I've been lurking on some forums for the past month or so and I've noticed that the cost of a game factors into a lot of people's enjoyment of it. So does how much you paid for a game at the time play a part in how much you enjoyed it?


I'm quite comfortable monetarily (no, I don't have rich parents) and play games for leisure during the winter since there isn't much else to do when it's -50 degrees Fahrenheit in a town of less than 100 people. I wouldn't say I'm all that serious about gaming in terms of being "hardcoe" about it. I don't try to complete the games, as I'm an Xbox player (no console wars please) and don't really go for achievements. A completionist would suffer a mental breakdown if they saw my games history. I don't generally play on the hardest difficulty or find all the collectibles. I'm just playing for fun.

I'm more about quality than quantity. I'd rather pay $60 for a very fun ten hour memorable experience with Tomb Raider than $13 for forty hours of a generic, repetitive experience with Two Worlds II that I'll forget a week later. Well, I actually paid $80 for Two Worlds II: Royal Edition but that's besides the point.

I'm the other way around. I have a hard time justifying $60 for a ten hour game I'll probably only play once.