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Title: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 22, 2022, 02:04:19 pm
I know we're still a week and a half away from the new year, but I thought it would be fun to start thinking of gaming and collecting goals we have for 2023. Post what you hope to accomplish whether it's around collecting, beating a certain amount of games, getting a specific game, downsizing, or whatever.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 22, 2022, 02:14:02 pm
1. Complete 52-Games Challenge: This has become a staple of my gaming goals every year now for a while, and it's certainly where I have the most fun in this hobby these days. In fact, it's probably my favorite thing about this website still, beyond even the collecting aspect.


2. Continue to build by CIB game collection: This specifically relates to me obtaining various CIB N64, Genesis, and SNES games. I'm mostly trying to complete most of the loose games I currently have, although there's a few titles I'd love to just get, but complete at this point. I'm going to set the bar at 10 new CIB games on these consoles.


3. Focus on collecting for Saturn again: It's been a while since I've heavily focused on a specific console to collect new games for, but it sounds fun to go after more Saturn games again after taking a break from this for a while. While I don't have a ton of Saturn games I'm still after, especially NTSC/US titles, there are a good 30-40 games I'd still like to have between US and Japanese releases. I'd like to add at least 10 new Saturn games to the collection, and one of them I'd like to add again is Panzer Dragoon Saga. I regrettably sold my copy a few years ago thinking I wouldn't want to play it again, but guess what...I kind of do. Other than that, games like Shinobi Legions, Sonic Jam, Hyper Duel, and a few others are on my radar although I'm not as committed to getting those as much as PDS.


4. Get back into making youtube videos again: This last year has been terrible as far as my output of videos on my youtube channel which is all about countdowns and reviews for various video games. I think I only posted 3 videos in 2022, but it would be nice to post maybe 8 or more in 2023. I've had reasons for not getting back into it, but I feel like I fee motivated enough to get back into it like I used to be and also I had a lot of fun doing it, especially during the first year of my channel. So yeah, I'd like to create at least 8 new videos this next year.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: ignition365 on December 22, 2022, 03:12:15 pm
I actually started looking at my goals from this year a couple of days ago

Recap Goals for 2022.

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1. Stay under 8,000.  I'd love to say stay under 7,800, but that's setting myself up for failure.
- Success
2. Finish Sonic franchise run.
 - Failed - I'm actually quite close and could maybe finish, but I'm chilling for the rest of the year
3. Finish Resident Evil franchise run.
 - Failed - didn't even try tbh
4. Play through the new Assassin's Creed games because new games released since I did my franchise run.
- Failed - didn't even try tbh
5. Paint shelving units black.
- Success
6. Unpack games.
- Success
7. Inventory collection.
- Failed - I actually did inventory a lot, but I know I need to catch up on some systems
8. Beat 104 games.  I won't commit to 156 from the start, but if it happens I'll update again.
- Success - Sitting at like 130
9. Start streaming again.
- Failed - It's been one thing after another, my back, then my teeth, still kinda my teeth, and I've been sick non-stop for what feels like weeks
10. Beat a game from every year from year x to 2022.
- Success - Beat a game from every year from 1977-2022.  Will detail the list in my year end status update for 52 game challenge
11. Get one of the last 2 N64 games I need. (ISS2000 and Super Bowling)
- Failed - lmao didn't even try.
12. Sell dupes.
- Failed - who am I kidding I wasn't going to do this
13. Sell games I no longer want to keep.
- Failed - this either, I'm such a procrastinator
14. Put together a better setup for Elden Ring.
- Success - I got a new portable monitor and it's great.  It's more compact, it's a better screen, and it has a fantastic viewing angle.
15. Maintain a positive progress index on backloggery.
- Partial Success - Currently sitting at 0, which I consider positive, but it'll probably go negative by the end of the year.
16. Do two unlisted franchise runs.  [Currently working on Spyro/Crash]
- Failed - I worked on some, but didn't finish any.



