TornadoCreator on 22 March 2014
| RustyShakleford said: I think it is fair for a lot of games. There are only a few games I buy at full price, but there is usually a reason why I buy them (fan of the series, developer, etc.). Most of the games I buy come from sales, which sometimes occur just a few months after the launch of the game. Ever since disk-based games became the preffered format, games have been increasing $10 each generation until this one. When you consider inflation and increasing game budgets, gaming has stayed relatively cheap. |
The problem is, whilst gaming may have increased quite reasonably relative to inflation, cost of living has increased more than inflation and minimum wage is lagging behind inflation, as is welfare totals. People have less money and things cost more, as such a luxury item (and let's face it, all games are luxury items), that cost the same now as they did 20 years ago, feels like it costs more because they money is simply harder to come by.
