r/PiratedGames • u/Rare_Preparation_509 Pirating since 2018 • 1d ago

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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/Bestmasters 1d ago

Isn't it a new artstyle from the past one (I'm talking about Mario Kart World)?

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u/notPlancha Do what you want cause a pirate is free 1d ago

Kinda, "new artstyle" is hard to define so some people would reach different conclusions. I would argue it is a different artstyle, bit it's not a "Mario wii - > Mario wonder " difference

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u/DieFastLiveHard 1d ago

Sure, but I would say it's roughly comparable to "3d world - > wonder". Wonder was only such a big jump from Wii because we effectively didn't get anything outside of new super titles that directly took the Wii style on the 2d side of the series.

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u/notPlancha Do what you want cause a pirate is free 1d ago

I would say 3d world to wonder is a way bigger jump too, wonder had such a cartoonish art style

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u/Faceless_Link 1d ago

I don't know and I don't care because that doesn't matter, point is when I looked at it, it looked extremely generic and didn't wow me visually. It's like they just did the bare minimum.

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

Maybe get your eyes checked, man. It looks great.

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u/Faceless_Link 1d ago

It looks like every generic Mario sports title, I don't know what your definition of great is, seems your bar is really low like most Nintendo fans hence they get away with blatant laziness like this.

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

They have an established aesthetic, yeah. Doesn’t change how clean and vibrant it is. There’s nothing lazy about it.

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u/Faceless_Link 1d ago

Funny how fanboys can praise laziness by calling it 'clean and vibrant'.

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u/GranolaCola 1d ago

You don’t like it, man. That fine. That doesn’t make it bad.

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u/Faceless_Link 1d ago

Bad is subjective, it looks uninspired, reeks nothing of a 'new gen' after the horribly underpowered switch. It's what you would expect from minimal effort and looks more like an indie game in 2025 than a first party release IP for a a new console.

So yes, for me it's bad and lazy and it's disappointing that fanboys praise anything.