• @PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world
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    -53 days ago

    What exactly do you consider high priced? $60 for a game that you end up playing for 10 hours is only $6 an hour. Compared to the price of a movie ticket, that’s pretty cheap entertainment.

    • Lightor
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      1 day ago

      You can try to rationalize it all you want, bottom line is people don’t have money to buy $80 games these days. Those people aren’t going to the movies either.

      I bought a rug that I’ve gotten years of value out of, should it have been thousands of dollars then? The idea that time used is how you measure value is flawed.

      Edit: look what popped up on my feed, so looks like it’s not just me

      https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/former-blizzard-boss-says-hard-090054442.html

    • @Abnorc@lemm.ee
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      53 days ago

      As far as games go, it’s still a lot. I’ve played some $20 games for hundreds of hours. Not a dealbreaker, and I’ll gladly buy the game if it looks fun. On the other hand, the games generally being expensive is not a selling point for the console.