tal@lemmy.today to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoPC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us nowwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkPC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us nowwww.pcgamer.comtal@lemmy.today to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareRedkeylinkfedilinkarrow-up48·1 day agoI wouldn’t be surprised if book readers spend 92% of their time on older books. Or if music listeners spend 92% of their time on older pieces.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoTrue, though both of those industries also use a hype cycle to try and shift new content at much higher prices, though every book and CD that ever existed is probably in a second-hand shop somewhere.
minus-squareslaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·22 hours agoEspecially if “older” means two years or older.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 hours agoAccording to the article, they mean 6 years old or older.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-216 hours agoNo, they said 67% at 6y or older, but 92% at more than 2 years old
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoOh, okay. Seems odd to call a 2 year old game an “older” game.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoWell, at 2 years it is probably older than at least one other game.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoTrue, but literally any game can be an “older” game by that definition.
I wouldn’t be surprised if book readers spend 92% of their time on older books. Or if music listeners spend 92% of their time on older pieces.
True, though both of those industries also use a hype cycle to try and shift new content at much higher prices, though every book and CD that ever existed is probably in a second-hand shop somewhere.
Especially if “older” means two years or older.
According to the article, they mean 6 years old or older.
No, they said 67% at 6y or older, but 92% at more than 2 years old
Oh, okay. Seems odd to call a 2 year old game an “older” game.
Well, at 2 years it is probably older than at least one other game.
True, but literally any game can be an “older” game by that definition.