they haven’t increased because the cost of production has drastically dropped. cartridges were expensive as hell to make. discs were cheaper but you still had all the extras like bespoke formats, copy protection and manuals. with digital distribution, the production cost is zero. even when you buy a physical release, you get an empty box with an off-the-shelf bluray.
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Karjalan@lemmy.world 1 day agoI don’t know how universal it is, but movie tickets here have at least tripled since I was a kid, 20 odd years ago.
Meanwhile, me and 4 friends pooled our pocket money together to buy a video game that we could barely afford. Brand new video games are the same price now.
I’m not saying “they should increase their price”, but it is wild how somehow they haven’t in decades
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They have if you factor in collector’s editions, micro transactions, planned DLC and season passes.
Halo was free to play technically but has had how many seasons now for armor cosmetics?