Video Games Are Not as Expensive as You May Think



Find out why Video Games are not as expensive as you may think.
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24 thoughts on “Video Games Are Not as Expensive as You May Think”

  1. Hmm interesting I started to buy my own game back in the wii u era so I always wondered if games were considered "expensive" back in the day btw you look like your in your late twenties at oldies to me at least

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  2. $50 or $60 was a lot of money during my childhood in the 90s, even my parents knew about that. To me, buying games nowadays isn’t really that hard. In the modern era, most games tend 2B on sale once in a while, so I could buy them whenever I get a chance. It doesn’t really matter to me because there’s no need for me to rush through a store and buy games day one or so because of a sale. As long as I got some games, I’m good. 🙂

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  3. In my local walmart the new nintendo games like new pokemon snap or zelda or etc., those games cost like 49.99 and in the nintendo eshop cost 59.99, i dont know why in my walmart cost less 10 dollars

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  4. Like I said during the livestream, the base price has not really changed. The only thing that has is the introduction of DLC/microtransactions which is still optional. From the perspective of things like "season passes", that can increase the base price if you want the "full experience". BOTW's expansion pass for example which was $20…so from the perspective of the consumer, that increases the price to $80. But again, it is not mandatory to purchase the DLC if you don't want to. Super Smash Bros Ultimate gets a pretty BEEFY roster right out of the box at base price. Nintendo gives you a lot still with the base price of their games. However, I can't agree with the concept of microtransactions that don't really add anything to the experience like a new weapon color even if it's only $1.99…I mean, a color change for that much?

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  5. I don't know the metrics of profit sharing between every company, different game budgets, DLC costs and profit, etc. That all factors in as well, but one aspect that is FAR different now as opposed to the cartridge days is cost of material production. I'm not sure how valid, but an argument can be made that if you factor in digital distribution and the cost of selling games on discs that are very cheap to manufacture, you can argue that the profits are at a much higher margin than they were in the 90s.

    For example, I'm just going to pull arbitrary numbers that may be close to the real thing, but I'm honestly not sure these days. I just seem to have it in my memory that something like an N64 cartridge cost anywhere from $20-$30 to manufacture when you take into consideration the materials involved with the chips, board, solder, plastic, screws, etc. I can't back that up, I just have that in my memory for whatever reason. Anyway, I also have this idea that a blu ray, DVD, or CD were all less than a dollar to print. Digital distribution is basically just the cost of server upkeep.

    Regardless of if the material costs I listed are even close to accurate, I think it's reasonable that we can say profit margins currently are far greater than they were in the 90s as a result. Developers and game companies have the potential to sell far more product at a far greater profit than they did in the past, which is why I have a hard time with game prices increasing and justifying them. Gaming is currently a bigger industry than cinema, it's a tough sell for me to be comfortable with raising the prices when I consider all of those factors.

    That's just me thinking and typing at the same time, sorry for rambling, but yes it is a fact that it you're looking at inflation to determine if games are cheaper now, then yes that's absolutely true. How well it balances out with material costs of the past is something I'd really be interested in learning about, I just don't know where to research it.

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  6. Yeah, as much as some of us don't want to admit it, the amount of enjoyment we get out of them outweighs however pricy it is. This is coming from an extremely frugal person who never had much growing up

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  7. Remember SNES games were close to $90 back when i was a kid. I do agree that games are pricey but i think it’s worth it if you get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

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  8. I factor in entertainment value. A $60 game can get me weeks of entertainment. If I went to out to dinner or to the movies I would be spending a similar amount for just a couple hours of fun

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  9. I tell people this all the time… Sega Genesis games used to cost $50 dollars when released which is 101 dollars now… A game that used to be 200-400KB in size lol …

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