Let's play "the contest"

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:39 pm

I realized I hadn't bought a game in a while. "A while" being 2 weeks, which is a long time for me these days. I was curious how long it would be before I buy another game.

So let's play a game - figure out the last time you bought a game, then post back in the thread when you buy another game.

The rules:
-if you get a preorder that you bought before today, that doesn't count as buying a game
-you have amnesty for today so you can buy System Shock 2 or something in the Steam sale

There are no winners and no losers. In fact, everyone is a winner, because if you don't buy a game, you're working at your backlog, and if you do buy a game, hey, new game. We'll just learn something about people's buying and playing habits. And maybe next time you think about a game, you may think about this thread and change your mind. Or maybe you won't be thinking about buying a game, and then you'll think about this thread and buy a game. Or chocolate pudding.

Here goes:

I last bought a game on 1/28/13: Ni No Kuni

miltonite · Post by **miltonite** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:51 pm

Well if we are counting on when we preordered a game It will be further back but the last game I bought was Borderlands 2 and it was released September 18, 2012. Lets just count that as last bought game. See you in a year or so.

Borderlands 2 - 9/8/12

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:03 pm

Deadlight - January 29, 2013

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:18 pm

miltonite wrote:Well if we are counting on when we preordered a game It will be further back but the last game I bought was Borderlands 2 and it was released September 18, 2012. Lets just count that as last bought game. See you in a year or so.

Borderlands 2 - 9/8/12

Well we've already learned that Milton hates all games that don't have "Borderlands" or "Guild Wars" in the title.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:30 pm

I think the last one I bought for myself was Diablo III - back in July-ish, 2012. I've bought my daughter some games but figure that doesn't count since she is 6 and doesn't have her own resources.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:03 pm

Wow--I'm surprised at myself. I've been very restrained about PC games lately.

The last PC game I bought was Combat Mission: Fortress Italy on October 24, 2012.
(I bought the Lego "Lord of the Rings" game for my boys in December, and I did play it some, but I don't consider it a game for me.)

I've been on a boardgame spree, though, and I've bought several games this year alone:

Up Front (kickstarter - not yet available)
Normandy '44 (used)
Fields of Fire (used)
Guns of Gettysburg (kickstarter - not yet available)
A Distant Plain (P500 - not yet available, not yet charged)

[EDIT: Oops! Discussion is PC-based.]

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:17 pm

The last thing I bought was Lucid, I guess July 25 (last time it was 75% off). I thought it looked soothing.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:31 pm

Yeah, are we counting boardgames in here, or just video/PC type games?

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:36 pm

Just video games. I thought about that, but decided to keep it simple. Board games don't really go into the same kind of backlog because they are designed to be played over and over.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:43 pm

Then that would be Skyrim. November 11, 2011.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:08 pm

hentzau wrote:Then that would be Skyrim. November 11, 2011.

Wow - ok, what game is good enough to open Hentzau's wallet yet again?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:38 pm

Teggy wrote:
hentzau wrote:Then that would be Skyrim. November 11, 2011.
Wow - ok, what game is good enough to open Hentzau's wallet yet again?

I just finished the main quest in Skyrim last week. That shows you how quickly I play.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:28 am

Sleeping Dogs, Jan 26
7 Grand Steps, Feb 16
Kerbal Space Program, Feb 26
Tomb Raider, Mar 8
Galactic Reign, Mar 18
Tales of the Arabian Nights, April 2 (board game)
Eador: Masters of the Broken World, April 26
Monaco, May 1

miltonite · Post by **miltonite** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:39 am

Teggy wrote:
miltonite wrote:Well if we are counting on when we preordered a game It will be further back but the last game I bought was Borderlands 2 and it was released September 18, 2012. Lets just count that as last bought game. See you in a year or so.

Borderlands 2 - 9/8/12
Well we've already learned that Milton hates all games that don't have "Borderlands" or "Guild Wars" in the title.

That is untrue, I just don't buy a lot of games anymore. Those just happened to be my last purchases.

If we were counting board games I would be in here at least once a month.

Zenn7 · Post by **Zenn7** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:53 pm

Yesterday, 2/14/2013. Bought Conquest of Elysium 3 on Steam for $2.50.

Expecting my next purchase will be when some game I'm interested in is on sale for a similarly dirt cheap price. Can't fathom what game would cause me to pay anywhere near full price at this point.

Zurai · Post by **Zurai** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:32 pm

Last game I bought was Fire Emblem: Awakening on 2/4/13. I've got a preorder for Etrian Odyssey 4 due in a couple weeks, which doesn't count since I've had it preordered for months now. After EO4 I honestly don't know if I'll buy another game until Age of Wonders 3 comes out.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:09 am

I preordered Omerta on 1/18/2013. I am not aware of anything else new that I am interested in buying... that may be a first for me. A really good sale (<$20) on Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed 3 would break me though.

EzeKieL · Post by **EzeKieL** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:37 am

13/02 Impire

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:49 pm

I bought some random DLC I didn't have for Crusader Kings 2 on 2/15/2013 for $2.71.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:13 pm

Last purchase: THQ MegaPack:

January 23, 2013

(Note, I did buy GW2 for a friend as a gift this weekend, but I wouldn't count that for the purposes here).

