Well, sure, if you look at gaming as a purely harmless hobby. We both know it's not always the case. People buy games when they should buy food and pay bills, people in Asia constantly die it seems, from playing online games for 20+ hours in one stretch, but my post was more related to people who compulsively buy games more than anything.

I find, the less I guilt trip myself about buying new games, the less new games I buy overall.

OT

what is a "teer"?

Buy games,what's that?

XD It's a way of explaining how my name is pronounced O_o

far out XD

Unfortunately, I have very few hobbies, no wife, and no kids. So gaming is where most of my disposable income goes.

ditto

games, guitar strings, and sweet tarts

Oh sorry,then you have ''no life'' (no offense).

No offense taken. I have no life, it's true. I'm not going to deny it XD

I think that's part of the reason we get along

"Buy less to play more" ;)

When was the last time you played a game till the end, then started it all over again to find all it's secrets or take that other route or just simply enjoy it once again? If you can't remember/can't answer to that, you either didn't have the chance/luck to play a game you really enjoyed, or you just play fast enough while rushing to the next game you have on your backlog (and probably you have way too many games).

Just relax, enjoy games more, don't get stressed by your backlog (never buy anything you won't play right way -- also applies to giveaways); and don't forget to socialize every day if possible (social media don't count, ok?).

Not everyone's like that, though. I, for instance, could love a game to bits, but unless it's something built around the concept of dozens (or hundreds!) of unique playthroughs (or attempts) -- such as something roguelike-like, where every playthrough is different (and usually relatively brief) -- I very seldom jump back into a game that I've just finished (not that I finish many...). Even for those I do keep playing after I've beaten the main game mode (Hotline Miami 2 and Mark of the Ninja spring to mind), I tend to lose interest pretty quickly if it's just about optimizing my gameplay on static levels that I've already completed, collecting doodads, chasing achievements, etc. This goes for most "new game +" modes, too.

Movies are another perfect example: even my most favorite movies of all time are ones that I usually only watch once or twice a year, at most. I can't conceive of a movie so good that I'd want to rewatch it immediately after finishing it -- not even a day later. I'd much rather watch something else, preferably something I've not yet seen, or at least something I haven't seen in a while (meaning probably most of a year, at very least).

So, yeah, "If you're not instantly wanting to replay it, you must not have liked it that much" is definitely a fallacy.

You're right, i shouldn't have generalized; not all people enjoy games the same way i do myself (and my close relatives that i had in my mind when i was writing the above post) but the point is that many people rush through the games just to finish more games, as someone said previously. I fell for the same trap myself once, when my backlog grew in numbers because of two consequent GOG sales, a period of no pc gaming in favor of my other time consuming hobbies, and ultimately a third sale during which i was like "look-at-the-shinies-want-want-them-all".

It was then when i went through playthroughs faster than ever before (and stopped caring for my other hobbies for a while), and even though i wanted to replay some really awesome games a second time at least, my backlog made me anxious. Well, as you can imagine, my life-long hobby stopped being fun for me pretty quickly (i've been gaming like that for ~6 months) and even though i finished a lot of games, i couldn't say that i really enjoyed my time gaming on my PC during that period. Felt like work, as someone said.

Ultimately, i took a break from gaming until i (re)discovered why gaming was fun for me and how it stopped being such. Nowadays i still have some of those games in my backlog (around 20 or so, not counting the lovely GOG freebies), but i don't care when i'll start or finish them; in a way, there is no backlog for me, only a colorful shelf of great games that i'll enjoy soon(tm), when i'm done with what i'm playing right now. It will take a while. ;)

ps. that New Vegas (thanks Doc0075!), lasts too long gogdammit; i could have finished more than 10 games by now&&#$&#$!11!1!!1 Why do they make games last too long? I need to make my "finished games list" bigger than yours and it won't let me!!! :P Cheers and don't forget to have fun guys, or else take a break for a while until you do.

edit: typo