Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 New Year's Resolutions?

I have 3 gaming resolutions, which are pretty straightforward in saying, but less so in achieving. They are also the same resolutions as I set last year;

1. Buy fewer games than I did in 2025.

I bought 39 games in 2024, and 37 games (plus 2 DLC's) in 2025. So basically 39 in each year. I must buy fewer games as I played fewer than half the games I bought in both 2024 and 2025. One of the games that I bought in 2025, is Code Vein 2, which does not release until later this month, so I guess technically, I bought 38 games in 2025. Technically...! 😉

2. Spend less money on games, and gaming accessories.

In 2024 I spent £1300.44 on games alone.
In 2025 I spent £1566.37 on games alone (of which £462.00 was on the PlayStation)
I also bought 3 different Collector's Xbox Elite 2 controllers, and one standard Collector's Xbox controller.
Basically, I would quite like to spend less on gaming this year!

3. Clear down at least some of my games backlog.

I buy an awful lot of games, and have around 1600 digital games in my Series X library, and a fair few on the PlayStation too. I know I have probably played fewer than a third of them. Frankly it's pretty ridiculous, and speaks to my impulsive spending behaviour. In 2026, I need to be better...

To buy less games and play more of those I’ve already got.

I can already tell I’m going to fail though.

Copy/paste from the forum thread of the exact same topic.

I'm going to be deliberately vague rather than trying to hit number related goals. It'll be difficult to determine progress this way, but I prefer it to be a gentle nudge to myself in a case of self-improvement rather than a dramatic pass/fail situation. It's less resolutions, and more like focused continuing lifestyle improvements. There never needs to be an excuse or reason to improve oneself.

I want to try and play less, but complete more. I've had a tendency to play multiple things at once or skim games and lose interest rather quickly in the past, so this is an attempt to get more out of what I'm playing and persist with games to their natural resolution.

Having said that, it's ok to stop playing a game I'm simply not enjoying, but I need to understand the distinction between something I'm wavering on through boredom or difficulty, and something I'm simply not enjoying.

As such, I would like to go back and finish some games that I dropped off for one reason or another. I'll list a few of those incomplete games here that I have a genuine desire to finish.
Elden Ring
Expedition 33
Cyberpunk
Rise of the Ronin
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
Alan Wake II
Dragon's Dogma II

Try to slim down on "continuous" games that sort of have no ending such as -
Planet Zoo
Farming Simulator 25
The Division 2
Gran Turismo 7
EAFC26
eFootball
Hell Let Loose
Farm Together 2
And a few others. I greatly enjoy all these games, but I want my time back for other games, new experiences, real life endeavours, and my personal time.

Try to purchase less than 5 brand new titles of any price and less than one per month, so 12 games maximum for the year. This is part of a bid to save money, and also attempt to keep myself on track with regard to playing more of less. I know of two already that I'd like to pre-order, but I'm very good with self-discipline so should have no problems completing this goal. This shall also enable me to focus on incomplete games from my library.

Spend less time with the PlayStation on while I meander around the store browsing and/or figuring out what I'd like to play, and more time actually playing! I'm absolutely dreadful for doing this so hopefully I can value and control my personal time more by improving in this area!

I think this is a good start and I may add or remove things moving forward.

In my personal life there's definitely things I want to improve and work on, too. I won't bore you by listing them here and some are also personal, but it's something like improving my cooking, continuing to learn Korean, try to get out of the house more, spend more focused time with my girlfriend rather than passive, and save money for our planned vacation to South Korea next year. We live a very frugal and minimalistic lifestyle, so we can certainly find the additional discipline to make it happen.
Lastly work on personal peace and balance.

Edit. I already forgot something. I intend to play Final Fantasy VII (1997), my favourite game of all time. I do try to play it once a year, every year, which I don't always succeed in, but it's a game that means everything to me, and while I started gaming in the 80's, FFVII is largely the reason gaming is my primary hobby. The word love is dreadfully overused word, and I try to use it very sparingly to illustrate the weight it carries, but I love this game.

Expand my horizons beyond Skyrim. I was shocked to discover it was my most played game again last year.

Focusing on a few games and finishing them before moving on to the next set. This is going to be almost everyone's resolution though.

