[whywhywhywhy]

I can’t shake the feeling this is more the canary in the coal mine that by this time next year you’ll be paying more for PS5, Xbox, Switch iPhones etc even if the tech inside is exactly what’s on sale today.

[satsuma]

new games are starting to retail at $70 usd compared to $60 previously... that was the canary and this is the lightheaded feeling of carbon monoxide poisoning

[tester89]

To be fair, games have cost that much since like 2008. Inflation in most developed countries has been much higher 16 % ofter that decade and a half. In the US the CPI has risen by 36 % over that period, so the real price of games is still lower than it was.

[lscdlscd]

Games have been 60 since around 2005. People were paying $90 in 2022 USD for the original Halo, which makes $70 easier to stomach

[weberer]

Obviously, since inflation right now is hovering around 10%.