Do you have time to play the games you own?
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When you build a library of games it eventually becomes very hard to play all of them. Some want to play all of them but you also want to reply older ones as well.In this video, I go over how I try to get around this obstacle
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When you build a library of games it eventually becomes very hard to play all of them. Some want to play all of them but you also want to reply older ones as well.In this video, I go over how I try to get around this obstacle
Playing the new FF 8 . Due to a corrupted memory card back in the day I didn't beat Ultimacia and just gave update. But I will finish it this time.😉
@@INTERRACIALLOVEMATTERS Word I would love to know too
I know I sound like a broken record here but if you like RPG's and you want a good Modern day one? You need to pick up Dragon Quest XI and or Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant King on the PS4 or the Switch. They are both Excellent beautiful RPG's.
Dragon XI is one of the best RPGS ever made bare minimum at least in the last two console generations. I agree about Man of Medan too. It was too short and wasn't as good as Until Dawn Imo.
I make time.
@@antayat123 Can you tell me the name of the PS1 game in the video?
I probably spend more time watching videos about games than I do actually playing them these days.
I don’t have enough time to play, problem with having a big library makes it even worse, I feel like I waste more time deciding what to play than I actually do playing.
That happens to me sometimes too. I'm not sure what to play and I'll just sit there and stare at games shelves for like 20mins and end up not playing anything. I just think myself out of playing.
100% agree. I don't buy many games anymore. All my retro stuff is everdrives or ode's so that makes it less expensive. PS1, NES Toploader, Dreamcast, Super NT, Mega SG, N64 and Neo Geo all are everdrives or ode's. Oh well
@@ryanjackson7387 me too
man i have so many rpgs on my ps3, i dont know which 1 to start with 😢
Just some random Chef yeah like others have said I’ll sit down to play a game and start browsing my library, can’t make a decision, maybe watch a UA-cam video for some inspiration, still not decide and will have lost like a couple hours lol. One thing I’ve done is itemize my whole library of games (about 850) on a website like backloggery.com. They have a feature on there called fortune cookie, when I can’t decide I will set some parameters like what system I feel like playing, if it’s a game I haven’t played yet or one I’ve been working on finishing, select open fortune cookie and play whatever it gives me
I spend too much of my free time on UA-cam and Netflix, but I always try to game a little bit every day recently.
Yooo same here man I try to play some games here and there ps4 or switch.
I just watch on my phone while playing a game. Bam
I believe money spent on things you enjoy is never a waste
What if its hard drugs lol
Well if you regret it after than no lol
Exactly more power to yah. I find that some of the toughest times I've had in life were easier to deal with due to something I learned from a videogame. I see most of my collection as keepsakes and a support system.
Are you really enjoying it if you never play it or get a chance to? When does it just become hoarding?
@@maxpower10k some stuff I get enjoyment out of it just seeing it on a shelf. I think when its organized and clean it's not hoarding but when you get to the point where things are thrown around or you are storing them in boxes then it might become hoarding
when i get one or two hours ahead of me where i can play a game i panic becuase i cant decide what to play and then i usually watch a movie or something
It's strange because when I do have the time to play my games I sometimes struggle with deciding what game to play since my backlog is massive at this point. I've tried to hold back on buying too many games this year solely because I feel like I have so many at this point and am not truly playing them all.
I know the feeling big dawg. At least for this year i know im just focusing on the Switch. Unless Shenmue 3 and Death Stranding is good.
Put a blind fold and pick a game
I literally spend more time deciding what to play then actually playing something. I always feel like there's something better I could be playing.
It's actually a pretty shitty feeling
@@dallan7736 oh my god yes! Fuckin hate it! Like right now im picking between Astral Chain, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Smash Bros and the whole damn SNES catalouge! You just have to pick one game and GUN IT!
I am not to sure if it's my OCD but if there is a game I want to play and it's the second game title of a series I have to go play the first game first, even if the story doesn't continue from previous game.
Jeffy Green I don’t have ocd and I do this a lot
Glad it isn't just me haha
I do the same and I have diagnosed OCD and Agoraphobia. The need to play previous titles in the series definitely feels different than any OCD compulsion I have so I'm sure there are unrelated. That said I'm not sure what it would be labeled as.I definitely refuse to play a new game until I finish all previous ones in the series...currently trying to finish every kingdom hearts game...started way before KH3 released.
