Today I got curious and decided to do some math.
The question: Why people seem to be getting bored with the game.
I was having a conversation with someone earlier about why they were so upset with the amount of content in the game. Looking at his destiny tracker, and after some math.. I figured out why he was bored. It breaks down as follows:
Play time between his 3 characters: 912 Hours. (38 Days)
The game came out 6 months ago. So our base is 180 Days.
In 180 days, the average person getting the recommended amount of sleep (8 hours), sleeps for 60 of those 180 days (1,440 hours). (33%)
In 180 days, the average person working 5 days a week for 8 hours a day, works for 40 of those 180 days (960 hours). (22%)
Someone playing destiny for 912 hours, or 38 days accounts for 21.1% of those 180 days.
Adding these together, the average person with 912 hours of logged game time has spent 76.1% of the last 6 months of their life Sleeping, working, and playing Destiny alone.
These numbers do not include time taken to eat, exercise, shower, run errands / do chores or be with friends / family. But, everything else besides sleeping, working, and playing Destiny would account for 23.9% of their last 6 months of life.
Recap:
Time sleeping: 60 Days (33%)
Time Working: 40 Days (22%)
Time on Destiny: 38 Days (21.1%)
Everything Else: 43 Days (23.9%)
... no wonder you're bored with the game. 3/4 of your last 6 months has consisted of not being conscious, working, and playing the same game.
ADDED 8/5/15: I've logged 12.7 days (305 hours) in total. Haven't played much in the last 6 months (except the last 2 weeks i've gotten on a bit more to see what HoW is all about.)
[b]NOTE: Use WastedOnDestiny.com to check your time. Not Console time.[/b]
Added Note: At 500 hours if you spent $60 on the game and $20(or was it $15?) on TBD like I did, that's $80 total spent - You've paid 16 cents ($0.16) an hour to play. To put that into perspective: The average play time through Metal Gear Solid 4 is 18:48 (we'll round up to 19 hours.) That game also cost $60 when it came out. That comes out to costing $3.18 an hour to play. That's three dollars and two cents($3.02) more per hour than Destiny(plus expansion) and you've gotten 480ish more hours of gameplay.
[b]This post isn't to bash anyone. It's just self-serve information. Figures are based on averages.[/b]
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5 RisposteModificato da LeaderLTT: 8/3/2015 7:25:27 AM(>'.')> <('.'<) (^'.'^) <('.')> (v'.'v) ^('.')> <('.')^ (v'.')> <('.'v) (v'.'^) (^'.'v) ( '.') ('.' )
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How do you check your hours on the Destiny app?
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I just got the game 1%er!
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26 days on just my hunter. I have more than a month played I need a life xD
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Necro bump
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Necrobump
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Heres a scary fact:I have 1400 hours played. [spoiler]I paid absolutely nothing for destiny, thats right free.[/spoiler]
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Would anyone be willing to carry my 27 hunter through the lvl 30 weekly? I am 3 coins away and already did the lvl 26 one and the lvl 32 one (did that one with another character) 360
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1 RispondiI've lost count of my hours especially after restarting 2 characters. Is there a source that will tell you overall active playtime hours that includes deleted characters? I know the Xbone has the gamercard, but I believe that accounts for time spent in the Tower and in Orbit.
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Modificato da Gunz_85: 5/17/2015 4:03:52 PMI erased a few characters. Is it possible to see my total hours Encluding the ones I erased?
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10,000 in 1 month
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Considering the game came out 9/9/14. I put in 200 hours by Xmas. Then took a 5 month break and just picked up the sticks again.
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2 RispostePlay time does not equal enjoyment time. People need to understand that.
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Last time I tallied up my actual playtime I was at 31 days or so. Have all exotics, raid weapons/armor, even have the armor builds the way I like (intellect and discipline). Still play damn near every day, still enjoy the hell out of it. On the off days that I do get bored I just put Farcry or GTA in for a day or two, usually start missing destiny after 2 or more days so I switch back
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3 RisposteI've played this game in hopes of one day bungie releases destiny socks
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Pfft, my Runescape time trumps all.
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1 RispondiLess then 300 and I get bored
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I guess it depends on the individual. I have a friend that logged about 10 hours or less and straight up completely quit because he doesn't like the whole upgrade system and shite. Lol I told him to sell his game to my other friend but he was like "nah I'm trying to build a collection" lol I was like yea that's pretty stupid just sell the damn thing.
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Haha thanks for this Einstein ;) seeing this post brightened up my day... It goes to show how much people are actually getting out of the game. Would love to see the maths for the whole of destiny, see what time the average player spends in game.
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4 RisposteI've played for 773 hours and I'm still unlucky because I can't find armor from crotas end even though I've played it 26 times
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6 RisposteModificato da Level 2 on Easy: 4/25/2015 2:08:09 PM>tells us to use b.net time instead of console time. B net time only tells you GAME TIME. I get sick of people using their time. Console time is more accurate because it shows a true time that a person has been ON THE GAME and not IN THE GAME. So, I have about 1,500 hours. Do the math Jeeves.
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6 RisposteModificato da freshlydunbread: 4/24/2015 2:43:48 PMSome guy was bragging about having over 1000 hours on a thread, while also complaining about how bored he was. I broke down exactly how much time that was since launch for him, and asked "do you [i]really[/i] not understand why you're bored?". Needless to say, I never got a reply. Doing [b]anything[/b] for 1000 hours is a recipe for bland monotony.
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1 RispondiHonestly, I haven't gone to bed before 1 am since September 8, 2014. [spoiler]My play time on Destiny has slowed drastically since getting all 32s in January. I play once a week for nightfalls now thats about it.[/spoiler]