More than Half of Those Surveyed in the U.S. Claim They Only Buy One or Two Video Games a Year

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A new survey has provided some interesting statistics regarding the buying habits of video game players in the United States. This particular survey has been conducted by Circana, a company formed in 2023 by the merging of two others whose combined history spans over half a century in market research (NPD, formed in 1979, and […]

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I mean on reflection... this isn't wrong.

But I also install open source/free games (no sailing involved.)

Get a **** ton of free games during the year...

Have a TITANIC backlog of games.

And every blue moon buy a game set from humble bundle (tho less so lately because it's turned more into a market place.)
 
Aside from free game give aways (grab maybe a half dozen a year but usually end up playing none to one), I'll buy 1-3 for the whole year at some kind of discount, event if it isn't a huge one. So far for 2025 I've actually bought four and all on sale, SW Outlaws, Indiana Jones, and last weekend I grabbed Horizon Remastered and Spider-Man 2 from Steam. There's a small chance I might grab Oblivion Remastered if it goes 40% off before the year is out but that's a big if. At this point there's nothing I'm willing to pay full price for, that's for sure.
 
I'd love nothing less than buying a dozen games a year, but there are simply not enough games that seem even remotely worth my time. Even the ones I did end up buying recently just weren't good enough to finish. The last game I actually finished was almost 2 years ago now. Nothing from 2024, and nothing from 2025 so far.

I initially loved Expedition 33, but the gameplay was a bit too repetitive to invite me back.
 
Well I have not bought a lot of games the last couple of years, I find the current games pretty lackluster, this year I bought Doom the dark ages, Mortal Kombat 1 and BL4 ir memory serves, last year the wow and DIV expac, nothing else comes to mind directly.

I do get some console games gifted to me for birthdays and x-mas
 
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