Quake III: Team Arena
Quake Live
Quantum Conundrum
QuantZ
R.U.S.E
RAGE
Rebel Galaxy
Red Faction
Red Faction II
Red Faction: Armageddon
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - Single Player
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Remember Me
Renegade Ops
Resident Evil 5
RESIDENT EVIL 6 / BIOHAZARD 6
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Revenge of the Titans
Ricochet
Rise of Flight: Channel Battles Edition
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Rise of the Triad
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
Rochard
Rock of Ages
Rocket League
ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
RUSH
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Saints Row IV
Saints Row: The Third
Samorost 2
Sanctum
Sanctum 2
Saturday Morning RPG
Section 8: Prejudice
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Shadow Warrior
Shadowgrounds
Shatter
Shattered Horizon
Shattered Horizon: Arconauts
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (Mac Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (PC Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Mac Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (PC Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (PC Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (Mac Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (PC Version)
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Starships
Silent Hunter III
Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific
Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions
SimCity 4 Deluxe
SimplePlanes
SiN
SiN Episodes: Emergence
SiN Multiplayer
Singularity
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
SkyDrift
Sleeping Dogs
Sniper Elite
Sniper Elite 3
Sniper Elite V2
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
SOL: Exodus
Solar 2
Solar Flux
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum - Steam Powered
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 - Steam Edition
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Space Colony: Steam Edition
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Space Empires V
Space Pirates and Zombies
Space Rangers
Space Rangers 2: Reboot
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
Space Run
SpaceChem
SpaceForce: Rogue Universe
Spec Ops: The Line
Spectraball
SpeedRunners
SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
Squad
Star Ruler
Star Trek: D-A-C
Star Wars - Battlefront II
Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars - Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
Star Wolves
Star Wolves 2
Star Wolves 3: Civil War
StarDrive
StarDrive 2
StarMade
Starpoint Gemini 2
STARWHAL: Just the Tip
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Stellar Impact
Strike Suit Infinity
Strike Suit Zero
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Sub Command
Super Hexagon
Super Meat Boy
Supreme Commander 2
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Sword of the Stars
Sword of the Stars Complete Collection
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard Expansion
Swords and Soldiers HD
System Shock 2
Tabletop Simulator
Tachyon: The Fringe
Take On Helicopters
Tank Universal
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress Classic
Terraria
The Ball
The Bard's Tale
The Beginner's Guide
The Darkness II
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Last Federation
The Last Remnant
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
The Ship
The Ship Tutorial
The Stanley Parable
The Talos Principle
The Walking Dead
The Wonderful End of the World
Thief
Thief Gold
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Thunder Wolves
Ticket to Ride
Titan Quest
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
Toki Tori
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (VI): The Angel of Darkness
Tomb Raider I
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Torchlight
Total War: SHOGUN 2
Toy Soldiers
TrackMania Canyon
TrackMania Stadium
TrackMania United
TrackMania Valley
Train Simulator 2013
Transistor
Trials 2: Second Edition
Trine
Trine 2
Tropico 4
UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Universe Sandbox
Universe Sandbox ²
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unreal Gold
Unreal II: The Awakening
Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Unstoppable Gorg
Uplink
ValveTestApp236370
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vector Thrust
Velvet Assassin
Verdun Beta
Victory: The Age of Racing
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior
VoidExpanse
VVVVVV
Waking Mars
Wargame: AirLand Battle
Wargame: European Escalation
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Soulstorm
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Winter Assault
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
Wasteland Angel
Waveform
Wild Metal Country
Windosill
Wings of Prey
Wings Over Europe
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
World in Conflict
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
World of Goo
Worms
Worms Blast
Worms Crazy Golf
Worms Pinball
Worms Reloaded
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Enforcer
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
X-COM: UFO Defense
X2: The Threat
X3: Reunion
X3: Terran Conflict
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Xpand Rally
You Need A Budget 4 (YNAB)
Zombie Army Trilogy

 

Well be a little realistic. Pick a few games to finish and then try to finish them. Even if you end up not liking it much, suffer through and finish!

I'm bored of Darksiders 2's puzzles and hack n slash, but I'll persevere.