2nd Note: if Dragonborn goes on Steam sale, I'm not necessarily counting on that as a purchase - should I?

Purchase breaking string:

Hamsterball_Z · Post by **Hamsterball_Z** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:25 pm

2/08 - Startopia, Anachronox ($3 each)
2/16 - Crusader Kings 2 DLC ($0.24 - $1.24)
Unity of Command - Red Turn ($5)
Dynamite Jack ($1.24)
2/17 - 7 Grand Steps ($10)
2/18 - Euro Truck Sim 2 ($12)

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:00 pm

Pyperkub wrote:
2nd Note: if Dragonborn goes on Steam sale, I'm not necessarily counting on that as a purchase - should I?

I'm going to say yes, because you could play something else instead of spending money on the expansion if you wanted to.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:16 pm

My last official purchase was on 1/22 of this year -- FarCry 3 during an Amazon sale. I have a $50+ credit with Amazon and $32 in my STEAM wallet, left over from the Xmas sale. If you told me two months ago that my balance would remain unchanged for this long, I would have thought you were crazy. I'd like to participate but I have a feeling sooner than later I'm going to seem something I'd like as part of an absurd sale.

Though I will admit, working through backlog has certainly killed my motivation to play new games.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:39 pm

Smoove_B wrote:My last official purchase was on 1/22 of this year -- FarCry 3 during an Amazon sale. I have a $50+ credit with Amazon and $32 in my STEAM wallet, left over from the Xmas sale. If you told me two months ago that my balance would remain unchanged for this long, I would have thought you were crazy. I'd like to participate but I have a feeling sooner than later I'm going to seem something I'd like as part of an absurd sale.

Though I will admit, working through backlog has certainly killed my motivation to play new games.

Well like I said, there's no "winner". It's more to see how different people's spending patterns are on games.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:27 pm

Well, surprise, surprise, I've already bought a game. I was hoping for an original Fallout sale during the last Steam sale, and one finally showed up today. I picked up the Fallout pack for a whopping $6.79 out of my Steam wallet.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:11 pm

I last bought EVERY BUNDLE. I think I had to quit the second "The Contest" not long after I joined GG because I found it too stressful.

Oh, the life of a PC gamer. Steam library: 234 and counting.

EzeKieL · Post by **EzeKieL** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:40 pm

13/02 Impire
25/02 Kentucky Route Zero - Season Pass 20.69€

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:54 am

I've been buying less and less new in the last couple of years, primarily because I no longer feel like I own my copies, due to the online activation thing that has seemingly gained near-total acceptance.

That said, I still do buy the occasional "must-have" game that I'll buy in spite of that.

The last game I bought was "FarCry 3" on 12-28-12.

Wow. It's been two months; a new record for me, I think. In my heyday, I used to buy two or three full-priced games a month, along with maybe a half-dozen bargain-bin games a month.

I'm not counting the occasional GOG game I might have bought in the interim, since I already own boxed copies of everything I buy there, and my purchases there are so sporadic, I have no idea when or what the last one was. EDIT: Just checked, my last GOG purchase was 12-20-12 for "Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition" (a game I already have two boxed copies of).

Hamsterball_Z · Post by **Hamsterball_Z** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:02 am

2/24 - Dragon Age 2 ($3.99 from GamersGate)

Doubt I'll ever see it lower so into the backlog it goes.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:40 am

Hamsterball_Z wrote:2/24 - Dragon Age 2 ($3.99 from GamersGate)

Doubt I'll ever see it lower so into the backlog it goes.

I actually got it for $2.79 - I think it was a price mistake that they fixed later in the day.

Hamsterball_Z · Post by **Hamsterball_Z** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:29 pm

Aww man, I got ripped off!

The only real disappointment is it can't be registered on Steam.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:24 pm

Hamsterball_Z wrote:Aww man, I got ripped off!

The only real disappointment is it can't be registered on Steam.

Yes, well, that's EA for you. Can't even buy it on Steam.

Chrisoc13 · Post by **Chrisoc13** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:35 pm

New Super Mario Wii U
11/29/12

Apollo · Post by **Apollo** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:10 pm

Football Manager 2013 - December 23rd, 2012

Zenn7 · Post by **Zenn7** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:56 pm

2/26 - Space Empires V (Steam sale, it was only $3.74).

2/14 to 2/26... 12 days... wonder how long til the next one...

Zurai · Post by **Zurai** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:29 am

Eh, broke down and bought SimCity.

3/5 - SimCity

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:47 am

Zurai wrote:Eh, broke down and bought SimCity.

3/5 - SimCity

Same game broke me, but it was around 3/2.

Hamsterball_Z · Post by **Hamsterball_Z** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:40 am

3/5 - Waking Mars ($4.99 from GOG)

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:46 am

March 3rd: Civ 5 Gods and Kings, Korea/Ancient Wonders DLC

Zenn7 · Post by **Zenn7** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:19 am

3/8 - Settlers 3 and Eador:Genisis (both from GOG, first just got there, been waiting; other is 1/2 price this weekend - collectively, sufficient motivation to get my GOG password fixed).