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      4 months ago

      Being the first in the industry to charge $80 for a standard game is extremely aggressive.

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              4 months ago

              I’m talking about now, not 30 years ago when the market was completely different. None of those companies have charged more that $70 for a BASE version of a game - I’m not talking about definitive, ultimate, whatever editions. Mario Kart World is JUST the base game, nothing else included, for $80.

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                  4 months ago

                  Wages were also comparatively higher in the 1990s. Prices go up, but wages don’t keep pace. Simply converting the currency doesn’t tell the whole story.

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                  I’m glad at least one person in this thread knows how inflation works. However, as I’ve recently researched, games started costing $60 in 2005, which lands us at 90$ in today’s money.

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                    That would be fine if wages had kept up with inflation. They have not, at all.