Lately this is the question I find myself asking more and more. I bought Wipeout HD the other day, and I feel pretty good about the purchase. Recently however, I have found myself renting games a lot more. I am not the same gamer I once was, nor is gaming the same hobby of my childhood. As a child, I had limited money for gaming, and less great games came out.
Fast foreward to now, I have more money but I find myself less willing to part with the numerous good games that come out. Note that I rarely play a game online for any length of time. I played the halo's single player, gears of war, and many other games with decent single player campaigns, but I have not gone back to any of them once I finish them the first or second time.
Don't get me wrong. I love gaming and I love supporting developers. I am just having a hard time paying $60 for games I will play through once and never touch again. Even a game like mass effect, which I adored and expected to play a few times, I have not gone back to. GTAIV? Didn't even finish that one.
Now the yearly gaming flood is imminent and I am unsure of what to buy. I want Fable II, Fallout 3, Gears 2, LBP, Resistance 2, Mirror's Edge, and possibly some others like Prince of Persia. I don't see myself dropping around $400 on games for myself around the holiday. I know a game like Fable II is probably a buy due to the amount of time I'd play it. But in reality I'd like to buy all of them. I just dont know if I should? Why do I buy games I won't play more than once?
Back to Wipeout HD. If some of these games were downloadable at a cheap price like this I would buy more games. I know these devs put a lot into their games and I enjoy supporting them, but don't you guys think it's time we see more price tiers a la viva pinata and banjo?
I know this is a rambling post which is why i put it on my blog, so feel free to add in any thoughts.
Comments
What I plan to do this holiday season is buy LBP because its replayability is just unfathomable, and Fable 2. The coop is the reason I am buying it cause it adds LOTS to the single player game. Fallout 3 is a great rental but do you need to play it more than once? Same with Resistance. THe MP might be good but just rent it and move on. Gears multi imo is bad...clumsy and ...bad, but the single player is fun, so rent it and move on.
Not that this was one of your options, but buy De Blob. It's the sex.
I got into the GOG.com beta and really would love to buy the Descent series but I can't force myself to, Also I'd like to pick up some titles I missed like Dark Sector and when the game gets discounted a bit, Star Wars the force unleashed, but I know it probably won't happen because my backlog.
I won't let that prevent me from buying a lot of the upcoming games I want like Fable 2, Fallout 3, and even games like Blitz the League 2 (if it's good) just because I know that game will eat up my time and be something different than the other games.
I do wish there was a pricing tier somewhere between Arcade games $15 (1200 pts) and $60... It seems like there should be some sort of game that fits in there. And there is... all the games I pick up used or after they have been out a year or so.
It's a good situation to be in though. There are so many great games nowadays that I can't get to them all. Having too many great games is not a bad thing at all
Im just trying to maximize my experience while minimizing costs.
sa10kun
warhawk 25, folklore 30, orange box (free through trading), call of duty 4(free but my cousin paid 20 bucks for it using coupons). I played most of the early titles on the ps3 by rental and i'm glad I did because I prolly would have regretted dropping 60 bones on them. I like the fact that at least some companies are lowering the prices of ports like lost planet or games that arent graphically up to par like disgaea 3.