How the hell am I suppose to afford all of these games?

Anyone else get that feeling? So many great games in a 3-4 month span. I don't  think all have time to play half of them and I'll probably have to put 200-300 dollars aside just for the holidays. Don't you just wish they would spread these games out all year? How do you plan on playing these games? Spread it out until 2012 or just remove yourself from all contact of the outside world and play them all.
 
What games are you going to play/buy no matter what? For me Skyrim, Gears 3, Battlefield 3, Rage, Far Cry 3, Uncharted, and AC. Damn..... Blood and Semen will have to do.
 
EDIT: I forgot MW3...am I forgetting anything else?

Rob a bank. Worked for me

whore yourself out?

You have an extra Kidney don't you? That could get you two or three games.
 
I intend to catch up next summer when I get a job. This year I'm focusing on Skyrim, Battlefield, and AC: Revelations. Maybe MW3 if it fits into my list.

Overtime and copious amounts of ramen.

You're welcome.

How do you plan on playing these games?

Sign up for gamefly..works out cheaper

@SSValis said:

How do you plan on playing these games?

Wait a year and buy them cheap as used/Platinum/SteamSale. Gaming is incredible cheap if you have a little patience.

Sign up for gamefly..works out cheaper

Learn patience and get a sugar mamma.

whore yourself on the streets and earn son

@Grumbel said:

@SSValis said:

How do you plan on playing these games?

Wait a year and buy them cheap as used/Platinum/SteamSale. Gaming is incredible cheap if you have a little patience.

That's probably what most of us will have to do.

Don't be cheap. Imma buy all that shit.

Too many good games, too little time between them.

you don't have to buy everything day one

Sign up for gamefly..works out cheaper

Yeah, there is a bit of that must-buy-now thing that can actually dent your pocketbook more than it needs to. You won't PLAY all those games at once, and they won't just disappear, so you might want to plan (and even budget) things out so you get the things you absolutely can't stand to wait for and chill out on the rest until prices drop or your interests change.
 
I've sort of limited myself (partly by accident) to getting new releases only with stuff that I need to play before anyone even knows what they're like. Grand Theft Auto was that way for me, and I get an itchy credit card trigger finger when I think of Skyrim, but unless I was concerned about missing cresting multiplayer availability a lot of the other games can sort of hang back and fight it out in my brain's back room for the right to stay in my long-term memory.

look for discounts

Differentiate between which games you would like to own and which ones you would like to play through that are worth a rental. $6>$60

I'm looking for a job currently. But as long as I can get Skyrim, I'll live.

Steal money from your Grandma. She won't notice it.And you'll go to Hell at the end *double thumbs up*

I use Gamefly, but I'm canceling soon since I'm leaving for a year. I'm just going to be really picky with the games I buy.

Set your gaming priorities. So many games I'm after from this year (and still a few from 2010 I wanna catch up on) but there's only a handful I'll be getting. What I'm hoping I'll be afford for the next few months is: 
  
June - Shadows of The Damned (and through July/August that gives me time to save)
September - Resistance 3
October - Dark Souls, Twisted Metal 
November - Uncharted 3, Saints Row 3 
December - Profit...IN FUN! 
 
They're all naturally sequels, because they're always more of a safe bet for me should I of really enjoyed the games prior in the franchise. With that said, though, it's been a pretty disappointing previous few months of this year with Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age 2 not living up to my expectations, nor even the originals imo.

I feel the same way kind of, im more concerned with time, because theres not enough hours in the day to literally play all these games...well unless your like me who has a huge backlog of games to play

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For myself. there's only 2 console games I want this year. Gears 3 on 360 and Skyward sword on the Wii. Anything else will more than likely be on PC where it will be cheaper come Steam holiday sale.

how are you going to find the time is the real question.

Lots of games to buy plus I need to upgrade my PC...yeah, going to be an expensive year.

Steal your brother's piggy bank for keeps.

Usually when ever a bunch of games I want are coming out around the same time I will just pre order them and every time I get paid go in and throw 5 or 10 more bucks down. Around the time the games come out they are already paid off.

There's no way I could afford to buy every game I want to play. I used to hate the idea of renting or not owning a game but after a year of GameFly I don't think I could ever go without the service.

any suggestions that are not crime related?

I find myself waiting for GOTY editions more and more these days. 
 
EDIT: Also if you have any close friends who game, just borrow games off them and lend your own in return. Works for me!

Just stop eating.  Problem solved.

Do work.

I will buy the handful I really really want, then just wait for the other ones to drop to bargain bin price or wait for Steam to put them on Sale. 
 
As for what ones I want, well: 

Crusader8463's Mighty List Of Games He Wants To Play

	1. Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom [PS3] Already Out.
	2. The Sly Collection [PS3] Already Out.
	3. Heavy Rain [PS3] Already Out.
	4. Nier [PS3] Already Out.
	5. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West [PS3] Already Out.
	6. La Pucelle: Tactics [PS2] Already Out.
	7. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5 [PS3]
	8. Catherine [PS3]
	9. L.A. Noire [PS3]
	10. Star Wars: The Old Republic [PC]
	11. Duke Nukem Forever [PC]
	12. Torchlight II [PC]
	13. Monaco [PC]
	14. Deus Ex: Human Revolution [PC]
	15. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad [PC]
	16. Guild Wars 2 [PC]
	17. Nuclear Dawn [PC]
	18. Stronghold 3 [PC]
	19. Dawn of Fantasy [PC]
	20. Rock of Ages [PC]
	21. Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter [PC]
	22. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine [PC]
	23. Fray [PC]
	24. Dead Island [PC]
	25. Jurassic Park [PC]
	26. Xenonauts [PC]
	27. Trapped Dead [PC]
	28. Saints Row: The Third [PC]
	29. Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten [PS3]
	30. Team Assault: Baptism of Fire [PC]
	31. Dragon's Dogma [PC]
	32. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [PC]
	33. Call of Juarez: The Cartel [PC]
	34. Dead State [PC]
	35. inFamous 2 [PS3]
	36. From Dust [PC]
	37. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning [PC]
	38. Aliens: Colonial Marines [PC]
	39. Might & Magic Heroes VI [PC]
	40. Far Cry 3
	41. Tomb Raider
	42. BioShock Infinite
	43. Prey 2
	44. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
	45. Hitman: Absolution
	46. The Darkness II

Amazon usually has a $10-15 off sale for one day a week or two after a game is out. If you keep an eye out you can catch those for the titles that have them. The thing I've tried to start doing it just shift my playlist out about 3-6 months behind the release date and stuff drops off a lot in price.

Don't buy every game?

Just wait a year for them to drop in price.

Ugh, this will be difficult.  But luckily waiting around for discounts should not be too hard considering how many games are coming out in November alone... 
Halo Anniversary 
Uncharted 3 
Battlefield 3 
MW3 
Skyrim 
The Creed 
Gears 3 
This going to be fucked up.

No one man can afford all these fucking games.

You seem to have a lot of shooters in your list. Do you really need to get all of them?

Amazon.com

Most (if not all) new releases include some form of credit to use for anther purchase. Plus they have frequent sales of games a few weeks after it comes out

I just pretend that I'm a year in the past. Occasionally I'll drop 60 bucks to get a magical piece of software from the future!

It's not as hard as it sounds.

Rent, rent rent. I feel for you there's a lot of choice. I typically buy massive rpg's or multiplayer games I can't live without...
 
Yea, that's like all of these games.

You seem to have a lot of shooters in your list. Do you really need to get all of them?

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