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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can try to rationalize it all you want, bottom line is people don't have money to buy $80 games these days. Those people aren't going to the movies either.

I bought a rug that I've gotten years of value out of, should it have been thousands of dollars then? The idea that time used is how you measure value is flawed.

Edit: look what popped up on my feed, so looks like it's not just me

https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/former-blizzard-boss-says-hard-090054442.html

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I mean, yeah, I never said it was a perfect basis for measuring the value of games or anything else in the world. It's just one metric, and by that measure it's a pretty good value for time of enjoyment. Congrats on the rug bro.