| mountaindewslave said:
it is important to note that things like wages and bills do NOT consistently keep pace with inflation, in fact they often are extremely far off. But it is safe to say that a $300 console today is a lot cheaper comparatively than a $300 console in the 1990s as a general rule. Obviously we all know economic factors in jobs and living conditions do not keep up with the changing of the inflation of a currency (or the dollar specifically) so you can't concretely always simple use it as a rule though |
Agreed, and they are not uniform, but we can see trends.
For example debt is becoming something that is a larger part of regular life, largely due to rising education and health care costs.
In basic terms the less discretionary funds one has the more competitive video games have to be to beat out other entertainment options.
