Civ Rev for 1200 Points isn't a bad price. First, it's just a wonderful and time-consuming game. Second, the disc version rarely drops below $16 (the price I paid for it), so at least for a day it's not more expensive to go digital.
[quote name='cthomer5000']There is no "savings" happening on unplayed games though. Think about game #50 on your backlog. The fiftieth game you would play if given infinite time. You are simply never going to play this game. Games are going to keep getting released, you are going to keep buying games, and that game will be pushed farther down the list.
Or maybe you get through a decent chunk of backlog... even if it's up to #25 out of 25... you're still never going to play it.
If you are buying games at a faster pace than you are playing them, you are ultimately wasting money, no matter how good a deal you think you got in the first place.
That's my take.[/QUOTE]
Well-said. I don't think you'll be able to convince a lot of people here though. They develop spending habits and are unlikely to break them based on others' advice unless they feel like there's a problem beforehand.
Then again, you never know what kind of game you'll be in the mood for! Some days, I might feel like a fighter, other days a puzzle game. Having a big backlog provides you with lots more entertainment options, sort of like paying for a bunch of cable channels even though you usually stick to a select few. So if you can truly afford to buy more games than you'll ever play, maybe that's not so bad.