funny cause most commercial games back then were 50 bucks. Some, like civ were 60. Adjusted to inflation that's kinda nuts.
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Ask me about LoomTM!
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What about buying the same game for 3 or 4 times on different platforms for $20 each because I've enjoyed hundreds of hours playing it and the dev is a gigachad who developed it entirely by himself, pouring his heart and soul into it while continuously providing free updates?
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I bought Factorio way back when for $20. That $20 has wasted more of my life than any other $20 I've spent.
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Bad filter. Raw pixels rules!
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I would phrase it differently.
Whenever you go to buy (or rent from gamepass or something) an expensive AAA game, stop for a minute to consider all of the banger indie games you could buy for the same amount of money!
https://fineleatherjackets.net/monkeyinflation
Dubious Link, but appropriate.
i met a guy once who could hold his breath for 10 mins. we kept locking him up. but he escaped and fed cheese to our lactose intolerant God. what a total douche
And yet Return to Monkey Island is $25 on Steam. Those bastards!
Seriously though, it's a worthy sequel. Worth checking it out if you haven't already.
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Silksong took so long to come out even games from 1990 were making references about it
I think I paid CAD$60-70 for Shadow of the Beast for the Commodore Amiga in 1988.
Now, it did come with a t-shirt and a pretty cool poster
Right ye be, matey! Right ye be!
That's $50 USD or just shy of $70 Canadian in 2026 money. I usually don't spend more than $30 Canadian thanks to steam sales so I'd say we're doing pretty well.
I'm hooked on you baby, but the sea keeps us a part, and there ain't no eye patch big enough to cover up my broken heart.
Well now that music is gonna be stuck in my head
i only pay for video games that is <=30-60 usd.
Tbh most of my video games i play nowadays dont even reach 30-60 usd.
i praise my "avoiding these types of video games" list for it.(does not include that my brother played a game that is on the "avoiding these types of video games")
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