shikamaru317 said:
Yeah, just look at how much resistance gamers have put up to the idea of the standard price for new games increasing from $60 to $70, the price has been at $60 for probably a decade now, meanwhile inflation has raised the price of nearly everything else significantly during that time. Developers and publishers have found their way around that block though, in the form of expensive DLC. |
New games have been roughly $50-$60 for thirty years.
The challenge for games is they are entertainment and technology. Technology has become insane cheaper in that time. Your $500 phone can do 1000x more than a $5000 computer could in 1985. People get spoiled that stuff comes down in price due to technological advancements. However, entertainment has increased in cost in that time. I know going to concerts use to be $10, now lucky to get in a show for sub $30.
The odd industry that splits this is film. Home video has dropped massively in price from $100 to $20 and that is going from VHS to Blu Ray over that 30 odd years. Meanwhile shows at Cinemas have climbed from $3 to $10 in that time.