I use to be like that but now i only do that if the game before was really good if not then fuck it.
@@jeffysworld7886 same here
nailed it... just buy the games you wanna play!
The one thing that puts me off a game is the word “GRIND”. I have big games like Persona 5 and Witcher 3 but haven’t even started them. I’m 42 with a full time job, wife and kids. When I was younger i would play a game on the second hardest level first then headrest level for second play though just to get my money’s worth. Now it’s started on default level and move on. The backlog is real. I’m hoping for more shorter games in future like “a plague tale innocent” I can’t be the only old timer that enjoys shorter story driven games.
You are not alone
Second that
I only buy what I really like and I still don't have the time, too many hobbies and work
I find the time to play games when I can. The problem for me is that, not only am I a completionist, I also am an avid reader, a movie buff and a comic nerd. Any one of those hobbies could take up someone's life but I have all four. Even just deciding which one I want to do at any given time is stressful.
I'm a business manager in my late 30s with 4 children only time I get is on planes when traveling for work thank you Nintendo for the switch 👍
You got a weird name man
The older you get and the more responsibilities you have it does get harder to find the time. I pretty much wait until everyone is asleep then play for a few hours a night. Lack of sleep definitely but it's really the only time I get to play. Great video Reggie 🤘
I get games at a faster rate than beating them tbh.
Same here, i got plenty of games that I started then got something else and havent gone back to at all
I still have amiibo I haven’t even registered, GameCube games I’ve only stuck in to make sure they work and never played them, SNES and Genesis games I’ve only made sure they work, my entire wii collection is in storage and at least 10 of those games have never been played.... I made a stand a couple of weeks ago, I’m not buying anymore games until I beat at least 5 single player games.
Early thirties, no family, no kids. I have a lot of free time and disposable income, and I still struggle to decide what to play....
This is why I've never got around to playing Witcher 3 yet 😩
Same but I played like 10 hours
@@ced214 Same 😄
Me too.
REGGIE always coming thru with the fantastic topic and commentary!! Love your point on the limited run market making gamers buy games they aren't ready to play until down the road but need to buy now before they're gone. So true dude. Great video. I need more time in my life!!
I have a 2 yr old so I get about 2-4hrs max a week to play games. So now I have a huge backlog I'll hopefully get to one day.
Last night I've finally finish Final Fantasy 7. It took me 90 hours to complete everything in six months. I don't have time to Play every game I own but when i start a game I want to finish before I jump to another one. After I finished the ff7 it was a good relief but feeling very happy as well. That was a quite nice long journey for an amazing game.
THATS A BRILLIANT QUESTION !! Great video fella, the answer IS YES !!!!! make time , I try to pick games that really pull me in. If after 10/15 min I'm not hooked , I move on. I found out my niece are RPGs, Castlevania, Metroid, Indian and Metroid Vania games, but you've got some valid points , it think naturally as you get more into collecting than just playing you naturally can't play them all. Just find your favouritess ;)
My problem isn't even finding what to play, I've got plenty...it's finding the MOTIVATION to actually sit down and play. Gaming has always been part of my life and I love it, but I feel like I'm wasting time when I actually sit down to play, and I wish I could get over that feeling.
Yeah I can relate, I've recently spent the past 2 years buying all the gen 5, 6 and 7 games I wanted and as of last week I finished getting all the ones I wanted. With physical resellers bound to collapse in the next 2-3 years it seemed like the perfect time to get everything. Now that I'm older and done with college I have finally been playing through my backlog. Some of the games I just started I bought a year or 2 ago, but I have absolutely no regrets about it.
