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by helsinkiandrew 1032 days ago
> Adjusting for inflation, $2.98 in 1977 is equivalent to $15 nowadays

And games have substantially more effort put into them - there aren't many developed by teenagers after school in a few months, but by huge teams over many years. $50 for GTA is much better value than $2.98 for the games available in 77.