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It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

----------

Wow, this CRAP poll is, like, a /real/ survey question. Marketing
would be so proud of me! ;-)

Anyway, I think most of us here will find that _most_ of the answers
are at least a little bit applicable to them. But try to pick the one
that's the /most/ relevant to your decision.

Myself, well... the sad thing is, I'm probably answer (f). I still buy
_a lot_ of games. (This may not surprise you). I very rarely pay full
price... but I'm still shelling out cash and The Number is getting fat
on my purchased games. But the reason I buy fewer games /day-one/
(rather than waiting for the inevitable sale) is definitely answer
(a). The price is just too high. I'd buy even more if the 'default'
starting price wasn't $70.

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?



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C & J (old hardwares).


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

----------

Wow, this CRAP poll is, like, a /real/ survey question. Marketing
would be so proud of me! ;-)

Anyway, I think most of us here will find that _most_ of the answers
are at least a little bit applicable to them. But try to pick the one
that's the /most/ relevant to your decision.

Myself, well... the sad thing is, I'm probably answer (f). I still buy
_a lot_ of games. (This may not surprise you). I very rarely pay full price... but I'm still shelling out cash and The Number is getting fat
on my purchased games. But the reason I buy fewer games /day-one/
(rather than waiting for the inevitable sale) is definitely answer
(a). The price is just too high. I'd buy even more if the 'default'
starting price wasn't $70.

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

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On Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:56:19 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

----------

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

Well if I have to pick just one, I would pick d) That content! -
Triple A games don't interest me and haven't for a very long time now.
But d) isn't entirely true as long as indie games are a thing because
they do make the games I like and I still buy those.

But if I can cheat a bit and choose two, I would choose e) as well. I
have so many games now.. many of them for free, that buying more seems
kind of silly. But I do it anyway.
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:56:19 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

[snip]

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

(c)

I have enough games to play until I'm dead. I won't be "spinning in my
grave," I'll be gaming in my grave. I might have to spin to power the
computer though.

Never mind. I have _at least_ 10x as many games as I will play before I
die. And that's mostly cruft. My _must play_ games are still too many.*

Never mind. I have so many games, only Jesus knows how many games I have.
Ask me if I have that game? 7 services later... "I still don't know." The situation became dire when freebies started showing up like mad.

Never mind. Ima make a spreadsheet like Spalls with a custom lookup
function in Visual Basic. That'll learn 'em!
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 23:02:54 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.
Q: Why aren't you buying more games?
a) Price!
b) No value for money!
c) No time!
d) That content!
e) It's not free!
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
i) I don't buy video games!
j) Your options are stupid!

C & J (old hardwares).

Oh, you're right. I totally should have added an option for that.


k) Technical issues!
They aren't making games that run on my hardware
of choice anymore

(That way the option encompasses not just 'my computer is too slow'
but also encompasses 'I only play games on the Atari Jaguar' ;-)

10 options offered and I _still_ missed one so obvious. See? It's not
easy making these CRAP polls!

I really want somebody pick answer h). The world needs more loving
nanas!

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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 04:08:27 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:56:19 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

[snip]

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

(c)

I have enough games to play until I'm dead. I won't be "spinning in my >grave," I'll be gaming in my grave. I might have to spin to power the >computer though.

Never mind. I have _at least_ 10x as many games as I will play before I
die. And that's mostly cruft. My _must play_ games are still too many.*

Never mind. I have so many games, only Jesus knows how many games I have.
Ask me if I have that game? 7 services later... "I still don't know." The >situation became dire when freebies started showing up like mad.

Never mind. Ima make a spreadsheet like Spalls with a custom lookup
function in Visual Basic. That'll learn 'em!

Wait, I'm not entirely clear on the subject. Are you trying to say you
have too many games?


I'm all in support of the spreadsheet thing, though. Make it with
charts and tables and formulas and booze and hookers! That'll show
them.
.
.
.
.
.
In fact, forget the charts and tables and formulas. ;-)

But, yeah, I can totally relate. Were I never to spend another dime,
thanks to all the freebies, still it's getting really hard to not
overwhelm on new games. Add to that all the games I already own and
well...

As evidenced by my 'what have you been playing' monthly playlist
entries, I struggle to play three to five games per month. My monthly acquisitions /far/ exceed that number. Even were I to avoid the crap
filler games ("Oooh, another hidden-object adventure game on Legacy!"
;-) I'd still be adding to the list faster than I could clear it.

But The Number is a demanding mistress, so that 'Add to library'
button keeps getting clicked.


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On 12/6/2025 9:56 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
b) No value for money!
c) No time!
d) That content!
e) It's not free!
j) Your options are stupid!

All of those.

j) 1. lost a lot of interest in gaming, been reading more.
2. No demos. Between all the things above I'm not wanting to pay
that much for games I can't give an honest try. I bought Tainted Grail because I was able to play a demo and liked it, that and rms recommended
it. I've gotten burned too much on games in the last few years. Too
much being any amount I've paid a good deal for that I didn't care for.
3. I'm kind of paying for them in that I've used PS+ and Xbox Live subscriptions to try a lot of games, But really that's more like paying
for demos and with the recent price hikes for those, I'm done. I've
finished a few games I didn't pay for, but tried a lot more and found
they wouldn't have been worth buying even for two dollars. I'm actually getting tired of even trying all the free games. There's also a lot on
apple apps sub which my wife has for the family so a lot I could try on
the tablet (which I guess counts for H.) She's paying for both that and prime.
4. Games tend to be a lot longer now. Heck the DLC from Elden ring
is longer than most games.
5. Looking at my list of games to replay, try again, that I own and
want to try, I'm a lot more excited about that than anything on my
wishlist at the prices they're at at least. Not to mention on GOG I show
over 800 games, but did manage to connect Epic, Xbox and Ubisoft, so
includes those and another ~600 on Steam. If I can't find something to
play out of 1400 games, there's something wrong.

