The dollar per hour heuristic is foolish but not usually for the reasons people say
It assumes you can go to the store and say “one video games please” and that the people who pay the higher price are stupid
The quality matters but isn’t readily measurable, hence the arguments
This posters suffers from "Everyone should want what I like." syndrome. Vidya is a sprawling art form and fans want many different things from games.
"mindless chores" are what many players want for many reasons. I don't, so I play one of the 8 billion other games.