I don't think it really matters that people don't finish games. The point is that for £40 I can get between 10 and 100 hours of entertainment (Portal to Zelda).

I don't think it really matters that people don't finish games. The point is that for £40 I can get between 10 and 100 hours of entertainment (Portal to Zelda). That is a bargain and it much better value than many other forms of entertainment (cinema, DVD, Gig, Pub, Theatre). The only thing that beats it is a book. Although there can be a feeling that you've paid for N levels so you should get to see N levels that just isn't going to apply to some games.