I think that depends on the person. For me, I go through phases. It took me 6 months to eventually get through mass effect one this summer. For someone like me, and a lot of people I imagine, paying 50 or so dollars for a gamefly subscription over that time versus the 9 dollars I paid for the game used saved me a lot of money. I also have a hard time believing you get anything accomplished playing over 200 games the pas 2 years. You are obviously an anomaly. I can't even comprehend play...
This one was actually submitted before Joystiq's. They just got approved first because of their name.