1. Stay under 8,200 games. - Honestly, if GS/Walmart/etc keeps clearancing stuff, I'll fail so hard.
- Success - No chance I'm gonna break 8,200 by the end of the year, so I'm calling this a success.
2. Finish Sonic franchise run.
- Failed - I made some progress to the point I only had 1 game left (Sonic Frontiers), but then a new game came out (Don't own it yet) and I decided to retroactively add a bunch of alternate versions of games I've already beaten to the list, so not gonna happen, but real close.
3. Beat 104 games.
- Success - I'm past 110 games beat so far, so well past succeeded.
4. Start streaming again.
- Failed - I haven't done it yet.  I've been streaming to discord.  I streamed the majority of my playthrough of Lies of P to Discord (which isn't recorded), but it doesn't count.  Streaming really does sully my experience because I feel like I can't play unless I can dedicate at least 30 minutes, which means I wind up not playing at all sometimes.  Lies of P would've been good to stream though.
5. Start Armored Core franchise run.
- Success - Technically, success, because I did start, but once I hit the PS2 games I ran into problems with controls/emulators.  I really want to remap controls, but I can't get any emulator to actually play properly
6. Take new game room pics
- Success  - I'm gonna call this a success, even if for semi-technical reasons.  I merged my game room with my office, so fewer games, but I took pictures once I was done moving games around.
7. Get into the top 1% (softcore) on RetroAchievements (Currently sitting at top 1.23%) - The goal post here keeps sliding, because I hit top 500 already and now I'm pretty close to top 1% will probably hit it in the next couple of days.
- Success - Sitting at 0.88% so I'm good with this.  Next year I think the goal is going to be 0.5%
8. Break 100,000 on Xbox 360 gamerscore (Excludes Xbox One)
- Success
9. End the year with a positive progress index on Backloggery
- Success - Unless fuckery goes on that I'm not aware of, I'm at positive 17 so pretty unlikely that I'll fuck that up with 6 days left in the year.

When time permits I'll write up some stuff for 2023, but it's hard to care when you feel like shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: telekill on December 22, 2022, 03:14:54 pm
Everything at the top of my list is not going to be coming next year... games like the next Mass Effect, Witcher 1 Remake, Tomb Raider next gen game, and Instinction. For me, 2023 is going to be a replay year. Luckily, I got the Witcher 3 PS5 upgrade and so... my 2023 goals are...

1. Attempt to complete all quests in Witcher 3.
2. Attempt to get interested in modern gaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: kypherion on December 24, 2022, 02:55:28 am
1 - Acquire more physical games

     If it wasn't obvious my affinity for Epic Games free weekly digital game(s) is apparent. Given that A) I want to own more physical older/retro games and B) That's what this site is oriented towards, it couldn't hurt.

 I)    Breath of the Wild 2 - When the first one came out, I wasn't that interested to be honest. I didn't get more interested in the Zelda franchise until a year or two after. I then proceeded to beat ALTTP , Hyrule Warriors (I know...) and Breath of the Wild. BotW was different. I usually grind through RPGs and max out the characters like all the materia, limits, UWs etc in FF7, but the reward really was something else completing all shrines. Seeing the "full" health bar hud with all blue on the map and a *spoiler* Master Cycle Zero *spoiler* truly felt rewarding. Now, this game wasn't my most played with only around 200 hours IIRC, but out of all the RPGs I've played it may have the most time spent. Naturally, when a sequel was announced I was stoked and now await the release.
 II)   More PSP Games - My FFIV copy is lonely and could use the company of the other FF Ports
 III)  More PS3 games - Specifically Splatterhouse. I know, the game isn't the finest piece of art but given that the VA of Winnie the pooh is one of the main characters, it makes for a pretty interesting ride. This is also including the fact that the game just doesn't run on RPCS3 yet. Other than that, it's just a matter of acquiring the obvious and simultaneously cheap choices like Killzone 2 that I lack.
 IV) More PS2 Games - The specific choice here is .Hack//Outbreak. Already half of the way there to completing the image on the shelf! Other PS2 goodies will follow suit.
 V)  More new games - While I know I just said I was going to focus on older stuff, there's a couple titles releasing soon I want to mention. The RE4 remake will release at some point, and given that I played through it a few times I'm excited. Dead Cells is having a Castlevania Crossover, and the other Koumajou Densetsu (TouhouVania) game will be on Steam soon! I'm also stoked to get the new Crisis Core game, the Terminator RTS because I'm a sucker for that dead franchise, and the Amid Evil Black Labyrinth DLC.

