Why most people don't finish video games

Tagged: video games, Gaming
Source: CNN - Read the full article
Posted: 39 weeks 6 days ago

"But you wouldn't know it by how often players finish their games. In fact, the attrition (or bounce rate) of video games is pretty pathetic. "What I've been told as a blanket expectation is that 90% of players who start your game will never see the end of it unless they watch a clip on YouTube," says Keith Fuller, a longtime production contractor for Activision."
 

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Thu, 08/18/2011 - 10:15
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Razear
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It's funny because I'm always hearing people complain games being too short.

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