For me, I've done a significant amount of gaming through 2023. Almost all of it was in the Xbox ecosystem (spread across my Xbox Series X, PC, and Xbox One X), and Xbox released their "year in review." For me, my stats are as follows:
2023 Highlights
Total playtime: 1,148 H
Total games played: 23
Total Gamerscore: +7,830
Total Achievements: 404
Reward Points Earned: +54,610 (that's $56.89 CA earned)
Top gameplay month: November
Top Genres I've played
36% Shooter
24% Action & Adventure
14% Fighting
14% Role Playing
12% Other
I'm in the top 5% of players for hours played. Top 5% of players for Gamerscore earned. Top 5% of players for Achievements unlocked.
Most Played Games
Mass Effect Legendary Edition at 217 hours.
Gears 5 at 134 hours.
Gears Tactics at 133 hours.
I'm in the top 5% of active players for the above 3 games.
Going through the remasters of the entire Mass Effect trilogy was a great nostalgia trip, and I've really gotten into the modern Gears of War titles; they're fantastic fun in both single and multiplayer. I'm currently enjoying a slow first playthrough of Diablo IV, and in-spite of it's flaws I have been enjoying my time with Mortal Kombat 1.
I was very impressed with both A Plague Tale games and did 2 playthroughs of them, and also spent far too much time in Diablo II: Resurrected (which I stopped playing in November simply due to purchasing Diablo IV. I also had quite the nostalgia trip with the remaster of Quake.
The only game to truly disappoint, and it was a game I started last year and took forever to finish due to lack of motivation, was Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (PC - Steam). I have yet to bother with the DLC.
For gaming in general, this generation truly is an odd one. Aside from the fact that cross-gen is still going on (though we are seeing a slow phase out of it), the 9th generation really does not feel like a new generation at all. Rather, it feels like a late generation refresh of the 8th generation. That's not an awful thing, just odd.
In terms of looking forward to upcoming stuff, for officially announced games at least, the only ones I can think of are The Elder Scrolls VI and Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and both are a year away or more. For unannounced but inevitable items, I'm looking forward to the next Gears of War title, I'm curious as to id Software's next game, and the story expansion for Mortal Kombat 1.