 

LOL.. I've been trying to beat 3D Mark 11 for some time now. Keep getting my ass handed to me by quad SLI setups

 

Lol, your list is worse than mine and I am pretty bad myself. Honestly, it would be so much easier to list the games I have beaten over the last few years. Trust me, it doesn't compare to what I still need to finish.

 

I own less games then this.

 

Everyone on NBR has less games than Wingnut. In fact if you combine all NBR member game lists together it will still be shorter than old man Wingnut's.

 

With recent Steam sales (the black friday-ish and the winter one) I wonder how anyone has less than say 30 titles on back burner

 

Yeah I've got 330 games on Steam now.. I'm a little mortified. I only really play GTA5, Killing Floor 2 and Project Cars on anything that could be considered a regular basis.

 

'Sup?
I recently cut down on my gaming purchases for this exact reason.

 

I'll get GTA V once I play a few games. Add me for Killing Floor 2 though!

I'm at 231 games on Steam, 20 on Origin, 10 on GoG, 3 on Ubicrap.

 

The very game that turned me all hateful towards nGreedia. Don't know what the developers knew or didn't, but after screwing with close to half of your bakers (let's not forget that it was mostly a community funded project), no way in hell I'm going to buy. I wont even pirate the damn thing... and I was eager to get it So yeah, that's why I hate both veryMad and nGreedia. Wish them nice trip to hell.

You and me both! I've spent more for games than hardware in recent months and that's not good

 

Done

You're a stronger man than me. Those are perfectly valid reasons for a boycott. It's such a a shame though. They got so much right with that game. It's the perfect engine, it's absolutely delicious, it just needs more cars - like some damn Ferrari's for pete's sake lol. Modding would be a dream but that's never going to happen either. Honestly decent car sims are as rare as rocking horse. I have to get behind quality if I see it.

 

I know, that's why I was and still am furious! If it wasn't for this I would have had a hynix vRAMed GTX 780m (my machine doesn't deal nice with AMDs) playing pCARS. What's done is done though. I hope someone would manage to match or even surpass pCARS, maybe pCARS 2 with none of the proprietary ****. Everyone deserves a second chance, but nGreedia had a few too many.

 

I didn't buy anything in 2 recent Steam sales. Tons of game on my wishlist but still don't feel like buying them. If I ever want to, games will only get cheaper in the future so it's a win-win I guess (have to wait though).

Bioshock series
Dark Souls 1 + 2 (literally can't play Dark Souls 1 with kb/m, can't even create my character)
A Bird Story
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Skyrim (the Dragonborn questline)
Portal (bought it because I like Glados announcer in Dota 2)

 

I believe that happened for me a few years back when I experienced my first Steam sale. Initially signed up for Steam in order to buy Civ 5 when it launched. Then I picked up Fallout New Vegas and one or two other titles.

Suddenly it was Christmas time and there were so many deals. Some of the publisher packages were pretty crazy, like 40 or 50 games for $70, etc. Probably dropped a couple hundred dollars and ended up with about as many titles.

Since that time, I've never managed to catch up. Not even talking about completing games, merely installing and playing them. So many I've haven't gotten around to downloading yet. I suppose it works out well because my laptop is about as old as many of these games.

And then Skyrim came out, and I mostly played only that one game for a couple years or worked on making mods. These days, I'm still playing the first Steam game I ever bought, Civ 5 - gonna be quite a while before I get to the 2015 games. Will give them a shot eventually perhaps after upgrading to a new laptop.

One thing I learned during my illustrious career as a Steam Procrastinator: unless it's a game you've been eagerly awaiting from your all time favorite developer, just wait. Buy it a year later, even 2 or 3 years later for $5 including all DLC or even $1 from Humble Bundle.

There is zero reason to drop $60 buying any game at launch unless you've been waiting 100 years for a Fallout game or whatever. It will end up in your backlog anyways and there are tons of other games you can play in the meantime.

From my perspective as a consumer, the value of most games at this point (even AAA games) is in the range of $5 - 10, at least I'm not willing to spend more than that excluding certain rare exceptions. A number of titles on Steam already sell for as little as 10 - 15 cents, and generate trading cards which you can sell for more than the cost of the game. Many free to play games (like TF2) are also designed in a way where you never need to spend money to be competitive.

There's a tipping point around $10 where publishers begin to sell many, many more copies and generate more total revenue than they do at the $60 price point.

