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Is it? Christmas ‘88 a NES was $99 at Sears. https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1988-Sears-Fall-Winter-Catalog/0690 https://christmas.musetec
by MBCook 2y ago
Is it?
Christmas ‘88 a NES was $99 at Sears.
https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1988-Sears-Fall-Winter-Catalog/0690 https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1988-Sea...
That makes math trivial. What did games cost?
Mario 2 was 45% of that. Kid Icarus 40%. Punchout was 35%. Cheapest game was 10 Yard Fight at 30%.
Switch 2 is $400. Mario Kart World is $80.
That’s only 20%. HALF the price of Kid Icarus in relative dollars.
Games are not more expensive in inflation adjusted dollars. They’re not more expensive relative to the console.
Games have gotten cheaper.
- Night_Thastus 2y agoRelatively, games and consoles have gotten cheaper. This is undeniable. But the wages have shrunk and the debts have grown for the average family compared to where they were in the 80's. $80 can feel worse today than $45 in '88 even though inflation-adjusted it's better. It's also worth mentioning that the market is WAY bigger today than it was in the 80's. Successful games fly through millions of copies like it's nothing. Even if the margins are lower, the volume is way higher. (And each copy sold has no real additional cost)
- maltyr 2y agoSmall correction - Switch 2 MSRP is $449.99. 80/450 = 17.77% Also, the SNES and N64 both cost $200 on launch. SNES and N64 games cost $60 on launch. 60/200 = 30%.