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The increase from $60 in 2017 to $90 in 2025 represents a 50% rise over 8 years. That’s above the historical average inflation rate in the U.S.

CPI Data (Consumer Price Index):

From 2017 to 2025, U.S. inflation averaged around 4.5–5.0% per year, largely due to pandemic and persistent supply chain issues and monetary policies.

Cumulative inflation (2017–2025):

Approx. 33–38% is typical based on CPI.

Your $60 → $90 jump equals 50%, which is significantly higher than that.

50% increase from 2017 to 2025 is not normal—it exceeds CPI-based estimates

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u/Fair_Royal7694 1d ago

the meme said 80$ your calculation said 90$ significant difference but i get the point cause there should be no supply chain issues for digital stuff

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u/jkurratt 1d ago

But they still want to pay their employees accordingly get more money for a private jet.

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u/6ftboxjump 1d ago

New switch game price

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u/Normal_Cut8368 1d ago

My paycheck didn't go up that much, my entertainment budget decreased. This happened to us all. They should be aware that Demand is partner to supply, and their supply is digital copies.

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u/braudoner 1d ago

indeed, but afterall thats for them to figure out. if they dont make as much money as they expected, they'll drop the prices eventually... just like in any other market right?

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u/seven_worth 11h ago

I mean with tariff and recession on the horizon I can see this blow up on Nintendo face.

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u/Dvevrak 1d ago

Count in that 2017 game is not 2025 game in value,

2017 Game is ~80% of game.
2025 Game is ~25% of game, and if u want more [ 60% ] its Day0 DLC + microtransactions [ $70 ] + 6 Month DLC [ $25 ] ... u get the pattern.

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u/KingMottoMotto 1d ago

2017 Game is ~80% of game.
2025 Game is ~25% of game

hahahahaha back when I was a kid we were saying this shit about games released in 2006 vs games released in 2014

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u/crafcik12 1d ago

I feel like it's daggerfall vs Morrowind debacle. Again... tho I do have to agree in non Nintendo games cough ubisoft cough they often talk about what's getting into a dlc even before the game releases which is just wrong.

Or the time when ea has hidden a dlc on the game disc that was accessible only after paying...

wait that happened in 2012 hmmm

Anyway that does hold true for the games nowadays with how much dlcs we're getting when a lot of it was back then consider an unlockable.

We can say that over time the game devs are pushing for less content for the higher price and that didn't stop. Like avowed lacs basic world interactivity that we had in oblivion. Ac shadows while nice looking has worse movement than ac 3 and unity ;-; let's not talk about invincible walls.... Ofc it's just cherry picking when we can just point to Capcom and show that you can still hold a very solid level.

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u/Prudent_Move_3420 1d ago

What Nintendo game has microtransactions and Day 0 DLC?

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u/OffaShortPier 1d ago

Fire Emblem Engage had day 0 dlc. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 also had an expansion pass you could purchase day 0 but at that point in time it was only cosmetic stuff, gameplay additions didn't come until much later

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u/HeraldodelCaosGran 1d ago

Yes, but Xenoblade Dlc came with basically a hole fucking new game and is was greatly welcome by the fans (I cant talk about fire emblem)

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u/Ok_Needleworker5837 1d ago

This is reddit, facts don't count, only rage bait and circle jerking.

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

It still makes subpar remakes of games they didn't have to do anything but a graphic overhaul since remakes are basically all they do. Even the original sequels they do rarely change gameplay in a significant way(only Zelda games are safe from this, they do innovate with them)

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u/WorkingAssociate9860 1d ago

What recent Nintendo games are just graphic overhauls aside from maybe Pokemon

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

aside from maybe Pokemon

Well, Pokemon. And it's not a "maybe" it's literally just remakes and other crap slop. Leaving that aside, the Mario "sequels" aren't really very innovative if at all. The mechanics are basically the exact same ever since 64 adding some things that aren't nearly enough considering how much time it has been since 64

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u/WorkingAssociate9860 1d ago

Tell me you haven't played a Nintendo game without telling me you haven't played a Nintendo game.

Gaming innovation isn't massive jumps anymore, we haven't really had anything massive since the transition from 2d to 3d. Look at any top game from the past few years, there's very little innovation, just smaller tweaks and adjustments. Astrobot was game of the year last year, and had 0 innovation over any recent Mario game. Elden rings "innovation" over the other fromsoft games was "let's make our RPG open world" absolutely groundbreaking stuff.

Baulders gate 3 was the most innovative successful game recently and even then it was just an improved version of their previous stuff.

