I find this an odd phenomenon where if I buy a game a game I tend to enjoy it more than free games, games on PS+ or subscription based games even if they are fun. There are exceptions like along will come a game like Dave the Diver or Rocket league that I loved for free.

I feel more invested and I'm way more forgiving about the effort I put into it. I think Trophy data on PS+ free monthly games intricate this is common for people as platinum rates and trophy rates dip off really quickly as if people are trying it out and then uninstalling. Anyone else get this?

Could it simply be that free games tend to be of the less impressive variety, in terms of production value and how huge they are? Sometimes there will be huge AAA games that become free, but it's pretty rare.

If I like the game, I don't mind having paid full price, getting it on discount or free, the enjoyment is the same. But if I don't like it, boy does it sting so much more having paid full price.

If I pay full price for a a game, it means I did my due diligence and it's something I was already interested in. It's games I choose and picked out. Opposite of that is PS+ and subscription games. Those are picked for me. Games that I either initially passed on or never even heard of.

It's very rare, or rather an exception that a game from ps+ turns out more fun than a game I picked out and bought myself. It actually happens more the other way around, getting burned on a game I paid full price for. I either don't play it (and seek 'comfort' in my kids playing it) or trade it in. Some I end up never installing though, time constraints. I buy more than I have/make time for :/

Nowadays I don't give ps+ games any attention anymore, add to library, maybe my kids will try it. The last ps+ game I tried was Wreckfest. Fun for a couple laps.

And when I get a month's subscription it is for games I want to play, then quickly get bored trying out other games and go back to my own selection. A limited time subscription does work to actually make me finish games.

Doesnt make a diference in my enjoyment how much I paid.

Nope. For PSN it happens to highly rated games too, we have a great example for AAA in Hoizon Forbidden Wests trophy data for example, the numbers after the first 5 hours went down drastically and a hell of a lot less people stuck with it after that. Ender lillies went from over a 20% platinum rate to a 10%, it never managed to recover and the drop off rate is even worse in the early trophies. Like 70 for first boss (down from over 90) down to 20% for the second boss. There are many examples but that's the freshest on in my memory.

For me, I have it happen with games like that also, games that are sure to be up my ally that I discard and don't feel as invested to play on like with Ender Lillies, Horizon Forbidden West as a AAA example and plenty of others. And inversely I've stuck with games I paid for that were mediocre at best, Lies of P for example which was great til the last quarter and had it been free I'd probably have dropped it. 

Yeah, I'm gonna drop it too after I play a few of the ps5 only games on there, let the new games pile over a few months and hop back on. It's cool but it's often hard to get a game to stick. 

Yes I agree that I'm more excited to boot up a game I paid (full prize) on, than I play for free, demo or have in a subscription. It definitely improves my experience, even though it's my brain playing tricks on me.

It's confirmation bias. People like to be confirmed they spend their money well and will automatically be inclined to like the product more.

Usually The only games I buy for full price are Zelda and Mario games and they always end up being my favorites. I may end up getting some full price games as Christmas gifts, but I'm not the one buying them. Honestly some of the best games I've played in the last few years were games I just started randomly playing on either Gamepass or Playstation Plus.

There will obviously be a part of self that will wish that our investment will be worth the money and time spent. Though, it is quite easier to achieve if you buy games you already gravitate towards more.

Extremely rarely did I regret any purchase