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Kyle got an Xbox 360. How long did it take him to get tired of it? I dunno, how long does it take me to shower? He was playing when i went in and when i got out, he was watching TV.
Now i'm not complaining or anything. Cuz, like the Wii, I understand that I didn't pay a cent for it, yet i'll play it twice as much as him (if not more). But COME ON. Ok. Let's look at some things i bought. Alien Vs. Predator. $2. I played it for several hours so far. Not so much this week because I've been doin homework and i played DotA a little more. But still. It was $2. If i destroyed it right now i would have paid like 25cents an hour for something i genuinely enjoyed. Halflife 2. I consider that game a waste. It was like 20 bucks. I played it for the story and that was it. I played like 2 hours online total and that was boring. The story was fun and everything, but it was the whole game. And that was not even 10 hours. The story doesn't even end! It's a cliffhanger so they can sell you more games. Dungeon Siege. That was another failure. It was like $15-20 too, but i'm pretty sure i whittled that down to $1/hour. I only got it cuz ken wanted it. it's one of those games that keeps getting worse, but you expect it to get better any second. yea. lol maybe i'm too harsh. it was a decent game. just not as good as some other games....
next was this computer. $900. I paid 400. I've used it every day since i got it (except when i haven't had access to it). I've had it over two years so that's less than $1.20 a day. And if i spend an average of 6 hours a day using it (with school online and... nothing to do here, it's really brought that average up), i've spent about 20cents an hour on this thing. And that's for the total price, not what i paid for it. what i actually paid is about 9 cents. And that's not just for fun stuff, that includes homework and such. and yea, i figure i have at least another year in this thing. I'll probably try to use it till i graduate, unless i end up with a surplus of money somehow. ok. finally is Warcraft 3. I didn't pay for it, but when the game and expansion came out i was probably 70 for both. I've spent about a year and a half playing anywhere from 1 hour to like... 6 hours or more (i'm so ashamed) of dota. There are a few days where i didn't play for whatever reason, like playing halflife or cuz i was away from my computer. Even if i only played it for an hour a day, that's just over 7.5 cents a day to play one of the funnest games i know of. my real average is probably up around 3 hours a day... maybe. So that's 2.56 cents per hour. But wait, there's more. before i found dota, i used to play WC3 for the story/campaign. twice. lol. cuz we had it for like 2 years before i found out about Dota. I wasn't as consistent then, but i still played it. i'm really getting my money's worth. especially cuz jon bought it and played it for like 10 hours max. obviously that doesn't count internet fees cuz dad pays for them.
so yea, i'm a pretty big nerd. i'm calculating statistics to see how good of a value i'm getting out of my video games. and then bragging about it. haha. i guess i have pretty high standards and a pretty thing wallet (or pretty tight grip on my cash) so instead of looking for the next big thing (aka, buying a $300-400 system for one game) constantly, i've found something i like and i'm sticking with it. now granted, sometimes i don't want strategy and i just wanna shoot stuff, but that's why i've got AvP and Halflife.
sorry........ unless you're interested in this kind of thing.
Now i'm not complaining or anything. Cuz, like the Wii, I understand that I didn't pay a cent for it, yet i'll play it twice as much as him (if not more). But COME ON. Ok. Let's look at some things i bought. Alien Vs. Predator. $2. I played it for several hours so far. Not so much this week because I've been doin homework and i played DotA a little more. But still. It was $2. If i destroyed it right now i would have paid like 25cents an hour for something i genuinely enjoyed. Halflife 2. I consider that game a waste. It was like 20 bucks. I played it for the story and that was it. I played like 2 hours online total and that was boring. The story was fun and everything, but it was the whole game. And that was not even 10 hours. The story doesn't even end! It's a cliffhanger so they can sell you more games. Dungeon Siege. That was another failure. It was like $15-20 too, but i'm pretty sure i whittled that down to $1/hour. I only got it cuz ken wanted it. it's one of those games that keeps getting worse, but you expect it to get better any second. yea. lol maybe i'm too harsh. it was a decent game. just not as good as some other games....
next was this computer. $900. I paid 400. I've used it every day since i got it (except when i haven't had access to it). I've had it over two years so that's less than $1.20 a day. And if i spend an average of 6 hours a day using it (with school online and... nothing to do here, it's really brought that average up), i've spent about 20cents an hour on this thing. And that's for the total price, not what i paid for it. what i actually paid is about 9 cents. And that's not just for fun stuff, that includes homework and such. and yea, i figure i have at least another year in this thing. I'll probably try to use it till i graduate, unless i end up with a surplus of money somehow. ok. finally is Warcraft 3. I didn't pay for it, but when the game and expansion came out i was probably 70 for both. I've spent about a year and a half playing anywhere from 1 hour to like... 6 hours or more (i'm so ashamed) of dota. There are a few days where i didn't play for whatever reason, like playing halflife or cuz i was away from my computer. Even if i only played it for an hour a day, that's just over 7.5 cents a day to play one of the funnest games i know of. my real average is probably up around 3 hours a day... maybe. So that's 2.56 cents per hour. But wait, there's more. before i found dota, i used to play WC3 for the story/campaign. twice. lol. cuz we had it for like 2 years before i found out about Dota. I wasn't as consistent then, but i still played it. i'm really getting my money's worth. especially cuz jon bought it and played it for like 10 hours max. obviously that doesn't count internet fees cuz dad pays for them.
so yea, i'm a pretty big nerd. i'm calculating statistics to see how good of a value i'm getting out of my video games. and then bragging about it. haha. i guess i have pretty high standards and a pretty thing wallet (or pretty tight grip on my cash) so instead of looking for the next big thing (aka, buying a $300-400 system for one game) constantly, i've found something i like and i'm sticking with it. now granted, sometimes i don't want strategy and i just wanna shoot stuff, but that's why i've got AvP and Halflife.
sorry........ unless you're interested in this kind of thing.