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[Koh]

I really think that "indie vs retail" is way too general a scope to have an opinion on which is better in this aspect. I've played a lot of indie games that I've spent many-an-hour on (Psychonauts, Super Hexagon, Bastion), and some that I've barely touched after completing them (Little Inferno, Rochard).
Same goes for commercial games; games like Poker Night at the Inventory and Team Fortress 2 are always fun, while others the Professor Layton series, while fantastic, can't really be played much after completion. Some, like Far Cry 2, haven't even gotten me to finish them yet, due to the 80% I've played being enough for me.

To be honest, I find it hard to say one side is more playable than the other. This could well be because I don't own a wide enough range of games from both sides to make a good judgement, though.

It could be...this doesn't cover each and every case obviously, but...most of the time I find myself playing indie games, such as LaMulana, Terraria and now Cube World. Dragon Quest 9 kept me occupied enough on the DS, but it's mostly just post-game grinding.