Fair enough - I’m only aware of the sales where things are discounted enough to trigger my IsThereAnyDeal notifications!

I may need/want to buy with the same money.

Most of my purchases are when the price is low enough to essentially be a rounding error in my spending. I’m rather stingey like that!

I know they exist (the sales by topics) but my emphasis was on “most”.

And just like weight and fashion changes for shirts, I may change my schedule and interests not to fit games I bought years ago.

Where one draws the line on min/maxing is deeply personal. I’m happy to take a risk that my tastes will remain close enough to justify the purchase, evidently you feel otherwise. Neither of us are wrong (other than you, obviously - we’re arguing on the internet so I need to be needlessly confrontational, it’s the law or some old charter or something).

I was mostly replying because I don’t think your way is wrong but I don’t think mine is either. I have at least a thousand games in my collection. Unless something really enticing is released that calls to me (rare) then I always have fresh experiences waiting in my library. It’s probably cost a few thousand pounds over nearly twenty years and I feel that’s a reasonable trade-off to have that facility.

It’s not the result of frivolous spending or poor impulse control. It’s a deliberate choice to min/max in a different direction. I too use IsThereAnyDeal and slowly hoover up titles that I’ve got my eye on. I rarely immediately play things I pick up!

get your backlogs under control

Why would I want to deplete my entertainment options?

That’s like attempting to watch everything on a streaming service. The goal would be to run out of novel entertainment, which seems antithetical to the point of the product.

I may be from another generation (I am in my 40s), but I don’t get the point of spending money on a title I don’t know if I will have ever time or interest to play.

The price isn’t static. If one buys during a sale then it’s available whenever one feels like playing. Much like stocking up on shirts during a sale at a clothes shop - clothing options are then available at home. Of course buying games one isn’t interested in would be strange behaviour but I don’t think anyone else is suggesting that’s normal behaviour.

Also, this feeds stale mechanics, since most titles are bought in bulk during sales that are usually centered around game categories.

Aren’t most sales seasonal?