Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule?
It states that 80% of most effects are caused by just 20% of the possible causes.
It is known as the Pareto Principle, named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian scientist who postulated a mathematical distribution to describe many social and natural phenomena.
Some examples:
- 20% of the clients of a company account for 80% of its revenues
- 80% of a company's sales come from 20% of its products
- 80% of global world wealth is owned by 20% of the population
- 80% of crimes are committed by 20% of criminals
- 20% of the posts on social networks generate 80% of traffic
It is obviously a rule of thumb, but you'd be surprised how accurate it can be!
In fact, we can safely state that:
"80% of a game is ...