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OlTommyBombadil t1_jebkaai wrote

Reply to comment by GalacticDystopia in TIL: When Phantasy Star IV released for the Sega Genesis in N. America in Feb. 1995, the retail price was $99. by Hotspur000

Games didn’t have microtransactions back then, nor did they have a bunch of DLCs for up to like $40. They are well over $100 if you factor in all the content. And that also doesn’t include the preorder stuff.

If you want all of a game, it is well over $100. Sometimes closer to $200. Sometimes more than that.

The eras aren’t comparable. I hate posts that say stuff like “we should be happy they aren’t more.” That’s horse shit. They’re making billions of dollars, the games are no longer made for gamers as much as they are shareholders. Games should be less if they’re going to nickel and dime customers at every opportunity. But they just went up in price. There is absolutely no defense of what they’re doing now and I’m tired of reading defenses of what they’re doing now.

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GalacticDystopia t1_jeblh4b wrote

I never said they should be more. And I'm not defending what they're doing. I was more providing info with a tinge of personal thoughts.

Youre doing that thing that Redditors do when they read something they have a knee-jerk disagreement with and go off on a half-cocked reply. Don't do that.

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