Why hasn't inflation effected gaming?

[d21lewis]

chapset said:

crissindahouse said:

chapset said:
it did psone games were often at 40$ then 50$ for ps2 games and now you still pay 50$ for most ps3 games but you get 75% of the product the rest need to be bought later via dlc

i paidmore for snes and n64 games (except n64 games from nintendo) than i have to pay nowadays. don't know what i paid for nes games but as example i had to pay 169DM for nagano winter olypmpics which was a bad game^^ 169DM is ~85€

blame the format, cartrige were really expensive

That is true.  But when you look at the tech that we get, the level of voice acting, production values, etc, I still think we have it pretty sweet.  Some games (I'm looking at you, Capcom!) don't seem to be complete right out of the box, but I'd say 90% of them--hell, maybe even 98% of them--are complete experiences.  Of the games that do offer DLC, I'd say the vast majority of them offer something that adds to the experience or isn't something vital.

Companies are doing a lot to recoup their money, though.  More than anything, they're trying to get us to buy new instead of used.  Pre-order DLC, online passes, etc. come to mind.