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How many games do you have installed?

How many installed games?

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spat55

spat55

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I use to have more than I do now but I've managed to keep it under 30 for now. I'm also beating my backlog which helps and I dislike using expensive storage space (SSD) on keeping games on my system without ever using them.

Just out of curiosity when do you decide to uninstall? I like to make sure I don't want to play that game again because I have very sucky BB which means I download at 700 kb/s max!
 
spat55 said:
I use to have more than I do now but I've managed to keep it under 30 for now. I'm also beating my backlog which helps and I dislike using expensive storage space (SSD) on keeping games on my system without ever using them.

Just out of curiosity when do you decide to uninstall? I like to make sure I don't want to play that game again because I have very sucky BB which means I download at 700 kb/s max!
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seven 6 are for my nephew when he comes around.lego starwars/marvel superheroes.im currently playing gta5,i will unintall when im finished with it.
 
A lot of the game I have I keep installed because it's a PITA to download them again. Well that and deleting them would just add more wear and tear on my SSD.
 
Under 5. No Mans Sky(because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.), Everspace, Wing Commander 1&2, and Star Citizen(its not really a game though more like a tech demo)and that's it.
 
Assassin's Creed Unity which I don't know if I will ever get around to finishing, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Bioshock 1+2 remastered, and Tales of Symphonia currently installed.
 
Might want to ask how many games are installed ... and how many we actually play.
 
Jesus H Christo I was so far off at 30+. Just counted out of curiosity. 129. 129 games installed. What the hell is wrong with me.
 
Before SSD, it used to be 25-30 or more games on the HDD. However, i usually completed only 10-15 of those games and never uninstalled any game as there was so much space.

Now, with an SSD, I only have 4-5 games installed and i also make sure to complete the game before I remove it/play it to the max.
 
nurturedhate said:
Plenty of hdd space for nonessential games so why not keep them installed.
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True but if you don't have many Sata ports and running out of space on those hard drives you might have an issue. I also like to keep my PC filing as simple as possible. I also like to run games off of a SSD if possible.

whm1974 said:
A lot of the game I have I keep installed because it's a PITA to download them again. Well that and deleting them would just add more wear and tear on my SSD.
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Yeah download speed is what mostly stops me from redownloading games unless I really have too.

dud said:
Might want to ask how many games are installed ... and how many we actually play.
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Thought about it but that is a hard question to answer, I'd say at least half of mine I play but some are backlogged and I will eventually get around to playing them. I normally play a game for at least 2 hours and if I dislike it still I uninstall it, should work well in the winter sale on steam with the refund options.
 
spat55 said:
True but if you don't have many Sata ports and running out of space on those hard drives you might have an issue. I also like to keep my PC filing as simple as possible. I also like to run games off of a SSD if possible.
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I usually only keep 2-3 games on my ssd at any given time. The rest of them are all on a 4tb hdd.
 
About 20 of my 600 steam games are installed, quite frankly I have the space since I have about 16Tb of HDDs but I just prefer to install my main games on my SSD which is tiny, only 120Gb.

I actually don't have a problem with bandwidth, I have 200mbit which is about 25MB/sec peak download speed and that means even GTA sized 60Gb games are about an hours wait, and I don't have a data cap. So just downloading as/when I want to install something is super convenient.
 
Hmmm, let me think..

TF2
CS:GO
DOOM
Batman AC
Mad Max
The Crew
Need for Speed Most Wanted
BF4
The Division
Forza Horizon 3
Overwatch

No data cap here, 50Mb DL speed from ISP. Large games can take a few hours, not too terrible. Most games reside on a 240GB SSD, also have a 480gb ssd for overflow.
 
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nurturedhate said:
Jesus H Christo I was so far off at 30+. Just counted out of curiosity. 129. 129 games installed. What the hell is wrong with me.
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Steam is what is wrong with you. It's what's wrong with me as well.

I basically keep the system full of installed games, and ignore 99% of them. I don't even remember where are the few games I've purchased outside of Steam, except some of my pre-Steam games that I long ago played through. I'm up to over a hundred on Steam and all I've played for the last year is Fallout 4 and CounterStrike Global Offensive, but at least I've finally reached the point that I can resist buying new cheap games on Steam sales. Usually.
 
werepossum said:
Steam is what is wrong with you. It's what's wrong with me as well.

I basically keep the system full of installed games, and ignore 99% of them. I don't even remember where are the few games I've purchased outside of Steam, except some of my pre-Steam games that I long ago played through. I'm up to over a hundred on Steam and all I've played for the last year is Fallout 4 and CounterStrike Global Offensive, but at least I've finally reached the point that I can resist buying new cheap games on Steam sales. Usually.
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Nothing wrong with buying games on sale but just ask yourself 2 questions.

Does this look like something I'm going to enjoy? Am I going to play it within the next 3 months?
 
spat55 said:
Nothing wrong with buying games on sale but just ask yourself 2 questions.

Does this look like something I'm going to enjoy? Am I going to play it within the next 3 months?
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Well, I only buy games I think I'd enjoy, but I seldom play them within three months of buying them. That's why I've tried to break myself from buying more games just because they are on sale.
 
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