inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo gameswww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1171
arrow-up1171external-link‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo gameswww.videogameschronicle.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarevonxylofon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYour friendly reminder that Half Life was $49 in 1998, which is roughly $100 today.
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYour friendly reminder that gaming back in 1998 was still not selling millions of copies as compared to now and revenue has for gaming has been rising significantly since. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenues-by-platform/
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoYour friendly reminder that there were less than 1/10th of the people buying video games back then than there are now. Also, Half-Life didn’t have a BattlePass, Time Savers, and other microtransactions.
Your friendly reminder that Half Life was $49 in 1998, which is roughly $100 today.
Your friendly reminder that gaming back in 1998 was still not selling millions of copies as compared to now and revenue has for gaming has been rising significantly since.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenues-by-platform/
Your friendly reminder that there were less than 1/10th of the people buying video games back then than there are now.
Also, Half-Life didn’t have a BattlePass, Time Savers, and other microtransactions.
Neither does Mario.