Gone Home, Nier, and Hades all stimulate different parts of the mind very differently. All those other activities you listed are singular activities that will stimulate the same endorphins or brain areas every time. Interactive stories, brain stimulators, etc. Video games will always be different as they're just a different medium. Sure this may not justify the price to the consumer, but it justifies the reason for the price.ģ.
Even though they have not shareholders to worry about (I'm pretty sure Devolver and Humble are the only publicly traded "indie" publishers?), its still their prerogative to make a profit. Particularly if they are being published by a bigger indie publisher like Raw Fury or Thunderful. Similarly, indie games don't usually sell amazingly well, so they have to be priced accordingly. It's why prices increase if less consumers consume those services/events. Being paid single experiences or services, all of those things you listed are priced to still make a profit given a certain projected volume of consumers. Can't do that for those other activities.Ģ. So you can technically re-play PoL 10000000 times and by that point, it's definitely earned its $20 price tag. But either way, ownership entails repeatable use or experience. A topic for another day, re: digital ownership. You are essentially paying for an experience. Going to ANY Concert/Sports Game will cost WAAAAAY more for ~2-4 hours. Go Carts will likely cost MORE than $18, and only last 5-30 minutes. Laser Tag/Paintball will cost roughly equal or more to get you 10-60 minutes. Miniature Golf/Driving Range will cost you about that much but probably only net you with < 2 hours of fun.īowling/Billiards will also cost about that much and give maybe 1-3 hours of enjoyment.
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Hell in some places in the World, you couldn't go to ONE Movie for that price. You can't go to the Movies twice for that cost. Tell me what entertainment you can have for ~$18 that lasts ~5 hours that you end up thinking about and/or talking about for some time afterwords. The cost to purchase on Steam is $17.99 (plus any local Taxes you have to pay). To be fair, we could use that old paradigm and still justify PoL. Not how long it takes for you to finish it. I realized what matters more is how long a game RESONATES with you. And I used to be a stern supporter of it. Originally posted by LL Cheese Z:The $:hours ratio to justify a game existing or being purchases is a tad outdated, considering the cost to make some games, even indies.
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