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Old 01-03-2009, 09:13 PM   #1
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Top games played in 2008 (according to Nielsen)
http://images.pcworld.com/news/graph...8_original.gif

I found this a bit surprising- Diablo II??

(from this article)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15625...s_of_2008.html
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Old 01-03-2009, 09:39 PM   #2
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I don't understand the big deal about WOW but then again I've never tried it. Actually I'm afraid to try it...afraid I will then understand and be sucked in.
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I just noticed that the average WOW player plays 671 minutes per week. This is 11.2 hours per week.

That's the AVERAGE player. Imagine what they could do with their life if they spent that time being productive?
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I just noticed that the average WOW player plays 671 minutes per week. This is 11.2 hours per week.

That's the AVERAGE player. Imagine what they could do with their life if they spent that time being productive?
I'm afraid I was that average player for one summer. One summer, and that was it. I realized how big of a drain it was and will never touch it again. Rinse and repeat is all it is.


No way could that list be right. I believe COD 4 and WOW were played, but the original Halo? They must had meant Halo 3. That list is extremely flawed.

EDIT: Nevermind...I just realized it was a list of PC games (not games for all consoles). Duh. That's still kind of sad though.
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and who still plays Diablo II? and why?
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WOW sucks plain and simple. I can't stand games like that. I can't even believe I use to play StarCraft
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Geez, where's Crysis?
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Geez, where's Crysis?
The problem with Crysis might be that its just too graphics intensive and most people don't have the graphics card necessary to play it even at the lowest settings. It is one of the most enjoyable games I have ever played.
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I thought Crysis was average. Graphics were good of course but the game play was average. Story was just OK. I think it was over-hyped.
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I've been hinting that I think a poll like this is deeply flawed- being a Neilsen poll, I am not even sure how they got the data- I do not believe that more people are playing Diablo II than Crysis, or about 100 games. Does anyone here know anyone that is still playing DiabloII?
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