As a gamer, I did not have an ideal gaming setup and generally resorted to playing some games through Steam with regularity when I joined in late-2015. Within the year, while I was able to gain a much better gaming setup to play my consoles as my preferred platform, I lost the available time I was to play games as life became incredibly busy and stressful for a long time. Now, in the last few years, my time for gaming has opened up again, and I'm generally spending a moderate amount of time doing so, although I now spend time pursuing other activities unlike before. Looking forward, I don't see my current situation changing either way in any either direction.
As a collector, my collection has increased a lot by my standards since I've joined. The kinds of games I'm interested in hasn't really changed, although I am recently making an attempt to try some genres I hadn't played before, such as survival horror and Western RPG. Something to consider is that my collection is shared by two, so we certainly have our own interests in the medium. With that said, having the kinds of items I wouldn't personally have considered purchasing on my own as part of my inventory makes trying out new kinds of games more easily possible, if I'm wanting to. At this point, I am not usually adding items to my collection, as I would like to focus on my backlog. If there are games I become priced out of as the market has heavily shifted since 2020, then so be it.