Alright everyone just stop making videogames please

This started when Portal and Mortal Kombat came out the same day. Both are good, but I bought Portal.
 
Then it got to like early May and I realised I love DiRT 2, but L.A Noire comes out the next week, so forget it. I'll never have time to really get into a racing game in like a week. Now I'm playing L.A Noire, not even halfway through it, and Red Faction Armageddon comes out next week. Dude I loved the last Red Faction!
DiRT 3 just came out!?
 
That's like 4 games I wanna get into, but just don't have the time! E3 is comin up n they're gonna tell me all about all these NEW GAMES? ARGH!
Anyone else feelin like they're never gonna get around to playing Mortal Kombat or whatever?

My backlog just keeps on growing. I'm set for many a gaming drought. 

July and August are going to be prime time for catching up since those months are usually pretty dead when it comes to new games.

It's a good thing for me. I'll have a bunch of good games to play on the off-chance that we experience a year of shitty releases.

I've pretty much had a backlog of games since the NES days.  It definitely did not start a few weeks ago.

I just buy the games I want when they come out and play them in the order of purchase. 
Bought Portal 2 on steam, beat that, then went on to Mortal Kombat. Then The Witcher 2 and then L.A Noire and it goes on and on like that.  
 
my Master Card might melt from being used a lot these days but it's totally worth it! 

Who says you have to play a game when it's first released?

This has been a huge year of great games. This is the first time in awhile where I have passed up on multiple big name games just because I already am playing a bunch of other games. 

I just bought LA Noire today even though I still have Portal 2 to play. I don't even have the money, lol. 

Who says you have to play a game when it's first released?

Right now I'm at a point where game delays make me happy. Instead of going "Damn, now I have to wait even longer for this sweet game!" I go "Whew, now I won't have to worry about buying and experiencing this must-play game until next year."

No I can see it, it looks fine.

My backlog continues to grow but I say keep on making games. I might have to pass up some every now and then but you can always return to them one day whenever you get the chance.

This started when Portal and Mortal Kombat came out the same day. Both are good, but I bought Portal.  Then it got to like early May and I realised I love DiRT 2, but L.A Noire comes out the next week, so forget it. I'll never have time to really get into a racing game in like a week. Now I'm playing L.A Noire, not even halfway through it, and Red Faction Armageddon comes out next week. Dude I loved the last Red Faction! DiRT 3 just came out!?  That's like 4 games I wanna get into, but just don't have the time! E3 is comin up n they're gonna tell me all about all these NEW GAMES? ARGH! Anyone else feelin like they're never gonna get around to playing Mortal Kombat or whatever?

I already don't make videogames!

Okay. I was going to buy LA Noire and Red Faction: Armageddon, but then I remembered this: I just bought Fallout 3 (which I haven't even opened yet) and Fallout New Vegas, after having bought STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl less than a month earlier (which I've barely touched), as well as all three Sam and Max seasons on the Steam sale, not to mention the fact that I've had DA:O Ultimate Edition since Christmas and I've barely played twelve hours of it and haven't even touched the expansion. Oh, and how could I forget Ghost Trick and all the iPhone games I just bought with my birthday gift cards? Oh, and I currently have a 25 dollar gift certificate for GameStop which I'm going to use on Mass Effect 2. I need to finish all these in time for October, when Arkham City comes out and I need to finish that before November when Skyrim comes out. Finally, I only play on the weekends during the school year. Checkmate. 

Luckily this is no problem since I have no money.

Luckily this is no problem since I have no money.

Same thing happened to me last year. Played mass effect 2 6 months after it was released, but I did get it used for 17 dollars which i thought was crazy for such a good game.

i'm trying not to buy any new games since i have a big back log of games that i never got to beat. i'm trying to beat them.

My backlog goes back to the NES. Seriously, I need infinite free time and money to ever catch up at this point.

aw the perks of being a student. "free" time.

Okay. I was going to buy LA Noire and Red Faction: Armageddon, but then I remembered this: I just bought Fallout 3 (which I haven't even opened yet) and Fallout New Vegas, after having bought STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl less than a month earlier (which I've barely touched), as well as all three Sam and Max seasons on the Steam sale, not to mention the fact that I've had DA:O Ultimate Edition since Christmas and I've barely played twelve hours of it and haven't even touched the expansion. Oh, and how could I forget Ghost Trick and all the iPhone games I just bought with my birthday gift cards? Oh, and I currently have a 25 dollar gift certificate for GameStop which I'm going to use on Mass Effect 2. I need to finish all these in time for October, when Arkham City comes out and I need to finish that before November when Skyrim comes out. Finally, I only play on the weekends during the school year. Checkmate. 

I just bought La Noire and WWE All Stars now I'm finished at uni. God, I still have to catch up on all my games of the past year, like New Vegas.

Good thing summer's coming up, I've got A LOT of games to play.

Who says you have to play a game when it's first released?

I generally don't buy games until they've gone down to like $25. 
The only game that I've paid full price for is probably MvC3 because I have a huge boner for Fightin' games.

Vanquish will just sit on the shelf and never be played... Damn you game devs!

It's weird, I've recently been working through my games really well.  No pile of shame of any kind here.  ;)

That's 2011 for you, baby.

This is actually how I feel about new consoles and hardware.  I'm at the point where for graphics I think I am OK.  A studio can make some amazing games for consoles if they actually work hard to do it, but many don't (or the simply don't have the budget).  Give me more games not more junk.

@dungbootle said:

Luckily this is no problem since I have no money.

Just chill out and wait for a price drop.

This is why having less money is better than having lots of it. I have a bunch of money and can buy all the nee games that come out day one. But that means I have to rush through them to get to the next one or even skip them out. If I had less money I'd budget it and only buy a few

Too many games, so little money.

You have 4 games you want to get to? 
 
I'm currently juggling, Indigo Prophecy, F-Zero X, F-Zero GX, Final Fantasy VI, Deadly Premonition, Fallout: New Vegas, Silent Hill 2 and I'm trying to get to playing several other games, and I still managed to beat Portal 2, Mortal Kombat, and LA Noire in the past month.

Luckily this is no problem since I have no money.