Less Than 30% of Gamers Ever Finished GTA4

[MrDarkling]

DAMN there are some lazy S.O.Bs out there :U

 

[Cryo84R]

In my case, I completed several games in offline mode, and when I eventually got a xbox gold, couldn't be bothered to redo many of them just for the sake of achievements.

Also, this is misleading - for example, it is NOT 45% of XBox gamers who bought Fable 2 who did complete it, its 45% of XBox Live gamers who did complete it.

In the case of XBox, the online data collection is bias towards multiplayer fans who play it enough to pay for the subscription.

This. The most salient fact of the survey is that the demographic it studies can reasonably be said to have a preference for online/multiplayer titles or modes. The people who are hardcore into single-player gaming probably aren't going to invest the time or the money into an online subscription service.

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[SimuLord]

You mean close to 70% of gamers figured out that GTA4's story was so weak that it wasn't worth finishing? Give me content I actually want to play through and I'll play all the way through it (Fallout 3, I'm looking at you with your five pieces of delicious DLC in one Steamy box.)

 

[camokkid]

I'd be willing to chalk up CoD4 and Halo 3 to people who bought the games solely for the multiplayer, but even so those numbers are kind of off-putting. Is it really a good thing that half of the people who ever bought a game like Fable II actually finished it? Was it a matter of difficulty - finding that one controller-breaking part that sours you on the rest of the game - or was it just because some people (or, a lot of people, actually) just got bored?

Definitely not in Fable 2's case. From what I remember, you couldn't actually get a Game Over in Fable 2 which meant no matter how you might struggle, you'd always win eventually. It was easy to begin with though.

I finished GTA4...twice, at least.

I finished it three times, with less that 30 hours of time taken during the third.

I finished it six times if you count the dlc(I finished TLAD twice)

 

[Jedoro]

Well, I finished R6V2 and GTA4. Can't finish any more games right now cause I need to get my 360 fixed. Still haven't gotten to send it in...

 

[Ham Blitz]

Of the games I own, there have been only three games I haven't beat the story in:
Lego Star Wars 2 (Didn't care much for it),
Phantasy Star Universe,
and Elder Scrolls Oblivion

 

[sln333]

I finished it...twice. I'm surprised so many people didn't like it. It's almost like the Godfather in video game form. I get that it's fun to run around and forget the missions, but they were really fun to do.

 

[ffxfriek]

In its defence most people just play GTA games to dick about.

that is true. i am one of them. Nothign more fun then shooting down people in helicopters in GTA 4

 

[Darktau]

I think a lot of this data is skewed by rentals. That would explain why a lot of games are never completed but played.

My games list is full of 1-10 achievement completed games, because I have borrowed them off friends. I wouldn't listen to this data personally.

 

[Video Gone]

For games like GTA IV I think its pretty excusable to not have a high finish rate. I know nowadays when I pop in GTA IV, its to run over some hookers with my friends, not finish that annoying last mission.
Where its not excusable, for me, is CoD: WaW. I tried to go through the campaign on Veteran because I didn't want to run through it twice to get the achievements, and gave up about halfway through because it wasn't fun or impressive enough to put the effort into beating it.

The story in GTA 4 is amazing though, and really powerful. The tale of one man's quest for revenge in a country that confuses him,

Spoiler

and then he gives it up to be the bigger man. Or if you're a huge douchebag, he shoots Darko anyway.

WaW was worth finishing too, if only to unlock Nazi Zombies mode.

Oh, and if you ever get bored of just running over prostitutes over Live/PSN with your friends, try GTA DEATH RACE. I tried it because I'd just watched that awesome remake of Death Race and was bemused by the resemblance Jason Statham bears to the one and only N.B.

Me and my friends system-link'd and good times were had by all. A personal favourite of mine was a two-to-a-car game variant where a hilarious re-enactment of the "Merry Christmas, asshole!" bit was done.

Oh, and in regards to the rules of DEATH RACE, basically stick to vehicles as much as you can and don't just turn it into a foot race with guns. Do as many ACTION BITS (So awesome they deserve all caps) as you can, and try not to use rocket launchers much, or the whole thing will just go belly up. Everyone marks a landmark on their map, and first person to get there wins, quite obviously.

That was an unnecessarily long post. Good day.

 

[Video Gone]

I think I haven't finished Lost Odyssey, and that's pretty much it. Hey, it comes on four disks.

