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Farsala on 15 April 2014
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Shadow1980 said:
shikamaru317 said:

But there are so many games these days that have like 10-20 hours of content for $60, it's ridiculous.

Cost per hour of entertainment:

10-hour single-player game ($60 MSRP): $6/hour
20-hour single-player game ($60 MSRP): $3/hour
Typical music album: $10-15/hour
2-hour Movie, theatrical: $4.17/hour per person for one-time use assuming $8.35 average per ticket cost as per Box Office Mojo
2-hour Movie, Blu-ray: variable, $10/hour assuming $20 retail price)
TV Season, Blu-ray: variable (Game of Thrones Season 1 retails for $53 at Wal-mart and has a run time of 9.35 hours, so $53/9.35=$5.67 per hour)

So, even if a game only has single-player and takes the typical player 10 hours to beat, it's still no worse of a deal than any other form of entertainment. In fact, music is the most costly form of reusable entertainment if you actually buy your music. Going to the movie theatre can be even more costly depending on how many people you're paying for, to say nothing of the price of food & drinks (which is optional) and the fact that movie tickets are one-time use items. If you go the cheap seats, it's not so bad ($1 or $2 per ticket for the cheap seats here), but taking a family of four to a first-run theater costs $32 for tickets alone, assuming $8 a ticket (3D and IMAX cost even more). About the only thing that's as cheap as games is TV shows on home video.

Bleh, I usually watch a movie from the movie cinema for 5$. But if we honestly go by $/ hour then WoW and LoL are the best game anyone can play for entertainment. (Especially LoL). Quick everyone play LoL!

 

OT: As I am extremely poor I rarely even buy games anymore. I Started LoL a year ago and have spent a total of $0.00. However if I had money $60 for next gen seems reasonable especially considering the inflation and assuming that the value of an 8th gen game is better then a 7th gen game. As for me 7th gen games tended to be worse and shorter at the same time then their counterparts from previous gens so I did not think it was very worth. I am hoping that not only are 8th gen games better but also retain the $60 price the entire gen.