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Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] TransNeko@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

will you both pull your heads out of your asses. both of you are correct. yes some stuff is on sale but it is also true that games are more expensive in general so even with sales... a more modern game will still be more expensive than a pre-2014 game (arbitrary year chosen). and RTA... you were pretty hostile so don't deny that part. just because you personally think you aren't hostile doesn't mean that everyone agrees with you on that point. and while some games are consistently on sale... cherry picking a few games and saying "see game is on sale" doesn't = not rare to see a sale. only about 60% of all games go on sale (and most of those are filled with micro transactions that make up the cost). there are less modern games receiving price reductions as they age but this is mostly corporate greed.