Valve Posts Half-Life 2 Stats

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited July 2006 in Science & Tech
Valve Software has published some interesting stats collected via Steam for Half-Life 2: Episode One. These include number of sessions played, average session times, completion times and percentage of games completed.

Valve said that Steam has allowed it to quantify players' gaming habits to greater extents.
- Half-Life 2: Episode One has logged over 750,000 player sessions since June 10 (a session is from launch to quit), with the average session time being 37 minutes.
- Players on average, have played the game for a total of 2 hours and 48 minutes. The average completion time is almost five hours. A figure very close to Valve's target time.
- Steam recorded only 23 percent of gamers finished Half-Life 2: Episode One since June 10.
Valve believes gamers may be quitting before the credits roll, or a bug in its data collection process could be causing an inaccurate read.

As with any industry, data collection is crucial to understanding consumers. Valve's use of Steam in this instance shows the potential role that online connectivity can play in gauging player habits.

More data can be found at Valve's website.

Source: Next Generation

Comments

  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Hmm, I thought people had to agree to things like this before they could be done, you know like when you install WinAMP and it asks if it can send back anonamous usage statistics...
  • madmatmadmat
    edited June 2006
    Enverex wrote:
    Hmm, I thought people had to agree to things like this before they could be done, you know like when you install WinAMP and it asks if it can send back anonamous usage statistics...

    I'm sure that if you read the EULA for Steam that there's something in there about anonymous user stats.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    madmat wrote:
    I'm sure that if you read the EULA for Steam that there's something in there about anonymous user stats.
    Probably, but it's optional for WinAMP. You can still install WinAMP if you don't want to provide the user stats.

    All I know is that I have serious issues with Steam, and while the collection of usage statistics isn't really a big deal, it's not going to convince me to drink the Kool-Aid, either.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2006
    Enverex wrote:
    Hmm, I thought people had to agree to things like this before they could be done, you know like when you install WinAMP and it asks if it can send back anonamous usage statistics...

    When you first launch it it will prompt you. (There Statistical survey's)
  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited June 2006
    The only reason I haven't finished HL2: EP1 is because I don't want it to end. ;D
  • Janetlsv
    edited July 2006
    I wuv Spam! :clap:

    -Prof
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