Current Events > Poll: how many hours of gaming do you do a week, roughly?

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Feel free to post comments about your gaming, as well, how much you do, or what console(s) you're playing on, and things like that.
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Bump.
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Usually none.

If I do it's maybe a half hour or so.
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Depends.

Last 2 weeks I have 6h played on steam.

It varies between 0 and 50h per week.

I'm glad to see that 2 people play for more than 40 hours a week, 3 if you include GunmaN (although not really, because he makes that clear it's not on average).
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Zero
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About 40% of people do less than 5 hours of gaming a week. This is fucking pathetic. I don't understand how the gamers on this board could've become so lazy and casual. I mean...less than 5 hours a week? Even 10 hours a week is slightly casual.
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Bump.
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Do people think the 8th and 9th generations are bad so far, or something?

Although I admit, things have gone downhill a little bit since the end of the 7th generation, i.e. about 2013. That had so many great games, like the CODs, the Halos, Alan Wake, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Wario Land: The Shake Dimension, Galaxy 1 and 2, FEAR 1, and Tony Hawk's Project 8.

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I've gone over a month without turning on my console. I'll just play when I feel like it.
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KStateKing17 posted...

I've gone over a month without turning on my console. I'll just play when I feel like it.

Pathetic. What's wrong with you?

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If mobile games count, I'm probably in the 15-20 range. If not, then it's more like 5-10. I just don't have as much free time to sit down and play on a console like I used to. But being able to easily multitask and play a phone game while watching/doing something else is a godsend.
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A lot of people seem to be gaming less because they're "older now". How old? Are you lot in your 40s, with wives and a few kids a piece?
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My gaming is all gentle
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Right now almost none

In 2 months when the new wow expansion comes out it'll be well over 25
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MeIon Bread posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

I've gone over a month without turning on my console. I'll just play when I feel like it.

Pathetic. What's wrong with you?

Inconsistent work hours and no internet.
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KStateKing17 posted...

MeIon Bread posted...

KStateKing17 posted...

I've gone over a month without turning on my console. I'll just play when I feel like it.

Pathetic. What's wrong with you?

Inconsistent work hours and no internet.

Wtf? What has no internet connection got to do with how much gaming you do?

Asherlee10 posted...

MeIon Bread posted...

A lot of people seem to be gaming less because they're "older now". How old? Are you lot in your 40s, with wives and a few kids a piece?

You've been here as long as the rest of us and a lot of people are well into their late 20s and 30s here. Not many people with a ton of free time anymore.

And why is that? Most people here are unmarried (and in some cases, kissless virgins), and it's not like they work more than 40 hours a week.

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It varies wildly depending on how much I like whatever game I'm currently working on. Some games completely claim my free time while others I can only play for an hour or so a couple of times a week.
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Less than five hours. Backlog of classic games alone could last me until 2020. Wish I had more time, but making money takes precedence. Sucks, but #adulting
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tabletop included or just video games? probably over 15 if both,
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idk, it depends on my free time and how into gaming i am. sometimes months will go by without me touching a single game but sometimes i will play one thing six hours a day or more (although i guess that actually hasn't happened in forever, even on weekends). currently i get in 1-3 hrs a day
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Things are improving, slightly, but I can't believe how big the gaps people have are. I mean, people are going for a few weeks without gaming at all, because they don't feel like it. Most serious gamers probably don't go for more than a few days at a time without gaming.

What has happened to people on CE?

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Bump.
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MeIon Bread posted...

What has happened to people on CE?

I've played so many games that I now have ludicrously high standards. It has to have an amazing story (Killer7, RPG Maker game The Way), a decent story with a great atmosphere (Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines), or addicting gameplay with good art and sound design (indies like Darkest Dungeon or Risk of Rain). Most games bore the fuck out of me now.
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Why do most people on CE seem to own a modern console, i.e. 8th gen or later, if they don't want to play on them much?
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I usually get a couple hours in on work nights and like 4-6 hours on weekends (probably peg it at 20-25 hours a week)

Not enough to be hardcore anymore but still a far cry from filthy casul

Pitlord_Special posted...

