Reasons Why Gamers Quit Playing These Videogames

People of all ages use video games as a pastime activity. For the last few decades, video games have become a lot more popular and began competing with a lot of entertainment options for our time and attention.

But has it ever happened to you where you find a videogame so frustrating that you quit it and never start it back up again? Today we will be looking at a list of gamers from Reddit who gave up on their favorite video games for very good reasons.

The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable offers an achievement if you don’t play it for five years. I’m about 3.5 years into it, and I was set not to quit anytime soon.

So you could say I’ve given up on it, and five years is a very long time in gaming years. The industry changes, my computer might break, and so on.

Bioshock

I had enjoyed the first Bioshock on steam and decided to play the second. It told me I needed to make a Microsoft account or something. I said no. The game said ok and let me play anyway. Awesome, score one for me!

Then about 2 hours later, I went to quit, and it said, “Yeah…you can’t save unless you make an account.” “FINE, I’ll make an account.” “You can’t make an account unless you quit the game.” “But I can’t save unless I have an account.” “Tough.” So yeah, I stopped playing it.

EVE

I have been playing the game EVE for a long time. EVE is real, and internet pixels matter, but I realized I had no real life.

So I quit cold turkey four years ago. Though I’m just playing other games now, they don’t consume my every waking moment like EVE did. I now have time for other things as well. Games can be addictive, guys.

World Of Warcraft

I lost my job because of World of Warcraft. And then, I was out of work at the time, and I started a new character on Saturday. The following Friday, someone in my guild told me about the command “/played,” which showed how many hours I played.

The result was 50 hours a week—more than a full-time job. I said goodbye to my guild, uninstalled it, and haven’t been back since.