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RVDondaPC on 01 March 2010
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Vetteman94 said:
RVDondaPC said:
Vetteman94 said:
Wheres the 40+ games poll option at? Also why would you count a game that you no longer own.

40+ people just vote in the 31-40 spot. I just didn't put 40+ because how do you calculate the average of infinity? So unfortunately if you have 40+ attach rate it will only get counted as 35. 

You count games that you no longer own because you purchased them new. Attach rate isn't really the games you own but the games you purchased new. Also since we don't count used games, if we didn't count new games you no longer own then that game would theoretically just disappear according to this poll. It wouldn't be counted anywhere. So the best way to insure that each game is counted and only counted once we disregard used games and count games that you bought new but no longer own. 

Well, what I am trying to say is, there probably shouldnt be a poll since it doesnt cover all circumstances.  It should just be done manually, like the other thread was.

You say that its done this way so it only counts as once,  how would a used game be counted multiple times?

Well there is the other thread already and.. well the results speak for themselves. I hope you could figure it out over there. 

The reason I use a poll is because it could be tallied much easier. So even if there is not a specific option for every single number and it is theoretical that all 8 votes in the 17-20 category could be 17 games, it is more likely that the number of games owned is on average somewhere between 18-19 so a value of 18.5 for each 8 votes is pretty accurate. 

Also because surveys and polls are not time exact there could be a chance that someone buys a game, takes the poll, sells the game to someone else then that person takes the poll. Both people would then count the game as part of their attach rate. It is very unlikely that that would happen in this instance but it is the practice to exclude the used market that is always used in polls such as to calculate things like attach rate just in case the scenario does happen. If people only consider games that they purchased brand new then it doesn't matter when different people take the poll there is no chance of two people buying the same exact copy of a game brand new.