Comment on Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"

• Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That is how inflation works… when costs go up prices go up.

  Yeah, your computer probably should cost a lot more in “today dollars” but because performance of components gets more efficient over time, you can get a similar computer for less money.

  It’s the same reason you have a computer more powerful than multiple thousands of dollar super computers. The technology has improved enough you don’t have to pay as much.

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  • EddoWagt@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You can’t just scale game prices linearly with inflation, sure costs of development have increased, not just because of inflation but also because games are much more complex now. But the gaming market has grown a lot and games are infinitely reproducible so that hugely increases profits.

    I don’t know how much we should pay for games, but just comparing it to inflation is useless

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