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I bought 226 games this month. No, I’m not okay. (lemmy.world)
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This month, I bought 226 PC games for C$185.82 ($134.58)

Now are those a lot of games? Yes, it's a silly amount of games. Perhaps I'm addicted to good deals that deliver fun.

We all have a vice, and this is mine. I don't drink, or smoke, or gamble -- but I buy lots and lots of video games.

Though back when I was a console gamer, I'd might get eight games for that price -- if I were lucky.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are at least 200 games at my local arcade. Few people beat them—and no one bats an eye at this fact.

I don’t see why PC games should be any different.

Is my intent to beat each game or is it just to have fun?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That's a pretty big arcade. There were maybe a couple dozen in my go-to, if that.

I wonder if that's where the generational thing comes from. I definitely sunk a lot of money in machines where I never got that far. Of the assortment I had access to in arcades I saw the end of story mode in maybe a handful. I was quite proud of 1cc-ing Double Dragon once. Otherwise it was considered to be a waste of money to dump money in continues. You'd play the first two stages of Metal Slug a million times and never see past them and everybody thought that was just how gaming was supposed to work.