{"id":269340,"date":"2024-01-04T03:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=323307"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:17:30","slug":"a-person-has-played-doom-eternal-of-2020-for-53-consecutive-years-wait-how-is-that-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-person-has-played-doom-eternal-of-2020-for-53-consecutive-years-wait-how-is-that-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"A person has played Doom Eternal of 2020 for 53 consecutive years. Wait, how is that possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thirty years ago, John Carmack and John Romero created <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/now-you-can-play-doom-on-a-lawnmower-and-its-totally-serious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Doom<\/a>, a game for DOS in a stunning 3D for its time that has set a precedent and is still being published to this day. It has had everything from comics to novels to two indescribable movies. And, of course, the saga has continued throughout the decades. <strong>Its latest main installment, Doom Eternal, the seventh in the saga<\/strong>, was nominated for Game of the Year and, according to many, should have won. But there&#8217;s a twist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Doom Eternal\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/08315968-4b30-4989-a984-c24266a0ec8f\/3143669706\/doom-eternal-3143669706.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Doom Eternal<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-eternal.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-eternal.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Killing demons half life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A player of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/doom-will-turn-30-very-soon-and-will-have-a-very-special-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Doom Eternal<\/a>, when turning on the game the other day and checking the statistics on PS5, came across an unexpected surprise: apparently, he had played for <strong>over 400,000 hours. Specifically, 464,517<\/strong>, which is a little over 53 years without stopping to eat, sleep, or do anything else but play. It could be a hobby like any other if it weren&#8217;t for the fact that the game was released in 2020 and the numbers just don&#8217;t add up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, it&#8217;s not that the user revealed themselves as a time traveler (especially because after so many years, they wouldn&#8217;t even have achieved platinum), but rather, <strong>it is supposed to be an error from<\/strong> <strong>Sony that comes from the Unix era<\/strong>, a system that counts the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 and is used by many systems and programming languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/comments\/18w2qox\/this_is_some_sort_of_error_right_i_did_not_play\/\">This is some sort of error right? I did not play the game for that long<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/kichigo08\/\">u\/kichigo08<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/playstation\/\">playstation<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, there are &#8216;GTA 5&#8217; players for PS5 who have 468,164 hours or, even worse, from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-free-god-of-war-ragnarok-dlc-coming-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;God Of War Ragnarok&#8217;<\/a> with 463,451. <strong>Even some have saved data from 2058.<\/strong> An absolute madness that is now fun but in the near future can cause a similar effect to the year 2000 (only this time for real).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sony has not said anything yet, and it is not clear if they will fix it anytime soon. Hey, being the person in the world who has played &#8216;Doom Eternal&#8217; the most, even by accident, <strong>is something to put in your Tinder bio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Doom Eternal\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/08315968-4b30-4989-a984-c24266a0ec8f\/3143669706\/doom-eternal-3143669706.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Doom Eternal<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-eternal.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-eternal.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He encountered an unexpected surprise: he had given, apparently, over 400,000 hours. Specifically, 464,517.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":269343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6104,4328,3871],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-269340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiondoom-eternal","tag-doom-eternal","tag-videojuegos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315421,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269340\/revisions\/315421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269340"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=269340"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=269340"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=269340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}