Finish my backlogs of games.as I always been doing and don't stick with one games for a while so I can finish my backlogs of games faster.as I also been doing. Word up son

Mine are the same as Aaron. It's hard to resist checking out more games than I can possibly play through, so I would like to be a little more reserved on what I start. I have a list of 10-15 games I really want to play, so my goal is to work those in around new releases and see where I end up. One way I am going to do that is not worry so much about plats and just beat the main story. Some games on my list to choose from:

Videoverse (finished an initial run last week)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Skate Story
Triangle Strategy
Octopath Traveler I
The DioField Chronicle
Octopath Traveler II
Sunless Sea
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dragon Quest III
V Rising
Pacific Drive
SteamWorld Build
Miasma Chronicles
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
The Alters
Inzazuma: Winning Eleven

For me, same as I posted on PureXbox but admittedly less of a worry on this platform.

Play less live service games (I really only play a couple intermittently, but the ideal goal is zero).

Only buy games physically, on disc, where the full game is entirely on disc without any need for internet connectivity or downloads. This is getting more difficult but it’s still easier here and on Nintendo than on Xbox. Last year I gave in a couple times and bought digitally for various reasons, but again the ideal number of digital purchases would be zero.

Play some backlog titles.

Play 35 games, pop 35 plats… of which they’ll be a mix of PS3, PS4 & PS5 (even a few PS2 ports), vast majority will be backlog stuff. Most importantly, keep it varied, keep it fresh and have fun.

Played and finished 3 games this last year. With my schedule I can’t ask for much more than that. Continuing to work on eating better, not that I ever ate bad per se. But there’s always room for improvement.

I tend to finish games I start, it's satisfying finishing them and then moving on to the next. I think the key is to play 2 or 3 games concurrently and don't be afraid to switch up massive 100+ hour time sinks with others if you feel over saturated. I took me 3 years to finish Tears of the Kingdom but I enjoyed my time with it more because I took breaks in between. Hope that helps.

I need to spend less time on Apex Legends and Wuthering Waves, I spent well over 400 hours on those two games last year and I just think how many single player games (especially from my backlog) I could have completed instead.

I also want to spend more time playing games that aren't Japanese made, so I want to play more western games (Started Banishers today) and more indies.

Finally I want to stop buying games that are on sale and then not playing them for months or years later, from now on I will only buy games that I'm going to play straight away.

My resolution is a full boycott of Xbox. Because I refuse to be complicate with a company that's aiding and abetting a genocide.

Free Palestine.

@Enuo salute! Same here. My game pass ultimate subscription expired 6 months ago and I didn't renew it. I had been a xbl/gpu subscriber for 20 years. Ps5 is more than enough for me

I'm going to finish the Trails series.

My first is to just have fun. Stop stressing about what I "need" to play or what I "need" to finish - I don't need to play or finish anything. It's a hobby, and I'm supposed to enjoy it. If I want to play Resident Evil 2 for the 57th time, that's what I'm going to do. If I'm not feeling it after 30 minutes, that's alright too. No more guilt about other newer games that are sitting there.

The second goes along with the first - keep branching out. Last year, I played and completed Axiom Verge and Dispatch, games from genres that I do not typically play. I had a blast with both of them. Maybe I explore more Metroidvanias (like maybe finally playing through Super Metroid or finishing the inverted castle in Symphony of the Night), or maybe I go nuts and get a racing game for the first time since Burnout 3.

Last is to not feel compelled to play games in my down time. I have other hobbies that I've neglected - an ATV that really needs some wrenching, a new-ish rifled shotgun build that absolutely should be harvesting deer meat, a good amount of fishing and camping gear - I need to have less FOMO when it comes to games, bottom line.

Have a great year, PS.

I grabbed Assassin's Creed Shadow on-sale and checking it out.

My backlog is enormous since I keep collecting physical copies and haven't played or finished as much in a while. I feel my mood shifting a bit and am getting back to playing again, finally.

I did recently finish the story of MGS Delta and Space Marine 2. Started (and loving!) AstroBot. After that I want to move onto other GotY winners like BG3 and Expedition 33.

And I need to sprinkle smaller games in between the big ones so probably some retro styled titles.

My resolution is to make significant progress catching up with the Trails series. I want to play Trails to Azure, and the first two Cold Steel games.

Try and finish most of the games I have and stop buying games in the sales and adding them to the stockpile. Play more Dirt rally 2.0 and EA wrc if that's even possible. Gotta grab that psvr2 headset and the ps5 Pro as soon as I can.

My resolution is to play a lot on the Portal. I sold my PS5 to a friend last year, but as the Portal works without now, I can play AAA games without having a big console.

My New Year's resolution is 1440p.

I am going to get a new monitor to go with my Black Friday PS5!

Mine is continuing on the same path I took last year. Never buy AAA games until I see user reviews, priorities buying aa and indie games. Make sure 90% of my spend goes to developers that actually build games for players rather than for shareholders

1) Buy more games
2) Beat more games
3) Finish my PS1/2/3 physical collecting

@Northern_munkey You added £4.99 KCD to the stockpile, didn't even get past the Warhorse Studio logo and never went back. 🤣🤣

I don't make new years resolutions and have never understood them. Why wait for a specific date to start making changes a person wants to make?

