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PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Redkey@programming.dev 41 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if book readers spend 92% of their time on older books. Or if music listeners spend 92% of their time on older pieces.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 23 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Especially if "older" means two years or older.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

According to the article, they mean 6 years old or older.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

No, they said 67% at 6y or older, but 92% at more than 2 years old

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, okay. Seems odd to call a 2 year old game an "older" game.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Well, at 2 years it is probably older than at least one other game.