Could you play a single video game forever? There might not be any infinite books or endless films, but there are games to which people dedicate thousands, even tens of thousands, of hours. One Polish fan of the sports strategy sim Football Manager holds a Guinness World Record for spending 10,887 hours on a single campaign — that’s 453 days.He’s not alone. Today gamers are spending more time than ever playing old games. A study from analysts Newzoo showed that the top 10 most-played games of 2023 were released, on average, seven years ago. Where gamers were once obsessed with new consoles with more advanced graphics, today technological progress is less pronounced and older games are updated continually, so many players see little reason to change games. We are entering the world of forever games. But what does this mean for the future of the medium?
你能永远玩一款视频游戏吗？一本书总有读完的时候，一部电影总有看完的时候，但有些游戏却能让人投入数千甚至上万小时。体育策略模拟游戏《足球经理》(Football Manager)的一位波兰玩家创造了一项吉尼斯世界纪录(Guinness World Record)，在同一个游戏存档中游玩了10887个小时——也就是453天。