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r/memes • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago
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Idk about Nintendo either way but this seems to be a long overdue adjustment in the gaming industry after prices were kept at $50 dollars for so long.
Using https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
$50 in 1990 is $122.07 in 2025
$50 in 1999 is $95.76 in 2025
-5 u/GarbageAdditional916 1d ago If only tech did not change over those years. Oh...it did. Same as computers and printer prices from the past. Go square up some of that with inflation fool. Tech got cheaper. That was the problem with price in the past and why it stayed stagnant. Learn some damn history. You kids not knowing history is why I got a racist rapist President. 6 u/733t_sec 1d ago You do realize that people make the games and the people are more expensive now. If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors 2 u/mr-english 1d ago If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors That's not really true. The closest handheld from yesteryear was the Atari Lynx - $180 at launch ($460 today) but that was a complete failure. Sega Game Gear was $150 at launch ($350 today) Gameboy - $90 ($230 today) Gameboy color - $80 ($150 today) Switch - $300 ($390 today) Switch 2 - $450 Steam Deck - $400 - $650 (depending on SDD size) 2 u/733t_sec 1d ago You are correct I should be more careful with my comparisons. The switch is a console and so should be compared not to the gameboy but to the NES and N64 NES $199 at launch 1985 ($519.12 today) N64 $199 at launch 1996 ($404.70 today)
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If only tech did not change over those years.
Oh...it did.
Same as computers and printer prices from the past.
Go square up some of that with inflation fool.
Tech got cheaper. That was the problem with price in the past and why it stayed stagnant.
Learn some damn history. You kids not knowing history is why I got a racist rapist President.
6 u/733t_sec 1d ago You do realize that people make the games and the people are more expensive now. If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors 2 u/mr-english 1d ago If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors That's not really true. The closest handheld from yesteryear was the Atari Lynx - $180 at launch ($460 today) but that was a complete failure. Sega Game Gear was $150 at launch ($350 today) Gameboy - $90 ($230 today) Gameboy color - $80 ($150 today) Switch - $300 ($390 today) Switch 2 - $450 Steam Deck - $400 - $650 (depending on SDD size) 2 u/733t_sec 1d ago You are correct I should be more careful with my comparisons. The switch is a console and so should be compared not to the gameboy but to the NES and N64 NES $199 at launch 1985 ($519.12 today) N64 $199 at launch 1996 ($404.70 today)
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You do realize that people make the games and the people are more expensive now.
If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors
2 u/mr-english 1d ago If you look at the price of a handheld the price is way cheaper than say gameboys/gameboy colors That's not really true. The closest handheld from yesteryear was the Atari Lynx - $180 at launch ($460 today) but that was a complete failure. Sega Game Gear was $150 at launch ($350 today) Gameboy - $90 ($230 today) Gameboy color - $80 ($150 today) Switch - $300 ($390 today) Switch 2 - $450 Steam Deck - $400 - $650 (depending on SDD size) 2 u/733t_sec 1d ago You are correct I should be more careful with my comparisons. The switch is a console and so should be compared not to the gameboy but to the NES and N64 NES $199 at launch 1985 ($519.12 today) N64 $199 at launch 1996 ($404.70 today)
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That's not really true.
The closest handheld from yesteryear was the Atari Lynx - $180 at launch ($460 today) but that was a complete failure.
Sega Game Gear was $150 at launch ($350 today)
Gameboy - $90 ($230 today)
Gameboy color - $80 ($150 today)
Switch - $300 ($390 today)
Switch 2 - $450
Steam Deck - $400 - $650 (depending on SDD size)
2 u/733t_sec 1d ago You are correct I should be more careful with my comparisons. The switch is a console and so should be compared not to the gameboy but to the NES and N64 NES $199 at launch 1985 ($519.12 today) N64 $199 at launch 1996 ($404.70 today)
You are correct I should be more careful with my comparisons.
The switch is a console and so should be compared not to the gameboy but to the NES and N64
NES $199 at launch 1985 ($519.12 today)
N64 $199 at launch 1996 ($404.70 today)
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u/733t_sec 1d ago
Idk about Nintendo either way but this seems to be a long overdue adjustment in the gaming industry after prices were kept at $50 dollars for so long.
Using https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
$50 in 1990 is $122.07 in 2025
$50 in 1999 is $95.76 in 2025