There are different types of gamers.
I’m more of a casual gamer, I don’t work or make a lot of money so I usually trade in older games to purchase newer ones.
Right now all I have for games is Gears2, Fable2, Dead Space, NBA 2K9, Dark Sector and lots of XBL arcade games, and Final Fantasy IX which is probably one of my favorite games of all time. I’m not much of a collector, I just play the hottest games out. Though if I had the money and the time/effort I would love to get my hands on an N64 and get some of my favorite games (Starfox, Goldeneye, Mario64, StarCraft64, etc). I just haven’t bothered myself with doing all that.
I still consider myself a gamer cus I play video games just about every day, and for atleast a few hours whenever I have time.