Ashtear@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPlayers Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Gamewww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkPlayers Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Gamewww.bloomberg.comAshtear@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square74linkfedilink
minus-squareKrudler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat really dramatically takes the steam out of your argument though. If the same conditions for you existed today, any modern game would blow qbert out of the water, and indeed you would put thousands of hours into it. Also, Atari games were $20 when they were new not 10. So with inflation it’s about the same as an $80 game today.
That really dramatically takes the steam out of your argument though.
If the same conditions for you existed today, any modern game would blow qbert out of the water, and indeed you would put thousands of hours into it.
Also, Atari games were $20 when they were new not 10. So with inflation it’s about the same as an $80 game today.