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What do people today act like is new, when it's already have been a thing or already been around? (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Gamers like to make it sound like $70 is a new thing today for video games. When, I've seen adverts of games back in late 90s and early 90s that were priced $70. It's always been around so I find it ridiculous that so many of them complain that the pricing is too high when, it's been a thing.

Even more dumb is that sales are stupidly frequent so why even bother trying to pay $70 anyways besides FOMO.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Most new games were $40-50 IIRC. A few high demand would be more.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    There was a day before games came on a CD. You remember the good old floppy disk? Yeah, Walmart had brand new games that fit on a single floppy disk for $5.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I remember buying ganes for my PCJr at $50 a pop in the mid-80’s lol. Sega cartridges were next.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Oh yeah, I know there were plenty of bigger, better, more expensive games pretty much all along. Still, I loved that $5 section at Walmart, I'd buy a new game almost every week when I was around 13 years old.

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