| mike_intellivision said: I love how people use Angry Birds as the epitome of what can be done for a buck. I subscribe to "Apps Gone Free" and almost everything there is not worth the price that is charged on that day -- which is nothing. (For example, Angry Birds Seasons was included and my son's reaction was ''Delete it" -- and full Angry Birds is $3 on an iPad, BTW). Games have a high price tag. But if you 9 hours of enjoyment out of a game, it is the equivalent of paying $10 for a 1-1/2 movie in a theater (in dollars spent per hour). You don't even have to talk about concerts and sporting events with much higher price point tickets to demonstrate that games with high reply value are actually much better investments than other forms of entertainment. Mike from Morgantown Mike from Morgantown |
This.
It all depends on how much enjoyment you get out of a game. As long as the hours played vs cost are equivilant to a movie then it's well worth the price. SSBBrawl my son and I got literally hours of hours of fun from, I'd gladly drop $100 on that game and be happy. Games like CoD, Monster Hunter etc provide crazy online hours of enjoyment and even a game like Rune Factory can be endless hours of fun for those that enjoy it.
It's the six-eight hours games that are challenging because they need to be awesome or else it's a rental or bargain bin buy.
However, what I'm finding it that progressive more of my time is occupied with free game apps which leaves less for purchased games, which in the end, means I'm buying fewer and fewer games.