@TheArt heard so much about the game and at that price it was hard to pass up. That game requires some serious patience I just don't have but I may give it another try at some point.

For me it’s a never ending cycle-buying games & not playing them so for me this year I will try to get through some of my backlog of games. Also as I don’t really play any indie games. I will start to play them on the portal. Which by the way the portal is amazing bit of kit.

@get2sammyb I LOVE the A Rush of Blood to the Head tag line!

For me, I want to buy better games this year. By that I mean not getting swept up by hype only to be disappointed with a purchase ( Triangle Strategy )

@Northern_munkey "serious patience" 😂😂 ikr. Funny enough I haven't even finished KCD1 or 2, truth is they're best enjoyed when you take time with them.

@TheArt I bought BF6 and was happily chugging away through it and then I made the fatal flaw of purchasing Arc Raiders and I forgot about everything apart from the rally games. I got psn vouchers for Xmas so I picked up assassins Creed shadows,showdown the hunt and project motor racing because that's had some really big improvements. I just can't resist the racing games 🤣

Well, my PS5 New Year resolution is to actually buy a PS5... somewhat surreally for me, it's my 50th birthday in March, so I think that will be my present to myself... then I'll have even more of a ridiculous backlog to get to at some point 😂 Like it's not big enough already!

For anyone interested, my first port of call upon purchase will be Alan Wake 2. Non-negotiable. The first one is one of my favourite games ever and I'm itching to play the sequel. After that... well, there's quite a selection of excellent games to choose from, isn't there?

Tbh i was already working on this at the end of last year, but for this year and probably beyond, i basically just wanna add and remove games into my rotation based on what I'm feeling at the moment. If I start up an rpg and the next day I feel like playing another rpg. I'll do that instead of thinking I should finish the 1st rpg before starting the 2nd. If some days after, I get a platformer itch, I'll just start playing it, etc. There's just too many games not enough time haha

I suspect mine will be pretty dormant until late this year, I'll be picking up Resident Evil, Pragmata and Tomb Raider on PC, so it won't be until Wolverine and GTA6 comes that I'll be on it much

I’ll copy and paste from the forum discussion also. There’s more details about why these goals were chosen over there but here’s the basics:

1) Play 6 Pro-enhanced games

2) Play at least 1 game from each of the following categories: JRPG, WRPG, Crime Drama, Horror/Thriller, Souls/Souls-like, Shooter

3) Play 5 sequels (or games from a series that has sequels) and 5 games that don’t have sequels

4) Mainline one open-world game (i.e., take the golden path)

5) Play 3 games from series I’ve never played or from series I’ve not touched in over 5 years

These goals probably don’t make much sense on their own, but they make sense to me and are all about encouraging a diverse experience this year and avoiding getting stuck in a rut.

Less trophy hunting, more enjoying the natural flow of a game.

I constantly sub to premium out of comfort, but never take advantage of the games offered. My goal is to check off at least one game a month from the catalog to “get my money’s worth”.

My goal is to win this year's Gran Turismo World Series. I won't do it, but I can hopefully get better at the game.

My resolution is to downgrade my PS Plus subscription to the Essential tier.

Every year I say I'm going to do it and I never do.. I probably helps that there's usually a sale on around the time it's due to expire. Last year I ended up upgrading from Extra to Premium so did the exact opposite lol

My issue is that I hardly touch any of the extra / premium games so Essentially (pun intended) I'm just throwing my money away

i have a streak going from late 2019 of unlocking at least one platinum trophy a month so i will be continuing that. finish the epilogue of red dead redemption 2 and make a sizeable dent in my backlog that is so large at this point i think it could out live me. maybe use the xbox for more than 45 minutes this year. that’s about it i think

My goals:
1. As usual, i try to finish more games from my backlog. Last year i think i managed to finish 5-10 games? My total backlog have around 100 games across multiple PS's.
2. Buy a PS2 fat. Mine was broken years ago and i'm itching to play some games that still stuck on the hardware.

I'm gonna buy less games for this year to save more money cause i really worry that global economy will be another big mess after what orange man has done with Venezuela. What he did could spark more war around the world. sigh...i really hate to start this new year with negativity 😔

@Northern_munkey 😄 not surprised, watched just 3mins gameplay video of ArcRaiders, it looked really good! At this rate, guessing you own every damn racer out there.

