Gaming No Buy updates

Last year I made a deal to not buy any new games, at least until I went through some of the games I already own, here are some updates regarding the matter

Late in November of 2024, I challenged myself to stop buying videogames until I complete (at least) five of them, and I joined a little channel in a discord server with other people dedicated to this very goal, named #Gaming No Buy 2025—hence the title of this blog post.

My goal was to be more mindful of my purchases throughout 2025, and to have a smaller backlog by the end of the year. So, after beating five games, I would be allowed to buy one, and from then on, I’d have to beat one game to buy another later.

I’ve been playing dozens of different games, but… I’ve only managed to beat four so far. They would be:

The truth is, this little experiment was doomed from the start, and I have already purchased a couple games on the eShop and Steam. 😬

So, in case you are curious, here’s the list, mistakes were made…

Even though I already “failed”, I think that, in the grand scheme of things, I am still doing pretty well. I’ve only spent 25 bucks in total, not bad at all for three months, going to the movies with family has been more expensive than all the games I’ve bought this year!

Besides, I have achieved quite a few feats, if I do say so myself:

Amazing, yay me!

There are some things that also helped me to stay focused on not buying games:

For the sake of transparency, here are some of the games I’ve redeemed or acquired without spending any money this year…

Overall, I am still pretty happy with how this challenge is going. Many games have tempted me throughout the year, Dragon Quest III HD-2D, Monster Hunter Wilds, Suikoden I & II remakes, Xenoblade Chronicles X, the upcoming Trails in The Sky remake, among others!

The Nintendo Switch 2 is still not released, once it does I will only consider getting Metroid Prime 4, maybe the new Mario Kart as well. Other than that, I will stick to the backlog as much as possible.

Not sure why I made so many lists in this blog post, but it made sense to me.

This is day 40 of #100DaysToOffload

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