2 - Beat games

     I'm also admittedly guilty of possessing a large backlog consisting of Epic/GOG free games, a good amount of physical ones and some other digital goodies. While I don't think I'll have the time for the 52 challenge, I do want to beat some titles such as the Shadow of the Colossus remaster, .hack//Infection, and maybe even Trauma Center: New Blood. Lots of great games to play!

3 - Acquire more shelving

     I am quickly running out of space on my shelf at the moment. I've got a little leeway with most of my physical platforms but I'm definitely going to need to get more storage soon. While a minor topic, I feel like storage is a topic not discussed much. While the world has certainly gone digital, for most of us on the website we need a place and way to store what we buy!

4 - Making more content

     While the days are only so long, I'd like to make more Youtube content as well. I haven't uploaded a lot of videos or done a lot of streaming this year and want to change that. Given that I have the equipment and now some mediocre video editing skills, I could stream my content (although I plan to get a higher quality capture card) such as the aforementioned New Blood playthrough, on real hardware! Doing that with a hand cam could be lots of fun! There's also a variety of other miscellaneous videogame related content out there, such as a Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia rom hack called Contravania that replaces Albus mode with various Contra characters such as Probotector, Brad Fang, Bill Rizer, and so on. Cool project someone made a reality.

5 - Potentially acquire more Gamecube Controllers

     While not particularly high on the budget, given roommates proclivity to drop the damn things on the hardwood floor, looking into replacements will be a necessity (for me) at some point in the future. They aren't shattered into a million pieces or anything, but the Z button on one doesn't work and the other has some other issue I can't remember at the moment. While it may certainly seem like I'm grasping at straws, I like my equipment to remain in the condition I received it in and don't like being that guy that hands you a busted controller. On top of this, given that I'm involved enough in smash bros. for this to legitimately matter, I'll need to address it with plastic or some Andrew Jacksons sometime.

Overall, I'm looking forward to what 2023 brings regarding streaming, gaming, collecting etc. I should be able to acquire some nice picks for my collection in the following year, upload some hopefully interesting content and maybe even hit 800 unique titles!
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: psxlegacy on December 27, 2022, 12:16:18 pm
1. Finish NTSC PS3 set.

1. Finish letter A for NTSC ps1.

2. Finish letter A for NTSC ps2.

3. Work toward finishing NTSC PS1 longboxes.

4. Reach 2000 PS4 games, currently at 1636
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 27, 2022, 12:38:14 pm
1. Finish NTSC PS3 set.

1. Finish letter A for NTSC ps1.

2. Finish letter A for NTSC ps2.

3. Work toward finishing NTSC PS1 longboxes.

4. Reach 2000 PS4 games, currently at 1636


Damn! Good on you for being so dedicated and persistent. I've know two people that went for complete PS2 sets and it was not easy. I know one guy who has been chasing a complete PS1 set for over a decade and I believe he is down to single digits, but it's been a massive undertaking.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: galaxygamer102 on December 27, 2022, 07:07:53 pm
Well, here are my goals

1. Get my first Playstation Console!!!!! (preferably 5 because It can play 3 and 4 Games)
2. Grow my collection, of course!
3. Start going to Retro Stores, like Game X Change or something
4. Start purchasing cheap (10-70$) Lots on ebay or something
5. Get More Game Room/Shelves (Seriously, I only have space for like 2 more Games)
6. Start getting things for older consoles (like N64)
7. Start making Good Youtube Videos
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: campercarl on December 28, 2022, 01:18:17 am
Cut down on my collection. I've spent the better part of the last decade collecting and I'm pretty content. I don't feel the urge to spend any more of my money on inflated eBay prices.

So my goal for next year is to only have games on my shelf that I really care about. Everything else is either getting stored away or sold online.

