Thread 723865072

Yes tendie

>a 16.6% increase in regular expenses is nothing!
Guess how I know you can't handle money well
>redditbob

30 bucks has always been my limit, and even then the game needs to be AMAZING for me to pay even that much.

Last time I paid that much, I got the entire Yakuza 1-6 collection for 35.

>>723865072 (OP)
>food prices have doubled in the last 5 years but you should also pay double for video games
reminder that 10 years ago a full priced PC game was 40 dollars

>>723865072 (OP)
If retailers know that reducing flat prices by one cent makes products more enticing to buy, what makes you think reducing a game's price by $10 won't work

It's more than just the extra 10 dollars. I didn't buy games for 60 bucks either.

Games used to be 60, on sale for 45/40, 30, 20/15. Now games have started to bottom out at 30, after being out for several years, but usually stop around 45.

older games cost less and also run faster and look better without TAA dither slime

I remember when good games cost 20$ and chips were 1$ a big bag or a quarter each
jews and browns ruined it all

Ah yes, the 90s. When games were cheap. Take me home bros...

>>723865798
We rented games back then, zoomer $5 for a 7 day rental.

>>723865798
now post PC game prices instead of tendie cultist shit that has always been a ripoff

>>723865072 (OP)
Shut up and eat the fucking bugs

>>723865072 (OP)
plus the tax + dlc + online + battle pass + tip

>>723865798
Store prices were cheaper than this

>>723865072 (OP)
There is not a single game on the market fun enough to warrant a $70 price tag right now.

>The game costs $80 instead of $70! I'll starve if I buy that game!
>The game costs $90 instead of $80! I'll starve if I buy that game!

>>723865072 (OP)
Then they keep raising the bar slowly but surely, before you know it your standard ubishit/knottydog "AAA" slop is now costing 120 buckaroos, how do you not see this op? It's literally conditioning

Whatever not like you understand, retarded faggot

>>723866175
i don't know if this thing was common in america back in the day but in my country there were a lot of foreigners even shops that sold you pirated copies of the games (most of them were normal CDs with the rom of the game installed in it). Even in the DS era finding a R4 was really easy

plus the double of taxes here, it's a nightmare without "localized prices".
I could buy a car for the price of a Xbox Rog Ally in Brazil.

>>723865798
look guys i googled an ancient ad!
this means im smart!
Holy shit you can literally smell the newfag off this post.
Go ask your dad what an "inflation" is and why he used to take you to "Blockbuster" every friday night, you absolute fucking tourist.

$70 now. $80 tomorrow. $90 the day after.

Games have been 60 bucks for 20 years. Why shouldn't their prices increase?

>ill keep paying $60 for games like it's 2007 and expect the quality to remain the same despite the strength of the dollar dropping substantially since then
>waaaah why are new games so empty and unfinished? I need to buy a few DLCs in order for it to feel like a full game!
huh i wonder why

it's already 60 + dlcs of content that should be unlockable like in the good old days.
if you defend pricing increase you are an absolute retard and will eat any day one dlc slop and microtransactions in a fucking paid game.

>60$ for a game in 2007
what the fuck

>>723865798
This is CAD by the way.

>>723866965
halo 3 was $60

ya'll are posting in a chatgpt thread

>>723865072 (OP)
another tendie cope

>>723866660
Cuck

I genuinely don't see the problem because games not made by Nintendo can and will go on discount mere months after their release. Anyone who doesn't want to pay msrp will wait for a sale. This is how it works everywhere else. Hell it's how it's already been working here for decades.
If you want to play on release then you have to determine if the full price tag is worth that.

>>723865072 (OP)
You already made this thread today

>>723865072 (OP)
>That games costs $80 instead of $70! I'll starve if I buy that game!
>That games costs $90 instead of $80! I'll starve if I buy that game!
>That games costs $100 instead of $90! I'll starve if I buy that game!

>>723865798
You were paying for hardware in addition to the game.

You're missing a lot in context.

>>723865072 (OP)
It's called the slippery slope, faggot, and it ain't no fallacy.

>>723865072 (OP)
if you actually buy games you deserve it lol

>>723865798
We had more money to spend back then.
Now you can't even pay rent most of the time

>>723867259
>Subway footlong costs 22 dollars instead of 5 dollars, I'll star if I buy that sandwich.

>>723865798
Modern games don't ship on N64 cartridges. Even in the CD era the production costs per copy were minuscule.

>>723865451
But you had to pay for the box so they lowered the price to compensate, please understand

>>723867259
We have always paid $150 for videogames!

