No sooner do I post that do I learn that the Dark Crystal tactics game is delayed until February. Ah well, it’s probably not going to be that good. Or there’s maybe my birthday.

Im going to pre-order final fantasy 7 remake and the last of us 2 so I guess I'm out.

Theres also wattam that I like the look of on December 17th I think.

My intent is to get through the year with just gamepass...to be fair i rarely buy anything close to full price these days anyway.
As such i'm with you in spirit, but not actually committing to it, since the most likely impact of that would just be stopping me buy the odd cheap game that i think would be fun to play with my kids.

I’m waiting for both Cyberpunk and The Last of Us 2 on next gen platforms, so I’m more than likely done with new releases on the under-the-telly consoles.  But I may yet pick up the likes of Spider-man and God of War for cheap.  I don’t really overspend on games anymore, so there’s no incentive for me to do something like this.

I will just be game pass for 2019. There's more than enough good stuff there and I've always been a bit behind the times game wise anyway. Wife only remarked the other day when I was playing sf 2:ce - "why are you always playing the old version?"

I'm not retro, just slow.

I'll do a non-VR version.

Starting to think I should do this, my pile of shame is worse than ever. Finish 52 games too. Existing subs/gamepass permitted and it's not like I'm gonna run it of stuff to play...

Hollow Knight the one wrinkle in that plan...

LivDiv wrote:

I could probably go the year with just Gamepass.
I'm playing less and less these days.

I'm that prick that has all the time to play but doesn't.

I like reading, talking and watching videos about games but regularly can't be fucked to actually play them.

This is me in a nutshell.

The only things I’ve been looking forward to next are Cyberpunk and TLoU2 and as said they will both be better on Next Gen.

I have Game Pass Ultimate which takes care of pretty much all my needs as well as a back catalogue on PS4 big enough to sink the Titanic.

The only thing I’m going to do before starting my self enforced exile is buy Disco Elysium now then I’m done.

I’m in.

I find I play games to about half way through and just stop now.
Both Fallen Order and Outer Worlds were great but I hit a barrier where I just cant be arsed anymore. Like I have seen what it has to offer and that is that.

Yeah, too long really for the most. A lot feel padded out with the same shit over and over.
I appreciate stuff like Titty 2 which is like "here's a cool idea, right on to the next thing"

Good stuff Muzzy. Made sure I got Disco in. I can tell you all about it.

I’m assuming you are going to play all your games in chronological order?

Noticing on pc that it's totes possible to fall into an inverse trap even avoiding paying full price for stuff.

I cannot remember the last aaa I paid full wack for. Probably destiny 2. And even that I found small discounts for.

Other than that, I've nabbed freebies and game pass for aaas.

However, the perpetual sales, bundles and early access options on aa and below (and my tastes) have let to buying more games than I could play even if it was my FT job.

So yeah, wallet still struggles sometimes, because during sales I'll spend $100 on 6 indie or older titles.

Andy wrote:

acemuzzy wrote:

I'm gonna be a bit more lenient than previous years...

Yeah, the point is to stop spending shit-tonnes. Long-term, I’m even just keen to stop paying full-price for stuff. There’s really no need. I also need to limit the number of games I get in the first 6-12 months of a console’s life.

This. I need to stop buying so much and so early.

Will keep record again of what I buy, maybe here.

That’s the way to divorce.

The first thing I'd probably do in this situation of having too many unplayed games is to purge the backlog of all but a handful of titles that I still definitely want to play. Anything else, forget about it, even if you paid for it, sell/trade any physical versions and uninstall digital ones.

After that, select one or maximum two games to start playing (perhaps something quick and easy to pick up and something that requires more commitment). Play them until they're finished or you've had enough of them. Select a replacement each time you finish with one. And so on.

Once you've got through the remaining games, you can think about buying again. But never more than one or two at a time. Even if there's a big sale on, just get one or two - they'll all come round again. If there's something you'd rather play available 'free' on a subscription service, play that instead and don't buy anything.

And keep a wishlist containing only stuff you really want to play, and only buy games that are on it, not random purchases because they're cheap.

It's easy to do once you get into the swing of it, but I think the key thing is cutting some of your losses to start with, rather than feel you've got dozens of older games to plough through.