The Steam Meta Game (AKA buying games to never play them)

Just addicted to shopping. Thank god i hadn't enough money to spend or else i would have at least 1000 games
-btw im quite poor xD-

i only spend around $100ish on steam so far in my a year? worth of time on steam, and honestly i have bought a handful of those "meta games", as you called it, that i sorta leave them out in the corner gathering dust 'till whenever i feel like touching it again. i guess sometimes it's those impulsive purchasing habit of mine? hahha. i.e. i've bought FF XIIII 'cos i heard it was super popular, and everyone kept talking about it to this day, but i guess it's one of those games that's gonna take a while to finish, so here i am just dragging it on.

About 90% of my games are come from bundle sites. Mos of the time I look add trailer and 1 or 2 games from that bundle interested me . I don't want to go to hassle of finding those games and trade for them so I juts buy the whole bundle . As the result I have a crap ton of games that I don't even know I owned them and i don't play them most of the time.

as a father and a gamer i have very limited time to play games, so i spend money on games i will play in the future and guess what i never play them.

thoughts:

• if steam games were sold in a box i wouldn't have as many
• but the good times are over, and trash gets delivered digital

steam:

• dirt cheap prices (on all games till dec 2014 - RIP RU-price)
• dirt cheap bundles (with 3 - 12 Games) for a lousy 1.5$ - 7$
• trading is fun (if you're smart) also profitable and "still" supported by steam
• games get you cards, cards get you badges > created badges > get icons + wallpapers > keep or sell expensive ones
• the more you collect the more you're involved, even if not dedicated to 1 game but the com./platform as ... that and + the bigger the shackle
• install idle-master > get the cards automatically don't waste time on installing the games/changing the game, play only what you feel like to
• scratches that itch to collect stuff be it digital or boxed ...
• free games everywhere ...

^ bottom line 1: -> sheer endless game entertainment at a VERY low cost -> can't have a 1000+ cakes and eat them too (unless ...)

time:

• keeps going, won't hold :D
• limited for some activities
• more valuable than most "things"

^ finite ...

Why play the steam meta game AKA buying games to never play them?

time > steam ... that's why, also why i don't give a darn about competition and
achievements - except for a few games i could count on 1 or 2 hands

I've become addicted to shopping on sales. I tell myself that I only buy stuff that I'm sure that I'll play and the majority of the games I intend to play them but following this way of thinking led my backlog to more than 145 games xD
On the other side the only game that I've bought with real money was CS:GO, other then that they were bought with trading revenue so...
I guess that I'm just worse than a women and its shoes

I don't buy that much, but I play a lot less than I buy, so I'd say it's the buying experience:

Finding new games that match my taste (or I want to inflict on my kids) to some extent.
Researching the games some more (reading reviews, etc.)
Deciding if they're worth the (small) investment in money
Feeling like I got a good deal

I don't have thousands (yet heh) but most of the reason I have so many is because of the humble bundles. I redeemed literally everything before I realized there were good places like this. I mean now that they're in there I intend to at least TRY each game, but... that will still take a little bit of time haha.