Pile of Shame

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The term Pile of Shame ( English for "pile of shame "), sometimes also Stack of Shame , describes in pop culture , especially in network culture , the amount of media bought but not yet or only partially consumed , especially video games, but also board games, films, music and books.

Controversy in pop culture

The pile of shame is controversial in internet forums and blogs. In the subjective considerations, attempts are made to fathom the “height” of the pile, symptoms and causes, but strategies for combating it are also discussed. Other authors argue that the pile of shame also has advantages.

The causes for this are u. a. identified the following issues:

  • an abundance of the media offer , which results from the lower expenditure in procurement (digital payment and free shipping) and, above all, low purchase costs through discount offers , such as " Steamsales ", Black Friday or so-called "bundles" (e.g. Humble Bundle ) . Since there is an oversupply among the various forms of media, there is also cannibalization between them.
  • Shortage of the resource "time"
  • Excessive demands and self-imposed pressure to perform and the resulting lack of drive

In December 2014, the Internet portal Kotaku carried out a survey of 1,400 players that on average 40% of the games bought in the last 12 months had not been played. The results of an analysis of the Steam gaming platform were similar , according to which Steam users worldwide registered a total of around 780 million games in their libraries, of which, however, 37% had never been started.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 5 tips for tackling your pile of shame . In: VentureBeat . June 30, 2011 ( venturebeat.com [accessed July 8, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Your stack of shame is a lantern for your future, and a gift to the industry . In: polygon . ( polygon.com [accessed July 8, 2018]).
  3. ^ The pile of shame: an unconquerable mountain . In: pcgamer . ( pcgamer.com [accessed July 8, 2018]).
  4. ↑ The “Pile Of Shame” or why I (cannot) quit games . In: NplusX . ( nplusx.de [accessed on July 8, 2018]).
  5. ↑ My Pile of Shame - Between Euphoria and Listlessness - Beyond Pixels . In: Beyond Pixels . February 8, 2017 ( beyondpixels.de [accessed July 8, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Ethan Levy: We're Buying More PC Games Than We Can Play . In: Kotaku . ( kotaku.com [accessed July 8, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Julius beinke: numbers, please! 37 percent of all games bought remain unplayed. heise.de , July 26, 2016; accessed on July 11, 2018.