| Torillian said: Who cares what attracted more playtime, a gem that noone has ever played is still a gem. If I was the only person in the world who had played SotC I would still call it an amazing game and the same goes for WoG. Popularity has very little correlation with quality, and trying to use that as a way to disparage a great game is just disappointing. |
You're talking about a different type of popularity.
Played time isn't about sales, and it's not about the amount of people who have heard of a game. It's about how often the game's owners play it, and for how long.
Carnival Games is a good example, it's wildly popular and has sold millions, but nobody plays it. One statistic common among good games is that people play them.
Owners of this year's GoTY have only played it for 7 hours. Are those the greatest 7 hours of gaming they've had in 2008? Yes, according to IGN.
