General Gaming On average, how long does your gaming sessions usually last

[best3444]

I originally asks this in the "what are you playing" thread but I might as well create a topic on it.

 

"I'm very curious in how long your gaming sessions usually last. For me, most games and days, it's 2 hours max then I need to stop. There have been exceptions with games like Elden Ring where I played 5 hours straight. On average, it's 2 hours".

 

 

[Biggie]

I game 7 days a week. Usually between 3-5 hours daily. Sometimes more on the weekend. I have this weekend off and downloading Madden 23 so I’m sure that number will go up between football, Xenodblade, and WarZone. 

[Biggie]

12 minutes ago, best3444 said:

I originally asks this in the "what are you playing" thread but I might as well create a topic on it.

 

"I'm very curious in how long your gaming sessions usually last. For me, most games and days, it's 2 hours max then I need to stop. There have been exceptions with games like Elden Ring where I played 5 hours straight. On average, it's 2 hours".

 

 

Curious why you need to stop after just 2 hours. 

[best3444]

1 minute ago, Biggie said:

Curious why you need to stop after just 2 hours. 

 

I honestly don't know. That's been the sweet spot for me for many years. 2 hours imo feels like a substantial amount of time playing a game. At 2 hours I want to do something else. 

 

Like I said, I've had many exceptions. I remember playing COD 4 online for 6 hours straight. I remember my brother and I bought FFXI online and played it for 9 hours straight. 😪 

[stepee]

3 hours or so at night, usually while watching tv. During the weekend it varies but up to 8 hours easily. If I’m really into a game I’ll just make a day of it. That’s right now anyway, it varies based on what I’m up to, my game time has gone up in general since my accident. 

[Phaseknox]

It usually depends on how I’m feeling, and what I’m playing. I have DKA, so some days I feel better than others. On the days when I’m feeling a little better I will game for several hours, on the days when I’m not I’ll only game for around an hour or two, or none at all.

 

I usually game at least a little each day, but once in a while I’ll go a day or two without gaming at all. How much that I game in a day often depends on what I’m playing as well. If I’m playing something that I’m really engrossed into and is hard for me to put down, then I will play it for several hours a few times throughout the day. I usually do this with unscripted open world games as I can just mess around in their big worlds doing what I want when I want without hitting brick walls, or having to do a lot of trial and error to proceed past tough spots like I often have to do in more linear and scripted games. I tend to play directed, linear and scripted games for less hours at a time for that reason.

 

I’m retired, and gaming is what I do the most with my time. I have a few other hobbies and interests as well of course, but gaming is what I primarily like to do. I’ve been gaming since the 70s starting with Pong, and I don’t plan on stopping until I’m physically unable to anymore which I hope isn’t until I’m dead.

 

[Biggie]

@Phaseknoxis that pic you?

[Keyser_Soze]

29 minutes ago, Biggie said:

@Phaseknoxis that pic you?

 

It's an actual pic of Phase playing Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie on his Xbox 360 using a wired 360 controller!

[silentbob]

Depends on how I’m feeling and what I gotta do around the house. Lately it hasn’t been much, but maybe 2-4hrs a week(some occasional longer sessions with buddies) 

[HardAct]

It's been stymied the last 3-4 years because of LIFE SHIT but used to be regularly 2-3 hours a day with maybe an all nighter on weekends here and there. Now I'm struggling with games with stories because I game in such short sessions. Lots of time with stuff like Dead Cells, Geometry wars, Bloodstained etc where I don't need to learn complex strategies deep movesets and/or remember long story arches. Sucks because I have a mountain of games with all that stuff and more. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is scaring me and calling me every night when I go to relax. Anyways to answer the question it's usually 30-60 minutes with breaks in been a few times a day! 

[Phaseknox]

3 hours ago, Biggie said:

@Phaseknoxis that pic you?

Me in the future still playing my Xbox 360. 

[gamer.tv]

30-60 minutes. It’s terrible, but I can’t really justify it when there’s so much that always needs doing. 

[Xbob42]

Depends on how interrupted you consider a "session," I might play a game for 4-5 hours a day, broken up over 6,000,000 interruptions from real life, or I might get an hour or two in for the day uninterrupted.

[TheLeon]

7 hours ago, best3444 said:

I originally asks this in the "what are you playing" thread but I might as well create a topic on it.

