Report: 37% of purchased Steam games are never played

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Peace Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:03am

What do you guys think is the reason(s)..?

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:04am

I can also make up numbers.

99% of threads are posted in the wrong forum.

GobboKirk Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:08am

Impulsive sale purchases.
% way higher in my case tbh :p

DaRandomDude Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:09am

I didn't have enough time to play them all yet.

RainbowBlade Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:11am

Buying a bundle and only getting the basegame which is the fault of Steam. That's my reasoning and it is valid in all aspects because I wanted the bundle and got the basegame instead. Shame on you Valve, now YOU OWE ME A FREE GAME AND BUNDLE.

Radene Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:12am

Bundles you buy for 2 bucks, but you really only wanted one game in there. Gifts you accept but never get around to. Backlogs. Impulse buys. And so on and so forth.

ascooo Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:13am

Originally posted by DaRandomDude:
I didn't have enough time to play them all yet.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:20am

Originally posted by Peace:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
I can also make up numbers.

99% of threads are posted in the wrong forum.

Its actually a study from 2014 where they looked at over 170 million steam accounts..

Link?

Start_Running Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:21am

Not un heard of. Bundles likely account for alot of this. Also impulse purchases.

chaoticenigma Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:23am

actually count is probably lower than 37%. After all, people do just idle for cards, but it counts as playtime.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:29am

Originally posted by Peace:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Link?

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/introducing-steam-gauge-ars-reveals-steams-most-popular-games/

Thank you!

But that does not account for all the private profiles. So the numbers are still skewed.

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