Why do gamers suck so bad?

[SvennoJ]

It's been like that for a while, probably longer .

http://kotaku.com/5832450/nine-out-of-10-will-not-finish-the-game-they-are-playing


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/08/pillars-of-eternity-does-it-matter-if-people-dont-finish-games-any-more

New adventure Pillars of Eternity has received huge critical adulation. So why have just 6.4% of players finished it? Apparently only 15% finished Alien Isolation. Deus Ex: Human revolution stands at about 25%, while Bioshock manages a more respectable 35.9%. With Bungie’s online shooter Destiny, there’s a large percentage who have never actually played the game co-operatively, or seen the end game content – and only 15% have completed a raid.



http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/17/finishing.videogames.snow/

"Just 10 years ago, I recall some standard that only 20% of gamers ever finish a game," says John Lee, VP of marketing at Raptr and former executive at Capcom, THQ and Sega.
And it's not just dull games that go unfinished. Critically acclaimed ones do, too. Take last year's "Red Dead Redemption." You might think Rockstar's gritty Western would be played more than others, given the praise it enjoyed, but you'd be wrong.
Only 10% of avid gamers completed the final mission, according to Raptr, which tracks more than 23 million gaming sessions.



I have installed games, patched them, started them, then put them away for later. Too busy. I just counted, I have 12 physical games on the shelf I have not really made time to play yet. Games are simply too long nowadays. RPGs are a huge time commitment and hard to pick back up later. So I better have a quiet month or more to start one, it's not looking good for Bloodborne and DA: Inquisition.

A lot of these huge games get boring a lot faster too nowadays. So much busy work. It's not skill to finish these games, it's an endurance test. I finished TW3 and Fallout 4 last year, I'm taking a break from these time hogs this year. Sorry FF15. I actually recently returned Xenoblade X without getting further than the tutorial. No time or will to go on with it. I'm sure it's great, it's just too much work. VR is more fun than another grind.