Current Events > Video game prices have gotten stupid

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Just wanna say that if you can't find enough games to like on PS+ to justify the price, it's because you don't enjoy games. That's valid, but has the same energy as complaining that a steakhouse is lacking because you're a vegan.

reincarnator07 posted...

Just wanna say that if you can't find enough games to like on PS+ to justify the price, it's because you don't enjoy games. That's valid, but has the same energy as complaining that a steakhouse is lacking because you're a vegan.

Could just have pretty niche interests. I'm like that with games, even in genres I like, I won't necessarily like a game in that genre. But I do like some games enough to put thousands of hours into them.

MarthGoomba posted...

Canadian dollars

Fellow Canadian here. I used to buy NES, SNES and Genesis games for $99CAD. I also still have a Sears Christmas catalog that says "Get the New Sega Saturn! Only $599.99!"

Even without counting inflation, prices are cheaper than when I was young.

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But yall hate freemium games.

Wow, going through this topic and clearly there are some folks that just can't let things go and just go on in circles with arguments. Pathetic.

On topic, I'm Canadian and I'll agree games are priced high here. There are alot of sales physically and digitally so it makes it hurt less. Just bought Final Fantasy 16 physical for 50 last week, got Ace Combat 7 off PSN for 12 few weeks ago. Just gotta be patient for the most part.

Makeveli_lives posted...

But yall hate freemium games.

*sweats in 8 freemium games on phone*

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Freemium games greatly overcharge the scammed user (I cant really call them players) into paying far more than what the game is worth.

MarthGoomba posted...

Only $2500, which I can afford despite being a low income part timer

MarthGoomba posted...

Objectively I'm under the poverty line and yet I have almost 30k saved in just a few years

Low income with $2500 non-essential spending and 5-digit saving in just a few years? First time seeing this ngl. Am I correct to assume that you're not actually under poverty line tc? I mean your local poverty line, not your national average.

MarthGoomba posted...

Video games used to be a cheap hobby

Not really.

MarthGoomba posted...

The remake of One.

it's not much better in USD
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f9a90528.jpg

yet if you buy it on Steam, it's only $20
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bea2e0e0.jpg

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Not really.

Compared to a lot of things, yeah. And still is.

Like if you're into pool, for example, it's a couple grand for a table, sticks, etc, and dedicating a good 200-ish square feet of floor space to it. Or maybe some bars let you play for free, I dunno because I don't go to bars lol. But it's just one example anyway. With tennis you've got rackets and memberships, and if you wanna talk hours per dollar, moviegoing and concerts are never going to approach the defacto gamer gold standard of 1.

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My Poe's Law detector is going crazy here lol. Assuming this is not a joke, go play f2p or open source games. Also
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1488-free-games

Unfortunately I understand the rise in game prices when development budgets have skyrocketed.

IIRC the other day I saw Spider-Man 2 cost like $300m before marketing.

I still want for sales, very rarely do I need to play a game on Day 1, plus Ive been on a digital indie kick lately, been missing out

SkittyOnWailord posted...

Fellow Canadian here. I used to buy NES, SNES and Genesis games for $99CAD. I also still have a Sears Christmas catalog that says "Get the New Sega Saturn! Only $599.99!"

Even without counting inflation, prices are cheaper than when I was young.

We also used to have rental stores.... meaning that you could rent 2 games out at once for 10 bucks. Back in the 90s I only ever owned Mario 1 and a copy of Karate Champ. Everything else was rented.

Ivany2008 posted...

We also used to have rental stores.... meaning that you could rent 2 games out at once for 10 bucks. Back in the 90s I only ever owned Mario 1 and a copy of Karate Champ. Everything else was rented.

On the other hand, I haven't paid more that $15 for a game in years.

I distinctly remember paying $70-$80 US for some N64 games, and that was like 25 years ago.

I need to ask my mom how much she spent on Batman Forever for SNES for Christmas 1995. That game is dog**** lmao.

Cheater87 posted...

I always buy games on sale.

This. I have literally thousands of games in my backlog. I never buy games new anymore. I wait 3 to 6 months and buy when they're 50% off or more.

I miss the days when we were paying 79.95 for new SNES games. They were so much cheaper back then.

Ivany2008 posted...

We also used to have rental stores.... meaning that you could rent 2 games out at once for 10 bucks. Back in the 90s I only ever owned Mario 1 and a copy of Karate Champ. Everything else was rented.

Yeah they were great, if you could find the game you wanted. Yet those games were always gone.

creativerealms posted...

Yeah they were great, if you could find the game you wanted. Yet those games were always gone.

That was one of the advantages to living in a fairly large city growing up. I had multiple rental stores to choose from, and second hand game stores.

Makeveli_lives posted...

Demons Souls went on sale for 30 usd plenty of times in the past.

Yeah it goes on sale frequently in both formats, I bought Demons Souls for 35 dollars cdn at Walmart last year