Normchacho said:
I understand that there is always a value side to buying a product, but I'm talking about the hard ratios that people are throwing around in this thread. Does anybody really sit down and do the math on what they will be getting as far as hr/$? That just seems odd to me... |
I have "done the math" on some of my game purchases, but only because I am a statistics whore (it's why I am on this website) and it's only on games I have already bought and played to death, and just out of interest to see how long I play and such. (Also I can't do a h/$ on many games because I can't recall what I paid for them)
I don't work out an h/$ ratio before I buy a game... for a start a 6-7 hour game that I can enjoy multiple times is still better entertainment value to me than something I enjoy less and have to grind at.
That said, if I suspect a 1 player story based game will take a short time, and has no guarantee of being replayable, I am less likely to pay full price for it than something like a strategy sim which I can easily get 100s of hours from.