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The 'Kill Your Backlog' Masterlist (theworksofegan.net)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by grrgyle@slrpnk.net to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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As the author says in this article, it's not their original idea, but this is the first time I'm hearing about it.

It basically boils down to play a game from your backlog for a bit, and whether you liked it or not, or kept playing it or bounced right off, you now have permission to remove it from your backlog. It sounds very freeing.

I take perhaps a little too much pride in having a very small catalogue of unplayed games (not because I play games a lot, but because I am dreadfully cheap and hardly ever buy anything lol), but even an old miser like me could probably benefit from a little tidying.

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[–] mohab@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I find the backlog phenomenon bizarre.

When I buy a new game, I'm excited to launch it and play it ASAP. The idea of buying any game I don't care enough to play ASAP is… unfathomable to me.

Especially in a world where most games hit their historical low at least once every 3 months. It's not like it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy them for cheap or something.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Steam sales and bundles

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

yeah, i still only buy whatever i'm going to play right then.

[–] Zanshi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For me it's mostly games from bundles I bought years ago, I wanted that one game, but got 3 others, a sweet deal, but they sit there and accumulate. There are also games I played, but stopped. I consider those still in the backlog because I haven't finished them

[–] SyperStronkHero@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That and Steam Families becoming a thing our backlogs keep getting bigger and bigger.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Just to echo the other comments about bundles, look at Humble Bundle right now, choice is $15 and has Persona 5 Royal and 8 other games, and P5R's historical low is $20. I think some of the other games on the bundle are cool too, but I'm probably not going to play most of them right away, of at all. Likewise for Fanatical build your own bundles, sometimes one or two games makes the bundle worth it.

And there's also free games from EGS and occasionally GOG and other stores. I haven't spent a penny at EGS, yet I have hundreds of games and have finished maybe 3.

I only buy a game when I want to play it soon (next month or so), but sometimes it's cheaper to get a bundle than just that game. I don't spend a ton on games, but I have a ton.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, after the first couple of Steam sales I realized it was the same frenzied want that department stores try to inculcate in shoppers, and so I've tried to be much more conscious about my purchases.