Game length vs. replay value

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I like all sorts of games.  Game length really has to do with the origin of video games which are the arcades and home computers, and I like both kinds of games. Arcade games tended to be short and challenging, and they were designed so that you could play them over and over again and still enjoy them.  The big early computer games were often adventure games or RPGs, which are a lot longer and are really meant to only be played through once. 

Personally, I like arcade games and I like PC games.  But modern console gaming really favors PC origins overall, which is why so many games are long but don't have much replay value.  Nintendo seems different from a lot of modern game developers, because Nintendo got its start in the arcade.  So even today some of their biggest games are things like Mario Kart and Smash Bros which would be perfectly at home in an arcade.  But it would be nice if more companies made games like these quick games with lots of replay value.