sunsofold@lemmy.zip to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works · 15 hours agoSometimes you have to wait a long time for a game to drop in price.lemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkSometimes you have to wait a long time for a game to drop in price.lemmy.zipsunsofold@lemmy.zip to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works · 15 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRomkslrqusz@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·15 hours ago Adjusted for inflation
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·14 hours agoThey make it sound like the listed prices aren’t adjusted for inflation, but that when adjusting those prices for inflation that prices today aren’t bad. I’m just saying it’s worded ambiguously.
minus-squareRomkslrqusz@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-214 hours agoThat was posted in 2005, when the standard pricing for a AAA console release was $49.99 I remember Battlefield Vietnam and Unreal Tournament 2004 being $39.99 when they first launched on PC. Agree that the phrasing is a bit odd though, “Adjusted for inflation” should have preceded the prices they were listing.
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoOld magazine adverts are a fun way to spend an evening. The original Castle Wolfenstein went for $30 in the second issue of Computer Gaming World from 1982. That would be over $100 in 2026 money.
They make it sound like the listed prices aren’t adjusted for inflation, but that when adjusting those prices for inflation that prices today aren’t bad. I’m just saying it’s worded ambiguously.
That was posted in 2005, when the standard pricing for a AAA console release was $49.99
I remember Battlefield Vietnam and Unreal Tournament 2004 being $39.99 when they first launched on PC.
Agree that the phrasing is a bit odd though, “Adjusted for inflation” should have preceded the prices they were listing.
Old magazine adverts are a fun way to spend an evening.
The original Castle Wolfenstein went for $30 in the second issue of Computer Gaming World from 1982. That would be over $100 in 2026 money.