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I have realized that a really good open world video game with lots of replay value has an amazing value. $60 at 200 hours of gameplay works out to $0.30/hour, which I am struggling to find anything else I am interested in that has a similar fun-to-cost ratio.

On the flip side, if the game sucks, the average goes way down. Fortunately I'm a sucker for decent open world games so there's a relatively low chance for me.

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People complain about the prices of games but they are cheap when you weigh inflation and the amount of time you play. You could generalize it to any AAA studio video game at $60-70.

Counter intuitive thought is to buy physical and then do a trade-in/sell on a marketplace if you don't like it. If you buy digital you are stuck with it, like it or not.

I always do some quick "pub math": How many hours of entertainment do i get out of this? How much would that time cost me in a bar / pub? that normally makes it a lot of easier to justify a 50 / 60 price.

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