It's the never-ending story, the dun dun duuuuun backlog....
I try to keep track of how many games I have and I'm looking at a 78 game backlog right now. This probably doesn't seem like a crazy amount to most but I'm not including my digital games in that total. (Steam, XBOX LIVE Arcade, PSN, DSiware, 3DSware, VITA etc.) I'm guessing with those numbers it would probably be at least double that if not more (but out of sight out of mind right?) .
So I started looking through my "collection" and trying to weed out some stuff but it seems like there is always another game on the horizon. I also started looking at howlongtobeat.com to look up game times for some of my games. I figure an average game could take anywhere from 8-14 hours. It doesn't seem like that long but with less game time now it adds up fast. I figure even if I play an hour a day it will take me 2 weeks to finish a 14 hour game...but more realistically it would probably take 3-4 weeks.
The crazy thing is I don't even buy the way I used to in the early days of CAG. So how do you guys manage? Or just don't think about it? If I was a collector I probably wouldn't mind but I'm at the point where looking at all these games doesn't add up or make too much sense really. I'm thinking of ditching most of the last gen stuff but now the next gen is already fast approaching. I feel like I might need to start ignoring platforms to really get the # of games down. Then again I could just stop buying stuff all together until I get it within a number I'm happy with but isn't deal hunting a game in itself?
I guess having too much to play shouldn't be a problem but I'm guessing I'm not the only one who would rather have a 3 game backlog than a 78 game one.
I try to keep track of how many games I have and I'm looking at a 78 game backlog right now. This probably doesn't seem like a crazy amount to most but I'm not including my digital games in that total. (Steam, XBOX LIVE Arcade, PSN, DSiware, 3DSware, VITA etc.) I'm guessing with those numbers it would probably be at least double that if not more (but out of sight out of mind right?) .
So I started looking through my "collection" and trying to weed out some stuff but it seems like there is always another game on the horizon. I also started looking at howlongtobeat.com to look up game times for some of my games. I figure an average game could take anywhere from 8-14 hours. It doesn't seem like that long but with less game time now it adds up fast. I figure even if I play an hour a day it will take me 2 weeks to finish a 14 hour game...but more realistically it would probably take 3-4 weeks.
The crazy thing is I don't even buy the way I used to in the early days of CAG. So how do you guys manage? Or just don't think about it? If I was a collector I probably wouldn't mind but I'm at the point where looking at all these games doesn't add up or make too much sense really. I'm thinking of ditching most of the last gen stuff but now the next gen is already fast approaching. I feel like I might need to start ignoring platforms to really get the # of games down. Then again I could just stop buying stuff all together until I get it within a number I'm happy with but isn't deal hunting a game in itself?
I guess having too much to play shouldn't be a problem but I'm guessing I'm not the only one who would rather have a 3 game backlog than a 78 game one.