We're Being Screwed - Decline of AAA Value

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Trunkin said:

I'd say sixth gen is the best place to start because that's when gaming was really mainstream, and also when multiplats became a really big thing. Iirc potential revenues for game publishers jumped way up that gen.

As far as "value" goes, most games I remember from back then were around 15 hours.i Don't really recall any blockbuster titles that were in the realm of 7 hours.

Okay, short 6th-gen blockbuster titles:

• Max Payne 1 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=5736
• Max Payne 2 -  http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=5738
• Black - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1088
• The Sands of Time - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7297
• God of War - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3974
• Red Faction 1 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7681
• Red Faction 2 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7684
• Indigo Prophecy - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4672
• ICO - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4601
• Call of Duty - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1464
• Call of Duty 2: Big Red One - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1466
• Call of Duty: Finest Hour - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1474
• Call of Duty 3 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1467
• Sly Cooper - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=8650
• Devil May Cry 1 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=2496
• Devil May Cry 2 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=2497
• Resident Evil 3 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7719
• TLotR: Fellowship of the Ring - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10066
• TLotR: The Two Towers - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10070
• Silent Hill 2 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=8523
• Silent Hill 3 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=8526
• Soul Calibur 3 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=8823
• Wipeout Fusion - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=11214
• Zone of the Enders - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=11587
• Crash Twinsanity - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=1986
• TimeSplitters - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10362
• Tony Hawk's Underground - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10503
• Fatal Frame - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3395
• Halo 1 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4269
• Halo 2 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4262
• Grabbed by the Ghoulies - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4031
• The Chronicles of Riddick - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=9808
• Batman Begins - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=877
• Darkwatch - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=2257
• Dead or Alive 2 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=2313
• Gun - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=4190
• Pikmin - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7042
• Starfox Assault - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=9041
• Rogue Squadron 3 - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=9093
• Wario World - http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=11068