*Sony rubs hands greedily* the console increase was just the beginning....

[Zkuq]

SanAndreasX said:

Zkuq said:

I'm just saying the luxury argument is a slippery slope, i.e. if you actually adhere to it, things will start to look very bad, because so many things in life are luxuries if you think about it. Fast internet access outside work? Mostly luxury. Books? Luxury. Sports equipment? Luxury. Meat? Luxury. Your favourite food? Probably luxury. Paper and pencils? Luxury (probably somewhat depending on where you live). Our lives are just full of different kinds of luxuries, and if all of it cost unreasonably much, you wouldn't be able to afford all that much Sure, there would still be affordable things left too, but overall, that sounds like fairly bland life to me.

There's probably ways to frame gaming differently from all the other luxuries, but simply excusing high costs for something because it's a luxury is a terrible argument.

Also, here are other things that certain members of the Epstein class have recently called “luxuries:” food, water, and breathable air. 

...Is that for real? I mean, it doesn't feel like it's that long ago that I wouldn't have even entertained the idea of someone seriously calling any of those luxuries, but the world has gone so crazy that now it actually feels like something someone might say.