Poll: How Many Xbox Games Have You Bought So Far This Year?

Never mind this year... This is a question I always dread. #stockpiler 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

(I didn’t vote, I could check my MS account... I don’t want to know!)

@FraserG
I agree, my comment was said with some embarrassment, it wasn’t a brag.

Only counting Microsoft made games since I buy all 3rd party games on PC, 2, both on PC. Gears Tactics and the new Ori. It'll be 3 by the end of the year (Halo Infinite) unless they announce something good in the meantime.

I have bought 10 or less.

I am working through a massive backlog at the moment. So not as many purchases as I usually do. I have several that I will buy soon though.

And my best new game, so far, would be Doom Eternal.

Backlog of Doom. @.@

I went on a buying spree late last year for all my stuff.

@GunValkyrie

So in another article’s comment section, you complain that Xbox is just Halo, Gears, & Forza.....

But then in here, you just said you have purchased over 20 Xbox games this year? Huh? 😂

Welp, I try not to be but I can be a sucker for sales. I haven't bought any game at full retail price this year. I purchased Black Ops 1 and Fight Night Champion, both were purchased for a second time, because both of my disks happened to break so I bought digital versions. Other games that I purchased on sale are UFC 3, Wolf Among Us, Doom 64, Rad, The Division 2, Lost Orbit: Terminal Velocity, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Titanfall 2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Strider, 2Dark, and Batman: Arkham Knight. I also made the excellent purchases of Game Pass Ultimate and EA Access which allow me to further expand my library. I need to get through these before I make more purchases and I'm hoping before the Series X comes out. Come Tuesday though I'm sure I'll be checking out the new sales that have been added to the digital store.

Hmmm, if I count digital games definitively between 31-50. Some crazy sales.

I can be more precise with physical games, i had 22 games at the start of the year, don't think i bought anything this particular year until MS re-ignited my engagement on the platform with their announcements on XSX BC and Smart Delivery. Since that date, I increased my physical game collection from 22 games to 48, and that is not counting the handful XBox 360 and OG xbox games I snatched off ebay to play via BC. (Can you believe Batman Arkham Origins is no longer for sale digitally, hell or even new? Had to buy a used copy....ugh.)

@KelticDevil Complaining that XBox does not have exclusive games is not the same as complaining there are not games to play on the console.

As of this writing i have made up my mind that any and all multi-platform games I buy will be bought for XBox, but it is very possible I could had been on the train way earlier had MS given me more reasons to un-dust my XBox One X by forcing me to use it via some high profile game I could not play on my Play Station.

That is the importance of exclusives. (And no I don't think PC versions matter, most console gamers will always prefer a console.)

(0 - 10) I'm a little ashamed of being a gamer, my backlog is crazy.

To many, My backlog is huge at the moment..Don't think i have enough time to play them all, Might have to play some of those Xbox one games on the Series X..

@Tharsman

The point is I am tired of people complaining about Xbox’s lack of exclusives. I feel it’s a tired argument since it’s 2020 and they bought a bunch of studios, etc. I am tired of people bringing it up in every article.

And not every exclusive needs to copy Sony & be some 3rd person, single player, action/adventure game to be a good exclusive. Just because some of you have no interest in a game like Sea Of Thieves (for example) doesn’t mean games like that are not good or great games.

I've only bought a few games this year so far. Most of the games I have played have been in game pass. I haven't even played it yet but Doom Eternal is going to be my favorite. I've been saving it to play when I have the time.

@DarksunRyda

Oh, Doom Eternal is awesome. Hope you like it!

I’ve bought about 7. Mostly during the recent sale (lego games for the kids and such, and shadow of the tomb raider for me). But I also have gamepass which gives me a lot of my go to’s. Like rocket league, halo, state of decay, sea of thieves, etc.

@xMightyMatt14x

Nice! Yea Game Pass is awesome.

Gamepass pretty muich killed my need to buy new games.

Picked up The Division 2 for 8 euro and thats it.

I'll be honest, I haven't bought any. I don't need to because of gamepass and the lack of exclusives released this year.

I have bought a fair few PS4 and Switch games tho.

Control, LA Noire Remastered, Hitman 2 and through GamePass, Hellblade. Control and Hellblade are the two that really grabbed me. Suddenly looking forward to Senua’s Saga now. And waiting for both of Control’s dlc’s to release before starting those.

Including xbox 1, 360 and OG I believe I bought 54 physical games in 2020 so far. But I dont think I paid the full $60 for any of them. I try to wait for sales or mark downs. Plus about half of them were collecting for the older generations so I didnt spend much, $5 - $20 for most of them. I think doom eternal was my only 2020 released game purchased on xbox.

@KelticDevil I know I will, I really liked Doom 2016. Eternal looks fantastic.