This article is a guest post by our favorite gaming guru, Kevin Phipps. I am really excited to see how this article will be received and what the reaction will be. In order to understand what I mean by hours played, I want to say that I have been playing video games for over 27 years and have seen quite a few games, but I would have to say that no other video game can compare to PlayStation Network for entertainment.
PlayStation Network was the place where I lost myself in the games I played. To me, it was home. It was my playground, my temple, my church. Nowadays, it’s all about streaming, which is one of the reasons why I will probably never go back to playing games in the console. I really regret not getting into consoles back when I was in my 20s. I would have loved to play my PS2, but it was definitely time for me to move on.
To me, gaming was my sanctuary. The games I played there allowed me to escape from reality. I could be immersed in a different world where my actions didn’t matter. And of course, there were all the little things like checking in, letting people in, and giving feedback. All of those things are great, but the last thing I need is more of them.
You can get hours played on your PS3, PS4, or PS Vita by using the PS Plus service, which is only $10 a month. It allows you to play games on your console for one hour a day, three times a week. I know a lot of you are like, “I don’t want to pay that much,” and I can understand that.
That last sentence is one of the most controversial things I’ve ever heard. But in the game industry, it’s not always the customers who are the bad guys. Most people are just people, and being able to have a good experience of your favorite game is the goal. But as we see in gaming, there is a fine line between entertainment and monetization, and the line is definitely being drawn in a lot of cases.
This is a very good point, and I think it goes to the heart of the issue at hand. The developers of a game have to think of how they are going to maximize the value of their games. If the game is more fun to play, the developers should be more inclined to make it more profitable. But if the developers are being paid to create a game that has no gameplay, then the game is not a business that can be monetized.
The problem in games is that there is no “pure form” of a game. A game that has a pure form of its own is one that does not have to be monetized. A game where the gameplay is a selling point should be free and therefore it can be monetized through gameplay.
This brings us to the second question: a game that is only monetized through gameplay is not a business. Games that are not monetized are businesses. So there are three ways that a game can be monetized: through gameplay, through ads, or through in-game features.
To answer the second question, we can only answer this in the negative. A game that is only monetized through gameplay is not a business for the same reasons that an ad game is not a business. It is a game that is not monetized through gameplay and therefore cannot be a business. This means that a game that is only monetized through gameplay has to be a business.
This is where things get a little technical. A game that is only monetized through ads can, in fact, be a business. An example of this is Candy Crush Saga, which is a game that is only monetized through ads. Unfortunately, this game has a ton of players who have been buying tickets for a month and a half so they can be able to have a good time while playing.