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Quote: Originally Posted by OhMrHanky

Is that really a ‘positive’ number for the mode? Half the player base completed 2 of 3 acts? U can also read this as ‘half the player base chose NOT to finish it’. That makes it a bust, imo.

Quote: Originally Posted by isherdish

Another way of saying it is over half the player base didn't finish the mode. Considering story mode is supposed to hook you with its narrative and wasn't difficult to complete, I am not sure how much of a success that is. Having said that, I assume it will be back for another year.

Those numbers are pretty much in line with how many people complete single-player games in other genres, actually. An Activision executive estimated to CNN in 2015 that 90% of gamers don't finish games, the now-defunct game tracking website Raptr reported that only 10% of players completed the final main story mission Red Dead Redemption, and a GDC talk by two industry veterans detailed low game completion percentages across many great games. The Guardian also reported very low game completion numbers.

If half of all players who touched the mode got through the first two acts, Tiburon actually did pretty well, and they are about on-par with how the rest of the industry is doing with respect to how well they engage players in story-driven single player modes.