A gaming marketing analyst looking into Steam's success and how its users spend time and money on games has referred to the userbase as "a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly." The comparison may surprise or offend some Steam fans, but despite the harsh wording, the analyst has some data backing up his claims.
It's been an ongoing joke that gamers have more games in their libraries than they actually have time to play, yet they still keep spending money on new games. Exciting releases, word-of-mouth trends, discounts, and no need to keep physical copies can lead to a bit of hoarding for some fans. That tendency is what this analyst is taking a look at.
Game developers from a major indie platform are complaining about their games being stolen and resold on Steam by an anonymous publisher.
Games marketing analyst Chris Zukowski wrote an article detailing how a surprising portion of players don't actually play the game they own, referring to the users as "drunken sailors... who spend money irresponsibly." Zukowski compares players' unplayed libraries to other hobbies, stating that hobbyists don't care how much they spend on a subject they're interested in. He pointed...
