A single income family with two kids could afford a house in 1982. Adjusting for inflation doesn’t mean shit if you don’t factor in actual buying power.
Sometimes you have to wait a long time for a game to drop in price.
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RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 days ago mursejoy@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
This is exactly the point people miss.
A single income family was doing an annual family vacation, buying a house, and owning a car or two.
We’ve moved to the average family being dual income to support kids and little to no family vacations.
donio@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Oh, I am willing to wait as long as it takes. What’s more, I am ready to take my wishlists into the grave with me. Your move publisher, do you want your $0.99 or not.
mohab@piefed.social 4 days ago
TBH, even though I’ve never paid more than $20 for a game, I’d probably be willing to do so if it’s a physical release considering I’ll be displaying it somewhere, which’s added value that digital games lack.
No more than $20 for digital though. I don’t care what the game is or how much money I have, I’m happy to replay my favorite games and wait.
If you’re selling for more than $20, you’re probably a relatively big publisher anyway, and I don’t feel obligated to pay what you’re asking, or, in many cases, fund your mismanagement/feed your greed.
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 3 days ago
Physical game purchases can be sold on so there’s less worry about dropping full price on a new release. Digital games need to be cheap to justify the permanent purchase though.
anguo@piefed.ca 3 days ago
to justify the
permanent purchasenontransferable leaseFIFY
metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 3 days ago
SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz 4 days ago
It was gonna be like Eden again for a while, and then the pirates moved in.
First it was just dubbing tapes but when they started to copy that floppy things got completely out of control
The shop must have seen him coming from a mile away. All atari cartridges(including pacman) ranged between $10 and $15. You could buy a new Atari 2600 for $44 in 1984.
Davel23@fedia.io 4 days ago
Sure, post-crash. Those weren't the prices before 1983.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They make it sound like the listed prices aren’t adjusted for inflation, but that when adjusting those prices for inflation that prices today aren’t bad. I’m just saying it’s worded ambiguously.