Gaming News: Reddit Users Share Their Nightmare Stories of Buying Games on Sale

Ever felt the sting of regret after buying a bunch of games on sale, only to leave them untouched? A redditor under the handle ‘Bifftek’ shared how they ended up with a stack of games from a Steam sale, only to get sidetracked by emulated Nintendo games instead.

Tell me your worst story of buying games (on sale) and not playing them.
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Summary

• Hooked on emulated Nintendo games after a Steam sale splurge.
• Humble Bundle hoarding leads to a backlog of over 1000 unplayed games.
• Feeling like a joke after spending $100 on a disappointing game.
• Buying games for the collection, not the playtime.

Buying Bundles but Not Playing

Reddit user ‘lambdaBunny’ reminisces about the time when they gobbled up Humble Bundles, accumulating a massive library on Steam with little playtime.

‘For me I bought 20 games or something on a steam sale but played none of them because I decided to try one emulated Wii/Switch game and got hooked on (emulated) Nintendo games instead. (Don’t hate me for using emulator)’ – Bifftek

The Steam Library Conundrum

‘Basically you’re asking if anyone has a Steam account. Kind of a universal experience.’ – reymarblue

Regrettable Purchases

‘$100 on starfield. Feels like a joke of a game that bathesda played on me.’ – Ralphie5231

Collection Over Gameplay

‘Not on sale, but I still haven’t played my Pokémon Moon. Bought it the day it came out, and also bought a galaxy 3DS XL with it. The game is still in the plastic. That was November in 2016. Including Steam, I’m probably up to around 60 games I haven’t played. Many of them I just bought because the cover looked cool, despite me knowing nothing about them. I’ll get to it one century.’ – JayTristan94

The myriad of unplayed games highlighted in the Reddit thread serves as a comical yet relatable reminder of the impulse purchases and backlog struggles many gamers face. It’s a virtual cycle of buying games on sale, only to watch them gather digital dust in the corner of your library. As the digital landscape continues to offer irresistible deals, the eternal struggle between adding games to cart and actually playing them looms large for these gamers.