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BobHopeLives
Sid Meyer's Civilization cost $20 at the mall the week it came out.
Blutsaugher
This is outright a lie, I snes games were way cheaper than ps4 games, even taking into account the changes in economy. At least in Mexico
DeepBlueNothing
Then raise the price, get rid of collector editions, gambling loot boxes, and microtransactions. They won't because they make more this way.
RickJames111
Activision, dat you?
BestUsernameICouldThinkOf
And the post-release costs have risen dramatically.
Habbadacte
You are a Class-A ********. Change my mind.
JMensch
Maybe if they made good games instead of marketing the shit out of crap games, they'd have better profit margins.
philpvern
This simply isn't true. 30 years ago a new game was around $30, they went to $40 in the late nineties, then $60 in the late 00s.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
No they were not. New 64 and PlayStation games were $50-60
Lastxittoforever
N64 and PS were 50$ if I remember correctly, playstation 2 on the other hand was definitely 60$ a game.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
You can file old newspaper ads online. The big name games (the only ones people remember now) were $60.
Lastxittoforever
Dude, I lived through it. I bought my copy of FF7 for 50$ brand new when it came out. That was 1997.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
It sounds like we are both right. See pictures below
TheKnowing1
Uh, yes they have. Nintendo games used to cost $40, and those had hardware inside them. Today's games are $60-70 and are digital.
SchrodingerMil
Now adjust for inflation
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
Ocarina of Time brand new $60, Fallout 4 brand new $60. Not adjusted for inflation.
TheKnowing1
And the ocarina of Time came in a cartridge that had hardware (chips and circuitry), fallout 4 is a digital download.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
I’m not arguing what the physical thing you purchased was made of, I’m just saying your pricing was wrong in your original comment.
TheKnowing1
You're still not getting it. If you correct for the cost of production and deployment, older games are far more expensive.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
I’m not fighting you about production or hardware, so stop throwing that around. You said they were $40, I’m saying they weren’t. That’s it