 

"I'm very curious in how long your gaming sessions usually last. For me, most games and days, it's 2 hours max then I need to stop. There have been exceptions with games like Elden Ring where I played 5 hours straight. On average, it's 2 hours".

 

 

I’m pretty similar these days. It’s rare for a game to keep me glued to the couch for more than a couple hours at a time. Even if I’m really hooked on a game and I spend “all day” playing it, there are a bunch of significant (hour+) breaks in there. 

[XxEvil AshxX]

It really depends on what I'm playing. But I guess on average, about two hours. Mainly because I'll take breaks. If I start playing at 4, for example, I'll stop playing around 6 to cook dinner. Then after my wife and I have eaten and watched our tv show, I'll get back on around 8 or 9 and play till I get too sleepy to function, which is usually around 11.

 

If I have a saturday to kill though and I am playing something i'm either addicted to or trying to grind through, I can go for four or five hours straight if I don't catch myself.

[Mr.Vic20]

Usual schedule:

 

Weekdays - maybe 30 mins-1hr

Weekends - 4 hours - 8 hours

 

Current schedule -

Work until death (7days a week, yay!) and post on D1P from work with my "in between putting out fires" minutes....

 

[Brian]

 0-30 mins. I like to spend time outdoors as much as possible during the nice weather months. When the weather changes, I will play a bit longer like an hour. 

[best3444]

1 hour ago, Brian said:

 0-30 mins. I like to spend time outdoors as much as possible during the nice weather months. When the weather changes, I will play a bit longer like an hour. 

 

It must take months to beat certain games at that rate. If I had a family like you I'd probably be doing the same thing. 

[Zaku3]

Depends on what I am playing. I can pull off 6+ hour sessions for MP HOI4 so thats usually the max. After that I kinda wanna lay down or do something else. 

 

I would go as long as needed if my strat to win 5he game involves outlasting the Axis team. (IE they want to stop playing)

[Derek]

With kids in the picture now, my gaming sessions are like my love making sessions. Short, mildly entertaining bursts. Sometimes I finish before I can even get started.

 

Every so often, though, when the stars align just right, I can go for 10s of minutes.

[stepee]

6 minutes ago, Derek said:

With kids in the picture now, my gaming sessions are like my love making sessions. Short, mildly entertaining bursts. Sometimes I finish before I can even get started.

 

Every so often, though, when the stars align just right, I can go for 10s of minutes.

 to be clear, we are talking 10s of minutes for both sex and video games sometimes right?

[stepee]

2 hours ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

Usual schedule:

 

Weekdays - maybe 30 mins-1hr

Weekends - 4 hours - 8 hours

 

Current schedule -

Work until death (7days a week, yay!) and post on D1P from work with my "in between putting out fires" minutes....

 

 

now do when elden ring came out

[Guest]

I would say a typical session is an hour or so. Maybe 2-3 on rare occasions when I get something new.

[Brian]

1 hour ago, best3444 said:

 

It must take months to beat certain games at that rate. If I had a family like you I'd probably be doing the same thing. 

I can find time to player more and longer but I really don’t have the desire when the weather is nice. I rather sit on my porch, drink a beer and read a book. In the winter, I tend to play longer and more often.  

[Derek]

42 minutes ago, stepee said:

 to be clear, we are talking 10s of minutes for both sex and video games sometimes right?

I figured that was implied. I'm not a machine!

[Mr.Vic20]

1 hour ago, stepee said:

 

now do when elden ring came out

Monday-Saturday - 16 hour session/controller runs out of battery

Sunday - pet family members on heads and say "Good people"... while thinking about Elden Ring. 

[jaethos]

Recently I haven't been playing much, especially during the week. Some of that comes down to my play session length though. If I have less than 2 hours available I won't even bother. So, 2 hours minimum per session, often much longer.

[AshsToAshs]

Depends. 
If im streaming, 4-6 hours.
If im not, maybe 1-2 hours. 

Lately it's been hard for me to get in my own personal play time.

[chakoo]

15-30 mins every few days. Maybe 1-1.5 hours on the weekend.

 

10 month old and a busy work life atm eat up most of my time.

[best3444]

Welp, I started gaming at 2:52pm and was having a good time. I got engrossed in one section I was in and lost track of time. Once I completed the section I felt that was enough for the day. Sure enough I check the clock and it's 4:53. So that 2 hour mark is engraved into my head.