The length of games is a bigger deal on gaming forums because well, we are gamers. It is our hobby. So 10 hours for a normal play through will only take 1-3 days for most gamers.
The mass market does not care about this is much because many people don't play during the week or if they do they just play for a hour, watch a show and go to bed for the next day. Maybe get a few hours more in on the weekend.
That is why games like Dragon Age will never hit a critical mass with the general public, but is loved by us gamers. It takes a gamer with a job several weeks to beat that game. It would take months for the average person to beat it, and as good as DA:I was, I could not have played it for months just to beat it.
Now take "short" games by a gamers definition. Normal person buys it, plays it a couple hours day one (new toy) and picks at it for the next 10-14 days. Over a two week period it will have their interest and they will get the satisfaction of beating it in reasable period of time so they do not lose the affect of playing it in a coherent manner.
I for one am glad it is short. It comes out on the 20th and I go on a business trip until mid-march. That gives me 5 days to beat it (which should not be an issue). When I come back in March I will have about 10 more days until Bloodborne, so I probably clear the order again, make sure I get the plat and maybe play CIV Beyond Earth for a week or so.
psn- tokila
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