How long do you wait after a game's release until you play it?

I prefer to buy and play Complete/Definitive/GOTY editions at a steep Player's Choice or Greatest Hits discount (<$20) for many of the reasons noted in this sub, price, DLC, patch updates, etc. I'm admittedly frugal and hate it when I buy a game to have all of the intentions to play it, but don't get to it. Then a complete version comes out before I even touched the original and it makes me feel guilty for getting it and not playing it. So that's why I wait until that complete version goes on sale.

Of course, this means I'm averaging 2+ years post initial release of a game at the earliest. In 2021, my wife and I beat 2018's God of War - quite the accomplishment for us to play and beat a game that's 2.5 years old at the time. Also, we've only ever skipped Ascension (a prequel) and the mobile titles - all of which we own.

At the latest, well - let's just say last year, I bought the Metal Gear Solid Legacy collection for PS3 so that I can go through the series plus MGS5 on PS4. I have only ever finished MGS1, started MGS2, started MGS3, never played 4, never played Peace Walker (PSP), never played MGS5. I own all of these separately, by the way. MGS5 came out in 2015. I plan to play all of those games in 2022. Sometimes I'm looking at entire main-line series that I've only played through the first game (MGS above, Dishonored DotO, Infamous Second Son + DLC, Ratchet & Clank 2+, Bioshock 2+, Middle-Earth Shadow of War, Shenmue 2 & 3), or just completing the first and moving onto the sequel (Divinity Original Sin, Guacamelee, Assassins Creed). What I'm buying may be a couple of years old and complete, but what I'm playing could be several years removed from when it came out. Thus waiting too long takes a bit more work to get through and I don't want it to feel like work.

What about all of you patientgamers? How long are you waiting to play a new (to you) release? Is there such a thing as waiting too long?