“Popular video games such as the upcoming release of Mass Effect for PC, offer consumers over 50 hours of entertainment. Compared to other things that you can get for $60 these days, video games like Mass Effect provide more value for your dollar. Going to the movies costs $10 for two hours of entertainment. For $60 at the movies, you would only receive 12 hours of entertainment, which is 4 times less than a video game such as Mass Effect. For that matter, $60 won’t even get some car owners a full tank of gas, which would likely only last a week. Why not stay home, save the environment, and play Mass Effect?”
- EA bring out the calculators for a Mass Effect PC Press Release.
4 Comments
December 23, 2008 at 12:23 am
You know what’s interesting though – I’ve never seen that assumption questioned by anyone before. People don’t *want* to spend 60 hours doing the same thing, so I think the comparison is rather misleading…
Well… the quote’s dumb, but your highlighting of it sparks some ideas! Well done!
December 23, 2008 at 12:25 am
I can stare at my own wall for free for an unlimited number of hours. Now that’s value!
December 23, 2008 at 12:27 am
@dhalgren – haha! But can you save the environment while you are at it?
@Ben – Yeah, I’ve often thought of this one as quite interesting, despite its wondrous bizarreness. Some press release writer, somewhere, was having a laugh to themselves while they wrote this, surely?
December 23, 2008 at 4:46 am
It reminds me of something Warren Spector said:
“Even a sixty dollar game usually offers more value than a sixty dollar date… ”
Talk about apples & oranges!