>>723865072 (OP)
That's like 6 cans of beans, man.

>>723865072 (OP)
>price goes up
>quality goes down
So, you don't have to pay for a single game anymore. The problem solved itself

>>723866786
So what you're saying is the value of games has objectively, observably diminished and I should actually be paying less than $60 for them. Cool, gotcha.

Another episode of retards not understanding Inflation

>>723865072 (OP)
Why would i want to spend more for a worse game?
If you wanna sell a 70$ game then sure, do that, but make it worth 70$ or i'm not buying it.

>>723867924
Dumbass

>AAA game on my wishlist
>it's 40% off!
>still costs 45€
lmao

>>723866663
And the copies i will buy will still be 0

>>723866786
>I'm sure if i spend 200 millions on developing game i'll be able to profit off of it
huh

>>723867924
Yeah, 60$ games are not even worth 30$

>>723867362
>Not making the sandwich yourself with storebought stuff
Imagine spending money on that

>>723868185
Not him but I can't make mine as good as any sub place.

Is there no rule for posting the same threads over and over?

>>723867501
Where the fuck are you buying beans at 10$ per can? Are you talking about those giant family sized cans?

I'm not buying any games at all, lmao. Keep screeching about your jewish schemes, I'm immune.

>>723867997
>they'll totally ship actually finished games if we just pay more bro, I promise
Uh huh. Sure dude.

>>723868219
It's called you're a bitch and you suck dick and you never saw a womans pussy that wasn't your moms.

>>723866786
>I'm gonna fire all the white right wing guys and replace them with women, troons and shitskins
>waaaaaaahhh why are our game so shit now!

>>723868215
You're spending 20$.
20$.
For a sandwich.

>>723868321
Hell yeah
Imagine being poor lmao

>>723868332
Imagine being a retard

>>723868321
I don't want to but the raw ingredients and cookery needed are beyond me.

>>723865072 (OP)
How absolutely jewish of you

>70 in us
>70 in a shitty eastern euro country

>>723868349
Rich guys can afford to

>>723865143
>>723865135
>>723865451
>>723865541
CPI has gone up 69% in the interim between 2005 and 2025. a 16.6% increase is like a 53% discount.
Stop looking for excuses.

>>723868449
At least you don't need to pay tax on top of the listed price, it's already included

>>723865798
most people got games after they were discounted, from the bargain bin or clearance. with digital that ceased to exist

>>723867501
>$10 for a can of fucking beans
The absolute state

>but this or that
Games shouldnt cost more than 40 bucks
Fuck you all, i was diving in the used section and got into children of mana and summon knight sword craft story back when.
There are quality games under 40 bucks
the used prices 10/10
>what are you broke
>redit redit redit
Either buy it for me or fuck off
>pirate
Yes, good argument and fair
But the rising cost of goods sucks in general because everything still either is half assed or cinimatic stories/2deep4you indi slop

>>723868453
AAA studios are saving a fuck ton of money with outside engines, outside art/modelling programs, outsourcing to jeetland/SEA, and their userbase is substantially larger than it used to be. They're making more average profit than they used to. They raise the price because they can.

i expected a bf6 thread, forgetting that everything is shit right now

>>723868943
You'll survive.

>>723868943
Some also know that their fanbase will slurp it up anyways

>>723868321
Okay and what's the alternative.
>Mhh yes I'll take half a pound of that meat, half a pound of that meat, and half a pound of that meat
>And half a pound of those two kinds of cheeses
>Going to need to buy some pickles but can't use those cheap vlassic gherkins or they'd ruin my sub
>Next you can't cheap out on the buns so it's to the bakery for a fresh loaf
>A fresh onion
>Bag of spinach
>assume you've already got some balsamic vinegar/sauce/salt and pepper at home
>Go to cashier

That'll be 47.69 cents after tax. Next is your labor cost of gutting the bread, assembling the sandwich and slicing it for portions.

You better want another sandwich in about a week as well or half the ingredients will be wasted.

Maybe in 2010 before they jacked deli meat prices but not anymore.

>>723869487
somehow both poor and fat post
it's a fucking sandwich

>>723869585
Where do you keep your food so it doesn't spoil?

>Le heckin' freeze it bro!

Then it tastes worse, congrats.

>>723869487
>That'll be 47.69 cents after tax.
You make it more expensive than it is.

>>723865798
>Zoomers larping as if they know how it worked because they were born on december 14th 1999

>>723870206
>every game should have MTX
Typical LARPing zoomer

>>723869678
Deli meat is at least $12 per pound at a local grocery.
Half pound is 6, assuming you're running 5 selections of meat and cheese for a varied sub that's at least 30 dollars and that's not getting into all the fixxxins like good pickles and bread. I suppose you're right that you can cut some out by not going to a bakery, but then that's an added day on the prep to proof the dough and make it from scratch if you will.

