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To be fair, we should also consider expenses. All-Transactions House Price Index for the United States [1] Q4 1997: 204.87 / Q2 2024: 682.18 i.e., roughly 3.

To be fair, we should also consider expenses. All-Transactions House Price Index for the United States [1] Q4 1997: 204.87 / Q2 2024: 682.18 i.e., roughly 3.33x Median Consumer Price Index [2] 1997-12: 170.42938 / 2024-09: 353.73857 i.e., roughly 2.07 Take that as you will (I was mostly curious). Interestingly, it seems console prices have kept pace with inflation. NES at release: $180 ($428 adjusted for inflation) PS5 right now: $450 (standard) / $500 (slim) / $700 (pro) [1]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USSTHPI https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USSTHPI [2]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEDCPIM094SFRBCLE https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEDCPIM094SFRBCLE

dragonwriter 2y ago
The CPI was already built into the discussion (the original discussion was inflation--CPI adjusted--prices, and this branch was about a comment that indicated that wages had not kept price with inflation) and the housing price thing just indicates that buying a house has gotten more expensive even adjusting for inflation, which is true but way afield of the discussion of game prices.