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Next gen is coming – How to clear your current gen backlog

James O'Connor of MMGN: As the PS4 and Xbox One edge ever closer to release, I’m seeing more and more concern from people about their enormous gaming backlogs. With this in mind, I need a plan for how to deal with my backlog.

DragonPs43920d ago (Edited 3920d ago )

wish there was advice for us PC/console gamers.

have 600 steam games that I haven't beat and about 30 ps3 games and 5 xbox 360 games.

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Ripsta7th3920d ago

Lol just dont sell it ! Keep it , for memories haha

AznGaara3920d ago

I sold all my console games that aren't first party or console exclusives and used that money to rebuy them on the steam sale, even got some money left over. :)

TheFirstClassic3920d ago

I don't plan on getting a ps4 till black friday 2014... probably. Not even close to being done with this gen, or some of the previous gens tbh.

Darth Gamer3920d ago

There is no helping me. LOL. Between my PS3, VITA and XBOX 360 as well as Steam, I must have close to 30 games not yet even touched and I already have a PS4 and XBOX ONE paid for. I am not buying any other games except Dragons Crown until november. I actually still have PS2 and Original Xbox games to play. LOL

theDECAY3920d ago

That's the real problem. Most adults, including me, just don't have enough time to play all those games. That is why I don't have all the consoles. I barely have enough time to play all the PS3 games I want to.

Darth Gamer3920d ago

Exactly! I have found that as I have gotten older, ( I just turned 40) I have less time to do the things in life that I used to love to do, be it gaming, artwork, even reading a good book. Between my career, my four children (8 and under including a toddler) and wife, my free time has dwindled even though my obsession for purchasing games has not. I find myself not getting rid of any of them in the hopes that my children somewhere down the road wind up playing some of them. Plus, with the money that you get back for a trade in to me is not worth parting with the game.

vitullo313920d ago (Edited 3920d ago )

Im only 21 and i barely find time to game anymore ( although its mostly my fault because i have been going out a lot lately) and not to mention my backlog consists of ps3 games steam, vita, 3ds, wii u... it never ends!

@ darth... I probably buy more games than i play but they will always be there even if i dont get to it right away.. I learned my lesson after trading in all my n64 ps1 ps2 games long ago... major regrets

MAULxx3920d ago

Yeah, I have a pretty sizable backlog too. I just started from the beginning in Skyrim Legendary Edition, that's not helping the backlog at all but I'm having fun. Maybe I can dip into something while playing Skyrim. IDK, we'll see.

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies16h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken11h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 3h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 2h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt14h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken11h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.