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Re:Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI by Arelius on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:57PM (#25144948)
> You certainly wouldn't pay for a game you play for two weeks and get bored.

I certainly would and have. I highly suspect that's the majority (or at least a significant percentage) of money made in the gaming industry.

Re:Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI by tehlike on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:26PM (#25145158)
You are taking "you" as literal you. Not everyone is literal you. IAP revenue probably is on par with or more than ads. But ads is on top of that. There's a difference.
Re:Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI by imtringued on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:04AM (#25147923)
There is this common meme that people buy tons of games during steam sales and never play them.
Re:Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:59AM (#25148247)
I think the OP was talking about mobile, whereas the replies are talking about console/pc games.

Very, very different markets.

Re:Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI by Arelius on Monday November 30, 2020 @08:27PM (#25261197)
I mean but I don't think it's really fundamentally different right? Among other games, I played Alto's adventure, bought the Plus version, and got bored in a week.