I've already made a pretty big spreadsheet for what I plan to put on display. If my numbers are right then 45% of my collection is going to be boxed up.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: BinaryMessiah on December 28, 2022, 08:55:46 am
1. Get back to collecting. I don't just hoard games. I have a very curated wishlist of games I want. My goal has always been, "If you won't play it, don't buy it". We have been saving since the pandemic started so I have hardly bought any retro games since. We can finally start doing fun stuff in a few months.
2. Complete my modded handheld collection. I need an Atari Lynx, NeoGeo Pocket Color, Wonderswan, Sega Nomad, and TurboGrafx Express to complete my main handheld collection. I have most of my handhelds with modded screens (some I've done myself), so they're more enjoyable to use.
3. Play more retro games. I have several hundred and have so many I need to play if not finish, or at the minimum spend an hour in.
4. Get better lighting and a photo booth/box setup and get back to Instagram posting. I was doing fairly well and stopped because I don't have a dedicated setup for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: brothertuc on December 29, 2022, 08:29:42 am
1. Complete at least 20% of my backlog, including several Triple-A titles.

2. Get some of the games I've been wanting all year long.

3. Get an N64 and an OG X-Box

4. Get more room for my games, eg. more shelves or bookcases
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: conduit on December 29, 2022, 08:30:25 pm
Limit the amount of games I buy. Safe to say I went overboard this year and need to be more selective on what I buy going into the next. I try to evaluate my collection constantly and decide if I should part ways with any of it. If it's a game I can't see myself playing in the foreseeable future and/or holds no sentimental value, I'll sell it. I've already sold a few of my games since late November.

Instead, I'll be saving that dough to get more hardware next year. I'll be looking for a Sega Saturn, Everdrives, ODEs, and a ROM dumper (https://retrostage.net/?product=retroblaster-programmer-2-0). The last consoles I bought this year were a PS1 and Fat PS2. The PS1 has the XStation ODE installed while the Fat PS2 came with a 1TB HDD and OPL. They've both convinced me to focus more on backups and tech that can play said backups on actual hardware.

Lastly, I want to complete more games next year. My backlog is massive to the point where I don't think I'll get through it in a realistic period of time. So I'm going to try to develop a strategy to tackle what I can at a comfortable pace. I've been trying to beat one game a week and it seems to be working well, but going forward I will likely have to tweak it often to fit my schedule outside of gaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: droaa on December 31, 2022, 10:21:59 pm
1. Finish more games/Play more games - This self-explanatory. With the amount I possess and even more so with digital games, I have alot and while I realistic will not get through everything, I would like to have more of a taste of what I have already.

2. Cut down the spending - I was definitely more in control this year but just like the previous year, the holiday sales got me but in between that I purchased a Steam Deck and wound up getting more PC games as a result. That's not to say that I will stop but I want to be more conservative with what I buy.

3. Consolidate the collection - I would like to keep what I have with me and anything that is either not to my liking whether finished or not gets sold, traded in or take to storage if I don't have a way to rid at that moment.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: vivigamer on January 01, 2023, 05:09:10 am
1. Attempt the 52 Challenge - I did good in 2022 as i had multiple GamePass trials. Not worried if I beat 52 or not but like to keep track of them all the same.

2. Play More Classic Games - I've gotten access to a way to play PS2 games now so I want to really xplore that catalogue as there are many I have missed out on over the years.

3. Play More Sonic Games - Sonic is a series I have really wanted to explore more, I've beat most of the mainnline ones but I'm curious to try ones like the Advance games.

4. Avoid Day One Purchases if I can - Tends to be a benefit to hold out for a while these days, the only Pre-Order I have is for Final Fantasy XVI. Any sign of a Season Pass I'm out.

5. Continue Collecting for Backwards Compat 360 titles
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: telekill on January 01, 2023, 08:58:44 am
Adding to my 2023 resolutions.... First pick up of the year is Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (PS5). Looked it up and there are an insane amount of skins to unlock among other things. Goal is to get each character the skin I want them to have within 2023. Will not be an easy task.

Also, I really don't care about modern gaming much anymore. I'll pick up Zelda in 2023 but that's basically it for my confirmed 2023 releases I'm interested in. So I'm erasing "Attempt to get into Modern Gaming again."

