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  • Look at the price of the NES when it launched. $180. Then you had games averaging about $40 in price, up to $60. Adjust for inflation, development expenses, and the fact that games offer many more hours of replay these days…it’s not priced that badly. Relative to Steam it will look high, but PC games change pricing to grab different customer groups that wouldn’t ever buy the game otherwise as a last-ditch attempt to find revenue.










  • LemmyPlay@lemmings.worldtoRetroGaming@lemmy.worldNightmare Scenario
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    2 years ago

    They got it a little backwards, would it not be weirder if it changed? Perhaps I like games because they can’t easily be corrupted by the modern world and therefore feel comforting. Even movies and books from the past are commonly being modified these days with censorship. It is fascinating that you can play and experience a game in a way that’s identical to the day it first came out.