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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I doubt that $0.50 was only $1.25 today, if you actually do the math, I think you’ll find it’s $2 or more.

I don’t know when this fabled $0.50 candybar was, but here are some inflation numbers given different start dates (source):

FWIW, I remember the big candy bars (king size or whatever) being $1 in the late 90s/early 2000s, so that absolutely tracks with current prices at $2 or whatever (just checked Walmart and that’s about accurate).

Here’s a decent article about inflation-adjusted game prices that shows a general downward trend. Here’s the most revealing chart, which shows nominal (sticker price; blue) vs real (inflation adjusted; orange) game prices:

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As a couple examples, here’s the purchasing power today of game prices for various consoles:

At $80 per game, games are a little more expensive than the current gen, but only by a little, and that’s because prices are sticky in a given gen.

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