• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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      10 days ago

      I’m glad at least one person in this thread knows how inflation works. However, as I’ve recently researched, games started costing $60 in 2005, which lands us at 90$ in today’s money.

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        10 days ago

        That would be fine if wages had kept up with inflation. They have not, at all.

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          9 days ago

          I don’t think it’s a game publisher’s problem if you haven’t had a raise in 20 years.

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      10 days ago

      Wages were also comparatively higher in the 1990s. Prices go up, but wages don’t keep pace. Simply converting the currency doesn’t tell the whole story.