It is also a matter of opportunity cost. I prefer work, meditation, making money and being with friends and family over playing text based choose your own adventure games, and I prefer freemium games over long stretches of anxiety/bad mood.
In roughly 30-50 years, I think AI will program games for you. The game designer will only have to specify roughly what they want. This way, the games worlds will be so numerous and vast that you can't rely on online guides and maps to give you directions. You will be truly exploring the game world on your own.
For certain personality types, sandbox games can be a near infinite time sync and rather addictive.
The ADHD engineer type with hyper focus fixating on some simulation games tends to line up with my experiences.
How do you feel about Xbox Achievements and PlayStation Trophies in regards to the topic of this article?
It is also a matter of opportunity cost. I prefer work, meditation, making money and being with friends and family over playing text based choose your own adventure games, and I prefer freemium games over long stretches of anxiety/bad mood.
In roughly 30-50 years, I think AI will program games for you. The game designer will only have to specify roughly what they want. This way, the games worlds will be so numerous and vast that you can't rely on online guides and maps to give you directions. You will be truly exploring the game world on your own.
~David Goggins.