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r/memes • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago
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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.
-10 u/dominantfrog 1d 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 3 u/Halpher 1d ago This is basically a problem with the economy than Nintendo 3 u/Excellent_Egg5882 1d 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. 1 u/dominantfrog 21h ago 90 dollars every 2 months isnt 120. 1 u/Excellent_Egg5882 20h ago Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game. 7 u/mikedvb 1d 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. -5 u/dominantfrog 1d ago did you also look at the approximate wages compared to now? 8 u/Funeque 1d 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.
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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
3 u/Halpher 1d ago This is basically a problem with the economy than Nintendo 3 u/Excellent_Egg5882 1d 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. 1 u/dominantfrog 21h ago 90 dollars every 2 months isnt 120. 1 u/Excellent_Egg5882 20h ago Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game. 7 u/mikedvb 1d 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. -5 u/dominantfrog 1d ago did you also look at the approximate wages compared to now? 8 u/Funeque 1d 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.
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This is basically a problem with the economy than Nintendo
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.
1 u/dominantfrog 21h ago 90 dollars every 2 months isnt 120. 1 u/Excellent_Egg5882 20h ago Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game.
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90 dollars every 2 months isnt 120.
1 u/Excellent_Egg5882 20h ago Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game.
Its like a $20 price increase for the digital game.
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$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.
-5 u/dominantfrog 1d ago did you also look at the approximate wages compared to now? 8 u/Funeque 1d 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.
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did you also look at the approximate wages compared to now?
8 u/Funeque 1d 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.
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$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.
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u/mikedvb 1d 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.