Quoting shadowtongue, reply 42
It's an inappropriate comparison to going out to a movie or buying dinner. You need to compare the games to other games, same market.
Entertainment is entertainment. You have the right to do whatever you like, I'm merely pointing out that you place a pretty low value on entertainment and more importantly, your own time.
I place a low value on entertainment and time? Where from doth that conclusion arise?
Because I'm not willing to spend money on something I'm unlikely to enjoy? Actually it would seem I place a rather high value on my entertainment and time because I don't waste it on things which are unfinished and unappealing. To me obviously. If you love Elemental good for you, but I don't see the relevance in telling me how much more 'value' you get out of elemental vs. seeing a movie. Playing a computer game and seeing a movie are firstly, not mutually exclusive, other than that you can't (or probably shouldn't...) do both at the same time, and secondly, a bizarre comparison because going to the theater to see a movie is nominally something you only plan to do once (per movie) while playing a computer game is something you nominally plan on doing several times over the course of a year (at least). Besides which you pay a premium to go to the theater because the theater has to exist, bricks and mortor and staff and concessions and screens and projectors and...
Of course you also have to have a computer to play the game, and you consume electricity while you play, but I don't see you factoring in that cost. No, it's just 'I paid $50 and played for 2000 hours so that is 25c an hour!'. Well that's great, but meaningless in any context other than your own personal opinion of how to value the worth of a game.