So... to update my list:

1. Witcher 3 -- Attempt to complete all quests.
2. MK11 -- Unlock specific skins for each character (minimum for favorite characters)
3. Zelda TotK -- Beat the game and have fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: kashell on January 01, 2023, 09:33:16 pm
The usual goal. Play as many fun games as possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: stealthrush on January 02, 2023, 08:33:18 pm
- Finish Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed on Nintendo DS.

- Complete the Galaxy Fräulein Yuna series, for whatever reason I haven't completed them yet.

- Start playing the recently English fan translated B.L.U.E.: Legend of Water by Hudson-Soft.

- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Ys series.

- Focus on collecting Wii, and Wii U games.

- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Wonder Boy series.

- Complete the Valis: The Fantasm Soldier series including Genesis releases.

- Start playing the English fan translated Seven Mansions: Ghastly Smile by Koei.

- Finish Silent Bomber on PlayStation.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: turf on January 03, 2023, 10:33:14 am
1) Get back in this community.
I’ve been gone for a minute and out of the game scene. I’d like to jump back in.


2) Don’t buy stuff just for the sake of having it. I’m bad to get that FOMO. I’ve made strides in breaking          that habit.

Clean up the Big Ole Building and make it exciting again. My game room/cave/lair was used for storage for the last couple of years. It’s time to take it back.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: justin8301 on January 03, 2023, 04:23:09 pm
My big thing this year is going to be reevaluating my collection and collecting habits. I've been collecting for years and this point I feel like my collection is just become too cumbersome and actually it's be kinda weighing on me a bit. So this is the year that I take a look at what I have and actually begin to downsize a bit. I'm not giving up collecting, but I am going to change what I collect, sell off a portion of my collection and invest that back into my other hobbies. I really want to enjoy gaming and game collecting again and I think this is the best way for me to do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 04, 2023, 12:42:23 am
My big thing this year is going to be reevaluating my collection and collecting habits. I've been collecting for years and this point I feel like my collection is just become too cumbersome and actually it's be kinda weighing on me a bit. So this is the year that I take a look at what I have and actually begin to downsize a bit. I'm not giving up collecting, but I am going to change what I collect, sell off a portion of my collection and invest that back into my other hobbies. I really want to enjoy gaming and game collecting again and I think this is the best way for me to do it.


I think the stage you're at is a very natural part of being a video game collector. I've known many longtime collectors, including myself, that became disenchanted with their collection, or at least certain parts of it, and appropriately downsized. It's easy to go nuts, especially in those early years when everything is fresh, new and exciting and want to collect for everything. You eventually realize what you actually care about and want to play, and begin to trim the fat.


Case in point, I have never been a big handheld guy, yet somehow I had a very impressive DS and PSP collection at one point, filled mostly with games I'd realistically never get around to playing. I ended up selling most of my PSP games and about half my DS titles. I also sold around 80% of my original NES collection once I realized I'm not nearly as into it as I thought I was when I first began collecting. Other than that, I had tons of games on consoles I really like, such as the PS2, PS1, N64, and Gamecube that I picked up for cheap and thought I'd want to play someday, but later just realized they were taking up a ton of space and would likely never get played. So I sold a bunch of those too lol. The only system that has barely seen any downsizing is my Dreamcast collection since the console means so much to me. I did sell a few heavy hitters several years ago out of financial necessity, but I intend to someday repurchase those. Unfortunately one of those was Gigawing 2 which now sells for about 5x what I originally payed for it. But anyhow, my point is my Dreamcast collection is important to me and gives me joy hence why it's been mostly untouched. My other collections do too, but I had to sell off a lot of games eventually to get them where I wanted them to be.


But if you do plan on downsizing I'd do it soon. I imagine with everything occurring in the world and the economy, there might finally be a downturn in prices in the near future. I've been wrong about that before, but might as well strike while the iron is still hot.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: justin8301 on January 04, 2023, 09:25:34 am
But if you do plan on downsizing I'd do it soon. I imagine with everything occurring in the world and the economy, there might finally be a downturn in prices in the near future. I've been wrong about that before, but might as well strike while the iron is still hot.

