shinku

Being a zoomer I've not personally been through the worst of it, but for my oldest brother, who grew up on the NES and SNES, getting games was a very rare, special and EXPENSIVE occurrence. It was exclusively for Christmas, birthdays (if lucky) or if you saved up months and months of allowance. Growing up myself I remember getting new games in our household still being somewhat of a rare thing, although not as expensive. However in my teen years up until now I have myself been able to buy new games often and for only a minor hit to my wallet (especially indie games), it's to the point where a common problem is that people have too MANY games with a growing backlog Not defending the price hike. But gaming is extremely cheap compared to the pre-2000s and the fact that it is so cheap is a miracle considering development times and team sizes