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Latest Poll Results - Reasons for Games Not Played

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by Taluntain, Jan 18, 2006.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    What we asked:

    Q: What were the primary reasons (you can pick multiple) for your not having played any of the released games covered on SP?
    (419 votes total)

    No interest in those particular titles (58) 14%
    Lack of time to play (55) 13%
    Couldn't find stores that still sold the games (54) 13%
    Too buggy (50) 12%
    Heard or read bad reviews (46) 11%
    Too high hardware requirements (40) 10%
    Couldn't afford them (40) 10%
    Don't like the ruleset used (28) 7%
    Thought the games looked bad or dated (25) 6%
    Other (23) 5%

    The primary reason why most of the people who've voted (14%) haven't played any of the released games covered on SP is no interest in those particular titles.

    The second and third popular reasons (each with 13% of votes) are the lack of time to play and unavailability of the titles in question in stores.

    12% of votes go out to too buggy games, followed closely by 11% in consequence of bad reviews the games have received.

    Too high hardware requirements and the inability to afford the titles in question account for another 20% of votes (10% each).

    7% of votes have been cast on account of the ruleset used in the games not suiting the voters, followed by the 6% of impressions that the games in question looked bad or dated.

    Lastly, 5% of votes have been for "Other", but since none of the people who've voted for that option have bothered clarifying in the poll comments what their other reason was, we can only guess...

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    Taluntain, Jan 18, 2006
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  2. Harbourboy

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    "Lack of time" was my main reason by a long shot.
     
    Harbourboy, Jan 18, 2006
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    I have actually at least started to play all of the featured games. the only ones that I have not completed are Dragonshard (which I am in the process of playing) and Pool of Radiance.

    Given that I quit barely into the first dungeon level of Pool of Radiance I would say that pretty much is the same as not playing it though. In that case I suppose that my reason for not playing it was poor engine and level design coupled with it being buggy and crashing.
     
    JSBB, Jan 18, 2006
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