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On the Pointlessness of "Hours of Gameplay"

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the on-and-on-and-on dept.

KaiEl writes "An article on TotalVideoGames is quoting Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser as saying Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will have 150 hours of gameplay. That's all well and good, but what does it really mean? The way I see it, a game that I enjoy for 20 hours is much better than a game that I hate for 150. So why the obsession in video game media with quantifying gameplay time?"

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  1. Just like everything else... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 3, Funny

    Marketing is easier if you can reduce your product to a number. Bigger numbers win.

    AOL 9 is better than Netscape 7, which is better than MSIE 6.

    Firefox 0.9? Forget it.

    An Athlon XP 2000+ is better than a P4 1800MHz.

    V-8 is better than 7-up.

    etc.

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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.