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There is a thin line between love and hate and no other season identifies how thin that line actually is, as well as Christmas. It is a love hate relationship based on these 2 reasons.<\/p>\n

1. Love: Gamers love this time of year because games that were teased 18 months ago during the E3 expo are finally being released. There is a plethora of gaming goodness awaiting all of us after a long boring summer of gaming emptiness.<\/p>\n

2. Hate: The cost. Add the sums together and on average we need \u00a3300 – \u00a3400 at this time of year to get the titles we actually want.<\/p>\n

I have touched on this briefly before in a previous post, http:\/\/pser.me\/9Z, but this time I have found an answer to your possible financial woes.<\/p>\n

That answer is simple in theory but almost impossible in practice. It is ‘Patience’. Any gamer old enough to have their own income will you tell you that waiting for a game to be released is bad enough and that to ask them to wait further once it has been released is against their human rights.<\/p>\n

Take Batman: Arkham City as an example. Back in August 2009 my PlayStation wasn’t switched off. I was so immersed in Batmans universe that when Arkham Asylum had come to an end I didn’t want to leave. I tried everything to find out more about Batmans history, from completing the riddlers quests to trying to reach almost impossible areas.<\/p>\n

I have waited 26 months for a follow up. That’s roughly 792 days or 19,008 hours. If you asked me to wait one more day than I already have, I would probably cry.<\/p>\n