I’ve heard stats like this reported before and it breaks my brain. Are this many people really buying games that they never even install 
How? Why?
I lived with a guy who would buy almost every new big release game, play them for an hour or two and move on. I mean at least he played them a bit but yeah…
I think steam sales and such just trigger hoarding instincts in people.
I think steam sales and such just trigger hoarding instincts in people.
This is a big part of it for me. I’ve got such a huge backlog of games.
Occasionally I’ll come back to a game though. Like Yakuza 0. I think had 40 minutes of gametime and didn’t actually play it for about 2 years. Glad I did because it’s probably one of my all time favs.
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steam sales and bundles i’m guessing
when i bought (moment of weakness) eurotruck 2, it was in a steam sale where for £1 more i could get a bunch of janky old sims, so i did
i think i’ve only played eurotruck and omsi from that bundle in the 6(?) years i’ve had it lolThey might suffer the fate of the working class where they’re wage slaving too much to have the time to play.
yeah, i’m in this camp. its why i’m kind of glad i can only afford to pirate games anyway - the amount i download but then just never get time to play is depressing. i haven’t been able to even touch balder’s gate yet
Just go and own capital bro, you can have your minions do that for you.
I don’t know if I’ll ever get over these gigantic emoji. I just read it’s a Lemmy thing, and doesn’t happen on hexbear? Either way I’m consistently shocked haha
this is what it looks like on my end lol, i only just found out that you guys are apparently getting even cooler emojis than us. unfair smh
There’s a ton of stuff I’ve bought on sale on steam or in a bundle that I probably won’t ever play. Piracy and actually having a plan for my backlog have really helped, but I’ve also had to accept that I’ll never get to a majority of my steam library.
I used to buy bundles back when those first became a big thing just to get one thing I really wanted, but I eventually started feeling annoyed and slightly guilty about all this stuff I’d never play cluttering my library.
I feel like it trivializes the effort and labor put into making these things when they’re not even being experienced or enjoyed.
Does it count achievements if you play offline? I used to almost exclusively play offline due to living in a rural area. My play time on most games was super low because of this.
Not actually sure, I’m curious to know if there’s some kind of technical explanation.
Those reasons but also sometimes I’ve seen games add achievements later and long time players that haven’t returned since never unlock the achievements they would’ve otherwise earned. Shoutout to HLL and the something like 30% “get one kill” trophy
Some of us are preparing for someday to have a decent computer, maybe
Doesn’t Steam also count player achievements if you, say, purchase a game and immediately refund it after 30 minutes? That could also skew the numbers like game bundles/buying but never playing would
I just install games and delete them months later to make space for other games. For some games, I even installed and deleted 5 times without playing them even once.
What game is this for? Was the tutorial optional?
In this case, no. It’s a linear single player game with no other modes, which is why it caught my eye. Only 76.4 percent of players played long enough to defeat a single enemy
It’s too scary like Amnesia
For some games like Stellaris or XCOM I have never once played an Ironman or hardcore game so I have literally 0 achievements in them despite hundreds of hours of playtime. The console is just too useful for when some bullshit bug happens.
yeah i have limited free time, work like 45-50 hr weeks so the console is my friend for both bugs and “i don’t have time to grind”
It’s mostly the intro to the story with a tutorial on top of it. You’re on a ship at the start and when you finish that, it’s finishing the prologue and you’re yeeted into the main game.
Dawn of Man gives you an achievement for just launching the thing. The thing is some total [fun] jank, so it’s understandable. It does make the moments sweeter when you can get all the achievements for some niche game for that reason. I bragged about getting all 8 Hinterland achievements for a straight week.
