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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Thanks a lot, Nintendo!
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 19:55:47 +0100
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On 03/05/2025 17:19, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> I don't personally want the price of games to go up either, but the
> fact is that video games prices have stagnated for decades. We've been
> lucky enough that games have been in the $40-60USD range for almost
> twenty years, even though prior to that (in the 80s and 90s), new game
> prices were regularly in the $70-80 range (taking into account
> inflation, a $70 game in 1996 would be $140 today). Even budget titles
> of that era would sell for the 2025 equivalent of $70-90.

I feel that misses an important point in that when you're looking at the 
price of a game you aren't just comparing it to what they used to cost 
but also comparing it to all the other games that are available to you. 
Why would I want to spend £70 on a brand new release (especially as it 
will probably start off as a shit show) when I can pick up something in 
a sale for say £5-£20 or indeed a medium budget game on release at maybe 
£30.

The cost proposition of triple-A titles no longer makes any real sense 
to me. It of course doesn't help when you look at it and think, isn't 
this pretty much the same as the last game you released just with better 
graphics that I need a £1,500 GPU to get the most out of anyway?