#NO... I keep telling myself that one rainy/snowy day I would start to play a game in my collection/12 year backlog. I have been collecting games for nearly 35 years. The last 10 to 12 years it's been incredibly difficult to sit down and play a game for more than 30 minutes due to my family/work schedule. I play Call of Duty online 2 or 3 times a month because it's easy to pickup & play for 30 to 45 mins then head off to bed. I still collect from time to time when I find games I'm interested in for a decent price... one day I will have time to play BUT when that day comes... what game should I play??? 😳 #BacklogProblems 😟
Do you collect SNES? Maybe try playing some of those games as you can just pickup and play any time for whatever amount of time you want. I’ve found now I’m older it’s easier to play Megadrive or SNES games because they don’t have a 50 hour story arc etc and they are super fun to play and to collect. ;)
I feel that in some ways we have a similar pattern. We buy games we want to play. This is totally me. When something catches my eye and I want to have that experience I buy it. Most of the time this is fine and I feel ok about going through my library to choose the next game to play. Sometimes I get overwhelmed when a whole bunch of games come out at the same time that I want to beat and games that I want to play continue to release. I have very little self control when it comes to picking and choosing between a whole bunch of games I want to play.
I hope that I can get to all the games that I have at some point. In my head that if games ever go completely digital, that may be the time I stops buying new releases and just start hitting my backlog.
Lalena Dee I’m the same way, but I also have a pile of digital games on my PS4 , recently I’ve been grabbing physicals for ps3. Only games I’d actually play. I have a problem with beating games though, I jump around too much.
@@smiler8312 That is actually a good point. When I used to play on Steam, I was the same way. I would wait for those deep discounts before I bought a game. Even on my consoles I'm the same way. I add games that look interesting to my wish list and wait for them to go on sale.
Same. Once Games go fully digital I will buy new game a lot less then I do now. Right now I only buy about 4 new generation games a year. Compared to the 75 retro games I buy a year.
There's not enough hours in the day. If only sleep wasn't a thing. I still make time when I can. I love my bookshelf of games.
You said it Reggie, responsibilities.
I'm an adult, a family man with a full time job. I have a PS4 and love gaming. Modern games require a commitment of time.
Thankfully, with the games I like to play Far Cry 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, you can save as you go along and pretty much start back from where you last saved. That has saved my gaming life.
Some of these games take me weeks to months to finish because of responsibilities and I'm a completionist. I spend a lot of money on these games and I want to get my money's worth.
Pick the game genre you enjoy and do the research on the game and choose the game wisely.
Be good!
Not enough time in the day. I am a care giver so it's a all day thing. I have to play late at night but still glad to get some gaming in💙😊
It’s hard when you enjoy all the video game genres like me
Same. And it's even worse when you enjoy games on all platforms (PC and consoles) from the past 30 years lol
i own over 300 cib ds/3ds games and have only played maybe 10 of them
I used to be the same way.
It makes you wonder how many people out there would actually be playing those games and enjoying them if they weren't just being hoarded away on a shelf.
My buddy and I donated a bunch of games to the hospital for the game room to give the kids something to play.
Felt damn good.
I know personally I can't even keep up with the new releases and realistically I'll never even have time to play through my Steam collection, let alone every console game.
I've often wondered why people are always fiending for the next game to come out when I know that they haven't played most of the classics that are already available, probably sitting on their shelf collecting dust.
GOD Bless you Reggie. I appreciate your kind demeanor man. I first discovered you through Metal Jesus.
I didn't have time to play my video games... so I needed to fix it. I quit my job and dumped my girlfriend, and now I have lots of time to play my video games!!
You sum it all up... My girlfriend constantly wants to know why I buy games I don't play and this is why. I want to, I intend to but with a full time job is hard...
I have family Work and 2 young Kids i always find some time to play my favourite games in The night secret if You like something do it
I sleep 6hrs, work 8hrs, spend like 2-4hrs on games. repeat and the hours vary on weekends.
But how do u meet women or go out
@@JF-xm6tu I don't
I remember I didn't allow myself to buy a ps4 when it came out because I had 12 games on PS3 and 360 that I hadn't played or finished. Best decision I ever made. Not only did that motivate me to play those games, but that 8 months was the best gaming experience of my life and really got me back into it. Some of those games are among my favorites and they had been sitting on my shelves collecting dust for 2-4 years. Now I love my PS4.
