| Shadow1980 said: Here's the history of game prices in the U.S.:
Games are cheaper than ever. But what about content? Well, has that guy ever played old 8-bit & 16-bit games? They weren't exactly bursting at the seams with content. Except for JRPGs, most games back then could be reasonably beaten in one to three hours. Action games with massive open-worlds offering 40+ hours of content in a single playthrough was something that just didn't exist 20+ years ago. By any objective standard, on average we are probably getting the best value for our money from mainstream AAA experiences. |
I actually made a thread about this years ago. The first game I ever bought with my own money was WWF Wrestlemania for the NES for $50. It took about ten minutes to see the credits! People nowadays don't know how good they had it. Hell, some N64 games were $79 back in '97.
