For those who complain about the high cost of gaming..........

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ShadowSnake said:

But the same is true for most technology. I mean the computers we get nowadays are way more powerful than computers just 10-15 yrs ago, yet prices have not gone up. When beta first came out, 1 hr tapes costed about 15 bucks if I'm not mistaken. We get much more than that for much less than that nowadays.

Technology kinda runs on a world of it's own when it comes to prices, as costs go down insanely fast (well this can be argued especially when games nowadays are starting to have insanely high budgets) and prices for the customer stay relatively flat (technically they fall due to inflation).

But anyway, it's very true what was said. Cost of living of everything around us has gone up and stuff like video games have become much more accessible. And as someone mentioned, I hate going to the movies and spending, say 20 bucks for 2 hrs of entertainment when I buy a lot of my games for 20-30 bucks and I get so much more enjoyment outa them.

I think that may have a lot to do with the fact that technology in general has been making a huge push to become more and more mainstream over the years.