Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #00000000000C

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:43:16 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:41:03 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

Like me! ;)

:-P

I don't divide up by platform, but my 'unplayed'* for my total library
rests comfortably at 56.62%. (I have a spreadsheet!** ;-). That number
has been going up, however. I'm pretty sure that just two or three
years ago it was down around 20%.

I refuse to take the blame, however. There's only so many hours in the
day and I can't keep up with the sheer influx of of freebies
(especially on Epic, which I'll happily Numerate*** but stubbornly
won't play on that platform). Especially since games keep getting
longer and longer.

That said, the number of games I get through has definitely declined
over the years (guess how I know? It involves my catch-phrase!). Back
in 2007, my average games played per month was 10 titles. In 2023, it
was 3.75. In fairness, I had a much higher abandonment rate back then
too (on average, five of the games I played in 2007 were abandoned
before I finished them; in 2023, that number was 0.6).

Still, while I undeniably am playing video games less than I did 17
years ago, I still feel that overall I'm spending a lot of times in
front of the video-screen. So why is my game-count so decreased?

It's probably that damn Truck Simulator game.







* but, remember, my definition of 'played' may differ from most. A
ten-or-twenty minute look-see doesn't cut it for me (although it would
according to Steam). I only consider a game 'played' if I feel I've
gotten a good appreciation as to what the game is really about.

** I've decided this is my new catch-phrase! Everyone needs a
catch-prhase!;-)

*** Numerate: verb. A new definition added in 2024 meaning 'to add to
a collection solely to make the total number of items go up'. All
praise The Number. ;-)