LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoVideo Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buywww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkVideo Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buywww.bloomberg.comLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games
minus-squareHapankaali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·18 hours agoAAA games are significantly cheaper in real terms than they were in the 90s. 30 CAD in 1993 is about 58 CAD today, and those weren’t even the most expensive games in the flyer you saw then. Especially console titles were expensive by modern standards, the main titles like Mario games retailed for something like 150 USD in 2026 dollars.
AAA games are significantly cheaper in real terms than they were in the 90s.
30 CAD in 1993 is about 58 CAD today, and those weren’t even the most expensive games in the flyer you saw then.
Especially console titles were expensive by modern standards, the main titles like Mario games retailed for something like 150 USD in 2026 dollars.