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this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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Once again I have to remind people that inflation exists. Game prices go up just like everything else and the last few years have seen insane inflation rates and game prices haven't really climbed since the 90s. $60 in 2019 would be worth $75 today. $60 in 1996 would be worth $122.
Inflation rises, but wages do not. We'll pay more when we have the money, and the workers are paid fairly.
Once again I have to remind particular morons that inflation is a convenient excuse for execs to never take a pay cut, only ever exorbitant raises and bonuses.
i love how inflation is just always magically a reason for companies to charge arbitrarily large sums for their products, how the hell do you people think people are supposed to afford things?
seriously, if everything just constantly increases in cost, how precisely do you envision the economy functioning?
Long story short:
To this day, people who paid to "learn" the fairy tale insist that inflation is good.
And 4k TV gets cheaper. What’s your point?
Why do publishers increase the price of games, though? It's not like the price of the rare components to make games increased.