Just 66 titles saw 80 percent of all playtime in 2023, most older games like Fortnite or GTA 5

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• Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Were there even 66 titles released last year?

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. yes, far more than that, actually.

    2. These games were not released last year. It says right in the title that they’re old games.

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe my sarcasm wasn’t apparent, apologies.

      The core of what I am getting at is I just don’t see what is surprising or noteworthy about this. There are a number of games that people play routinely for years or revisit for extended periods, and there are a handful of big titles people might pick up throughout the year which take up the majority of the remaining time. You can have a lot of people spending significant time on short-form indie games that take 5-15 hours to finish, but they’re inherently going to be statistically irrelevant because the playtime is divided between more titles.

      I don’t know, it’s just like writing an article about how most people shop during the busiest hours of the day at stores. “More people play popular games, and some popular games stay popular.” It should be self-evident.

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