Have you ever had video game burnout?

well if mass effect and alan wake was still xbox exclusives. mass effect one was a xbox exclusive back then so was alan wake. few other ones I cant think of. gamepass is not free

Definitely have had the burnout from the years I was gaming all the time.

I don't experience burnout as much these days, and I think the trick is to not make a whole life out of gaming anymore.

Not really burnout but i've been sufferring from pretty bad anhedonia for the last 5 years or so. Most games just don't really grab me these days, some do on the rare occasion.

@Gaming-Planet: "6th and 7th gen brought many great games and IPs, although some have not aged well."

I thought PS2 was the last good era.

Once in a while i have that feeling like playing a game is such a fresh and great experience as it haven´t been in a while, even with a game that i remember wasn´t even that great when i played it the last time.

Guess the market is way too big and there are way too many games to play hence we at times are probably playing games a little too much and too often, especially with pandemic-lockdowns.

I go through spells of burnout but just end up playing casual games like FIFA and fallguys.

Not that I can remember. There's been many times where I lose all faith in gaming, like when studios are releasing CoD 37 or AC 28 or *insert whatever milking machine here*, but then I just go back to playing older actual good games, or try out new smaller indies. There's still lots of old shit I need to play if the game industry would ever completely shit itself.

yes but at the time those 360 games was exclusive. so if they was still exclusives they all would be remastered. mass effect was exclusive, alan wake was exclusive, and more.

plus there beloved halo got a remastered as well. fable one got a hd version aswell.

gears 5 was a free update because that was the only game at launch that took advantage of the series x.

My burn out comes from trying to catch up on my backlog. It's exhausting and ends up feeling like a chore/check list rather than having fun. I've had a series X sitting in my spare room still in the box just because I don't have time to fit it in my life. Smh

Several times in my long gaming career starting in the mid 1980s a few years after the video game crash and more recent was last November when I started my new job. The latter was due to concerns of earning enough money on my new job to pay off the huge credit card debt I incurred due to wasteful spending a few years back. After I paid off my credit card debt and have been on the new job for a few months, I regain my interest in gaming.

I take breaks sometimes, but I wouldn't call it burnout. Been gaming since Atari 2600.

Everyone goes through burnout I just usually revert back to casual games during that period. I'm currently playing no single player games only on fallguys, WWE 2k22 and FIFA 22.

I'm currently burnt out, but it's not because I'm tired of games.. I'm just tired of the same games with nothing new. It's pretty concerning that MW2 is one of my most anticipated games. It seems all AAA games are cutting corners and releasing broken and half finished and indie games are largely uninspired or just knock offs of other games that found success.

Yes, I know that just about everything has been done in some way, shape, or form these days, but there is nothing wrong with original ideas or staying true to a working formula without breaking the mold to chase success of others. Yeah, I know money is all that matters these days, but it's completely unreasonable and unrealistic to expect record crushing quarters every single time without cutting into the quality of your games... and then they wonder why their past success doesn't reflect current standing? lol.. give me a break. They know why, the question is whether they can figure it our and fix it before we have another gaming crash or whether they keep pushing larger and larger teams with more and more coats of paint or whether they go back to the drawing board, cut the fat at the top, and listen to their audience. Most people want fun, good storys, and solid mechanics.

It is good to see AA companies starting to make a comeback, but the price of things is holding them back. Consolidation isn't always a good thing.

I'm 49 years old and I can't get enough of gaming. Haven't ever gone through video game burnout.. only two things will ever stop me from playing

- arthritis

- death

I'm 49 years old and I can't get enough of gaming. Haven't ever gone through video game burnout.. only two things will ever stop me from playing

- arthritis

- death

Or because the game was so irredeemably bad, it singlehandedly made me lose interest in gaming for a while.

Thankfully it was just a demo. But even then, you couldnt pay me to play that crap.

This is very much a thing to concern oneself with. Doing nothing but gaming is extremely tiring. Gaming from my experience works best as a supplement to other, more productive hobbies.