Yup, that's another factor in why I'm doing it now. I already starting posting some stuff on ebay and its already starting to sell lol. I tossed up a link to my ebay page on the Auctions thread if anyone is interested, and I'll gladly give discounts to forum members.

For the longest time, my collection was about nostalgia, I loved the feeling of popping a cartridge in console and playing it on my CRT. These days I really prefer convivence and i find myself playing old games in emulators.. I've decided to start my purge with big collectors editions, sealed items, and handheld games; and then I'll branch out from there. 
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on February 10, 2023, 01:00:02 am
1. Complete 52-Games Challenge: This has become a staple of my gaming goals every year now for a while, and it's certainly where I have the most fun in this hobby these days. In fact, it's probably my favorite thing about this website still, beyond even the collecting aspect.


2. Continue to build by CIB game collection: This specifically relates to me obtaining various CIB N64, Genesis, and SNES games. I'm mostly trying to complete most of the loose games I currently have, although there's a few titles I'd love to just get, but complete at this point. I'm going to set the bar at 10 new CIB games on these consoles. - COMPLETE


3. Focus on collecting for Saturn again: It's been a while since I've heavily focused on a specific console to collect new games for, but it sounds fun to go after more Saturn games again after taking a break from this for a while. While I don't have a ton of Saturn games I'm still after, especially NTSC/US titles, there are a good 30-40 games I'd still like to have between US and Japanese releases. I'd like to add at least 10 new Saturn games to the collection, and one of them I'd like to add again is Panzer Dragoon Saga. I regrettably sold my copy a few years ago thinking I wouldn't want to play it again, but guess what...I kind of do. Other than that, games like Shinobi Legions, Sonic Jam, Hyper Duel, and a few others are on my radar although I'm not as committed to getting those as much as PDS. - COMPLETE


4. Get back into making youtube videos again: This last year has been terrible as far as my output of videos on my youtube channel which is all about countdowns and reviews for various video games. I think I only posted 3 videos in 2022, but it would be nice to post maybe 8 or more in 2023. I've had reasons for not getting back into it, but I feel like I fee motivated enough to get back into it like I used to be and also I had a lot of fun doing it, especially during the first year of my channel. So yeah, I'd like to create at least 8 new videos this next year.


less than two full months into the year and I've already accomplished two of my gaming resolutions for the year, in the same pickup no less! I did mention wanting to obtain Panzer Dragoon Saga sometime this year, however this is unlikely to happen unless most of 2023 is a massive dry spell in terms of pickups for rest of the year. Essentially if I don't find a decent amount of other stuff I'm after by November or December, maybe I'll pick it up again, but that's a huge maybe. Otherwise I'm glad I've beefed up my Saturn and Genesis collections so much already!
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: burningdoom on February 10, 2023, 12:36:09 pm
I really need to focus on building my Saturn and TurboGrafx-16 collections up again after losing them some years back.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: soera on February 10, 2023, 02:59:44 pm
I don't know how I missed this thread. My  list is short and sweet.

Play games - I'm already 2 games completed (Trails in the sky 3rd and Midnight suns) and should be one more this week (Neptunia Sisters vs Sisters). Tales of Symphonia drops next week followed by Trails to Azure next month. Will be playing those upon arrival. Want to keep this going. Last year I ended the year with more completed titles than I have had in probably 5 or 6 years prior. I missed actual gaming.

Sell games - I have cleared nearly 1000 games off my shelves in the last 3 years. I still have a lot of them for sale. I want to keep my backlog to a respectable level.

Statues - I have started collecting statues. First 4 figures, Kotobukiya, and others make really badass statues. I feel that supporting the series I like the most vs just having games on shelves makes my collection more "mine".

