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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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[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 155 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

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

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ArghZombies@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

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

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] GrapesOfAss@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

As a Morrowind player, I feel attacked

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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 ;)