I assumed the meme is related to high prices decades ago: for example, I remember saving up allowances to buy Star Fox 64, which cost about 70 bucks in the late nineties.
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shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days agoi’m not up to date on general console discourse. but i know for a fact Nintendo, though never famous for being cheap, has been going mental lately. $80 for Mario Kart is mind boggling
Charapaso@lemmy.world 2 days ago
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I get the sticker shock, but when in think about $ per fun-time, it’s easy for me to rationalize… If you’re looking for a coping mechanism that is.
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
By that logic, I should be paying a couple hundred dollars for my copy of Minecraft. I played that shit for 11 years.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
no wonder Todd Howard keeps selling skyrim to people, i alone have a 1000h+ in that game!