Ok so they checked my account, but what about all the other users?
And I’ve spent $0 on 19 billion free games that I’m never going to play…
A few of us, yeah.
The number is based on the 10% of Steam accounts visible publicly. And then they calculated based on current full retail price of the unplayed games. It’s a nonsense figure.
For sure. Easily half (likely more) of my unplayed games are Bundle games from a bundle I got primarily for something else. There’s a few gems I’m sure.
There are a few games I bought on sale to play later as well (I’ll get to you!) but the other glaring flaw I see is a selection bias. The people who use this service or similar services are going to be the heavier Steam users with collections in the hundreds.
So heavier users, with lots of bundle games and sales. I’d divide that total by 10 at least
I have a bunch of games I bought a while after playing the pirated versions, and I usually don’t play them at all.
I guess there isn’t really a way to see how many people do this.On Epic. I have spent $0 on games i never played
I’m in this statistic and I don’t like it.
It’s those damn Humble Bundles. I don’t know what half the games in my library are, but I probably didn’t actually want them.
yup this is me. When Humble Bundles were insanely good I just bought them all the time. I’d say half my library, if not more, are from those bundles and I haven’t touched most of them. And I even ended up giving away a lot of keys from the bundles too. Like for a couple years there I used them has christmas presents for friends only if they were really good games that I either already owned or had no intention of playing.
Fuck do I ever relate to this. I probably have over 200 titles in my Steam library that I redeemed from Humble Bundles and have never installed. Insane.
I went from a bout 50 to about 500 before I figured out I won’t ever play most of them.
I once forgot my humble bundle sub for a year and a half. That was nuts collecting all those.
So, what you are saying is that all the people using steam combined might make it to the top 100 list of billionaires if their unplayed games were personified?
This statistic is misleading. They have no way of knowing what people paid for those games. The “value” isn’t just the Steam price.
As many people have mentioned here, most games in big Steam libraries come from bundles. It’s pretty typical to get games for, like, $1-2 each in those. I regularly get 8 games for $10, of which I only really want 1. I play the one I cared about and get my $10 worth. There’s no “lost value” so long as I got my money’s worth from the title I played.
I take an even bigger view: if I buy 10 bundles for $10 each, and get 1 absolute banger (for my preferences) and a few others that are fun for a bit, then I’m happy. I often add 20 new games to my library in a month, and only immediately play 1. That doesn’t mean I have “$400 value of games I’ve never played.”
That doesn’t mean I have “$400 value of games I’ve never played.”
I’d argue that what you pay for a game and the market value are two different things. The statistic is definitely misleading. The headline should read:
Steam users purchased games they haven’t played valued at $19b.
I’d say it’s pretty rare for people to pay full value for loads of games, i.e. I agree most unplayed games came in bundles, or were gifted/purchased at massive discount.
Thanks for doing the critical thinking for me
I have also bought a bundle from the spiffing brit, which was 85 games valued at €1500 for like €40. I bought it mostly for the charity and a couple of games, so it’s very misrepresented to say I haven’t played €1500 worth of games
I’ve saved tons of money by only not playing games I get for free. Much more affordable that way.
Too bad people will never be able to get a refund on them, that would be too much like right. ☹️
Are there any stats out there for in-game purchases that never get used? 🤔
Why? You bought the games. It’s like going to the store, buying a bunch of clothes, and realizing after a few months that you don’t want them anymore. They cannot be returned.
That’s why I don’t buy shit I ain’t gonna use. Well, save for emergency supplies, I hope to never have to use those.
They don’t say how they come to that number in the article, so I assume they are using non-sale prices. I know that I’ve gotten some bundles of games in the past that were 95%+ off, which I bought just for the one game because it was the same price or cheaper.
Doesn’t Steam keep up with the amount of time people have played their games? Or is it up to the individual games to track that?
I have no idea to be honest, I don’t use Steam and haven’t purchased any games since the 90s…
Doesn’t Steam keep up with the amount of time people have played their games? Or is it up to the individual games to track that?
Steam does keep track of play time, but I am not sure what playtime has to do with my comment.
Playtime = 0?
Then player hasn’t played the game.
Duh.
Checks out
And I’ll fucking do it again
I’m in this comment and I’m indifferent about it.