@TheArt I have a few 🤔

Play more single player games to from my backlog , drop all anime gacha games and I can play prob sf6 and diablo iv for my live service fill.

I’m very happy with myself really. I am solid in only buying digital games when they hit the £20 and less price; I have managed to avoid all live service time sinks; I’m getting better at playing games after buying them and not buying or playing much else until I’m finished with them (well, I’ve generally got no more than 2 active games I rotate between). I drop games once I lose interest rather than trying to force myself to get “value for money” by completing games/getting the plat when it’s no longer fun.

All in all I want to continue this way for next year.

@PuppetMaster
As a Brit with close to zero interest in American politics, I will say I know a few people from Venezuela, and they and their family and friends are actually universally happy about what’s happened if that helps.

Ignoring intent from said orange man, you can look at this one as a coincidental win for the people I think.

Just to put an optimistic spin on the start of your year!

Too finally finish baldurs gate 3. Ive given up so many times due to its scope and complexity but with this current run (and a couple of mods shh) the momentum is with me. I feel like its now or never this time!

Work less and more games. I should be gaming until 23.00, not doing overtime!

Tackle my now towering Wall of Shame. I never used to be a completionest, but along came FF7: Rebirth...

@Northern_munkey yeah right 😆

My PS5 resolution for 2026? Stop buying new games and play my damn backlog…

My resolution is same as last year.

3840 × 2160

I don't know about NY resolutions. There are a couple of games I want to replay, a couple in my backlog to play, and I just want to have fun playing the games I like.

If anything I am going to be even more rigid in my 'practically locked 60fps' or very much ideally higher rule, as I don't want to promote the sloppyness we have seen from some of late.

Oh, and @PuppetMaster - 100% agree with your sentiments/reasoning for trying to save a bit of money where possible; this could all end VERY badly indeed. And if not this, then the next 'great' idea.

Focus on a few core games this year. I finally got SW Outlaws with the DLC so I'm going to get into that and go for the platinum by exploring the hell out of the galaxy. (Got to finish up Yotei first... almost done with the plat)

My only “goal” if you can call it that is to beat Elden Ring. Have about 25 hours so far. First Souls game and definitely won’t be the last.

Whenever that happens, if it happens (ie. If I can actually beat the main story) I’ll definitely be playing another souls game. Maybe Demon’s Souls since it was released on the PS5. Won’t be interested in another open world title for a number of years but a nice linear version of this would be sweet.

I'll try to spend an absurd amount of money on gaming and then justify it in front of my family by being loud and incoherent.

1. Getting SSD 2 TB for my PS5 Fat.
2. PSP & PS4 machine maintenance.
3. Getting PS VITA machine and the games if possible.

I got 218 platinums, would like to get to 250 this year.

Not get a PS5/play a PS5 this year. XD I have helped family with games on PS5 but that's it. I beat Space Marine 2 in 2024, that's it. I have no interest in it at all. Will continue to not care about PS5/Series X, have access to them, no interest in getting my own, no interest in touching them, just staying on old gen a bit longer for Indies.

Play more FMV games on Switch/PS4, buy and play more retro games on modern systems or old systems.

See how bland Indies continue to get sad in platformers/racing and still enjoy many adventure/puzzle ones.

Still continue to be disappointed by shooter/racing/platformers.

Not care about trophies.

Maybe try to play around 20 games and beat them, I got to 30 in 2024, around 20 in 2025, so if can for 2026 we will see.

I don't set resolution I just do whatever. XD

I’ve got to stop getting bogged down in ubisoft open worlds, hindering progress they’re crushing my will to game

For me, I really need to curb my addiction of buying so many games. As much as I want to play them all, I just can't. Games today are too time consuming, and I never really see and do everything in them like I used to. I don't know what it was about 2025, but I spent way too much money on gaming - more than the past 5 years combined. I have a home arcade as well that I spent around $1000 alone on mods. I should be getting payroll deduction from Buy Stuff Arcades at this point. I also should be satisfied with what I have, but I'm obsessed with constantly upgrading the machines to add more games and systems - most that I will never play. I am starting to think a support group is in order.

I want to continue to hold firm and not give into fomo or hype when it comes to major AAA releases along with avoiding these AI driven remasters/remakes.

I listened to my gut and skipped Yotei over this and am glad I did. First major first party Sony title I skipped aside from the endless TLOU cash grabs. Loved Tsushima but it had a lot of room for improvement. Yet they didn't do any of it. I made the opposite mistake with the horizon series. While I liked Horizon it had loads that could have been improved in a sequel. Next to none of it was, and as a result, Forbidden west became as boring as a Ubisoft title.

