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LinkPizza posted...

Dont get me wrong. I agree that they were more expensive back in the day. But that doesnt automatically make them cheap. That just means theyre cheaper today than the past. But still expensive. Just not as expensive...

Don't get me wrong. But that doesn't make them expensive either.
As another user pointed out. Entertainment value per dollar is great in most cases.
Especially in current times because you can literally know exactly what you're getting before you buy it.

Let's say you put in 120 well enjoyed hours on Breath of the Wild. At full price, that's 50 cents per hour.

I'd say that's especially cheap. Again, there's also the fact that you're not gambling on your purchase. Back then, you had to spend 2 or 3 dollars to rent it for a night (2 if you got it on a saturday) just to try a game out, and that's if someone else didn't already rent it first.
You'd get a couple screenshots in a magazine, or MAAAYBE a commercial in very rare cases, and they didn't always show gameplay footage either. Not that they do nowadays, but the difference is youtube.

So yeah, I'm gonna say it's cheap. Unless you literally buy every game that comes out.
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