Some Guy Owns 5,000 Games On Steam

Got around 250 or so, and a lot of it is bundle trash. When I looked at my level last time, by games played, I had maybe 10 games that had more than ten hours on them, the rest were nowhere near. Got about 20 on GoG and only half of those have any real playtime.

I keep doing this stupid thing where I buy games I used to love (Shogo, anyone?) and then promptly don't play them. On the flip side, I've almost finished Ground Control, which only came out almost 20 years ago, so.... I should finish up Witcher 3 sometime around 2035.
I feel your pain. I'm playing games I played 20 years ago. I then see a good deal on a game that's newer (like Pillars of Eternity) - haven't touched it yet. My thinking is that when I retire, I will have more games than I can possibly play before I die. The sad thing is, I'll probably do the same thing - play old games, buy new ones thinking someday.... Just hope arthritis doesn't prevent my dream from happening.
 
I have 203.

Humble Bundle has monthly bundles with ~10 games a month that I get for my son, so he went from 1 game about 3 months ago to around 75 now (he hates Steam sales... Well, his wallet does). Also, Indie Gala has a ton of cheap Steam games. It's not hard to get a lot of games. Now, if he played them it'd be a big deal. Beat them all or something. I have 203, played less than half that. A lot of great games, I just haven't gotten around to playing them.
 
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Does anyone really OWN anything? People put way too much significance in that one little word. At the end of the day all you have are your rights.
If I bought it, I own it. I don't care what some piece of paper says. This is why I try to buy all software on disk. People laugh. I don't care. When you get your steam or u-play or origin or GOG account wiped or stolen, you are pretty much screwed. I can just reinstall and play on. If I can't get a disk for one reason or another then I make sure I print out the receipt on paper and file it.
 
I had to look at my account... I'm only level 7, and I've been part of Steam since it came out. Meh.
 
Somehow that just doesn't shock me. 5000? And that's half of all games on steam? With the amount of early access, f2p, and indie titles that flooded steam I thought there were at least 50.000 games on it. And they even sell apps.
 
I feel your pain. I'm playing games I played 20 years ago. I then see a good deal on a game that's newer (like Pillars of Eternity) - haven't touched it yet. My thinking is that when I retire, I will have more games than I can possibly play before I die. The sad thing is, I'll probably do the same thing - play old games, buy new ones thinking someday.... Just hope arthritis doesn't prevent my dream from happening.

Write down your login credentials to all of your online accounts in a notebook, keep it safely stored away and regularly updated, then arrange to have it bequeathed to your next of kin upon your death, preferably to someone who is a gamer.
 
If I bought it, I own it. I don't care what some piece of paper says. This is why I try to buy all software on disk. People laugh. I don't care. When you get your steam or u-play or origin or GOG account wiped or stolen, you are pretty much screwed. I can just reinstall and play on. If I can't get a disk for one reason or another then I make sure I print out the receipt on paper and file it.

GOG doesn't quite work like the others. You can download each game's installer and run it offline, without any authentication required, for the vast majority of GOG games.


5. Do I need some launcher application to play my GOG.com games?
No. You don't need any additional apps or launchers. All games downloaded from GOG.com are wrapped in a nice self-executable (.exe) setup files, some of the larger ones are accompanied by a .bin file or two. So after you've completed the download, just double-click on the .exe file to install the game on your hard drive. After the installation is complete, shortcuts will be added to your Start Menu, desktop and Games Explorer, so you can launch your game just like any other.
 
In all fairness, gathering a truckload of games is not necessarily as expensive as it seems nor is it always intentional. I sit at 1700+ at the moment, but the way PC market works makes it almost impossible not to get tons of games you will never play.
Example given, I remember many many times getting a nicely priced bundle of 10+ games for just one title that was included. That title, I did play. The rest? Best case scenario, installed a few and took a look. Still, the price was great and incomparably cheaper than buying that one title off bundle.
 
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