Last week just after Christmas but before New Years of 2024 I took action. I actually took the time to organize my backlog and make a plan for 2025.

For years I have said I was gonna do this but never did. About 95% of my backlog is Playstation games because it is my prefered platform even though I have all the consoles.

I came up with a very similar system to Mike that posted recently about the PS5 Pro. I just discovered his YT channel today and found his year old video interesting because our backlog methods were very similar.

Here is what I did. I made a gameslist for “Priority” and a gameslist for “Backlog”. I put 10 games in “ Priority” and everything else goes into “Backlog”. I install one game at a time and play it for at least 2 hours. If I don’t like the game or the game does not click, I uninstall and remove from the list. Rinse and repeat.

I started doing this on December 29th, and now on January 3rd I am on my 4th game from the “Priority” list. One game I completed and two games I “Retired” because I just could not get them to click for me.

This is an effective system. I highly recommend it.

Thanks so much for your support, @tekdrudge!

I’ve tried so many different methods to tackle my backlog over the years, but this is the first one that stuck. I’m still using it and it’s still working. I haven’t really needed to use it on PlayStation since that’s mostly for the exclusives, but it’s been a backlog-saver on Xbox for me.

I love the idea of retiring games, as well. I’m stealing that 😁

Thanks for sharing, and for being a part of Fan Clubs!

For those interested, this is the video mentioned.

Backlog Update:

After organizing my backlog I realized that I had 130 games in the backlog not counting the 45 games on my wishlist.

Using the website howlongtobeat(dot)com I calculated approximately how long it would take me to complete. I came up with 3.6 years give or take. Keep in mind I only play about 15 hours a week.

Because of this, I reduced my backlog to 20 games that I should be able to complete by years end. At the end of the year I will revamp my backlog and include games that were removed from my backlog this year, to be included for next year.

By reducing it to a realistic year-long backlog, it makes the list much less daunting and more approachable. With a more approachable list, psycologically I feel I can easily conquer it.

For those that feel their backlog is too much to handle, this can be a way to fix that.

Also, I have fully completed my second game this year. Which makes four games I have checked off my backlog, and we are less than 10 days into the year. Though the long holiday week did help, allowing me to play more than normal.

15 minutes ago, tekdrudge said:

Backlog Update:

After organizing my backlog I realized that I had 130 games in the backlog not counting the 45 games on my wishlist.

Using the website howlongtobeat(dot)com I calculated approximately how long it would take me to complete. I came up with 3.6 years give or take. Keep in mind I only play about 15 hours a week.

Because of this, I reduced my backlog to 20 games that I should be able to complete by years end. At the end of the year I will revamp my backlog and include games that were removed from my backlog this year, to be included for next year.

By reducing it to a realistic year-long backlog, it makes the list much less daunting and more approachable. With a more approachable list, psycologically I feel I can easily conquer it.

For those that feel their backlog is too much to handle, this can be a way to fix that.

Also, I have fully completed my second game this year. Which makes four games I have checked off my backlog, and we are less than 10 days into the year. Though the long holiday week did help, allowing me to play more than normal.

That’s a massive backlog, and I’m stressed just thinking about it🤣. Be careful not to let it become a chore. What are the games that you REALLY can’t wait to play through?