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vivadanang, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Did John ‘charge for ammo’ Riccitello end up at take two this quickly!?

sirdorius, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

I’ve often come across this sentiment in Steam reviews and it’s very reductive to judge games based mainly on this metric. Getting older I have less time for videogames and I value shorter games more. There are games that are extremely valuable because of their high quality even if very short, like the first Portal.

This is why we have companies like Ubisoft trying to game the system constantly with low quality content to pad the game to 100 hours or whatever is fashionable in open world these days. I will take 6 hours of quality single player anytime over 100 hours of AssCreed grinding and ridiculous ‘story’

filister, rok temu

I also have less time to game, but I sure as hell don’t want to play shorter games. I like to play games with good stories, who are engaging and with fun play. Witcher 3 is a prime example of how even the majority of the side quests can be meaningful and not feeling too generic. I also enjoyed the last of us part 2. And I usually feel sorry when I finish a good game.

And shorter games should naturally command a lower price which isn’t always the case.

wim, rok temu

I don’t know if shorter games should command a lower price. It depends on the value you get out of it.

filister, rok temu

It is debatable, but would you pay 70$ for a 2-hours game and another 10x70$ for DLCs and expansions that would extend the original content?

But this also doesn’t mean that you should feel your game with generic content in order to make it longer either. It is a fine line but I know that I would have a real problem justifying 70€ for 2 hours of game content without replayability, even if the game is amazing.

sirdorius, rok temu

And shorter games should naturally command a lower price

This is exactly the thing that doesn’t make any sense. Should The Last of Us be priced at a fraction of The Witcher 3 because it is shorter? What about Bioshock? It’s half the length of The Last of Us 2

dynamo, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

They’re gonna price it at 100$, i can feel it in ny bones

Rakonat, rok temu

I hear something in the distance… Like waves crashing upon a shore…and… And I hear…

Yar har fiddly dee…

dynamo, rok temu

Go for it, i ain’t interested in GTA 6, legal or otherwise.

Nacktmull, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Well, fuck them, at this point indie games are often better than AAA titles anyway.

Sentau, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

So we are renting the game instead of buying it. Great /s

MooseBoys, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Unpopular opinion - I completely agree. In terms of cost per entertainment-hour, video games are by far the best value compared to similar media.

Jackcooper, rok temu

I remember having no money as a teenager and talking with a friend about how a 50 dollar game could be our sole entertainment for 2-8 weeks

michaelmrose, rok temu

You can’t just peg things to an expensive thing people do rarely and say something people do commonly should be just as expensive while ignoring the cost of the device that runs the game.

Default_Defect, rok temu

Yet they continue to rake in cash at the current pricing models. They don’t need to raise it.

HawlSera, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Take Two, are you fuckig high?

otp, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

The less someone actually plays games, the more this idea will make sense to them.

Gamers, especially older gamers, will know this is a BS metric.

Bakkoda, rok temu

4k+ hours on path of exile. I played D2 probably more hours than my kids have been alive.

Moneo, rok temu

“We were going to charge $60 but then we added 40 hours of tailing side quests so now we’re charging $120” - Ubisoft.

Hours of gameplay is a god awful metric and only a corporate dipshit could utter such a stupid fucking sentence.

TSG_Asmodeus, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

The problem is an hour of what. Me wandering around trying to find something described vaguely and being frustrated, is not the same as an hour of well written and interesting dialogue.

GrapesOfAss, rok temu

As a Morrowind player, I feel attacked

TSG_Asmodeus, rok temu

Morrowind has good writing in it too, though. I think we can all agree nobody should be paying ‘dollars per hour’ while wandering completely lost and annoyed ;)

ArghZombies, rok temu

An hour of grinding - that they will also sell you powerups to help you skip that grind.

postmateDumbass, rok temu

The games will go all grind to maximize profit per player.

Doorbook, rok temu

Do people get refund if the game have a bug or a glitch that slow them down?

TSG_Asmodeus, rok temu

Or hell, what if I play the game for 20 minutes and hate it? Do they pay me? Do I give them 25 cents?

filister, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

So practically he wants to create a SaaS model to eternally milk their user base. As much as I like the game devs working for rockstar, their management is an utterly horrendous bunch of scums and in a way I wish that GTA6 is one giant flop.

tym, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Dollars per hour divided by total copies sold. Eventually, it’s free.

Desistance, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

That’s a subscription. He should try it and see how that goes.

GONADS125, rok temu

GTA+ is already a thing…

III, rok temu

Apparently not enough of one if he is saying shit like this out loud. I would assume the GTA6 Online efforts will attempt to make their “+” more attractive.

JadenSmith, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Shit like this is why I pirate.

Treczoks, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

That’s what I do. I take some entertainment - not just video games - and rate it by how much fun it gave me over how many hours and at what price. 8 hours for €40 in an amusement park? Cheap thrill. A €70 AAA game that I throw in the corner after an hour? Not good. A €200 LEGO set that takes a lot of fun hours to build and inspires me to something else? Perfect entertainment!

alienanimals, rok temu do games w GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Stupid metric by some rich asshole who is solely focused on making more money.

dylanmorgan, rok temu

I read something like this and my immediate thought is “torches, pitchforks, guillotines.”

Welt, rok temu

Returning to a feudal economy is a sensible idea, lighting with renewable materials, making hay while the sun shines and executing traitors is much more productive than playing games

GreenMario, rok temu

Seriously I’m tired of all these gaming CEOs that don’t play games therefore are so out of touch. Guy is just another Kotick clone.