Only 1 in 3 players finish games. Do you finish yours?

[James]

Only 1 in 3 players finish games. Do you finish yours?

Game developers at GDC 2014 say only around a third of gamers cross the finish line

[GazWorks]

Yeah I definitely do. I pick a single game and don't touch anything else till I'm done with it. There are other games that are constantly there though that I'll hop in to when the mood hits. Things like Civ 5, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, Europa Universalis IV etc.

Indies are a bit of an exception, I know it's not the right way to look at things but I view them as "throw away games" often only playing half way through one or maybe even just a couple of levels. More of a distraction really.

My bigger issue is actually getting time to play all the games I buy...

[Ser_Bunnylot]

Yeah... no.

This isn't an accurate statistic at all. On it's own the completion % is meaningless.

I started playing the walking dead, didn't really get into it in the first hour, and haven't played it since. Am I now one of those 2 in 3 players who don't finish games?

A more accurate way of reporting these statistics would be: 75% players who completed roughly 50% of the game's storyline went on to complete it... or 40% of players who didn't finish also didn't advance further than 20% into the game.

Now that would have meant something. You can't report on only one variable - to establish some kind of relationship it needs to be compared against something independent (like progression)

[Pooky]

I hardly ever finish games.

That said, those statistics seem like a bunch of crap.

[Stunt]

I complete 1 out of every 3 games

[brendanvb]

I finish 99% of the games I purchase. I do however have a backlog to work through but I get there eventually

[Focke-Wulf]

I can count the amount of games I finished on my left hand

[Tom]

I can count the amount of games I finished on my left hand

Are you one of those freaky people with more than 5 fingers? Coz if not...

[Sin7]

I think it's bogus to use steam achievements for this, there are so many people who have hundreds of games in their collections from humble bundle, flash sales etc, and lots of people don't want to play indie title xx123, I think a far better option would've been to use xbox live/ PS trophy lists, I finish almost all my games, or well try to, but I'm finishing them in stages, not immediately after I've bought a game, it might take me a year to get to it and finish it, but i'll get there, so the stats are a bit bogus in my opinion...

[Tom]

I think it's bogus to use steam achievements for this, there are so many people who have hundreds of games in their collections from humble bundle, flash sales etc,

This is a very good point... Iv got quite a few games on humble that i would never have actually bought, but still tried out because i had them... If i pay full price for a PS3 game, im gona make dam sure i finish it...