Or, how much value are you getting from your games? Obviously it's not an exact science, but I find this number infinitely more interesting than the overall GamerScore which is just a demonstration of who can afford more games. This tells us how much you're getting from the games you do have.
Apologies for spamming everyone with my own GamerTag, but that's the only page I can find that actually has this information! Anyway, on that page it'll tell you what percentage of your games you've completed, achievement-wise. It's based on the number of achievements in the game, rather than the GamerScore that they offer.
For the last few weeks I've been trying to up this figure, because it was at 42% which is pretty depressing. I want it at at least 50%, and have managed to get up to 45%.
I have a nasty habit of buying games, getting one achievement, and then shelving them for something newer and prettier. This is the thing that's really screwed up my percentage, and so I'm going through and playing these games and finding a new love for games that I didn't give enough time to before. Bayonetta, Mirror's Edge and Sega All Stars Racing have been played to beyond 50% complete now, so they're no longer reflecting badly on my percentage, and Fallout 3 is next, and probably Alan Wake or CoD4 after that. Some games (Football Manager 2006) will always be a blight on my record, though. I'm never going back to that.
As well as getting through old games I've already got, it's also making me much more picky about new games that I can't really afford. If I'm not 100% confident that I'll get at least half of it done, then it's not offering me enough value, and it doesn't get bought. Quite the money-saver.
Also, if you go to the dashboard on your 360 you can find out how many games you've got 100% of the achievements in, which is another interesting figure. I'm up to 39 out of the 178 games that I've played.
(tl;dr version: I'm trying to clear my backlog.)
So, what're your figures?
Apologies for spamming everyone with my own GamerTag, but that's the only page I can find that actually has this information! Anyway, on that page it'll tell you what percentage of your games you've completed, achievement-wise. It's based on the number of achievements in the game, rather than the GamerScore that they offer.
For the last few weeks I've been trying to up this figure, because it was at 42% which is pretty depressing. I want it at at least 50%, and have managed to get up to 45%.
I have a nasty habit of buying games, getting one achievement, and then shelving them for something newer and prettier. This is the thing that's really screwed up my percentage, and so I'm going through and playing these games and finding a new love for games that I didn't give enough time to before. Bayonetta, Mirror's Edge and Sega All Stars Racing have been played to beyond 50% complete now, so they're no longer reflecting badly on my percentage, and Fallout 3 is next, and probably Alan Wake or CoD4 after that. Some games (Football Manager 2006) will always be a blight on my record, though. I'm never going back to that.
As well as getting through old games I've already got, it's also making me much more picky about new games that I can't really afford. If I'm not 100% confident that I'll get at least half of it done, then it's not offering me enough value, and it doesn't get bought. Quite the money-saver.
Also, if you go to the dashboard on your 360 you can find out how many games you've got 100% of the achievements in, which is another interesting figure. I'm up to 39 out of the 178 games that I've played.
(tl;dr version: I'm trying to clear my backlog.)
So, what're your figures?
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