----------

Wow, this CRAP poll is, like, a /real/ survey question. Marketing
would be so proud of me! ;-)

Anyway, I think most of us here will find that _most_ of the answers
are at least a little bit applicable to them. But try to pick the one
that's the /most/ relevant to your decision.

I have to choose just 1?

j) 1. Mostly. But did I lose interest because of all those other things?
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is:

I don't rush through them, and mod them and replay them, so I don't need
to get many games.

I'm still playing City of Heroes from 2004 regularly, and nothing else
has even come close to duplicating it.

Ditto Star Trek Online, I've tried others but they never measure up.


Too many crap AAA titles, misleading information and prices much higher
than they are worth.

I don't do FOMO, I am personally willing to wait a couple years after
release for it to be a) patched to the point it should have been at
release, and b) the price dropped to something reasonable.

In the meantime I'll continue playing games that have stood the test of
time, not chase after every new thing because it's the new thing.

Xocyll
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 23:02:54 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.
Q: Why aren't you buying more games?
a) Price!
b) No value for money!
c) No time!
d) That content!
e) It's not free!
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
i) I don't buy video games!
j) Your options are stupid!

C & J (old hardwares).

Oh, you're right. I totally should have added an option for that.

k) Technical issues!
They aren't making games that run on my hardware
of choice anymore

(That way the option encompasses not just 'my computer is too slow'
but also encompasses 'I only play games on the Atari Jaguar' ;-)

10 options offered and I _still_ missed one so obvious. See? It's not
easy making these CRAP polls!

I really want somebody pick answer h). The world needs more loving
nanas!

Some of us are old farts who don't have them anymore. However, I don't
recall them buying me computer and video games even they knew I love
games. :(
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Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 12/6/2025 9:56 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
b) No value for money!
c) No time!
d) That content!
e) It's not free!
j) Your options are stupid!

All of those.

j) 1. lost a lot of interest in gaming, been reading more.
2. No demos. Between all the things above I'm not wanting to pay
that much for games I can't give an honest try. I bought Tainted Grail because I was able to play a demo and liked it, that and rms recommended
it. I've gotten burned too much on games in the last few years. Too
much being any amount I've paid a good deal for that I didn't care for.

Well, there are free weekend too. I use those if I have time and can
play them.
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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:33:20 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

I don't rush through them, and mod them and replay them, so I don't need
to get many games.

Yeah, this is it in a nutshell for me as well. I play ONE game at a
time. I play it a lot. I go back to it later on to replay it. I just
don't need many games to play.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:56 this Saturday (GMT):

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

----------

Wow, this CRAP poll is, like, a /real/ survey question. Marketing
would be so proud of me! ;-)

are you doing market research :(

Anyway, I think most of us here will find that _most_ of the answers
are at least a little bit applicable to them. But try to pick the one
that's the /most/ relevant to your decision.

Myself, well... the sad thing is, I'm probably answer (f). I still buy
_a lot_ of games. (This may not surprise you). I very rarely pay full price... but I'm still shelling out cash and The Number is getting fat
on my purchased games. But the reason I buy fewer games /day-one/
(rather than waiting for the inevitable sale) is definitely answer
(a). The price is just too high. I'd buy even more if the 'default'
starting price wasn't $70.

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

$70 games kinda suckkkkk


Anyways, I'm floating between A) and B), since I don't really have a ton
of spending money and ALSO I always feel a bit bad investing in a new
game if I'm not sure I'll like it/it doesnt have a demo or something

At the very least, Steam is pretty good with refunds
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:02 this Saturday (GMT):

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been a month. Let's do another one of these things.

-----

Q: Why aren't you buying more games?

a) Price!
They've gotten too damned expensive! $80? Get outta here!
b) No value for money!
Why should I pay and get a buggy game with bad
mechanics and half the content I used to get.
c) No time!
Have you seen the size of my backlog? I can't even
finish the games I already own
d) That content!
I just don't like the sort of games they're
releasing anymore.
e) It's not free!
Have you seen how many games you can get for free
these days? Why bother to buy?
f) Who says I'm buying fewer games?
You wanna see how high my credit card bill is?
g) I'm a naughty pirate!
I get my games on the high seas!
h) _My_ Grandma loves me!
I get all my games as gifts and don't ever have to
buy any myself
i) I don't buy video games!
I'm not sure why I am in this newsgroup; I think I
took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
j) Your options are stupid!
The reason I buy fewer games is: __________________

----------

Wow, this CRAP poll is, like, a /real/ survey question. Marketing
would be so proud of me! ;-)

Anyway, I think most of us here will find that _most_ of the answers
are at least a little bit applicable to them. But try to pick the one
that's the /most/ relevant to your decision.

Myself, well... the sad thing is, I'm probably answer (f). I still buy
_a lot_ of games. (This may not surprise you). I very rarely pay full
price... but I'm still shelling out cash and The Number is getting fat
on my purchased games. But the reason I buy fewer games /day-one/
(rather than waiting for the inevitable sale) is definitely answer
(a). The price is just too high. I'd buy even more if the 'default'
starting price wasn't $70.

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

C & J (old hardwares).

too busy with the colony?
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
...

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

C & J (old hardwares).

too busy with the colony?

Yep, dang life as being an old fart ant. Also, tired. :(
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:39 this Monday (GMT):

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
...

So what's keeping you from unwinding those purse-strings and shelling
out for a new game?

C & J (old hardwares).

too busy with the colony?

Yep, dang life as being an old fart ant. Also, tired. :(

cheers, best of luck :>
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