Your Preference - Longer or Shorter Games?

[Bodhesatva]

Griffin said:

Bodhesatva said:

How could anyone prefer a short game?

Certainly a long crappy game is worse than a great short one, but then a great long game is better than a great short game.

The real question should be: do you prefer long-session games or short-session? That is, do you prefer games that you only need to play 30 minutes at a time, or games that really are played better for 2+ hours at any sitting?

A short game is fun, sometimes i like to play through it more then once, i know i can't do that with long games like FF. Plus long games are bad for the casual gamer, they don't spend alot of time gaming and most times they don't finish games.

This misses my point though, doesn't it? You seem to dance around the distinction I'm making. 

Yes, casual players would want games they need only play for 20 minutes at a time. However, wouldn't they prefer a game they could play 20 minutes at a time for a total of 40 hours, over a game they play 20 minutes at a time for a total of 8? That's literally 96 extra play sessions to enjoy at that rate.

There's a big difference between a short game and a game that requires short game sessions. I absolutely agree that casual players would prefer the latter, but the former seems illogical.