[xmodem]

It depends on the timeframe obviously, but $10k is hardly cheap.

[charlieyu1]

10k a year is hardly a lot…

As a Japanese gamer says, paying for games is like dining out. You get nothing useful after a good meal, and paying for games may as well be more useful.

[allarm]

> 10k a year is hardly a lot

In my country 16k/y is a median salary. It’s heavily influenced by 1 or 2 major cities - the rest of the country earns much less, 10k/y is considered to be a decent salary. So no, it is a huge amount of money.

[ryl00]

> You get nothing useful after a good meal

Uh... the nutrition that your body needs to keep going? Is this a trick question?

[asutekku]

Compared to $10 meal, nutritionally $100 meal is not worth it.

[chii]

it is cheaper than drugs. If you got to be addicted to something, i don't think these mobile games are the worst out there.

Of course, the best outcome is not to be addicted.

[Panoramix]

What a strange logic. You can be addicted to hundreds of things a the same time, it doesn't justify what these videogames are doing.

[xmodem]

I'm not sure that "this thing isn't as bad as illegal drugs" is a winning argument.

(I'm also not sure it's actually true, either - would depend on what metric you use)

[ekianjo]

Where did I mention its cheap, exactly?