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Barkley said:
ipumpmygun said:
Gaming is a hobby or was since I was 6 going 29 years, but with increasing price I may stop playing.

I wouldn't say gaming is becoming more expensive. Especially if you take inflation into account.

N64 games regularly launched at over $60, some up to $80. With inflation that's like $95($60) to $120($80) lol. I guess it's expensive in other ways, but in terms of just game prices it's cheap, because the standard rate of $60 for a new title has been the same since the 360 launched in 2005.

Agreed that the cost of gaming has been very stable overall. It's been a strange ride up here though. Prices have fluctuated wildly in Canada. For example, the $120 you ( rightfully ) lol'd at was what I paid for Phantasy Star 2 in early 1990. That was before 14% sales tax was applied. I won't go down the line, but the time period of 88'-92 were the dark ages of prices up here. I remember being in the U.S. in 89' and talking to a father and son at a Target store. We we're all looking for Double Dragon, which was almost impossible to find at that point. When I told them that it cost $99 in Canada, their bow-ties began spinning, and steam shot out of their ears.



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