However sales now are many times bigger in the 90's
Best selling system on the 90's was PS1 and its best selling game barely surpassed 10 million units. At least 12 games surpassed 10 million on PS4
Not to mention today we have all kind of stuff to exploit gamers, amiibos, special/commemorative pieces of hardware like special joycons, DLCs, add-on content, paying for services. The business model is the logic, you offer cheaper stuff for mass-market general public and offer more expensive premium for dedicated players. Just like paperback books aren't supposed to be as expensive as hardcover books, games in 2021 aren't expected to be as expensive as in the past, just because games themselves aren't the premium experience anymore, they are the mass market items, the premium product comes from the DLCs and paid content
Some people hate this business model, but I like it. You can get a game for a cheaper price, if you don't like it you only lost a bit of money. If you like it, you can spend more buying the expansions, it can end being more expensive than 60 USD? Absolutely, I've spend over 100 USD to buy all stuff from Civilization VI but I'm not complaining. Thinking how many games I've got for cheaper prices and never bothered getting DLCs I call this a great deal, after all I'm playing more games and overall paying much less
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