FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoMe_irllemmy.todayimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldme_irl@lemmy.world
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minus-squareVOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYour first point is pretty fair, but it is drowned out by the rambling below. Game distribution, for example, is much, much cheaper nowadays.
minus-squareDonebrach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 hours agoHave you ever heard of inflation? I paid $90 for Majora’s Mask and the required memory expansion back in ‘02. That would be $176 today.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThe thing you’re ignoring is back then games would go on sale pretty quickly. Hardly anyone paid more than $20 for any game.
Your first point is pretty fair, but it is drowned out by the rambling below. Game distribution, for example, is much, much cheaper nowadays.
Have you ever heard of inflation? I paid $90 for Majora’s Mask and the required memory expansion back in ‘02. That would be $176 today.
The thing you’re ignoring is back then games would go on sale pretty quickly. Hardly anyone paid more than $20 for any game.