To you perhaps. Cinema is less than half that cost here and even then I go less than once a year because I don’t really feel like most films that come out are worth bothering to see given the combined effort and cost.
People spend like $20 to watch a 2 hour movie, $1/hr isn’t that unreasonable
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
2 hour movies are also competing with streaming services like Netflix where people can see as many hours of TV shows and movies as they want. Some just stick to youtube which requires no money and has some free movies there too.
Its like how people can drop hundreds and thousands of hours on f2p games without spending any money. $/hr valuation is outdated.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t strictly adhere to it or anything, but I think it’s a good reminder sometimes when I balk at the price of a new game that I’m liable to spend hundreds of hours playing.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Only reason I mention hours not being so important is because I’ve bought many games that are 5-10 hour experiences because I found the aspects like the atmosphere, story, or gameplay very compelling.
On a per hour basis The Finals has been the clear winner for me past 2 years its been out dropping over a hundred hours a year with no money spent. And enjoying more than paid multiplayer games.
Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Not to mention that not all gaming hours are equally fungible.
There can be shorter narrative games where a given hour is worth more (to me), so the higher per hour cost is justified.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Agree 100%. Played Dispatch last week and had a blast. Very short, but worth the money imo