TWRoO on 08 August 2009
| sguy78 said: Guess what Super Mario Bros. 2 cost in the late 80's. It was $50.00, when the dollar was worth much more, and production costs were much less. So, get over it. |
Cartridge production costs are more than CD/DVD/Blu-Ray.... so while money was saved on artists and game programmers, more was spent on re-producing the game.
In addition, the industry was young then, so pricing games lower would not have resulted in a significant increase in sales.
