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In 2021, 1 million playstation owners spent 100% of their playtime in Call of Duty

by dmonitor 3y ago

that_guy_iain 3y ago
This really explains why I get totally destroyed at Call Of Duty since I spent about an hour a year playing it.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y ago
  When I got my first full-time job, for about 6 months, I spent basically all my time when I wasn't working or sleeping just playing CoD. I think my ADHD enabled it. I got really good, really fast, was in something like top 5% of players. Then I got into music and mostly stopped gaming
  - that_guy_iain 3y ago
    When I was 18 I used to be crazy good at EA's NHL. Sadly it was before internet gaming or I would have been super awesome. I was spending 8-10 hours a day playing, beating the computer at the hardest level 20-0 with 2-minute periods. No one I knew would play me. It's such a shame that when I really needed internet gaming it wasn't a thing and now it's a thing I like story games.
- doubled112 3y ago
  Have you recently tried to play any other old FPSes? Quake, Quake II, or even Unreal Tournament 99. If you manage to find a server, and active players, you can tell those players have been at it since 1999, and it takes all of the fun out of it.
autoexec 3y ago
It reminds me of when I'd buy used PS2 memory cards and find them full of nothing but different versions of the exact same sports titles. As someone who plays a ton of different games in very different genres I can't imagine never branching out. If any of those 1 million call of duty players are here. I want to tell you that you're missing out.
- dlbucci 3y ago
  Those sports games always took up a ton of memory to save. My first GC card had like 59 blocks, and Madden 2002 wanted all of them. Might explain a little bit of what you're seeing.
- addandsubtract 3y ago
  When I was a kid, I had like 3 games. Crash Bandicoot, FIFA and THPS. Those, along with a new demo disc each month, was all I needed.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    Kids had it rough. Especially when they were totally dependent on their parents for new titles. Today, kids with a real computer have countless games available plus whole ton of crappy f2p mobile gaming options to keep them going between birthdays and christmas.
    - goosedragons 3y ago
      Even consoles have a decent selection of free games these days, stuff like Fortnite, Overwatch 2, Sims 4, Yugioh Master Duel, etc.
- wink 3y ago
  As someone who usually plays only a very small amount of games for a very long time (MMOs and some others), what I noticed and also heard from others it's not even that other games are not interesting or good, it's more like "I'm trying this new game and I'd say I'm having fun like 7/10, but I'd really rather be playing the game I just put down which would be like a 9/10". Not sure if that makes sense or applies to those people, if they really mean "100%" or more like "we saw them trying another game for 1h in a month and then they played 10h of CoD per week for 2 months" or even people not buying, but trying out other games at friends' places and then not buying them.
  - autoexec 3y ago
Toutouxc 3y ago
But also > Call of Duty players spending more than 70 percent of their time on Call of Duty spent an average of 296 hours on the franchise That’s less than an hour per day, and that includes the actual hardcore CoD nolifers. Somehow I think that “people who spend 100 % of their playtime on CoD” are most likely some busy parents who barely manage to squeeze a few rounds of CoD with friends into their week.
SkyPuncher 3y ago
I’m one of these people. It's a common game for nearly all of my friends. I use it as time to catch up with people and hang out. It’s also the game I’m best at, so there’s little reason for me to play anything else.
campuscodi 3y ago
Warzone was free to play and actually very good at that time. I can see why.

In 2021, 1 million playstation owners spent 100% of their playtime in Call of Duty

that_guy_iain 3y ago

This really explains why I get totally destroyed at Call Of Duty since I spent about an hour a year playing it.

0xbadcafebee 3y ago
When I got my first full-time job, for about 6 months, I spent basically all my time when I wasn't working or sleeping just playing CoD. I think my ADHD enabled it. I got really good, really fast, was in something like top 5% of players. Then I got into music and mostly stopped gaming
- that_guy_iain 3y ago
  When I was 18 I used to be crazy good at EA's NHL. Sadly it was before internet gaming or I would have been super awesome. I was spending 8-10 hours a day playing, beating the computer at the hardest level 20-0 with 2-minute periods. No one I knew would play me. It's such a shame that when I really needed internet gaming it wasn't a thing and now it's a thing I like story games.
doubled112 3y ago
Have you recently tried to play any other old FPSes? Quake, Quake II, or even Unreal Tournament 99. If you manage to find a server, and active players, you can tell those players have been at it since 1999, and it takes all of the fun out of it.

autoexec 3y ago

It reminds me of when I'd buy used PS2 memory cards and find them full of nothing but different versions of the exact same sports titles. As someone who plays a ton of different games in very different genres I can't imagine never branching out. If any of those 1 million call of duty players are here. I want to tell you that you're missing out.

dlbucci 3y ago
Those sports games always took up a ton of memory to save. My first GC card had like 59 blocks, and Madden 2002 wanted all of them. Might explain a little bit of what you're seeing.
addandsubtract 3y ago
When I was a kid, I had like 3 games. Crash Bandicoot, FIFA and THPS. Those, along with a new demo disc each month, was all I needed.
- autoexec 3y ago
  Kids had it rough. Especially when they were totally dependent on their parents for new titles. Today, kids with a real computer have countless games available plus whole ton of crappy f2p mobile gaming options to keep them going between birthdays and christmas.
  - goosedragons 3y ago
    Even consoles have a decent selection of free games these days, stuff like Fortnite, Overwatch 2, Sims 4, Yugioh Master Duel, etc.
wink 3y ago
As someone who usually plays only a very small amount of games for a very long time (MMOs and some others), what I noticed and also heard from others it's not even that other games are not interesting or good, it's more like "I'm trying this new game and I'd say I'm having fun like 7/10, but I'd really rather be playing the game I just put down which would be like a 9/10". Not sure if that makes sense or applies to those people, if they really mean "100%" or more like "we saw them trying another game for 1h in a month and then they played 10h of CoD per week for 2 months" or even people not buying, but trying out other games at friends' places and then not buying them.
- autoexec 3y ago

Toutouxc 3y ago

But also > Call of Duty players spending more than 70 percent of their time on Call of Duty spent an average of 296 hours on the franchise That’s less than an hour per day, and that includes the actual hardcore CoD nolifers. Somehow I think that “people who spend 100 % of their playtime on CoD” are most likely some busy parents who barely manage to squeeze a few rounds of CoD with friends into their week.

SkyPuncher 3y ago

I’m one of these people. It's a common game for nearly all of my friends. I use it as time to catch up with people and hang out. It’s also the game I’m best at, so there’s little reason for me to play anything else.

campuscodi 3y ago

Warzone was free to play and actually very good at that time. I can see why.