Since you're reading a gaming website, odds are good that at some point in your life you bought a video game. And, if that's the case, chances are that you've also complained about the price of the hobby from time to time. AAA games seem expensive, so it's tempting to wait for a big sale or get independent games at a cheaper price instead. When the price of video games in Canada rose to $80 instead of $60 due to the falling value of our dollar compared to the almighty USD, you could hear the groans of gamers in every street. Yours truly included, of course.
But I wonder. Is it really that expensive of a hobby? A rule of thumb I often see online is people waiting until games are under a dollar per expected hour of entertainment. Wouldn't it be amazing if other hobbies were priced like this? A movie ticket would cost two dollars, a Magic the Gathering draft would cost four dollars or so... And yet on the other side of the spectrum, would I be willing to pay $400 straight up for Binding of Isaac? Not really... which is probably why repeating payments like MMO fees or microtransactions are all the rage.
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