After my experience with the PS2 and GameCube, I told myself I would never purchase a game unless I'm ready to play it.

I often bought games with the intention of playing them, but a new release would come along, and I never got around to it. This happened many times.

When I sold my PS2 with the games, many were still in their shrink wrap.

That really showed me just how much I was spending on hype rather than games.