alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMadden should not be 70$lemmy.worldimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1370
arrow-up1370imageMadden should not be 70$lemmy.worldalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoThat $40 included plastic packaging and a disc both of which largely don’t exist anymore.
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minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThose cost pennies. They were never part of the cost.
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAbsolutely agree with you. However it’s what’s been said to people for years to justify the cost
minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI guess I just have never heard that before. 🤷
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years ago40? I remember when they were 20. Hell, I remember when you could get slightly older titles for 10. I used to go to Egghead and buy slightly older games with my allowance.
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 years agoIt absolutely was in the 1980s. Edit: Here. Even cheaper than I claimed.
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minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agomore importantly they sell way more units now. It takes virtually no more effort or cost for gaming companies to sell 20 million units vs 1 million.
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That $40 included plastic packaging and a disc both of which largely don’t exist anymore.
And a complete game!
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Those cost pennies. They were never part of the cost.
Absolutely agree with you. However it’s what’s been said to people for years to justify the cost
I guess I just have never heard that before. 🤷
40? I remember when they were 20. Hell, I remember when you could get slightly older titles for 10. I used to go to Egghead and buy slightly older games with my allowance.
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It absolutely was in the 1980s.
Edit: Here. Even cheaper than I claimed.
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more importantly they sell way more units now. It takes virtually no more effort or cost for gaming companies to sell 20 million units vs 1 million.
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