What's the point if you're not getting fresh.

>>723865798
Literally everyone went to gamestop to rent games instead. Stfu kiddie.

>>723866786
>and expect the quality to remain the same
the quality has dropped tremendously though. look at the garbage UE5 games as an example.

>>723870206
So they were more expensive or not?
Answer the question with a yes or no

>>723865072 (OP)
I can barely justify paying $60

>>723870250
just how much of a smoothbrain nigger are you that that is what you take from that image

>>723868292
>wah I'm the REAL oppressed minority!
sure thing chud

>>723870607
>i cant read
heres it in a language you can understand
>game cost big money cuz game come on small computer
>game stop coming on small computer and now comes on small circle
>circle doesnt cost big money to make
>game cheaper now
>game come with lots of things

>now game come with no things
>game isnt even real in your hand
>game make more money than ever
>but you pay more than when game was small and real

>>723870720
>wah I'm the REAL oppressed minority!

>>723865646
And games back then were actually good so worth every dollar.

>>723866786
>>waaaah why are new games so empty and unfinished?
Because all the white nerds passionate about gaming were replaced with suits, women and diversity hires who hate gaming.

>>723865072 (OP)
in most cases I will just pirate it.
if I cant pirate it I will buy it from a chinese keyseller.
if the chinese keyseller doesnt have it I will simply not buy it until its on a big sale.

dial with it, consoomer.

>>723865798
Games also used to come with a box, a manual and a physical medium that couldn't be blocked remotely. Man, how good we had it.
I'd pay premium for a game again if it had all that.

>>723870856
>s-some guy killed some girl I don't even know and is promptly being thrown into prison for life? aaahh I'm literally being genocided right now! help me drumpf!

>>723865072 (OP)
More like
>the game costs $50 more than it's worth

>>723871459
The hearing was postponed to 2026

>>723866786
hmmm what recent events could cause the dollar to be dropping?

>>723865072 (OP)
70 dollar games are fine
80 dollar games are fine
90 dollar games ar-

The thing that pisses me off, is that poor people will still pay 80, 90 fucking dollars for games. they live paycheck to paycheck, have credit card debt, whine on tiktok about their hungry kids, yet they go out to eat every day, have nice iphones, and spend like 600 dollars a month on entertainment and discretionary subscriptions.

Poor people can't wait 4 fucking months for the price to drop in half. There's so much free entertainment to have out there, there's no reason to spend like this unless of course you have the disposable income.

Even retards on /v/ will spam "lol what are you poor!" meanwhile they also live almost paycheck to paycheck and have no emergency fund in place.

>>723871901
its a fact of life that poor people dont know what to do with their money and will buy useless expensive shit as a status symbol
look at all the welfare monkey's in the US walking around with 400$ Air Jordans and 1000$ Iphones
i immediately assume anyone who uses
>lol u poor
as a response is a fatherless welfare monkey

>>723868943
>They raise the price because they can
And? Inflation alone is a great reason behind it too. If u were spending 60$ for games without problem and with this inflation u can't pay 70$ then you're a retard who dont deserve new games. Enjoy your pixelslop then. Hope GTA VI costs like 100$ so poorfag crybabiesl ike u don't get to play it for a while.

>>723865798
nintendo slop has always been overpriced to hell and back
post PC games ads

>>723865798
most of these games are worth more now lmao.
now try to trade in your ubislop assassins creed faggotry and see how much you get.
or even better try to sell your digital license.

>>723871593
>He was charged in North Carolina state court with first-degree murder[3][4] and in federal court with committing an act causing death on a mass-transportation system.[2][35][36][37][38] He is being held at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center without bond.[39]
chuds try not to lie for 5 seconds challenge *IMPOSSIBLE*

>>723865646
That´s called capitalism. Free market, goy.

>>723872313
I dont see anything about a sentence in there

>>723871901
Poor people are always out of money (obviously) so when they get some extra money like a bonus at work or tax returns, they can't handle it and just spend it immediately. Same way lottery winners immediately buy shit for hundreds of thousands of dollars

>>723870206
based pic
why are leftoids so anti-people and pro-corporations these days?
I'm not buying shit games, and that makes them mad? wtf

>>723872342
who said anything about sentencing? those things take time. he might even get death penalty. the thing is he is in prison and never getting out so justice is served.no one is defending this piece of shit. I don't know what exactly about this case ticks you off so much

>>723872458
>who said anything about sentencing?
>>723871459
>being thrown into prison for life

as a consumer I always want to pay LESS
is it too complex for the jewish mind?

