• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    New releases used to be £40 when I was a kid (twenty years ago), given inflation, £70 sounds not too bad.

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      1 year ago

      That $40 included plastic packaging and a disc both of which largely don’t exist anymore.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      40? I remember when they were 20. Hell, I remember when you could get slightly older titles for 10. I used to go to Egghead and buy slightly older games with my allowance.

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      1 year ago

      more importantly they sell way more units now. It takes virtually no more effort or cost for gaming companies to sell 20 million units vs 1 million.

      • XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        If they’re selling 20 million more units than they used to, then $70 clearly is not too much and outs this post as nothing more than a moan.