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[โ€“] Brosplosion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Inflation ate it all. $60 in 2005 would be almost $100 now. Hell even from 2015, $60 would be $80 scaled for inflation.

[โ€“] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The savings happened before 2005.

Also, software is a volume business. They have far more customers now to cover those costs. This is why a lot of tech doesn't follow general inflation trends.

Or, you, know, if the market doesn't support high budget games, then don't make high budget games.