Love and Video Games

I broke up with my boyfriend on Saturday. After four years of only seeing him for two weeks out of any given year, I just couldn't take it anymore. Since we weren't living together, there's nothing to separate and return between us.

Nothing but our video games, anyway.

He used to have an Xbox 360 until it broke and I've got two, one for my bedroom and one for the living room, so he could only play when he was here. But he's paid for some of those games and I've bought others as gifts to him. So what do I do with the ones that are "his?" He doesn't have a system to play them on and they've been in my possession since purchase. I guess legally, that would make them mine, but I don't know if I could feel comfortable hanging onto the collector's edition of New Vegas I bought him or the copy of Dead Rising 2 he bought for himself last year. These are games that I, most likely, will never play anyway, so I might as well ship them to him.

And what about DLC and XBLA games? Even though we made those purchases together, they're still tied to his account. Sure, I could access them until he got a new Xbox and transferred licenses, but what then? All the Borderlands DLC will be gone and I'll have to purchase it again just to play the save I have. Same with with my daughter's save of Beautiful Katamari. He had bought some of the extra stages and now I'll have to foot that bill if she ever wants to play it again.

The whole thing is frustrating as hell. I think the next time I get into a relationship with someone, we'll have to have a contract that states exactly what will happen to the video games in the case of a break up.

I broke up with my boyfriend on Saturday. After four years of only seeing him for two weeks out of any given year, I just couldn't take it anymore. Since we weren't living together, there's nothing to separate and return between us.

Nothing but our video games, anyway.

He used to have an Xbox 360 until it broke and I've got two, one for my bedroom and one for the living room, so he could only play when he was here. But he's paid for some of those games and I've bought others as gifts to him. So what do I do with the ones that are "his?" He doesn't have a system to play them on and they've been in my possession since purchase. I guess legally, that would make them mine, but I don't know if I could feel comfortable hanging onto the collector's edition of New Vegas I bought him or the copy of Dead Rising 2 he bought for himself last year. These are games that I, most likely, will never play anyway, so I might as well ship them to him.

And what about DLC and XBLA games? Even though we made those purchases together, they're still tied to his account. Sure, I could access them until he got a new Xbox and transferred licenses, but what then? All the Borderlands DLC will be gone and I'll have to purchase it again just to play the save I have. Same with with my daughter's save of Beautiful Katamari. He had bought some of the extra stages and now I'll have to foot that bill if she ever wants to play it again.

The whole thing is frustrating as hell. I think the next time I get into a relationship with someone, we'll have to have a contract that states exactly what will happen to the video games in the case of a break up.

Give him the games that he bought. I guess you could keep the games that you bought for him, but I think you should probably give those to him as well. I've got no idea about the DLC, though.

@FluxWaveZ: Yeah, that's probably the way that's most fair.

That was resolved quickly lol.

@FluxWaveZ said:

Give him the games that he bought. I guess you could keep the games that you bought for him, but I think you should probably give those to him as well. I've got no idea about the DLC, though.

That's the best option. Maybe just try and forget about the dlc and move on? It's unfortunate but I don't know how else you're going to get around it, it's the problem with dlc

Keep everything and sell what you don't want. If he makes any trouble, have him wacked.

well since you purchased the dlc partailly in your form i say keep them i mean what is he going to do with them? you have borderlands and the save for it with all of the stuff on it and same with the katamari levels but if you want to give him the games like dead rising and fallout ask him first if he wants them simpley if not sell them.

Do a barrel roll.

Buy a PS3.

@Example1013: lol I have one. Everyone on it is mine because he's so anti-Sony.

Pro tip: don't get in a relationship where you only see your loved duder/dudette for 2 weeks a year.

@Winternet: I will also make sure they buy their own video games. From now on, I'm going to be one stingy bitch.

@Bribo said:

Keep everything and sell what you don't want. If he makes any trouble, have him wacked.

This man has the right answer!

@Succugeek: I don't know. I'm not sure videogame-fans are into stingy bitches. I think.