Topic: ELITIST thread

[Stogi]

So I noticed that people haven't been buying games as much and I was wondering why.

For me, I'm planning a big trip in a month and I haven't been able to buy games. But even when I did have money (like this summer), I didn't buy any games.

I did recently buy Okami, but that was purely impulse. I just happened to see it and it saw me and then I played for like 8 hours straight.

But still, I feel most people are regressing.

[King of Twitch]

Is this a petition thread for elitists?

*signed*

[DAaaMan64]

Can we let the stupid political buzzwords die please?

[GoldenPhoenix]

Yeah I've been skimming down on game buying. I mean in the last month I've only bought:

-Guitar Hero World Tour
-Fable II
-Crysis Warhead
-Gears of War II
-Fallout 3
-Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
-Wii Music
-Animal Crossing
-Castlevania DS
-Order Up
-Spider Man Web of Shadows for 360
-Little Big Planet
-Mirror's Edge

[Stogi]

Good lord! That's over a half a G.

[vudu]

I think a lot of people haven't been buying very games because there was a semi-drought right before the holiday season.  Not a whole lot worth mentioning came out in August or September.  And by now we're so close to the end of the year that a lot of our younger viewers aren't buying games because they'll get them for Christmas.

[MaleficentOgre]

Games are expensive. I like to play old games and wait for the new ones to get real real cheap.

[EasyCure]

how can you afford all that GP?

[Bill Aurion]

People who spend a lot of money on games either are in debt or they just don't buy much else!  ='D

I know for myself, outside the bare necessities for life, my money goes to mostly videogames and manga...Not a huge music person, have had the same car since 2001 and don't plan to get a new one anytime soon, and my other hobbies cost little (outdoors stuff like hiking and swimming, etc...), leaving tons of room to maneuver for games...

[GoldenPhoenix]

how can you afford all that GP?

I have a magic money tree that I grew in my backyard.

Now you may be wondering another question. How much time do I spend playing my little games? Well I'd say in the last month I've spent like 10hrs gaming.

[NWR_insanolord]

I've bought 16 games since the beginning of October which is the most I've bought in that short a span ever.

[bustin98]

I went to Florida for a week to celebrate my brother getting married. And I have found its harder to buy games after being disappointed by others that I've bought. Sometimes its like the old days of buying a music cassette for one awesome song on the radio just to find out the rest of the songs suck ass.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I'm on vacation, still playing Tales.

[nickmitch]

College budgeting is doing it for me, but Sonic Unleashed and the new Tales are really tempting me. On the other hand, I don't even have the time to finish FFT:A2.

[TofuFury]

I'd love to buy more games, but it's difficult with being married for over a year, and have school debt. You really have to be selective in what you buy. I've mostly turned to retro gaming and buying used games. I can only afford wii or ds games a little at a time. I can't complain, though. I'm happy with what I can get.

[ShyGuy]

Elitist thread? paging Evan I miss Evan

Only game I'm planning on the Holiday season is COD:WAW and maybe Animal Crossing cause Bill is convincing me.

[Shift Key]

Its easy to not spend money on Wii games when the Wii is packed away...

[Dasmos]

I don't buy or play games, I read the opinions of people on the Internet about games then bitch about them.

[KDR_11k]

Most of my recent game purchases have been budget games for the 360 I bought. I just didn't see anything that I really wanted to buy lately (well, except EDF2017 but I ordered that online). As a result my gaming budget is accumulating.

I have a magic money tree that I grew in my backyard.

Is that what grows when you plant a DS?

[DAaaMan64]

GP IS CLEARLY A PROSTITUTE

[Ian Sane]

Remember at E3 when Nintendo revealed Animal Crossing and ziltch else and a lot of people complained?  Well there was kind of a reason for that.  I haven't been buying games lately because there isn't much to buy if you only own a Wii.  I don't want Wii Music or Animal Crossing, Warioland is on my Christmas list because I wanted SOMETHING on it, and while I planned on getting Guiter Hero: World Tour I haven't been able to find the damn thing wth all the instruments yet.

I have been playing a lot of Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for the PS2 though.  I have finally tried out every single character and thus have some idea of everyone's moves and style and thus am ready to go full out with the match maker mode.

[EasyCure]

I have a magic money tree that I grew in my backyard.

Is that what grows when you plant a DS?

No, you have to find the shining spot that appears in the ground once a day, duuuuh!

GP IS CLEARLY A PROSTITUTE

I'm glad i'm not the one to make that joke (so tempted though)

[D_Average]

I just play free demos over and over.

[KDR_11k]

Yeah, yeah, Ian, we know E3 wasn't for the core gamer but there was this HUGE load of games shown at a later conference. Oh and I notice you're ignoring Tales?

I just play free demos over and over.

The length of demos has been steadily going down, nowadays they don't even contain a full level anymore. Why, back in my day the shareware part of a game was 1/3rd of the full game!

[GoldenPhoenix]

Remember at E3 when Nintendo revealed Animal Crossing and ziltch else and a lot of people complained?

Remember when the GC was revealed how a lot of people complained about it looking like a lunch box? Remember when the Wii mote was revealed and people complained? Remember when the Wii name was revealed and people complained? Remember when waggle was introduced to TP and a lot of people complained?