That’s essentially all of his free time after subtracting time for sleep, work, commute times and taking care of basic needs like eating and hygiene.

The reason he plays RDR2 on Stadia is to play anywhere, so part of that is commute time, some work breaks, etc. In one of the replies, he shows his setup of a phone controller (Razer Kishi), scattered TVs at school, and his laptop. Also streams, so I'm guessing some of that time is that.

I agree it's a lot of hours but for a game you really like (with an online component no less), it's possible once you consider that it's probably instead of watching TV, reading, and other free time stuff. (I.e.: treat it as cumulative free time instead of "this one game is 6k hours")

I get 8h of sleep each day and work 40h a week. I commute 30m each way: 5h a week. Basic daily routines (grooming, dressing, cooking, eating) are 2h a day. I try to do at least 30m of exercise a day.

49.5hrs remain in my week.

Reduce that by another 39.55h. I have fewer than 1h30m available a day now.

I have not done any errands, have no food for the coming week, my clothes are dirty, and I have not seen or called any of my friends or family.

Imagine living that lifestyle for 1,046 days in a row.

(Truth be told, I'm positive sacrifices were made. Cut the exercise, order delivery, eat while playing, don't shower, etc)

That's not including holidays, weekends and such...

Then again, not all of that time might have been spent actually playing. Perhaps that user enjoyed music from the game or left it on and running for some other reason.

I’ve got numerous games on Steam which have massively over reported “play time” because they are the type of game I leave running in the back ground and hop in between (or sometimes during) meetings. Rimworld is a great example of this.

Remember, this assumes they started playing on day 1 of its availability on Stadia which is most likely not the case.

Minimum. That's assuming the player started the day it was released on Stadia.

Wild.

Wow, that's like a full-time job's worth of time, if you exclude weekends.