rinks wrote:I hate the idea of burning through ten games without taking the time to enjoy them properly, just to get points worth less than £10. It’s all a bit Black Mirror.
I would never do it with a game i had any intention of playing (certainly not to burn through them at least), but if it insires me to get on with games that have been in my backlog for too long, or to spend 10-15 minutes on a game i never would have played then it think its ok.
Your point is valid though - min maxing all this stuff actually becomes the game, the value of the reward is almost of no consequence. I think its just that i will part with reward points much more readily then my real money (which i need for other stuff, like food). Having a nice steady supply of points means i can justify more game purchases by using reward points (at least to subsidise the cost).
What this does not take in to account of course is the most important resource of all - time.