PortisheadBiscuit said:
The funny thing is Nintendo games are much cheaper in 2018 than they were in the 90s. Try $74.99 for DKC and Street Fighter II Turbo back in the day. With adjusted inflation thats over $100, those games were nothing content wise compared to Odyssey and BOTW (both of which HAVE been discounted this year at retail). Yet everyone is insatiable these days... |
That's a ridiculously unfair comparison. The industry was nothing like it is today back in the early 90's. Gaming as we know it was still in its infancy back then, and as such the R&D that went into games like those made them cost a ton to make back then. And the audience was more limited and less of a surefire thing. Some of those franchises were still being established, they couldn't just sell on name alone. Especially in the case of the two you mentioned where they were third party efforts. So they had to charge more to make a profit.
