That's already much more than 1000 hours of gameplay...

Nah. 70 games with the 12 free ones, and the one or two gifted ones from time to time (i missed many free games given out here from the moment i joined in), is not a big number. They would be less, but i always try to complete the entire series of a game i like, buy and play. More of a collector rather than an actual player, lol.

That's like saying that there's no point in having more money than you spend. :)

The thought is of course always that you'll play them in the future. It's a lie, of course, but it's a convincing lie. I mean, it certainly convinces me to buy more games. (I also have the excuse of "my kids will play it in the future".)

and thats just what i can remember ^^

i also have all 4 dirt games
several colin mcrae rally games
front mission 3 and 4
ni no kuni
hyper dimension neptunia 2
3 saints rows
la noire
lego hobbit
lego lotr
lego marvel heroes
lego batman 2

and moar !

Ohh, you picked a baaaad time to ask that particular question... ;P

Most certainly. Over 100 on GOG, 200 on Steam, and at least 50 more DRM-free that I need to sort through. A large number of the games I have on GOG are due to bundles and me wanting to play through in order (despite knowing that Ultima 7 is the best, I'm not going to skip over 1-6 to play it; at the very least I'm going to give the early ones a look-in to see how the series progressed).

Exceptions are for the game franchises where the early ones were reportedly done very well, and the sequels were, well, considered pretty naff (Master of Orion 1+2 vs. Master of Orion 3, for example).

Late evening would have been better, yes!

After reading this topic I can only think about this. :P

I definitely don't agree that's an acceptable analogy because of obvious reasons regarding money.

Exactly and even worse, a convincing lie which means people won't stop even when they ought to. Personally I still buy games even if I've a backlog but now I make sure that I know what I want instead of impulse buying which mean I buy far less than I used to.

I like to have a library so that me and my kids have many options to choose from. I love finishing some games and I like just trying out others.

I buy a game when it's A) Something I'd love to try, B) Something that comes in a bundle that comes with something I'd love to try.

Sometimes I even try the games that I don't care about and I end up loving them (Power-Up is a good example of that recently).

With my recent fresh reformat and 64-bit reinstall, I have greatly limited the number of games on my machine, though. I'm trying a new method: Play until I beat or get rid of. I often stop playing a game b/c something else catches my eye, and then it ruins the game that I've been loving. So I'm trying to stop doing that. Now I'll play it until I beat or tire of it, then off it goes and in goes something else. We'll see how that works out for me. My goal is to more fully enjoy the complete story arc of games (I'm so used to playing the beginnings and not the endings now) and to save some money.

I try at least to keep track of my purchases and don't let them get too much out of control. This year I spent so far $82 + £18 on games (outside of Kickstarter). I could probably have spent $80 (including £ purchases) less, but I still feel it's not that bad. I've collected more expensive things in the past.

Yes, way too many, I kinda try to convince myself that they will see me through my retirement, so they are an "investment", but that's just BS, I cant resist a really good bargain.

Absolutely. Heck, if I could, I'd give quite a few away to charity (Next Feed the Children AD: "You can help this starving child by donating...a video game). My collection is rather conservative compared to some at:

94 on Steam (that includes things such as expansion packs, and other modes that have their own game link)
44 on GOG

Most of the stuff I will never play I acquired through humblebundles and other bundle deals, and I bought them because I wanted 1 or 2 of the games, and the bundle came with like 7 other ones. There were also a few games I got for free in there.

I do have a few that I'll never play that I bought straight out, but I think this is limited to

Syberia 1+2, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, and Cthuthlu Saves the World

Yes and no. I'm spending less than in the old days but getting a bit more for it, but this also leads to the never-gonna-play-it backlog. But it isn't causing financial hardship and I don't pick up every new release "just because it's there."