http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/introducing-steam-gauge-ars-reveals-steams-most-popular-games/
I was amazed to see that almost 37% of games bought on STEAM was NEVER played by its new owners... )))
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/introducing-steam-gauge-ars-reveals-steams-most-popular-games/
I was amazed to see that almost 37% of games bought on STEAM was NEVER played by its new owners... )))
I'm not terribly surprised by that figure, steam generates a lot of impulse buys with their seasonal sales, bundle sales where people wind up picking up extra games they never intend to play in the first place and what not. I have at least a dozen (probably way, way more than that) games in my library I haven't touched yet and have no idea when I'll get to them.
Sharu said: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/introducing-steam-gauge-ars-reveals-steams-most-popular-games/ |
>_> ... I probably haven't played 95%... damn you humble bundles..
Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!)
I haven't played most. I've bought them in anticipation of getting a rig that can do them justice and run at 1080/60
So 37% of the customers money wasted on something they never intended to play/purchase just because of steam sales trick.
So, Feel Emotions, Experience Adventure/Action, Challenge Game, Solve puzzles and Have fun.
PlayStation is about all-round "New experiences" using new IP's to provide great diversity for everyone.
Xbox is always about Online and Shooting.
Nintendo is always about Fun games and milking IP's.
apparently gameplay time wasn't tracked prior to 2009 so that might make that percentage higher.
Also someone in the comments mentioned something about offline mode not being tracked either? Just some variables for the numbers.
biglittlesps said: So 37% of the customers money wasted on something they never intended to play/purchase just because of steam sales trick. |
I have 195 games on Steam with playtime in only 49 so I haven't played 74,9% of my games. :S
I guess my gf, study and consoles take up most of my time.. and that I buy too many Humble Bundles just for the charity (what a saint I am).
My rate is probably much worse. I have surely more games I never played on Steam as I have games I've played.
Would be nice to know where Football Manager 2014 stands in total owned numbers. I mean, It reaches 60k players at the same time on a daily basis and on weekends probably much more so that it has to have huge sales numbers and it isn't even available in Germany which would push the numbers even more.
NiKKoM said:
>_> ... I probably haven't played 95%... damn you humble bundles.. |
and Bundlestars!
Buy two intersting game for like 2 bucks... get 4 more .