I think looking at it through an “all else equal” mindset is a little misleading.

Back then it was basically space-age technology. Video games were leaps and bounds ahead of other forms of entertainment, techwise. You could somewhat justify the expense because there was literally nothing like it in existence.

Nowadays? People make video games for classes in high school. I can write a flappy bird game on my phone and play it there. Small projects with less than 50 people regularly end up as bestsellers on Steam. Thousands of titles release on steam every year.

Video game supply is through the fucking roof, yet companies go out of their way to overproduce and underdeliver. QA is nonexistent anymore because of day 1 patches and always-online. They realized a long time ago that when your primary market is children, you can be as absolutely shitty as you want because a parent will give their child anything to shut them up or help them fit in. You can exploit a child’s labor for profit and their parent will pay you just to keep them occupied (Roblox, cough cough).

I mean we all knew video games couldn’t cost $60 for all eternity, but watching the price hike an entire third at once (50% if it costs $90) I think has made people realize just how overvalued modern video games are in general.

Best I can do is repeal child labor laws, take away their school lunches, and berate everyone on government assistance for just not “wanting it” enough.

I mean that’s roughly equivalent to my reaction to 99% of what’s on Bad Dragon.

People are weird, they get weirder with the lights off.

Really depends on your favorite flavor of spiritual koolaid here.

Some say you’ll burn forever if you’ve merely heard the word of God and not accepted it, others say you’ll burn regardless of if you had the opportunity to receive the word or not.

Some even say nobody ends up in hell forever and everyone gets saved eventually.

Just pick your favorite and let everyone else pick theirs.

I returned Red Dead Redemption 2 on steam after seeing I needed an entire Shitstar account.

5 years ago I would have just forgotten about it and moved on but in today’s climate, fuck em. They don’t even deserve my $1.40.

If I had a kid they’d 100% be on a leash in public to an uncomfortable age.

In reality I’d probably just shove an ipad in front of their face and call it a day, like the rest of my peers.

Nice