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The Almighty Buck

How Do You Measure a Game's Worth? 188

RamblingJosh writes "Video games can be very expensive these days, especially with so many great games on the horizon. So I wonder: how exactly do you get the most gaming entertainment for your dollar? '... the first thing I personally thought about when approaching this was money spent versus time played. Using Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions as an example: I bought the game for about $30 Canadian, and played it for roughly 85 hours. That comes out to 2.83 hours per dollar spent, a pretty good number. In this case, the game was a lot of fun and it was cheap, and so the system works fairly well. There are so many other things to think about, though. What if the game wasn't so good? What about the fact that it's portable? ... What about the new content? Multiplayer?'"

Comment Re:They're insane. (Score 1) 446

The way I play games, this could be a blessing. If I only had to pay for the games I played more than 80% of, I'd only be shelling out a tenth or less than otherwise.

As for unlocking the end boss, I hate boss battles and have been disappointed more than not with endings, so there isn't much incentive for me to pay the $20.

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