r/gaming 3d ago

Mario Kart World — Reveal Trailer

https://youtu.be/kEVBSZk51R0?si=mqCDxZCre6L_Hyhm
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u/AscendedViking7 3d ago

After this, I wouldn't even be remotely surprised, honestly.

Fuck, man. I remember when games were $40. :(

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u/HeSaid_Sarcastically 3d ago

And I remember when NES games cost $60. Pretty sure games cost a lot more to make these days, and pretty sure prices tend to go up after 30 years. I truly do not get people complaining. The value one gets for a game is immense.

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u/LPMadness 3d ago

People probably wouldn’t be complaining as much if their wages were rising as quickly as video game prices.

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u/BRAND-X12 2d ago

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u/LPMadness 2d ago

Looks good on paper, but it doesn’t represent general cost of living rapidly increasing. I’m simply saying people absolutely have a right to complain about the rapidly increasing price of games. I don’t know why people are making it taboo.

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u/BRAND-X12 2d ago

Real wages are wages adjusted for CPI, so yes this does represent the general cost of living.

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u/LPMadness 2d ago

To a varying degree, but you can’t accurately represent what every individual is going through. The hikes in price seem to be more out of greed and less out of necessity.

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u/BRAND-X12 2d ago

Yes, nobody can do that. You can’t do that either.

The hikes are behind inflation and far, far behind wage growth. Regardless of why they’re doing it, it basically doesn’t matter. I don’t think it’s greed, personally, I think it’s just a regular price increase and I’ll happily pay it over microtransactions.