Comments on: How Gamefly Made Me See Games in a New Light /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/ Play, Share, Unite! Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ By: cary /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12887 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:48:18 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12887 I like the idea of thinking of games as friends — I’d hate to give up those most precious to me as well!

Recently, I’ve been purchasing fewer physical disks and more games digitally. It helps that the price of digital games i pretty low. It doesn’t help that you need someplace safe to store all that data. But I’ve found myself going back to the digital games much more than the disks I already have. Well…when I’m not trying to slog my way through Xenobalde Chronicles, that is…

Anyhoo, I also get what you mean about cute games. I’m really conflicted about Yoshi’s Wooly World. Like, I know that I want to play it, but I don’t want to pay for it right out of the gates. I’m thinking it could be a digital download somewhere down the road. Or…I may seek to borrow it from one of a few gamer friends with young kids. Can’t go wrong with free. :)

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]]> By: duckofindeed /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12854 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:12:13 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12854 I’m really in the same situation as you right now. I love video games, but I have less time for them than I used to, and just lately, I’ve been having to rethink what games seem like a good investment. I have become far more picky on what games I buy, and I will no longer buy a game just because it looks vaguely interesting. I have passed up on many games other people enjoy because I don’t think that I, personally, will get what I want from it. I want games that mean something to me deep down, and since games are so personal, only I know what games are right for me.

I’ve also been using this criteria to add games to my “to-sell” pile. Kirby’s Yarn, for example. Other people may enjoy it, but I just felt rather empty on my second attempt to play through it. It held no meaning for me other than a silly way to pass the time, and I gave up after ten minutes. It’s for that same reason I have doubts I’ll end up getting that Yoshi game that’s supposed to be similar. It’s a cute idea, but I don’t think I pay money for “cute” anymore.

To answer one of your questions more directly, I like to buy games, not rent. I’d rather play fewer games and own them than play more and rent. I want the games I love to stay with me, not to be returned to some company when I’m done. It would be like giving my friends away. I can’t do that!

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]]> By: cary /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12415 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 03:52:01 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12415 Yeah, I think Gamefly is only worth it if you have time to complete at least a couple games (or more) a month. If not, then, like we were, you’re just paying a monthly fee to be allowed to keep a game or games indefinitely. Not a great way to spend money. Now if you’re completely against keeping games, that’s another matter. But if you’ve got a solid game stash (and friends who know what you like 😊) then having Gamefly wouldn’t make much sense.

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]]> By: simpleek /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12412 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:46:23 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12412 I was sort of interested in the service Gamefly provided, but seeing how my life currently runs right now and already having way more than enough bought games waiting to be played at home, I decided against going for the rental service.

I’m usually pretty good at picking the games I want and knowing I’ll enjoy the experience on some level. I’m also lucky enough to have friends who seem to know or at least has a good bet on what games to buy me as gifts. So far the games I’ve gotten from them have been true gems. The ones I’ve played anyway. Overall, I think getting a rental service like Gamefly wouldn’t be worth my time and money. I already have a tough time watching everything I want to see on my Netflix stream. Yikes!

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]]> By: cary /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12407 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:11:40 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12407 Precisely! MY number one gaming notion has always been to play what what makes you happy. I have to admit though that my own sense of this wavers every time we enter the spring and fall when there’s always a flurry of new games released. Even if I have absolutely no interest in a new game, when I seeing e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e playing it, I think that I must be missing out on something. But then it only takes one look at my backlog of games to know that I already have games, games that I like, that need attention.

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]]> By: Hatm0nster /2015/03/19/how-gamefly-made-me-see-games-in-a-new-light/comment-page-1/#comment-12400 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 02:55:11 +0000 /?p=4194#comment-12400 I’ve found that I’ve settled into a “I know what I like” attitude when it comes to games. I used to try new things whenever I could, but now that I can’t always spend my money the way I’d like, I find myself taking less risks when it comes to what I buy. It’s not that I won’t try anything new (in fact I love it when new twists are added to old conventions), but more like I won’t try new games that fall into categories that have always been outside my interests. My friends could sing a game’s praises all day long, but if it’s a fighter, shooter, sim, or anything else I’ve never liked, it won’t matter.

I agree with the idea that games are investments. You don’t want one that you’ll only play once. You want one that will bring you back year after year, even if there’s only one feature in it that made the game worth your time.

As long as you’re happy with what you’re playing, it doesn’t matter that you haven’t played everything right?

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