I wouldn't call The Witcher 3 "a game". It's one of the most content rich games out there. I remember just stop playing Witcher 1 because I was just burned out from so much questing. I was about half way through the game and never came back. Same with Kingdoms of Amalur.
Also I think a great percentage of people who haven't started playing the game didn't actually pay $60 dollars on it.

That's a whole lot of assumption and generalization you're throwing out there.

Have you ever met a gamer that can suck good? 😞

I'd say rentals or sharing accounts for part of it, but I agree if you look at data it is interesting to see how few of people who play a title complete it (less than 5% in some cases).

The game is massive and the freedom it allows you can be daunting. I can see why some would put it on the back burner or not even finish. I myself have it in my backlog to finish because I want to wait until I can devote fully to it.

I Gamefly a lot of games. And alot of the time if it doesn't grab me in the first hour or so, I just send it right back.

Games these days are no longer about skill, but rather systems.

At some point, the best selling and most sought after games were usually the ones that were hard to beat. A gsme could have just 7 levels and literally take you days to beat it. and in truth if done right those levels probably weren't more than 40mins a piece.

If games like the witcher or any 12-20hr game you can think of today were made with that kinda difficulty less than 5% of gamers today will best them and all those games would end up being called niche titles.

It's a fact that games these days are a lot easier. Which unfortunately means that devs have to come up with creative ways to give the game more depth and value (fetch quests).

I miss the hard games. I miss when difficulty settings actually meant something. Now. I default to the hard difficulty before playing any game just to get a decent challenge.

if I were to make a game, say like the order 1886, if you are really really really good you may finish it in 4hrs.... but when playing it for the first time no one will beat it in under 40hrs. they will die a lot. a lot.

why do people care so much about trophies? just enjoy the game...

I don't personally, I just find it interesting to see gaming habit statistics.

Yeah, I only cared once for trophies and was because Killzone 2 Multiplayer. After that, never again. Just play the games for the story and fun... nothing more.