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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take 2 is playing a dangerous game betting the farm on a single property and then trying to come up with new ways to milk it. When it falls out of favor it is going to sink them.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Take Two, are you fuckig high?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One Dollar One Hour? Did Take Two hire Spoole?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for bringing up some happy memories

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The same thought pattern gamers have had for years.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate dollars per hour to determine how something is good value. I could sit and watch a 3-4 hour movie but if it's a genre I dislike then I'll probably not feel I got value out of it. Likewise if I buy a 70 quid game but it's 15-20 hours and it's got a great story, impressive visuals and solid mechanics then I'll have got my money's worth but if something is 70 quid and it's filled with things that feel like a checklist to do then I'll end up regretting the price that I paid.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Spoole has finally been vindicated

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My logical brain: He’s not wrong. The rest of my brain: Yeah, good luck with that, asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If it was a dollar an hour, then GTAV would be $1208...

But of course, TV AFKing took up a solid chunk of this time... because of forced waiting periods. Sooooo combine a pay-to-play per hour model and forced waiting periods then you've got MTX "Shark cards" with extra annoying steps.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Factorio would cost me $370

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Alright so then pay us for the time spent in loading screens lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should pay me for testing their beta software

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should pay me for testing their beta software

By your own admission you buy the games anyway. You could just not. Companies only listen when it hurts their bottom line.