Wish list - My wishlist is really tiny as of late. Maybe 10 items total. Wouldn't mind slowly picking up pieces maybe 1 every 2 months or so till its done.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: Warmsignal on March 03, 2023, 12:44:11 pm
My one goal this year, is to seriously put together a plan for wrapping up my retro collecting, permanently. I need to go through and nix some things off of my wish lists and put together a list of must-have pickups for each console, and then going hard after them. Once they're completed, that's it. I can't own everything I'd want to own in an ideal world anymore, the prices are just too absurd now. So I really have to decide what's worth it, and what's not worth it for me. I've been collecting for over 10 years, and I'm really eager to close this chapter of my life where I focus so much time and energy, and money on game collection goals. It's high time that I've moved on to other things, but here I am still. I want the end to finally be in sight, and some of these games as cool as they might be, just aren't worth being held back from that end.

So my plan is to be done retro collecting within a year or two. Totally done, no more updated wish lists. I'm just gonna have to let some things that I wanted go, and I'm going to be out of the retro buyer's market and it's going to feel GREAT. I'll continue to buy modern games and collect for modern consoles, but my retro gaming will be largely limited to just the things in my collection.

For me this is very ambitious, as I've been quite addicted to retro collecting for a long time and unwilling to give it up. It's just become too much of a burden and financial drain for me, that I can't sustain it forever with the year over year worsening conditions of the market. So I'm gonna do my research and start putting these collection finale lists together, and really just bludgeon them with my wallet. Or bludgeon my wallet with the lists, however you want to look at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 04, 2023, 12:34:30 am
My one goal this year, is to seriously put together a plan for wrapping up my retro collecting, permanently. I need to go through and nix some things off of my wish lists and put together a list of must-have pickups for each console, and then going hard after them. Once they're completed, that's it. I can't own everything I'd want to own in an ideal world anymore, the prices are just too absurd now. So I really have to decide what's worth it, and what's not worth it for me. I've been collecting for over 10 years, and I'm really eager to close this chapter of my life where I focus so much time and energy, and money on game collection goals. It's high time that I've moved on to other things, but here I am still. I want the end to finally be in sight, and some of these games as cool as they might be, just aren't worth being held back from that end.

So my plan is to be done retro collecting within a year or two. Totally done, no more updated wish lists. I'm just gonna have to let some things that I wanted go, and I'm going to be out of the retro buyer's market and it's going to feel GREAT. I'll continue to buy modern games and collect for modern consoles, but my retro gaming will be largely limited to just the things in my collection.

For me this is very ambitious, as I've been quite addicted to retro collecting for a long time and unwilling to give it up. It's just become too much of a burden and financial drain for me, that I can't sustain it forever with the year over year worsening conditions of the market. So I'm gonna do my research and start putting these collection finale lists together, and really just bludgeon them with my wallet. Or bludgeon my wallet with the lists, however you want to look at it.


I feel like I've seen the end of the tunnel now for several years now, however I keep on finding way to make the tunnel a little longer, probably because it's hard to imagine just not collecting anymore for me. Like pretty much all collectors, the hobby was super exciting, fun, and interesting when I started. There were bountiful games on many different consoles I'd never even heard of and many more I had heard of, but dreamed of owning someday. At this point I've owned 96-97% of everything I've ever wanted to own, and after several noteworthy purges I feel like my current collection is pretty much exactly where I want it to be...for the most part.


The last frontier of collecting for me is CIB games for various retro consoles with a few games on consoles like the PS1, Saturn, and several others I'd really like to own someday. But in reality, there are less than 100 games left that I'd genuinely like to own someday. As much as I love updating my Top 10 Most Wanted Games, it's becoming harder and harder for me to think of games I'd actively want to go out and pursue. Hell, a lot of the stuff I put on there now are flash carts and mods since I've learned to enjoy games on mediums other than the original carts/discs.