I usually get a couple hours in on work nights and like 4-6 hours on weekends (probably peg it at 20-25 hours a week)

Not enough to be hardcore anymore but still a far cry from filthy casul

This is good. 20 - 25 hours a week is a nice amount. And I'd say that's hardcore.

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About 15 hours I guess.

About half of that is multitasking though. I walk for exercise, and these days I carry my DS with me. (Or phone or a book).
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less than 5 is probably my overall average but there is wide variance

I played more than 5 hours of vidya just yesterday for instance
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Over 60
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Mid August - mid December, 0 hours
Mid December - mid January, around 30 hours
Mid January to June, 0 hours
June - mid August, around 30 hours

Thats about 450 hours a year, 8.5 hours a week.
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knuxnole posted...

Over 60

Ha, I just did a quick check and after work, church, lunch, dinner, sleep and my personal project(s), I have 63.5 hours left per week.

And generally at least 6 hours are spent on BS on Saturdays.
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used to get a massive amount done until several month's ago. though it's calmed to about 20-40 hours a week. i just play when i feel like it or have all my stuff i need to get done in a day minus the breaks for various things.
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Sunhawk posted...

About 40% of people do less than 5 hours of gaming a week. This is fucking pathetic. I don't understand how the gamers on this board could've become so lazy and casual. I mean...less than 5 hours a week? Even 10 hours a week is slightly casual.

It's called growing up and having a life that makes it hard to play video games as much as you may want to. Many people on these boards have been here for a LONG time and now having families, jobs, etc that take up a large portion of their time.

Some weeks I'll be lucky to get 2-3 hours in while others I might get 20+. Just depends on how much free time I have.
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It used to be way too much but this last week I haven't played anything.

Just can't be bothered.
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im going to play for the others who cant i'm motivated now.
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Around 8-10 a week is a fair estimate for me. My other hobbies are more interesting so they get most of my free time and life in general doesn't allow 20-30 hours a week anymore (which I wouldn't do anyways because that gets boring as shit)

I will say I bought Nier: Automata the other week (which is the first game I've bought in about a year and one I would never generally buy in the first place), and that game really has sucked me in. I've got 13 hours in a week on that game so far which is a huge amount for me.
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Probably less than 5 hours for me on an average week. most week days i just dont have the time with work & other chores/responsibilities, and on the weekends im usually out doing stuff or spending time with my wife, who isnt into video games. once in a while though i get some free time tho to game, or i'll stay up a little later or play a little in the morning while i have coffee.
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knuxnole posted...

Over 60

This is what a gamer looks like. If that's true, he's playing for like 8 or 9 hours a day, which is excellent. I must admit, though, I don't know how knuxhole finds that much stuff to play, to play that much. Perhaps he has a reasonable paying job, and after paying the rent and food, etc. spends it all on video games. Which is good!

I don't think the problem is people having full-time jobs or families at all. When it comes to their leisure time, I think they'd much rather watch films or TV, or get drunk with friends. Video games are a low leisure priority for them. This is still very sad.

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DevsBro posted...

knuxnole posted...

Over 60

Ha, I just did a quick check and after work, church, lunch, dinner, sleep and my personal project(s), I have 63.5 hours left per week.

And generally at least 6 hours are spent on BS on Saturdays.

Its easy to put in 60+.

Plus there are LOADS of games to play. I have 8 on backlog and new releases coming!!!

And multiplayer games can eat up a lot of time, a lot!
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Easily over 40, but I kinda weave gfaqs time in between, so it may or may not technically be 40.
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Other: it depends.

Some weeks and times of the year are busier than others, but I would say, on average, I play about 5-10 hours a week. I used to be able to put in 12-16 hours a day when I played all the Final Fantasy games for the first time. Now Im just kind of losing interest, tbh. And I dont have as much time.
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During the summer / time off? Probably anywhere from 15-40 hours

During work / school weeks? 0-10 hours
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