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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

This is whats wrong with gaming.

idiots being too eager to throw ever increasing amounts of money at companies, to get what they used to get for 50, with zero self awareness that they are the cancer thats killing everything.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    To provide a relatively decent source: https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalog/1997-Sears-Christmas-Book

    Around page 286. So 1997 christmas season, Starfox and Goldeneye going for $80.. FFVII for $60...

    N64 had the challenge that every single game was a circuitboard, so that inflated costs. Nowadays the price is for just the right to download a copy.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    i mean, its also sears, premium store premium pricing.

    I bought FFVII on launch day from Best Buy for 49.99.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    True, but it's at least a rough indicator, and having intact concrete pricing from back then was a bit challenging, and sears catalog came to me as a very well preserved source of vaguely appropriate pricing.

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