Sometimes we like to complain about the cost of Sims, well I just added up all the Sims 4 items I've purchased.
Most except for some EP's were purchased on half price sales, I have all excluding: Moschino, My First Pet, Movie Hangout, Halloween and Luxury Party.
My first purchase was 30/12/2015 so i'll call it 4 years of play for ease of numbers:
All up I have spent $696.68 AUD
I have played Sims 4 for 709 hours over those 4 years.
that means essentially 98c/hour of entertainment --so $1 for each hour of gameplay, or $15/month over the four years.
Of course, the more I play the cheaper/hour the game gets!
I know there are cheaper games out there, like Skyrim, but really, a cinema ticket (even on sale) is about $15 for 2h of entertainment. A coffee is $5 for 15 min of 'entertainment'.
Sims is cheap, my friends!
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Which really isn't that bad at all. In USD that's $757.78 total cost and 26c/hour of entertainment.
I've played since the beginning and have all packs and I got the collectors edition base game. I've only bought one pack on special
All up I've spent: $999.64AUD
Total hours spent playing: 3596hrs
So for me its about .27c/hour of entertainment
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The real question for me shouldn't be am I spending to much money, rather am I spending too much time on it? Lol! BUt it's just so fun... haha!
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You can only add the cost of programs you actually paid for, and you add the cost per hour still using what you paid out of pocket Imho.
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I will have to check how many hours I've played next time I'm on my computer.
Anyway, I'm on AU$504.60 (just missing four SPs), so about 70 cents an hour. Not quite as good as some others here, but that cost is only going to drop. And yeah, like you said, it's like $15 for a two-hour movie, so it's pretty dang good in comparison. Some people go out to the movies or to hear live music every week! For me, I have the Sims.
I own all the packs, don't know exactly how much I spent but I never understood people's complaint over the price. And for people who cannot afford it they have a lot of sales. When I use to play playstation, me or my parents would spend about 40 dollars for a new game, I'd play for while, finish it then go to the next game for 40 dollars.
But with sims I'm actually expanding the same game (which I think is the coolest thing ever) and I put way more hours into this than any video game. The replay value is way higher than the average video game. So much that I've given up playstation all together. So the price seems like a dream to me.
Definitely getting value for my expenses though. Would have even if I'd paid full price for every pack I own. (about 20c/hr. Yes, I spend too much time playing)
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