I thought about renting games. I just figured I'd end up losing money from it.

Epic, Activision, and Midway are my favorite companies. Make the best games!

Well, as i'm sure you know, the second you buy a game and open it up, it's instantly worth 50% what you paid for it or less if you try selling it on ebay or trading it in at gamestop or something. So in a week when you stop playing that latest game, and have no interest in ever playing it again cause another new game has your attention, that old game will collect dust and be worth nothing. Renting though, I pay $12 a month and get to play as many games as I want, 2 at a time. I just happen to live by one of their distribution centers as well, so the games get to me much quicker than normal. So I figure, pay $60 a month buying about a game a month, or $12 a month, but I never actually own any games.

It's something to consider. Some enjoy just OWNING their own collection, for the pleasure of saying they own many games, but I had over 100 genesis games and near as many SNES games as a kid, so I think I'm over that, hehe.

See that is smart Khaos but the thing about me is I don't have the time to dedicated to games. I like just getting involved with a couple and constantly playing them.
The last xbox 360 game I bought was Rainbow Six Vegas in November and I also bought Call of Duty 3. So I play those two constantly cuz I don't have enough time to get bored with them since I have a busy life (Kind of sucks hahaha). Also I bought Turtles arcade which I still play often along with mortal kombat, contra and worms. Those three games I don't play often but still enjoy playing. So it is worth it to me to spend the 60 bucks because I trade in games I don't play anymore like Hitman bc I already finished that game on all difficulty levels so I need to trade it in. But The next game I might get depending on how good the demo is; Shadowrun, Unreal Tournament 3, or a personal favorite Area 51 2 that is coming out. The first one was not popular but multiplayer was so much fun.

I have purchased thousands of games.

I don't care about owning games. I only buy what's really good to me. I've definetly considered it and I'm going to try it out and see how it goes. At least this way I can try a variety of games without paying 60$ for them :P

I will probably buy Halo3 and maybe the Mass Effect trilogy. Oddly enough Jester, part of the reason I went to doing it this way, is because I know with most games, I'll never have the time to finish them, lol. So instead of paying $60 for all these games my friends go on and on about, and only ending up playing them a few times, at least this way I know what all the fuss is about, and got a good chance to see how the game is, without spending the $60.

I feel you though. Time restraints suck. I miss the days when I was a kid and could play game after game for hours on end. Now I have kids, and they take up all my damn time, lol.

Hell, just being away from any videogames makes me think im not gonna have an urge to play them anymore when i get back. I literally havent felt a controller in over 2 months. But on a positive note, I have gotten back into soccer, getting fit, and will most likely be playing over the summer.

Its funny, cuz when i was a child. All i wanted to do, was be outside, run around, expore. I hated watching TV or being in my house. But then i got a sega genesis for christmas, and it all went downhill from there lol.

For real, lol. My Mom says when I was a kid, she would ground me from going outside, but with my little brothers, it was more having to ground them from the inside, and force them to go out, lol. Fucking videogames man.