{"id":100026,"date":"2019-09-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/someone_has_finally_found_the_play_time_counter_limit_on_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T10:00:00","slug":"someone-has-finally-found-the-play-time-counter-limit-on-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/11\/someone-has-finally-found-the-play-time-counter-limit-on-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone Has Finally Found The Play Time Counter Limit On Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/346e204040c72\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/346e204040c72\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Screenshot 2019 09 11 At 09.39.52\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/346e204040c72\/screenshot-2019-09-11-at-09-39-52.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/346e204040c72\/screenshot-2019-09-11-at-09-39-52.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2019 09 11 At 09.39.52\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>One of the things we <em>really<\/em> like about Nintendo Switch is the fact that it keeps a record of how many hours you&#8217;ve played a game for, so you can add up just how much of your life you&#8217;ve poured down the metaphorical sink; time you will never, <em>ever<\/em> get back.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, where were we? <em>Oh yes<\/em>, that play time counter. It&#8217;s a great means of seeing which titles have captivated you the most, and we&#8217;re sure that many of you will have invested a fair number of hours into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 it was a launch game, after all, but it also helps that it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/03\/the_legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild_is_officially_one_of_the_best_games_of_all_time\">one of the best video games of all time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, even if you consider yourself to be something of a Breath of the Wild veteran, we doubt very much that you&#8217;ve put as much time into the game as <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamirAIDMAN\">Samir AID<\/a>:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcHiwiuMJm\">pic.twitter.com\/OcHiwiuMJm<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Samir AID (@SamirAIDMAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamirAIDMAN\/status\/1171677127462117376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That&#8217;s right \u2013 he&#8217;s clocked up so many hours in the game that he has maxed out the play time counter, which stops at 9,999 hours \u2013 or, if you prefer, 416 Days and 15 Hours (or 599,940 minutes). That&#8217;s equivalent to launching <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> and watching Marina and Pearl discuss the current stages 448,107 times.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t imagine many people will get anywhere near that total \u2013 even in an epic like Breath of the Wild \u2013 but does the fact that there&#8217;s a hard limit on the counter bother you?<\/p>\n<p>Go on, admit it \u2013 <em>it kinda does, right?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things we really like about Nintendo Switch is the fact that it keeps a record of how many hours you&#8217;ve played a game for, so you can add up just how much of your life you&#8217;ve poured down the metaphorical sink; time you will never, ever get back. Sorry, where were we? 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