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GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but dollars per hour is stupid. I care more about enjoyment per hour. Just maximizing play time is what has cause open world games to be boring as hell. I'd rather spend less time with a game that's more enjoyable over a shorter period than more time doing the same few activities over and over and getting nothing out of it.

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, for most games which you actually choose to continue playing, enjoyment per hour must be at or above a certain threshold otherwise you'd stop playing.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Well, there are a lot of psychological tricks that can be used to make us keep doing things we aren't enjoying. We're just big dumb apes who are easy to manipulate.