We don't make any more money than we used to back then. And when game prices go up, I have more important things to spend that money on. So they don't get ANY money from people like me and can just eat shit and die.
This is why, for example, Trump's strategy increased tax revenue by lowering taxes. The taxes were lower, so more people were willing to pay rather than move offshore or hide assets. Or put simply, pinging two people for 50 dollars each is less money than pinging 6 people for 20 dollars each. Because at the 20 dollar price point, many more people were willing to buy.
The average salary in 1990 was 20k and now it's 53k. We make more money that isn't worth as much. So yes there is an argument to be made that the standard $60 price point is outdated due to inflation and the price should go up.
That doesn't really take into account how much those damn carts cost to make vs digital distribution.
We don't make any more money than we used to back then. And when game prices go up, I have more important things to spend that money on. So they don't get ANY money from people like me and can just eat shit and die.
This is why, for example, Trump's strategy increased tax revenue by lowering taxes. The taxes were lower, so more people were willing to pay rather than move offshore or hide assets. Or put simply, pinging two people for 50 dollars each is less money than pinging 6 people for 20 dollars each. Because at the 20 dollar price point, many more people were willing to buy.
The average salary in 1990 was 20k and now it's 53k. We make more money that isn't worth as much. So yes there is an argument to be made that the standard $60 price point is outdated due to inflation and the price should go up.
That doesn't really take into account how much those damn carts cost to make vs digital distribution.