Much like Yotei, I'm going to keep trusting my gut so I don't waste time or money on things that become a chore to complete. I instead will continue to try games that spark my interest even if they get unfairly judged from gaming reviewers.

same as always - nothing. i do what i feel like

I’ve been doing my resolution since November: Buy no game for more than $30. Last game I bought is TMNT: Splintered Fate for $11.99. Gaming is just too damn expensive nowadays.

I resolve to stop playing games that are likely only going to frustrate or aggravate me for one reason or another. In other words I intend to be more discerning and intentional about my choice of games.

To have a better balance with gaming. Obviously gonna by some new games but buy less and work on the vast backlog. But also to be more flowing with what I’m feeling. Sometimes people need to take a break from gaming.

Spend more of my gaming time on PS, I def spent more time on Xbox this past year so I want to try and split my time equally between the two

Play more games from my back log
Play more PSVR2 games
Get better at fighting games

While somehow finding out more time for tabletop rpg, boardgames, personal project and sport...

Don't make resolutions as prefer to just do stuff on the spur of the moment. If I had to make one though not drink and game. That could explain why I can't remember ought about Ghost Of Tsushima apart from the start and ending! Mind you some games are fun on the sauce especially Monster Hunter Wilds.

I think I got most of my enjoyment from gaming in 2025 in Indies, AA and strategy games.

A lot of the 100+ hour, open world, fetch quest games that we have become used to no longer do it for me anymore, probably with exceptions here and there.

For example I enjoyed GoT well enough back when I first played it, however, we good as it was, these days, the thought of a game like Yotei does absolutely nothing for me.

So probably to just focus more on what I enjoy at the minute and look for the innovation in the indie/AA markets.

Finish the current PS5 backlog (including crimbo '25 games)

• Cronos - The New Dawn
• AC Shadows
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Star Wars Outlaws (Currently playing)
• Guardians of The Galaxy
• Silent Hill 2 (one playthrough done, one to go)
• Dragon's Dogma 2

On PC I plan to make a master list of all of the smaller games that have slipped through the cracks and rolling a random number to determine which game get played next with the understanding that if it doesn't click I don't waste time trying to force it... I may end up flushing a lot of the PC backlog this year.

Purchasing new stuff-wise, I'll be limiting my new buys to games i REALLY need, the first of those is coming up fast with Nioh 3!

The one I do every year is to work on my backlog of ps4 and ps5 games plus this year plan to work also on my steam backlog via steamdeck. However, I'd like to try more games and if they don't click with me then put them down with no remorse like I used to do because of feeling I need to finish all games I start. This will take some time to adapt to a new mindset, but will try hard working on that.

From the older games I don't have yet but would like to definitely try is Cyberpunk 2077. And one from upcoming games I want to pick up is RE Requiem. Which leads me to 'buy less, play more what I already have' resolution.

To have some plans/resolutions is good imo, but also not forget to do what you feel is best at the moment so I have my plans but I'll be not strict about them at all

2025 was a big year for me getting married and all the planning which goes with that so hopefully more gaming this year.
My main gaming aim is to find time for Stella Blade which I still haven't got around to and also Clair Obscur. Wasn't really that interested in E33 but given it topped most GOTY lists the FOMO is real!!
These are 2 pretty big games so also got to squeeze in all the new 2026 titles too some where along the line, 1st world problem and all that!

Good luck to all with their aims and goals for 2026, hope it's a good one 👍

cut down my usually purchase from 5-6 games per month to 1 major game per month. Im on no spend challenge to saving up faster enough to afford a house of my own than council house and flat. I want to buy the major games that release this year as long as they don't delay.

Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis
Grand Theft Auto 6
Marvel's Wolverine
007 First Light
Resident Evil Requiem

buy less, play less (especially late night), sleep more

I’m gonna focus (and completely fail) on my backlog. It’s gotten to a worryingly level, but at least I’ll be saving money……….unless something more fun comes out. 😂😂

Hello there fellow gamers.

My New Year's Resolutions For Gaming In 2026 is as follows:

• Cancel my GamePass Ultimate subscription. I don´t think it is of any value to me anymore and I don´t intend to play online on my Series X;
• Try to play and finish most of my Gaming Backlog between my PS5, Series X and Switch 2. I have WAY to many good games to and I need to actualy start playing them and not just the new ones;
• Enjoy more of my favourite Hobby and Passion(Gaming), meaning to just play what I want and what I feel like playing in the moment, as well as my other hobbies and passions, such as reading more interesting Books, go to the Movies, watch more Tv Shows and just Drive around with no destiny in my Car.

Cheers Everyone and Let´s Enjoy 2026 to the Fullest