Y'all, games have stayed at $60 in the time inflation has cut the buying power of $60 in HALF. This isn't a "leave the billion dollar corporation" alone thing, this is a "literally everything costs more than they did 25 years ago" thing
It’s corporate price gouging under the guise of inflation. Inflation is literally just the coordinated effort of corporations raising their prices. In reality, corporations have made record profits since 2020 and just cannot resist the urge to continue to price gouge at the expense of us regular folk. There’s no reason to defend this behavior, unless you are on Nintendo’s board of directors.
Also, games have NOT stayed at $60. Idk how you missed that piece of news unless you literally haven’t bought a game in the past 5 years.
I've bought more games in the past 3 years than in the past 20 years combined. Apart from fancypants collector's editions, I haven't ecountered a game more than $60 besides Tears of the Kingdom (which gamers also chimped out over, despite it justifying its price tag handily). My point is that AAA games have hovered at $60 since the late 90s. $60 in 1999 is almost $120 now, and companies have quietly eaten that inflation the whole time. Then, anytime they try to keep pace even a little with inflation, gamers absolutely lose their shit and go selective communist. Games have literally never been cheaper than they are right now, even if they were subjected to an overnight 12.5-25% increase. If you're being nickled and dimed by microtransactions, grow a fucking spine and control your wallet.
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u/frozen_toesocks 16h ago
Y'all, games have stayed at $60 in the time inflation has cut the buying power of $60 in HALF. This isn't a "leave the billion dollar corporation" alone thing, this is a "literally everything costs more than they did 25 years ago" thing