My aunt worked at a magazine store and when they were getting rid of the monthly official PlayStation mags she used to give those ps1 demos to me used to have quite a few of them man ... I love them I don’t know maybe 20 or so such a blast... thanks Reggie
I have a family and kids, I have to wait til everyone is asleep and burn those late hrs playing my games
80% play half way. 15% complete 5% wait list / bucket list
I budget my free time ahead to decide what I want to do, so I feel productive in spending my free time. (Instead of mindlessly browsing the web, UA-cam, or the Netflix catalog)
With my part-time job I have so much time for playing my 1000 games, however I end up watching LaserDiscs and 90s TV Shows most of the time :/
It's hard to decide with so much media around :D
Totally agree Reggie, as our time is limited, the choice of games to play becomes vitally important. My decision is shaped by four criteria: 1) GOTY worthiness, 2) nostalgia/classic factor, 3) personal preferences and 4) time required to beat (shorter is generally better, if 50+ hours, the game HAS to be a masterpiece). I'm extremely picky and go only for games that tick most of these boxes, that way I know my time is well invested.
I do what you do Reggie. I buy games I think I will play. I have a lot that are just sitting there waiting to be played, but finding time to play them is difficult because of adult responsibilities and my career takes up a lot of time. I still look forward to playing them. I just do it really slowly.
I think my biggest problem isn't even time, as I put huge importance on having enough game time every week. If anything, I just can't stop playing the same games lol..
It’s crazy I have a library of well over 2000 video games that I’ve collected since my childhood but yet I still don’t know what to play. 🤷♂️ The struggle Is real....
I've the same problem and I always end up playing something like sonic 3 for the millionth time
Best thing to do is smoke some weed or drink a beer and grab whatever you like.
Hehe, I've spent 20 mins on UA-cam when I could have been trying out Urban Chaos on Xbox which arrived in the post earlier :)
A great realistic story very similar to mine Reggie, I had a C-64 in the late 80's & loved my SNES in the early 90's but it was getting the Playstation at the first week at launch that opened up the floodgates of gaming for me & I've been a fanatic ever since! I only collect games I like & see myself returning to or games I really think I would enjoy or it's not in my library, all with the intent of savoring when time permits!
I love these game collector talks reggie. You touch a lot of subjects in your videos that a lot of collectors can relate with including me. Keep it up bro
Short answer: No, I do not have enough time. I have a crazy backlog, not to mention the stuff in my collection that I will never get to.
I find myself having to cut into my sleep, either late nights when the fam is asleep or early mornings on the weekends. That’s my dedicated time
Here's a UA-cam tip when watching people play games, change the speed to 1.25x or higher to save time and increase the pace
Finding time to play video games is one of my biggest problems. I just keep buying games I would enjoy, and they sit on my shelf sealed until I have time. I used to play a lot of RPGs, but now I focus on shorter games.
Another issue I have is games have so much more content it just takes so much longer to beat them, and that makes finding time even more of challenge. I have friends who will get a game and then claim to beat it in under a week and I’m like “how?” Besides that if payed $60-$100 on a game and could complete it in a few days I’d feel like I didn’t get my money’s worth
Great points Reggie especially about sticking to games you honestly really want to play. It’s so hard to find time to play games and it’s frustrating because I want to play so many of them. At times I set a schedule during the week to make sure nothing else gets in the way.
Its been some time, but there are chances , and fate willing like all things, the inclination and motivation to play older games. But they are just so safe tucked away and sealed.
You are absolutely correct Reggie, as a kid I used to play 5 or more hours a day, now as an adult I only play from 1 to 2 hours but not everyday. I'm quite fine with that because I'm busy doing other things. Either I'm working or spending time with my girl watching Netflix. I do buy a lot of video games but most of the time when I start a game I try to finish it. Right now I'm play Destroy all Humans 2 and I'm enjoying the heck out of it.
I am addicted to buying games on the eshop.... I have zero time to play lol 😂 but I have 110 games in my switch lol I have played less than 10 of them.... I call it getting ready for my retirement 😊
Funny you bring this up. At age 50 I would like to play games but am sometimes to busy. But I still buy games hoping to play them sometime in the future.
I am a player and collector of fighting games for various systems. I like how they are pick up and play and can be very quick to beat compared to rpgs.
Great topic and I have way too many games and not enough time. The problem is, they keep making amazing games. I'll never have enough time to play every game I've ever wanted to.
as long as i can reach out and grab my games i buy them 😉 i haven't played games in 6 years missed this gen so backwards compatibility is amazing waiting for ps5. in the meantime im playing older games just about making time imo.
