Great Blu-ray Movie > Great Blu-ray Game?

[bajor27]

Great Blu-ray Movie > Great Blu-ray Game

Great Game > Great Movie


To explain, I don't think there is currently any Blu-ray based game that I'd rank as giving me more enjoyment than a Blu-ray movie over a lifetime, although LBP could possibly get there once I jump back into level editing. There are some great cartidge based games that I'd say will provide more hours of entertainment for me than a great movie over my life though.

Take for example Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Pretty sure I've played through that game at least 3 times so far - each time I'd guess at 15-25 hours (I honestly can't remember though). I'm sure I'll play it at least 2 more times in my lifetime as well - which would equate to an average of 100 hours of enjoyment over my lifetime. I'd have to watch a movie about 50 times throughout my life to equal that. For me, I just don't think I'd ever get there. Even my favorite movies probably only average out to one viewing a year.

Ocarina of Time may not even be the best example. I think I may have already put over 100 hours into Mario 3 and/or Sonic 2 and I still go back and play them every so often. How about World of Warcraft. I gave it up after about a year (thank god), but I'd still guess that I played it for 250+ hours. That's equivilent to 125 movie watchings. I definitely can't imagine ever seeing a movie 125 times.

EDIT - looks like me and fatediesel are on the same page