Amount of hours from a game?

[MeAnBoY]

I think there are just too many games now. We have a choice of thousands to play from and more are released daily than at any other time in history.

Is this necessary a good thing though?

Nintendo don't have a track record of releasing a glut of games every year. They can wait many years before releasing a sequel and perhaps it is that artificial scarcity that make some of their games more cherished. You know it will be a long time before you will play anything similar so you will feel compelled to play a current game for longer than you would possibly have done if a new sequel is due next year.

All of us are saying the same things about our playing habits. We frequently play a handful of games for a very long time and have a list of games with very few hours sunk into them. So why is that?

Is it that we are buying them on impulse and just not enjoying them? Are other games just so much better and take all of our time?

Change in buying habits has had a large impact, think about the amount of sales, bundles and key sites and you can understand why many people have dozens and dozens of games in their library.

I remember mega drive and playstation days where I would be paying 50-60quid a pop and would make damn sure I played the hell out of them even if they were duds! These days if I've purchased a bad game it's either refund on Steam or just move on.

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

I too go by the £1 for an hour thingy, though do make exceptions if I really enjoy something. I have 4 hours in the game 'Brothers - A tale of two sons' which cost me more than £4 but I really enjoyed it!

 

[One Vision]

Payed less than £10 for Dead by Daylight and have over 150 hours and counting.

 

[Glanza]

Depends on the game, if it's a huge RPG I'd be hoping for 80+ hours if I wanted to do everything.

I'm finding more these days that the cheaper games are offering more enjoyment and time played.

 

[GIBURROWS]

I have spent over 2,000 hours on Championship Manager 01/02 and only paid £20 for that but Football manager from 08 to 17 I have only totalled 90 hours & spent around £200!

Other than GTA & Rainbow Six Siege I haven't put in more than 10 hours on anything else, but I think that is mainly because of the sour taste many games have left me with their inclusion of microtransactions for no other reason than greed.