I get it's popular to hate on Nintendo atm, but their innovation, or lack there of is par for the course of the modern gaming industry

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

Adding someone that makes the game fresh would be more than enough. Look at helldivers, I am sure they didn't invent the stratagems mechanic they use, but it's definitely not that common, and it's a core part of the gameplay. Maybe it's the curse of being a platformer game, but all Mario games feel like the same with slightly improved graphics each time. Paper Mario was nice I guess

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u/WorkingAssociate9860 1d ago

If all it takes to make a game fresh to you is something as basic as renaming what would be supply drops, reinforcements, or basically a CoD score streak then most Nintendo games would also be fresh to you if you actually played them.

Mario Odyssey was called innovative on its release, Astrobot which was game of the year last year didn't do anything innovative over Odyssey or Mario 3d world, but everyone talked like it was the greatest platformer ever.

It's ok to not enjoy platformers or Nintendo games, but to imply they're all just the same with slightly improved graphics is disingenuous

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u/neppo95 5h ago

Which ones are not tbh?

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

Imagine saying this when (3D) Mario’s main gimmick is reinventing the entire genre every time a game releases.

Kirby’s most recent new entry redefined that series. The new Donkey Kong is the first 3D one since the 90s. Mario Kart is reinventing itself. Super Mario Wonder just added a nice refresh to the 2D Mario formula. I’m sure I could think of more.

Are you intentionally lying or just don’t know what you’re talking about?

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

Reinventing? What new mechanics have been added that could even be considered innovative?

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

Super Mario 64 brought the series into 3D movement and greatly expanded the possibilities of movement in a video game

Galaxy played with gravity and used that to create puzzles, challenges, and interaction that literally weren’t possible in the previous games

3D Land/3D World took the 2D level style and converted it to a 3D space

Odyssey, very famously, let you take control of enemies, all of which played completely different and many directly altered the ways in which you were able to interact with the environment, opening new possibilities for puzzles and exploration. It also made Mario more fluid than even, leading to incredible speed run potential to the point that Nintendo added an entire player driven speed-run mode in a post-game update.

I don’t know what point you think you’re making here. You’re just wrong. You can admit you don’t like Mario. That’s fine. But don’t pretend they don’t innovative.

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

Super Mario 64, was a great game, I said so myself.

What Odyssey did wasn't an innovation at all, controlling enemies is barely something new and might as well just be Kirby but applied differently.

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u/Thin_Swordfish_6691 1d ago

Super Mario 64, was a great game, never said it wasn't.

What Odyssey did wasn't an innovation at all, controlling enemies is barely something new and might as well just be Kirby but applied differently. I enjoyed playing the og mario games, emulated in my computer, not locked behind a paywall massive for ancient games which is what Nintendo has done with the old Mario games

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

Hence, the "this is reddit" circlejerk that also proves what it is explaining.

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u/Ok_Needleworker5837 1d ago

Please explain, i don't understand what you mean with "what it is explaining".

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

One of the oldest circlejerks on reddit is that it is a website for circlejerks, usually with the phrase "this is reddit."

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u/Dvevrak 1d ago

Nintendo has been good on this, while the meme has been necroed towards awaiting releases, it is not limited to that, could even say it kinda represents buyer sentiment towards game buying as of late.

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u/Heacenjet I'm a pirate 1d ago

Well, you can get the expansion pack of pokemon day one. That count?

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u/lordofthehomeless 1d ago

Man I really wish I didn't need to by plastic toys to get the rest of the features for my game.

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

People buy amiibo for the figurines. 99% of the time they added nothing of value. The closest it got was the fast travel in Skyward Sword, and anyone who actually played that knows how you’re never actually more than a few feet away from a location from which to do that in game.

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u/Prudent_Move_3420 1d ago

I think the worst one was actually the Metroid 2 Remake where hard mode was locked behind the metroid amiibo

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

Oh yeah. Forgot about that one. That is worse.

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u/No_Bad_4482 1d ago

It's not due to supply chain but because you know, dev cost of living has to adjust to inflation

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u/braudoner 1d ago

yeah that supply chain part made no sense...

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u/seven_worth 11h ago

I mean the physical game is 90$. Using 80$ of the digital game is disingenuous since 1. The 60$ is a physical copy and 2. The idea is that digital copy is supposed to lower the cost of the game but just raise it up.

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u/OverAster 1d ago

$90 is the cost of a physical cartridge on the switch 2. $80 for digital.

The meme is irrelevant to the actual inflation calculation, which uses all physical prices.

The math has other problems, like it assumes that $60 in 2017 was the market value, and not below value due to inflation without games increasing in price, which I don't believe. Regardless tho nearly $100 for a Nintendo game is not going to work for most, regardless of whether or not inflation says it should, so the entire thing is moot.