are games too cheap?
look at this price for Crash Bandicoot in 1996 where its regular price is 49.99. When adjusted for inflation, its 75 bucks today but we usually only pay maybe 60 dollars for games that cost three to five times more in development costs
>>319631540
>tfw you will never experience the joys of playing games with other people from your neighborhood.
>>319632494
>there was a time when people pre-ordered Tamagotchis
>>319632604
>pre-order bonuses were a thing in 1996
[ In Austalia new titles are $120 ]
>>319632668
Look at this dumb ass millennial try to justify his cancer.
You're paying around $100 for a AAA game these days, only difference is you have the choice to buy a portion of it.
>>319632494
>tfw I was born in 1987 and my whole childhood was that
>>319632494
>not knowing the thrill of playing goldeneye, perfect dark and smash 64 with friends and neighbors alike
So much has changed, but I wouldn't replace my gaming experiences for anything. Playing versus against people online will always be shit compared to them being right next to you
>>319632874
>millennial
well many more people are buying games these days so the cost averages out. supply and demand.
>>319633169
Naw, fuck your time magazine bullshit or w/e made up trash you read. Millennials are late 90s post 2000 generation.
If you were born after 1994 I feel terribly sorry for you.
>>319632494
>friends coming over to show you the flute trick in SMB3
>random rumors or myths spread during recess on the playground
>inviting friends over on a weekend and going to rent movies/games
>playing Sunset Riders with crush from down the street
>walking to and from friend's houses to haul controllers
Seeing my siblings as parents is fucking suffering. So protective and restrictive of their kids. Their kids hardly interact with their friends and text, browse social media, etc. We used to ride bikes all around town, adventuring without a fucking care and nothing but landlines, face-to-face or notes for communication. Jesus, I feel fucking old.
>>319632604
They were the shit at the time!
>>319632964
>>319632968
Never again sadly
>>319631540
>$49.99
Anon, i wouldn't touch that shit for more than $10 bucks. Thus, fuck off.
>>319631540
>>319632494
>games expensive as fuck
>preorder bonus back in 1996
w-were me mistaken, bros? is the golden age of gamingright now?
>>319631540
Nice way to come up with new types of shilling? "Hey /v/ don't you all agree games should cost more? Those devs at EA work really hard with low salary because games are so CHEAP. Let's rally a campaign to raise gameprices to the level they deserve!".
>>319634213
I know how you feel everything is basically all online now.
>People were more social than today
>No one had phones
>Pokemon was the shit and now it's just shit
>Internet was still new especially AOL
>Missed playing multiplayer golden eye with friends
>
>>319633387
>late 90's post 2000 generation
>>319631540
I buy AAA games three years after release for pocket-change money and proud of it.
I bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution for 3 dollars in Steam, that's right, three fucking dollars, at this point I've basically paid 5 cents for each hour worth of gameplay, and I'm planning on replaying it soon.
I also bought Tomb Rider and XCOM+DLC for the same price.
I'll take my games as cheap as possible, thank you.
>>319634570
They're about the same price today as they were back then. I bought a snes with the box at a flea market for about 50 bucks.
>>319632494
shit graphics get out nigger
Fuck you, games here in canada cost $79.99 and probably 89.99 staring next year because cad keeps free falling due to OPECOILOL, and wages are absolutely stagnant.
Games should all be £25 for your standard edition and £30 if you want fancy useless shit too.
Crt was fun to play with my dad and friends. He even got that 4 player thingy.
>>319633387
>Millennials are late 90s post 2000 generation.
Except that's wrong.
>>319634213
>>319634830
I think this is why I've been losing interest in gaming and rarely pick it up unless I find someone else to do it.
single player games just don't cut it for me. But doing anything co-op with people always get's me high as fuck in the fun factor.
>>319631540
>$42.99
Probably one of those mail-in coupons where you won't receive shit unless you call into the company four months later.
>>319631540
>are games too cheap?
No.
>adjusted for inflation
Get an education.
>>319638056
Yeah i missed doing co-op fps with others it's just not the same online since it's always childrens talking shit.
>>319631540
Probably. Still, plenty of games retail for £50 ($75) in the UK.
The problem is that incomes have been squeezed, as the cost of living has gone up and wages have stagnated. Young people have less disposible income and parents can't afford to buy shit for their kids
>>319640107
I forgot the other side of the equation, which is that development costs have gone up massively, so you need to sell a million to recoup
I'm increasingly convinced the "core" games industry is fucked, unless you're a platform owner like Valve or Sony. I mean, look at Take Two who sell endless copies GTA V/NBA2k but struggle to turn a profit.
games also sell a lot more now desu senpai
>>319634213
>Used to ride miles across town to my friends house on a scooter just to play Pokemon Yellow because he owned it and I didn't.
