My backlog on the Wii U consists in retro games like Earthbound, Golden Sun and DK64. You can guess how much has the droughts affected me.

If anything I could use a game drought as these days seem to be working on backlog all the time. I'll be lucky to finish 2015 games sometime in 2017.

Not really related to the subject, but I have that problem as well. I tend to avoid most of the big, sprawling games and I find myself wondering how someone could find time for Witcher 3 and MGSV and Fallout 4 and Xenoblade in a single year. Games of that sort of scope tend to keep me busy for months so I try to limit myself to one or two of them per year, otherwise I'll never get around to catching up on old games. I mean, my backlog still includes things like Metroid Prime 2 and Psychonauts.

I have Psychonauts waiting for me in my Steam library as well :/ I have given up on Steam and GoG sales, still have plenty in my backlog. On ps2 too, for example PES 3 and DQ8 are still on my shelf.

GTA5 and TW3 both dragged on too long imo. Instead of difficulty levels, there should be content levels in these kind of games. A story focused mode that cuts out all but the most important side quests, removes the side activities and most of the crafting and loot. Fallout 4 has plenty of filler too. The problem is you never know what leads to an interesting fleshed out quest sequence and what's just a one time retrieve or kill mission. And although I'm loving F4 for now, I'm spending way too much time in the menus organizing my inventory, just like in TW3.

I have plenty of games for ps4 and my backlog got big and i am gaming everything old and new, games for my older consoles its even more not finished yet

Oh, did Psychonauts get a PC release as well? I've actually got a PS2 version. But don't even get me started on GOG, I have to avoid that and Humble Bundles, they'd cause my backlog to spiral out of control.

I'd love to see something like what you suggest with large-scale games for that exact reason. I played FO3 and New Vegas and found that the little side quests were a mixed bag. I'd love to see something that allowed for choices between pure story-only, access to absolutely everything, and maybe a couple of in-between options that included access to the bigger side quests but filtered out all of the really finicky, little quests that only feed my OCD.

When it comes to droughts, the wii u takes the cake. I typically deal with this by playing my PS3 backlog or PC games like hearthstone. The drought doesn't bother me much as a gamer, it does as a nintendo fan though

It doesn't bother me personally, but it is not nice to see

I like to focus on a handful of really good games and I like to replay older games that I really enjoy. My backlog is still massive too :p

Welcome to PlayStation nation.

Well Im an idiot who almost never touches their backlog, so despite having 100+ games Ive basically never touched I never go back to them, even during a drought. Thankfully Rocket League covers my droughts now.. also when games release that Im excited for I just keep playing Rocket League instead