It genuinely makes me a little sad to know I'm so close to being done with retro games, and with modern gaming becoming more and more compromised I feel like the walls are closing in on that front too. While I'm certain I will always love video games and be a gamer, I worry that my experiences are going to be confined to just the classics and maybe one or two new games a year. Still, it does sound nice to spend less money on games overall, which is something I've already began to notice outside me coming across a bunch of games I want and spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on them. Still, despite all that, I hope to someday share your enthusiasm for finally seeing an end to my retro collecting day because currently it just sounds depressing to me despite how inevitable it is.
Title: Re: Video Game Resolutions and Goals in 2023
Post by: Warmsignal on March 04, 2023, 09:16:12 am
My one goal this year, is to seriously put together a plan for wrapping up my retro collecting, permanently. I need to go through and nix some things off of my wish lists and put together a list of must-have pickups for each console, and then going hard after them. Once they're completed, that's it. I can't own everything I'd want to own in an ideal world anymore, the prices are just too absurd now. So I really have to decide what's worth it, and what's not worth it for me. I've been collecting for over 10 years, and I'm really eager to close this chapter of my life where I focus so much time and energy, and money on game collection goals. It's high time that I've moved on to other things, but here I am still. I want the end to finally be in sight, and some of these games as cool as they might be, just aren't worth being held back from that end.

So my plan is to be done retro collecting within a year or two. Totally done, no more updated wish lists. I'm just gonna have to let some things that I wanted go, and I'm going to be out of the retro buyer's market and it's going to feel GREAT. I'll continue to buy modern games and collect for modern consoles, but my retro gaming will be largely limited to just the things in my collection.

For me this is very ambitious, as I've been quite addicted to retro collecting for a long time and unwilling to give it up. It's just become too much of a burden and financial drain for me, that I can't sustain it forever with the year over year worsening conditions of the market. So I'm gonna do my research and start putting these collection finale lists together, and really just bludgeon them with my wallet. Or bludgeon my wallet with the lists, however you want to look at it.


I feel like I've seen the end of the tunnel now for several years now, however I keep on finding way to make the tunnel a little longer, probably because it's hard to imagine just not collecting anymore for me. Like pretty much all collectors, the hobby was super exciting, fun, and interesting when I started. There were bountiful games on many different consoles I'd never even heard of and many more I had heard of, but dreamed of owning someday. At this point I've owned 96-97% of everything I've ever wanted to own, and after several noteworthy purges I feel like my current collection is pretty much exactly where I want it to be...for the most part.


The last frontier of collecting for me is CIB games for various retro consoles with a few games on consoles like the PS1, Saturn, and several others I'd really like to own someday. But in reality, there are less than 100 games left that I'd genuinely like to own someday. As much as I love updating my Top 10 Most Wanted Games, it's becoming harder and harder for me to think of games I'd actively want to go out and pursue. Hell, a lot of the stuff I put on there now are flash carts and mods since I've learned to enjoy games on mediums other than the original carts/discs.


It genuinely makes me a little sad to know I'm so close to being done with retro games, and with modern gaming becoming more and more compromised I feel like the walls are closing in on that front too. While I'm certain I will always love video games and be a gamer, I worry that my experiences are going to be confined to just the classics and maybe one or two new games a year. Still, it does sound nice to spend less money on games overall, which is something I've already began to notice outside me coming across a bunch of games I want and spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on them. Still, despite all that, I hope to someday share your enthusiasm for finally seeing an end to my retro collecting day because currently it just sounds depressing to me despite how inevitable it is.

My issue is my goals were always a bit too lofty for my own good. I wanted to own an exhaustive collection of everything that's ever piqued my interest for each and every mainstream console, and even some of the obscure ones. I recently bought a 3DO and started a collection for that, as well. Over the years, it's become a lot easier for me to judge the likelihood of something I'd enjoy vs something that's a waste of my money. However, it's still a lot to pursue. With each and every year providing another excuse for why prices go up and up, a list of 20 games for this console, 40 for that one, and 30 for the other, just becomes a slog. When you are pacing your pickups to not bankrupt yourself, and prices go up every month, the progress slows and slows and just drags on and on.

I still have a lot of interest in modern releases as well. Not so much triple-a type games, I don't even pay that much attention to those very much, but a lot of smaller titles getting physical releases through normal distribution channels (meaning not LRG). I'm more than happy to buy those. I fear they'll only ever increase in price if I don't as the print runs are significantly smaller than what most physical games used to be. My local GS stores mostly don't even get a single copy, if you don't pre-order so I have to be diligent with what's upcoming. So there's that for me to worry about, on top of all the retro collecting madness, making things even more difficult. With the prices and difficulty juggling priorities, it's just never going to wrap up unless I put an end to it deliberately.