Great topic and one that is avidly talked about between gamers. I've actually had this discussion a few times with friends.
Personally for me, as [MENTION=20]Solitude[/MENTION] says. I don't have TV, I don't go clubbing, drinking, partying, etc. This is my form of entertainment as some times yes, I buy a game and barely put 10 hours into it. I feel bad about when it's a PS4 game as those are R800 a pop. But I look at games or purchasing them like this:
If a game costs R800 what would justify the cost of getting the game. Sure I might be looking forward to it but how much time am I going to invest in the game? If I spend 10 hours in the game and be done with it, that's a cost of R80 per hour. I would have spent that and more for movie or a night out, therefor to me that's kinda value for money in terms of entertainment. If you spend anything over 10 hours in a title, everything from there is a bonus, and the value of the purchase becomes better and better.
I kinda justify my purchases based on cost x time and weigh it out to my hourly wage. Also I have made a conscious decision to only now buy games with spare money (ie. overtime, tax returns etc.).
One game in particular is Destiny. I bought the title on release and the Collectors Edition which set me back around R1200 and only played around 20 hours. I felt kinda miffed but two weeks ago I popped the disc back in and fired it up. Now to date I've clocked close on 100 hours now. That is value!
[MENTION=54]Fivel[/MENTION] makes a good point as well, the massive muliplayer titles can be geat value as well, though they tend to lure you into their Premium R1000+ packages to have everything. But like BF4 I was really disappointed and only sunk around 30 hours into it, thankfully never went Premium.