>Friends came to my house and we'd stay up way past our bedtime playing Smash Bros.
>Now all I do is play Dying Light in the dark, talking to my friends online.
>>319634830
It's probably just the rose tinted nostaligia but things seemed so perfect then. If heaven is real for me I hope it's just reliving 1999 over and over for eternity.
>>319632964
me too bro
>>319643158
>being born in 87
>being born in December
>being born the same day as your waifu
feels good.
>>319632494
>>319631540
>best buy
>toys r us
No. Back then these were extremely expensive places to get games.
>>319632853
Which titles? Where?
>>319643263
Likewise, 28th.
You?
>>319632853
That's because your minimum wage is ridiculously high.
>>319643429
3rd
>>319643361
>>319643361
New games are $100.
https://ebgames.com.au/ps4/any/NewRelease/any/any/4?availability=onlinestock&viewAs=gallery
I wouldn't mind paying 60 dollars for a game if that money wasn't spent on hundred million dollar advertising campaigns.
>>319631540
No fuck you
Back then the cost of living was low as fuck, it was almost trivial to find a well paying job with a college degree, and life in general was much less expensive.
I don't mean to sound like a "muh 90's" faggot, but the world really did go to shit, didn't it.
>>319643616
>100 dollarydoos for a video game
I don't know how consolefags can put up with this.
>>319643616
Yeah. Not I haven't seen $120 titles outside of special editions.
The average price of a new game is closer to $80 - $90 if you factor in all retailers. Jb hi fi, target, big w, dick Smith are all consistently cheaper than eb games. This November Target has been doing the big titles (cod, fallout, battlefront) for $64 each.
I miss the time where you had a bunch of friends come over, you prepared a large bowl of popcorn and soda, built a blanket fortress, cozily snuggled into it and played all night long until every last one of you fell asleep just to continue playing in the morning.
Nowadays you just pay for online play and let yourself get trolled.
NHL Faceoff > NHL
>>319634598
Not to mention the transparent "pre-order bonuses existed back then!" comments.
It's all part of the plan folks, drop this, pay to get it some page-place a little longer and a week from now you'll see this exchange:
>Guys games are too expensive and pre-order bonuses? Pure shit
>F-Fucking millenial cancer! They had that shit back in 1996 and games are CHEAPER in today's dollars!
It's all about opening the door to greater acceptance of modern shit practices.
We're being played like a goddamn fiddle.
>that analog stick
Gorgeous, it's a shame the market is flooded with DS/Xbox ripoffs controllers
>>319643516
Have you considered maybe yours is ridiculously low?
>>319634983
If you could get yourself into staying one generation behind (picking up a ps4/xbone on the release of ps5/xbtwo) you will save a huge amount of money, have killer apps immediately with their patches already out, and have a huge amount of info online so you only spend time on the very best games.
>>319631540
>inflation
do you realize OP that inflation is a bullshit made up by banks to pay you less?
>>319644351
You'll have to get used to single player only as most online communities are short lived.
>>319636409
Yeah, this is a major issue for canadian gamers. I'm not supporting this shit. I'll buy games again when prices drop or I'll only buy Zelda U.
I don't care if this is more like pulling support for pricing practices, retailers or devs, but I don't really care and no games are worth that much to me.
>inb4 "p-p-poorfag! Buy new releases!"
this is in francs, young merlin and other snes games cost 476fr in 1994 which means 98 of today's euros = $107
kids don't realize how good they have it now
>>319636409
>tfw have to move back in with mom because can't afford to live in this shit country.
Prices for everything are so goddamn high compared to a decade ago, yet wages stay the same. I hate this fucking country
>>319644468
I don't play online and I'm not sure why people would. I tried online when I picked up Smash and I quickly realized what a huge mistake that was.
With friends:
>Fun games
>varied style
>Spacing and mind-games
>laffs all around
>real challenge
Online:
>guys trying to imitate that youtube combo posted on /r/smashbros last week
>Regardless of puling it off or not he just tries to setup for it over and over
>0 creativity, if you come at them from a certain angle they do the same shit and the same tired combo over and over
>They never move first
It's like if you took the worst person you ever played with, multiplied it by a million and that's what you fight online.
>>319644713
After big businesses terra-formed public opinion into feeling uneasy about the bad word "union" who is here to push-back?
Businesses will lower our wages or freeze them, not like you can go work for the competition, there's a union of businesses that set pay standards so everyone can fuck us over.
B-but unions are bad anon! They just want your union dues and your precious paycheck!
>>319644950
That's all well and good for smash and for you. But I meant it in a general sense.
If you really, actually can't see the appeal in online play then you may legitimately have autism.
>>319645503
Just never had an online experience that was anywhere near playing with my friends.
Sorry friend.
>>319645850
It's too late for apologies.
>>319633387
Retard.