>>723872350
I can't fucking stand it. I've always lived like a person on "extreme cheapskates" and invested it all. Now I have quite a bit of money, enough to buy a house and have 250k in stocks. Suddenly I'm stingey for not giving everyone money becase "man I really need it, I'm having such a hard time right now!" when they are the real selfish ones for not just cutting back their lifestyle for 3 months to get an emergency fund.

And now this entitled fucking generation will scream about how it's societies fault they can't retire, and rich people are all evil, and taxes need to be raised on rich people so they can increase social security or something.

I fucking hate poor people. I fucking hate people that fail the marshmallow test.

>>723870834
Can't answer a simple yes or no?
I understand

>>723872684
>whats 2+2? dont answer 4

>>723872554
>it's so easy not to be poor, just make hundreds of thousands of dollars
thanks

>>723872350
Not having money kinda sucks because you play catchup in every regard including entertainment.
That has a high chance of fucking with your priorities.
Ive been there. Now I got decent money and it made me see things quite differently. But I also know people who earn more than me who still struggle because they are retarded.

>>723872554
Times are objectively worse now dont get it mixed with people not being able to manage their money.
Of course they do the same mistake of blaming everything on their environment while doing nothing to mitigate it.

Still. Food more expensive, utilities more expensive, insurance more expensive. It sucks. The weird thing is that people seem to get more wasteful with their money as times get worse and things get more expensive.
You'd expect the opposite to happen.

>>723865072 (OP)
Yes.

>>723872842
Even when I worked minimum wage, I managed to pay off a good chunk of my student loans and save up like 14k. I worked all the overtime I could, I had 2 roommates in a ghetto ass house, I almost never spent on discretionary spending, I literally ate beans and eggs and rice and shit.

And I literally went like 1.5 years where I practically didn't have a single day off because I had school and clinicals 5 days a week, and worked on the weekends, and sold all of my PTO. Now I have a really good paying job, not because I got lucky, but I fucking earned it.

Poor people will just work the minimum at work, never try to get a better job because "I JUST WANT TO ENJOY MY YOUTH, OKAY!" and spend every extra penny they have on fucking starbucks, then sneer at me like I'm somehow an evil greedy fuck.

>>723873098
>clinicals
dude just become a doctor lmao why are poor people so dumb

>>723872934
>Times are objectively worse now dont get it mixed with people not being able to manage their money.
>Of course they do the same mistake of blaming everything on their environment while doing nothing to mitigate it.
Yeah, that's fair. But at the same time, I would try to give financial advice to my struggling coworkers (like 2 years after covid so not too long ago) and they had so many ways they could have tightened their belt but absolutely acted like I was an insane monster for telling them to not spend 90 dollars a month on fucking cell phone data. And this would be single people that had apartments all to themselves. I'd tell them to at least get a roommate, and they'd just say "LOL I JUST LIKE MY PRIVACY, OKAY, I'M JUST WEIRD LIKE THAT!" Well that's your choice, but don't fucking sneer at me when you are working at 80 years old.

>>723873098
>>723873149
the spiteful poor evidently deserve to be that.

>>723873149
It was clinicals for being an xray tech. Which is DEFINITELY not that high paying of a job. And you literally have to do 1800 hours of clinicals for your license, which amounts to about 1.5 years alternating between 3 and 5 days a week. I still saved up enough to pay off student loans shortly after getting my job.

Xray techs make MAYBE 48k an hour out of school if you're lucky. I still was able to save up for a REALLY nice house after 5 years of investing every penny I could. Other xray techs would whine about living paycheck to paycheck.

>>723871459
>and is promptly being thrown into prison for life?
he was immediately released

>>723873243
coworker of mine always hypes up pay day like that bone thugs n harmony song about welfare because she is broke all the time and I recently found out that she is renting a container unit to store furniture of the appartment she rents because it came with furniture she didnt like.
thats so much money every month wasted. she could just toss that shit out and buy it new again when she moves out to compensate the landlord and she'd save a fuckload of money that way.

>>723865072 (OP)
Said literally no one ever

>>723868453
Silksong came out at $20 despite the industry soft-begging them to actually release it at $60 to justify their bullshit. You have no excuse

>>723865072 (OP)
>>723865798
>>723866786
>Quality drops below the value you propose
>suddenly people don't want to pay
damn that's crazy almost like the market is free