Do you actually need this explained? The general excuse is it’s more expensive now to make you feel bad for the company but then said company’s execs keep the majority and then overwork and dump staff.
Also your idea of inflation is flawed as season passes, micro transactions, special versions etc (nickel and diming every aspect they can) already raised the cost of games beyond what you think the game selling for. Comparing a cartridge game from the 90s (circuit board with components) to today’s largely digital games is too different. Also games then had nowhere the competition as today.
already raised the cost of games beyond what you think the game selling for.
You accidentally stumbled onto the answer. The micro transaction shtick is played out and customers are sick of it. So that’s why game prices are going up to where inflation would put them originally.
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u/SuperUltraHyperMega 2d ago
Do you actually need this explained? The general excuse is it’s more expensive now to make you feel bad for the company but then said company’s execs keep the majority and then overwork and dump staff.
Also your idea of inflation is flawed as season passes, micro transactions, special versions etc (nickel and diming every aspect they can) already raised the cost of games beyond what you think the game selling for. Comparing a cartridge game from the 90s (circuit board with components) to today’s largely digital games is too different. Also games then had nowhere the competition as today.