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Have video games become expensive now?
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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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While the software for current games is substantially cheaper, the hardware is more expensive at this point in time. The Switch is spendy for a nearly 7-year-old system. The PS5 has had a price increase, when we saw a big price cut for the PS2 at two years in. Accessories, depending on where you live, are up 25% or more from retro eras (especially Joy-Cons).
PC prices have come back down to earth now, but during the GPU shortage, it hadn't been more expensive to put together a gaming PC since the 90's/2000's.