You know as sad as I am that things are going towards digital-only, a part of me can’t wait, so I can give up on buying new games and play my backlog. I work for a living, and if I never bought another game I could never play all the games I have. I’m kind of disgusted with this collector I’ve become!
I used to work 80+ hours a week and still had time for gaming every night, now I only work 40 a week and feel like I have so little time. For me currently, it's a struggle trying to balance my time on my days off between catching up on my housework, relaxing and spending time with my gf and her children. In the end I don't have much time for me in general. I keep collecting because I'm sure I'll eventually be able to play again, and I don't want to miss out on getting certain games before their value becomes too restrictive.
If having a big library is making it hard for you to play, try picking out like 30 games per week and choose from there. The point is that you dont stress about it becauze you gotta enjoy em
Great video and great conversation on the topic.
Some dude! Where you been!?
@@The_RadicalOne working my ass off lol. Been doing a lot of 50 to 60 hour weeks. But I still got you bro.
I know I just play the games that I like. I take my time with them and enjoy them. Even if it takes me a month or more to beat a game I’m OK with that and then I move onto the next game that I’m interested in. as an adult with a kid and a full-time job I don’t have nearly the time to play as I used to but I just take my time and beat them one game at a time. And I just look at my backlog it’s something to do when everybody goes to this all digital future they talk about.
Good question. Right now, no, because I'm working on a new book. After that, though...hopefully.
Working a full-time job and a caretaker to my disabled husband. I try to find some time on my two days off from work, one for rest and the other to play some games.
I think there is also a sort of addiction in buying games. I am more selective now, I buy only what I want to play immediately, otherwise they just make the shelf busier...
Story of my life rn. I have to start being more of an “adult” so I have less time to play. Damn do I miss it bad
I agree with you. I have only 3 or 4 hours for the all week to play. Rpgs are out of cuestion. :(
Best advice to folks that are truly gamers.
theres never enough time to game unless you’re still a kid living with the folks. adult life is the gamers worst adversary.
Yep, even being a highschooler or college student living with the folks its hard. You have to be a straight up kid still lol
My backlog is honestly killing me, but I will get through them all in time, better to have them now than to hunt them down. Made that mistake back in the day with Suikoden II, but got lucky later when game places were purging titles in deals. 🙌🏻
Every game i buy, i want to play, beat, and know that its right their for me to replay if i want to play again. Their some RPGs that left impression and shaped younger me, that made me a better person that i am today. I am proud to own since my childhood. I am looking at you Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Tactics, monster hunter, shin megami tensei, resident evil 2, and demon souls. =p
(edited forgot to add Final Fantasy Tactics, that game is a rollercoaster of emotions.]
Even with 2 kids all day and work at night i still find time to game
Having a wife and kid it's hard to get access to my games sometimes. I jump around between so many games nowadays its hard to commit to one and finish.
I cant even imagine having games like today back in 1993 when I graduated. I would have never left the house lol.
I have actually gotten better in the past year or two about buying only one or two games a year at release. I bought Sekiro day one to play with a friend and I am buying Borderlands 3 day one to play with that same friend.
I have a backlog of somewhere around 400 games to play but most of my backlog is stuff I got for free through Twitch Prime, Epic Game Store, Playstation Plus and the rare free game through Humble Bundle, Steam or GOG.
Out of my entire backlog, I'd say I have about 100 must play games that I will be trying to prioritize over the next few years to get back on track. Here's hoping.
Nope. And when I do have time I can't decide what to play. FML
With so many games released every month, I find that I dont have a lot of patience. If a game doesnt immediately grab my attention I will move on. I also stay away from RPGs and games with a lot of reading text. I just dont wanna invest that kind of time in just one game. Love game pass for the convenience and trying out a lot of games. Saved me a ton of money already.
Totally agree on library to m8 I have a big physical collection now , bit I like to go look and pick depending how I'm feeling, if that makes sense
Hey man thank you for making this video. You're addressing what some of us are thinking. I remember giving those GamePros, the tips N tricks magazines when I was younger. I made a joke when I was a kid about.. what if they send a N64 demo in the Magazine by accident hahaha. It would probably sell for hundreds.
