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Madden should not be 70$
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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That $40 included plastic packaging and a disc both of which largely don't exist anymore.
And a complete game!
Those cost pennies. They were never part of the cost.
Absolutely agree with you. However it's what's been said to people for years to justify the cost
I guess I just have never heard that before. 🤷
40? I remember when they were 20. Hell, I remember when you could get slightly older titles for 10. I used to go to Egghead and buy slightly older games with my allowance.
It absolutely was in the 1980s.
Edit: Here. Even cheaper than I claimed.
more importantly they sell way more units now. It takes virtually no more effort or cost for gaming companies to sell 20 million units vs 1 million.