Interesting. What does AAA mean? Even at $69.99…still a bargain relative to what they cost 30 years ago. Almost 1/2.

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Apr 20, 2024
10:19:14pm

RalphWiggam Barkeep, another Mekong please

They’ve demonstrated incredible resistance to inflation.

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RalphWiggam

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Interesting anecdote about video game pricing (okay…I realize interesting is wholly subjective…maybe not interesting)

RalphWiggam Barkeep, another Mekong please

Apr 20, 10:13pm

Part of it is that the customer base has grown, meaning you have a lot more

benny1982

Apr 20, 10:15pm

New AAA games now are 69.99

jacobugath

Apr 20, 10:16pm

Interesting. What does AAA mean? Even at $69.99…still a bargain relative to what they cost 30 years ago. Almost 1/2.

RalphWiggam

Apr 20, 10:19pm

Top tier games from major developers like Spider-man 2, Hogwarts Legacy, Eldin Ring

jacobugath

Apr 20, 10:20pm

Every game goes on sale... just wait

Cougar TD

Apr 20, 10:19pm

Here's an ad from 1990 with SMB 3 for $45. That's $110 in 2024 dollars.

cvd6262

Apr 20, 10:27pm

Smh game genie is for cheaters and rich kids.

Longseason

Apr 20, 10:30pm

I don’t even remember game genie. What was that?

RalphWiggam

Apr 20, 10:34pm

It was a device to hack the cartridges.

cvd6262

Apr 20, 10:46pm

It had cheat codes loaded in it. It would nerf games. You connect it to the game

Longseason

Apr 20, 10:46pm

That sounds dishonest

TNT

Apr 20, 11:34pm

That’s interesting. It shows TSB for $53.99 but it didn’t even come out until December of 1991. I think I bought it in

RalphWiggam

Apr 20, 10:34pm

Resale market is pretty good for games, too.

AfterShocks

Apr 20, 10:37pm

I was buying PC games all the time for $25-40 in the 90s. Game magazines would carry advertising spreads of shops

Bert609

Apr 20, 11:11pm

I expect the new ncaa football game to be really expensive considering they

StantonMac

Apr 20, 11:25pm

So probably.......$299.99

TNT

Apr 20, 11:35pm

Chrono Trigger was $90 on SNES. I rented it from Cougar Rental probably 10 times

AltTabbins

Apr 20, 11:57pm

One of the cheapest hobbies relatively speaking.

LeonMarek

Apr 21, 6:34am

One of the game studios floated tipping the devs recently

novacoug1

Apr 21, 7:15am

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