r/memes • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago

Leave them alone🤬🤬🤬

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u/mikedvb 22h ago

When you don't understand inflation and the fact that you're not going to buy things today for the same price you paid years ago.

Blaming Nintendo is silly, but easy to do.

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u/Sharkaw 20h ago

Back then there were no microtransactions or dozens DLCs for every game. The sales were also much smaller. Gaming companies make more money now than ever.

Defending huge companies acting against your own interests is so unbelievably dumb.

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u/KimberStormer 17h ago

Are there microtransactions and dozens of DLCs for Nintendo games?

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u/Tolstartheking 17h ago

It’s not as egregious as other games, but sometimes.

8 Deluxe got DLC, but it doubled the size of the game for only $25. That was a really good deal, and it was kind of a special case since they already had the new track models laying around from Tour.

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u/simplesample23 15h ago

And those snes and NES games had a fraction of the content of a modern game with difficulty and arcade style ilmited lives being the only reason you wouldnt clear it in a few hours.

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u/dominantfrog 22h ago

this is over inflation. it shouldn't bankrupt you to enjoy your hobbies, getting a new game every 2 months used to be affordable. getting a weeks worth of groceries shouldnt take half your paycheck

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u/Halpher 17h ago

This is basically a problem with the economy than Nintendo

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u/Excellent_Egg5882 15h ago

If an extra $120 a year for luxury items is enough to make you go bankrupt... then I honestly don't know what to tell you.

If you're a kid, I have zero sympathy. You're spoiled. If you're an adult, then... well honestly, I don't know what to say.

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u/dominantfrog 6h ago

90 dollars every 2 months isnt 120.

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u/Excellent_Egg5882 6h ago

Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game.

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u/mikedvb 21h ago

$60 in 2006 adjusted for inflation today is $90~92. You don't have to take my word for it though - it's not terribly hard to calculate.

So technically you're right - it's not following inflation - it's cheaper than inflation says it should be by about $10.

During the PS2/Xbox/GameCube Era [2000-2005] $50 was the common price.

Game prices jumped to $60 with the seventh generation of consoles in 2005~2006.

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u/dominantfrog 21h ago

did you also look at the approximate wages compared to now?

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u/Funeque 20h ago

$48,451 US median household income in 2006

$80,610 in 2023

If comparing by constant 2010 dollars, we'd be looking at a change of $49276 to $56627 from 2010 to 2021. The ratio of those two is about 6:7.