 

[Video Gone]

I think it says more about the quality of the game. I stopped playing GTA because I found it boring and the friends' mechanic irritated me.
I then went on to play Burnout Paradise for 250 hours.

Good games get finished. Simple. Let's list the people who played Fallout 3 to the end. Uncharted to the end.

I'd say it's a correlation of game quality and completions.

Why does everyone complain about the friends mechanic? Just ignore them, or if you don't want to lose points, accept their invitations and then Cancel Plans.
Also, you mean playing F3 to the end with every side quest? Because I still have a few more of those blighters to track down on my save-before-the-last-bit game on the 360 version. On the PC version, which I bought for the mods, and have the DLC on, I'm still a-playin' through the last clippings of DLC questing.

 

[everling]

In my case, I completed several games in offline mode, and when I eventually got a xbox gold, couldn't be bothered to redo many of them just for the sake of achievements.

Also, this is misleading - for example, it is NOT 45% of XBox gamers who bought Fable 2 who did complete it, its 45% of XBox Live gamers who did complete it.

In the case of XBox, the online data collection is bias towards multiplayer fans who play it enough to pay for the subscription.

There are three different modes you are talking about, offline mode, silver membership and gold membership. You don't have to pay for membership for microsoft to collect the information about your achivements. The statistics collected would not include a very good representation of the userbase. Microsoft would simply not be able to collect information from users who do not feel the need or cannot be bothered to get an internet connection.

 

[Doug]

In my case, I completed several games in offline mode, and when I eventually got a xbox gold, couldn't be bothered to redo many of them just for the sake of achievements.

Also, this is misleading - for example, it is NOT 45% of XBox gamers who bought Fable 2 who did complete it, its 45% of XBox Live gamers who did complete it.

In the case of XBox, the online data collection is bias towards multiplayer fans who play it enough to pay for the subscription.

There are three different modes you are talking about, offline mode, silver membership and gold membership. You don't have to pay for membership for microsoft to collect the information about your achivements. The statistics collected would not include a very good representation of the userbase. Microsoft would simply not be able to collect information from users who do not feel the need or cannot be bothered to get an internet connection.

Excuse me, but its also people who don't want to pay £50 of an wireless modem. I only got mine because it was half price with a game I was buying. "Cannot be bother" wasn't the factor.

EDIT:
Looks like I'm not the only one: http://kotaku.com/5442283/xbox-360-39-million-consoles-sold-only-half-are-on-xbox-live

 

[Doug]

In my case, I completed several games in offline mode, and when I eventually got a xbox gold, couldn't be bothered to redo many of them just for the sake of achievements.

Also, this is misleading - for example, it is NOT 45% of XBox gamers who bought Fable 2 who did complete it, its 45% of XBox Live gamers who did complete it.

In the case of XBox, the online data collection is bias towards multiplayer fans who play it enough to pay for the subscription.

This. The most salient fact of the survey is that the demographic it studies can reasonably be said to have a preference for online/multiplayer titles or modes. The people who are hardcore into single-player gaming probably aren't going to invest the time or the money into an online subscription service.

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EDIT:
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Accounts.

http://kotaku.com/5442283/xbox-360-39-million-consoles-sold-only-half-are-on-xbox-live

 

[high_castle]

I think the difference between games and movies is that a bad movie still only lasts 2 hours, but a bad game can go on for 40. I play almost exclusively single-player games, but I haven't beaten all of them. If I'm having zero fun in a game after about 10 hours of playing, I trade it in or bring it back. I have a very busy life involving a full-time job, college courses, and regular ol' personal drama. That leaves very little time for gaming already. And there's no way I'm going to devote that time to a bad game. I have to imagine I'm not alone in this.

 

[GeneralGrant]

It's boredom as opposed to difficulty. There are very few games that are interesting enough to actually finish. Sandbox games like GTA IV are a particular problem for me because I don't feel like I gain anything out of them. It's just something to fuck around in for maybe 15 minutes at a time.

 

[Nuclear Pancake]

On that list, i haven't played Fable 2 or BattleField: Bad Company, all the others i have and beaten except for GTA4, one level were you have to get to the top of this poorly lit building with guys hiding and little cover, stopped me i do intend on finishing it sometime but after trying that level 20 times, i just had to put it down.