Does it matter if people don’t finish games any more?

New adventure Pillars of Eternity has received huge critical adulation. So why have just 6.4% of players finished it?

Just 6.4% of players who have bought role-playing adventure Pillars of Eternity have actually completed it, according to the PC gaming service, Steam. This critically acclaimed throwback to genre classics like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale returns us to a period in which playing games was a much more demanding experience. I finished Pillars of Eternity a few weeks ago and the experience has left me crushed.

Does it matter that people don't finish games anymore? Because they do not. Apparently only 15% finished Alien Isolation. Deus Ex: Human revolution stands at about 25%, while Bioshock manages a more respectable 35.9%. With Bungie's online shooter Destiny, there's a large percentage who have never actually played the game co-operatively, or seen the end game content - and only 15% have completed a raid.