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Apr 20, 2024
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TNT
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That sounds dishonest
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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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