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irstupid on 10 June 2013
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DevilRising said:
DerpSandwich said:
If you factor in inflation they're still cheaper than games have ever been. I can't complain. Nobody's forced to buy at launch, either.


Sorry, but this is a myth. Inflation doesn't factor into it. Gaming was cheaper, both to create and to buy, back in the 80s. Gaming HAS gotten more expensive, as it's gotten more mainstream, as that audience has grown, as gaming budgets have ballooned, and it won't stop until it bursts, and people start making smaller, more intimate VIDEO GAMES again, instead of trying to compete with big budget Hollywood films, which has always been a short-sighted, retarded approach.

I know this, I remember this, because I could afford gaming more as a kid, than I can now as a working adult.

I dont' think it was you could afford more as a kid, but just that you were able to buy everything you wanted as a kid, versus now there are more games on more systems that you want.

I mean back when you were young there was only a couple systems, and games good games didn't come out as frequently.  Now you have 5-6 systems worth of games that have a crap load of publishers pushing out games all at same time.  Come christmas time for example there may be 15 games worth buying now, when back when you were a kid there was only 2-3 games worth getting.

Thus you could affor $150 back then for eveyr game when now it would cost like $900 to buy all the games during the holiday.