When you become a serious enough gamer, you're likely to encounter one big problem. You just don't have enough time to finish every game in your collection before the next wave of games hits. It may be because you just love collecting games, and your collection has gotten out of hand, or it could be that you have more responsibilities than you used to.
Of course, long games like rpgs, and collections, don't help at all in this respect. So, you begin to develop what, in gaming terms, is known as a backlog.
A backlog is the part of a collection that isn't played right away, or is only partially played, and set aside for a time. On its own, one game is not that intimidating, and there's no reason to believe it won't be played at one point.
However, as collections grow, so do backlogs. It can get to the point where climbing Mt. Everest sounds like a less daunting task than completing every game in your backlog. But, even though it would take forever just to complete the games you have, you can't miss out on the latest releases can you? Don't panic. You're among friends.
I for one, sympathize with your plight. Mine has been going since the tail end of the 6th gen, and about a year or two after the start of the last handheld gen. I still have ps2 games to get through. Yet, somehow, people still manage to amaze me with the magnitude of their backlogs. Mine is large enough, however, that I'm able to reassure those who are new to the backlog problem. Stay tuned for part 2, where I will list all the stages of backlogs.
In the meantime, what are your thoughts? Are you a part of the backlog club? Leave your comments below. Also, feel free to drop by my blog: landofgaming.net
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
This blog is a bit on the short side but i'll give you the benefit of the doubt as its a first attempt.
There is a lot more you can say on this topic. Try to add a paragraph or two before it gets approved.
My backlog is absolutely ridiculous ... Seriously its depressing. Not sure how ill ever get around to play most of them .... :(
My backlog goes back to the PS One! I still haven't completed Vagrant Story p_p
PSN+ is basically what ruined me. Before that, games would be dealt with in a timely manner then assigned to the collection.
It goes something like...
PS+: here's XCOM and Tomb Raider
Me: Thanks PS+, i'll give those a go as soon as they download.
PS+: here's Dead or Alive 5 and Bioshock: Infinity
Me: Hang on, I've only just started on XCOM and I have just bought Last of US so I want to play that
PS+: but you haven't played Sleeping Dogs or Demon's Souls yet...
Me: Wait, slow dow..
PS+: or Dragon's Dogma and Uncharted 3
Me: wtf...
PS+ TAKE OUR GAMES, TAKE THEM!
Me: *faint*
Good timing for this article ! This is the best time to play your backlog games due to the fact that there is not too many big games coming out on all platforms!