Call of Duty, like so many other games, is a better value over time. The more you play it, the less expensive its $60 price tag seems to have been. How cheap? Well, even if you buy all the map packs and play just two hours a week, the cost goes down to a dollar an hour. Thatâs better than the movies.
Hereâs the math, presented in part of a longer open letter from gaming business analyst P.J. McNealy to Activision boss Bobby Kotick:
Gamer Aâs five daysâ worth of playing = 120 hours spread across a year. Thatâs about two hours a week. Play twice that much per week and the game costs just two quarters per hourânot counting the console itâs on, Xbox Live Gold if youâre on a 360, and some other factors, of course!
You could apply this to any game, of course. And if you donât buy DLC and only pay $60 for a game, you can cut all these per-hour costs in half.
Why Bobby Kotick has been correct on Call of Duty and the video game industry [Digital World Research]