 

I´ve stopped doing this. I´ve come to value my time more and don´t suffer through just for the sake of it.
I have a couple unfinished games which taunt me a bit but I´ll just play what I like for the moment. Some I will finish eventually, others not.

 

I'm a baby compared to you guys haha.

My Steam Profile (from SteamDB)

• Worth: $2374 ($573 with sales)
• Games owned: 201
• Games not played: 162 (81%)
• Hours on record: 826.4h

That Steam library had like 10 games in it up until like June of 2014 though...

Not to mention that a lot of the games in my Steam library now, I've played outside of Steam (Half-Life especially).

As far as games I want to actually finish, I have no idea. I haven't been in the mood to play games lately to be honest.

 

I have only 10 games, total. Not everyone has so much $$ to burn on games that they'll never ever play...

This is my entire game collection:

 

You should check out the deals on Bundlestars... Quite often the bundles will only run a few bucks. They had a bundle one time where I got 10 games for 1.99.

 

Steam sales = 50 games for $50. Not hard to rack up hundreds of games quickly. I've been a Steam member for 11.5 years now. Calculated value according to sites amounts to near $10k, but actual purchase price is less than $3k, over 11.5 years that amounts to about $260/year or a little over $20/month.

 

Sure, if I got pocket money (or had some independent means)... But nope. Parents aren't about to 'waste money on games', as they put it. Not even $10. I literally saved over several months for the $70 I paid for TW3. It's also why I don't bother with Steam sales. G2A/G2Play/GMG have prices that by default are still lower than the lowest that Steam has ever gotten. Also, Steam = DRM...

Finally, I only purchase games that I know I'll play. I have some 50+ games in my wishlists, but I'm pruning them all... I'll not have the time come February, anyway, because I'll be a conscript.

 

Humble Bundle sells a package of Steam games every week for as little as $1. Sometimes these include some pretty decent AAA games. And Steam has many free games as well as games that sell for under 50 cents, which interestingly generate Steam trading cards you can often sell for more than the cost of the game.

If you can delay buying until a year or two after launch, every game is much cheaper. For example, the witcher game you paid $70 for will eventually be in a Steam sale for around $5 - 10. At that point I will be sure to buy it.

 

Of course, but that misses my point - I don't buy games unless I know I will spend a significant amount of time on them (i.e. at least 50 hours). So my collection is small. It's also why I don't purchase Humble Bundles, etc.

Also, once again, I haven't exactly got pocket money. So even if a game goes for 'as little as $1', I can't buy it. Simply because I am, quite literally, broke.

Next, many free games are multiplayer. Besides War Thunder, such games don't appeal to me.

 

It's minimum $1 for the entire package of around 5 or 6 games. And the Humble Bundle deal occasionally includes some pretty good titles you can spend 50 hours or more on. I recommend to keep an eye on that site - I've been quite surprised to find titles on there I had been on the verge of buying at full price.

Everyone can scrape up a bit of change. Look in your sofa cushions or do some odd jobs around your neighborhood. When I was ten years old, I got a part time job selling newspaper subscriptions door to door after school, made $300-400 / week (sadly, wasted 100% of that on video games and random useless crap).

 

My list is nowhere NEAR as long as wingnuts, but it's pretty bloody long.

I have yet to *FINISH* (as in, see ending cutscene of) Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Despite so many hundreds of hours in it.

I also have so many games I need to finish it's a joke. And I keep getting addicted to random other games like Heroes of Might and Magic III HD edition. Or Runescape. And then neglecting all the others D=.

I have to play through Witchers 1 and 2 and finish Mass Effect 3 (I've played from 1 through 3 and just stopped playing 3 one day for no real reason) and Lichdom battlemage and a bunch of visual novel games and then so many others. I'm right smack on the last boss of Eternal Senia too and I just haven't gone ahead and BLAHHHHH amduaihbniuhsn.

I procrastinate so much.

 

You're not wrong there... I needz muneez.

 

I'm not made of money either. I only buy if I use, be it hardware, software, whatever. I don't buy things just to have them. The thing was that you can get great deals on games that you would get anyway. Instead of getting them one-by-one when you plan to play them, you are getting them up-front with nice discount. Not that most games don't deserve the full price, but again - I'm not made of money either. So Steam sales it is. I do find some great deals locally as well.