Thanks for sharing your journeys and ideas of your own. Believe it or not I work from home right now and you'd thing I would play games here and there. NOPE. I have too much work.
Anyways take care man
I like to collect for both home consoles and handhelds but since im most of the time busy and away from home I end up playing my handheld collection way more
I make as much time as I can to play as many of my games as I can but I too have a lot that I probably will never finish
Great video. Always wandered this. As an owner of a Xbox one and PS4 I still play my ps2 games the most.
- Kandy Soufax - same
I don't have a huge library maybe 100 games between all my consoles. Life doesn't give me much time to play more than one game 3-4 hours a week at most. It's hard when you work and have a family to get play much.
Oh, here comes Reggie again talking all that sense.
I'm like you reggie I loved RPGs still do but with this whole adulting business I cant seem to invest the time I need to, so I've mainly stuck with quick games, fighting games I managed 60hrs in Persona 5 but havent gone back as I lack the time, I feel your pain!
A lot of games these days aren't as 'good' in terms of how they were. Sure graphically games are better, but a lot of times, plot, gameplay, etc are not that good, but still worth it IMO.
The crazy thing is that back then, we had more time to play but less ability to actually get games. Now we have more money to get games, but don't have as much time.
No time with a full-time job and a kid. I try to play before bed or on the weekends when the kid's napping. But that's about it. A man cave full of games but no time lol
Variety is the spice of Life. I never concern myself with wanting to beat or even play my whole library. I do love having all the options at my fingertips.
My backlog has become ridiculous. If I never bought another game my entire life I think it would still take me 10 years to beat every thing I currently have. And I’m talking about great games . I play them for a couple of hours and love them but by be next time I get to play there’s a new game out that I have to try that’s just as good. Then they keep releasing all the games from 10 or 20 years ago that were once in my backlog before that I never had time to play. So I buy them just so they go back to my backlog again. Plus these games are too long. This is one situation that I just haven’t figured out how to handle.
I sometimes get frustrated cause I don't get in the mood for certain games at certain moments.
It seems that depending on what season it is my gaming habits change so I learned to ease up on putting too much pressure on myself.
Having a library of games to choose from just makes the fruit of the gaming hobby more richer and fulfilling.
Having less time when you're older is so true. As a college student and having a pretty large collection compared to the average person, it isn't always easy to make time for all of the games I pick up.
I definitely don't have time for the games I have. The crazy thing is, reviewing games have given me less time to play them.
Avalanche Reviews so true dude. When I started reviewing games a couple of years ago, I didn’t realize it was actually burning out my desire to play them
I don't know if it's time I have or need, I need the motivation to pop the game in the console and enjoy it. Something has made me lazy n drained. When I'm in the moment and there's a game I wanna play but don't own, I'll go purchase it, smoke a joint, pop it in and play for about an hour than it collects dust.
My time for playing games is about 45min to an hr every night after my kids are asleep. After they are asleep, i have little to no energy to even boot up a console. Its depressing. I need to leverage my Switch for playing games while im at work or commuting, but the joycons are so uncomfortable to hold and the lack of a d-pad makes me feel like im forcing myself to play on it. I need more ergonomic joycons and a REAL d-pad for me to fully enjoy the Switch. However, i do carry my Switch in my backpack where ever i go so I have it when i get the itch to play.
Thanks for this vid bro. I often think about this, because I have a house now, and work nights, and while I have awesome game rooms set up, I have a growing backlog as well as a growing wish list, and it seems like I don't have time.
The people who ask this questions. How do you play all your games or why do buy games if you can't play them. Why do you buy groceries? Why do buy more than you need to eat that night?
Because you plan on eating other stuff later. Obviously its not food but its the same mentality.
Alot of the games in my collections I've finished them before or came close. Others are stuff that I want to play or got a taste of and want the full experience. I personally do blindly buy any game. Anything I buy I know what I'm getting.
Its easy to get caught up in trying to beat or enjoy all the games you pick up. Not every game will be one you connect with though. The good thing is, with emulation and the accessibility of games now, youll never run out of shit to play, so its not a big deal if you skip games youre not into.
I've rebuilt my ps3 collection recently and was asked this question on almost every purchase as I was picking up multiples