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I have issues maintaining interest in my 217 purchased ps4 games. How do I hit the reset button and actually enjoy my massive library again?

Do something else.

I mean it everyone can reach a point with a hobby they love where you're, for want of a better word, simply oversaturated with it. This is not abnormal, in fact its very normal and isn't anything to be worried about.

In my experience there are a few options open to you:


1) Push on. Sometimes simply pushing on and continuing to interact with the hobby can work. This might be when you've been in a bit of a lull period or working on a project or otherwise just in a duller part. Pushing on gets you past that toward the greater reward after such periods.

However I'd caution you that there's a boundary between pushing on and making a hobby into a torment.

2) Try setting yourself hobby goals. A bit like point 1 this is likely where you're only a bit out of sorts with a hobby or perhaps just lacking focus. Setting goals and objectives, both small easy to reach ones and big ones (small ones leading to a big one) can help you get some focus. You get that reward moment and it can help give structure to things if you've found that you're just milling around within the hobby and not "going" anywhere

3) A new element within the hobby. Eg perhaps you only play action games, so perhaps try a shooter or RPG etc... Basically this is giving you something fresh, whilst remaining within the hobby in general. A new angle, a new perspective.

4) Do something else entirely - often another hobby. Yep sometimes you are just so oversaturated that the best thing isn't to fight it, but allow it to be. You don't have throw or trade your hobby away, simply put it down for a while and try out something else.

Perhaps try a different gaming console or pc gaming; perhaps do some wargaming models or painting; perhaps do something outside. Even something as simple as taking up a hobby of doing some walks or arts or such can be a lift. Basically give your mind and body something FRESH to engage with.


In my experience refreshing yourself like that is a wonderful cure to hobby lulls. You give yourself something new and interesting to focus on for a while and that essentially can recharge your batteries. It might be a day; a week; a month; heck a year or more. However long it is it might well help you find a new lease of life in your old hobby whilst also giving you something new.

And who knows perhaps what you take up becomes your new hobby focus. There's no shame in diversifying your interest and accepting that perhaps you've changed as a person and moved on from a hobby. Again I'd encourage people to store rather than sell as much as possible. OFten as not when the bug bits again for the original hobby, if you've sold everything off you will find it more expensive to get back into it; perhaps slower and some things might not even be sold any more.







From what you say I'd say hit the "new start" button and try something else.

Many games have multiple player options. Instead of playing as a tank again, play as a stealthy sniper - this can bring a whole new element to a previously played game.

It sounds very much to me like you have too many games to choose from. Having too many choices will actually lead to most people having difficulty making a choice, this is sometimes known as 'choice paralysis' or 'overchoice'.
Of those 217, I wonder how many you've played to any degree - and how many you've finished?

That'd be my suggestion on how to start - narrow down the field. Force yourself to arbitrarily reduce the options, let's say, you're going to start with a game that begins with "A". That brings you down to maybe a dozen or so to choose from - once you're done with that game, move on to "B". Or maybe do it by genre - promise yourself an RTS first, then a shooter, then a platformer after that.

Its disappointing that MMOS on console are scarce. Sony also isn't fond of dedicated servers.