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Video games are afraid to be only a couple hours because they are afraid of charging less than $10

If your game is short, doesn’t offer replayability, and doesn’t have any novel gameplay to truly set it apart, then youtube Lets Plays offer real competition of getting basically the whole package.

but if you multiplied a movie’s runtime by 2-3x for some extra production value in your game, you end up at that $35 price point easily for a game that’s 5-10 hours long

That’s making a couple assumptions though, that price point is for large studio releases and non-matinee prices. If I go see a movie on a Tuesday afternoon, it’s only $7, a perfect price for an average small game.

Even for a direct comparison to Atom RPG, I’d rather pay 2-3x as much for a Wasteland game to get what I’m looking for

Atom RPG isn’t exactly a Wasteland game, it leans pretty heavy on classic Fallout, which while inspired by Wasteland, have diverged noticeably in the end product. So if you wanted to get what you’re looking for in this case, Fallout 1 and 2 are $10 each, or you can get a bundle of 1/2 and Brotherhood of Steel for $20 (more like brotherhood of steal amirite).

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ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Video games are afraid to be only a couple hours because they are afraid of charging less than $10

I would love to live in a world where we get FPS campaigns that are about 8 hours long, are fulfilling, and cost $60. That used to be the norm, and we were happy with that. A Let’s Play is not a substitute.

So if you wanted to get what you’re looking for in this case, Fallout 1 and 2 are $10 each, or you can get a bundle of 1/2 and Brotherhood of Steel for $20 (more like brotherhood of steal amirite).

That assumes I don’t care about things like better resolutions and frame rates, voice acting, modern considerations for how people actually interact with games, etc. I’ve also played Fallout 1 already.

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- abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  That used to be the norm, and we were happy with that
  
  Then you should be supportive of deflation in the video game industry, instead of making excuses for why we should pay more for less
  
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  - ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Again, “more” is often to the detriment to the value of the game, because adding hours is easy.
    
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    abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’m not talking about about adding hours, I’m talking about adding quality.
    
    But at below AAA levels, I’m often served extremely well for $35.
    
    yes, good games exist at that price point, but the average game is not good, and is not worth that.
    
    You mention things like better resolutions, better frame rates, better voice acting, more modern, more better, etc, but none of those things are what makes games good or worth more money. AAA games with cutting edge graphics and star-studded voice acting are not automatically good games, and in fact it frequently has an inverse effect where focusing so much time and money on stuff other than the game leaves a shitty game that will be forgotten about in months; that would absolutely not be worth $30, despite having all your superfluous qualities
    
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