deathbird

You know given the differences in prevailing wages I'd bet it's easier for a USAian to fund an Indian union's strike fund. Workers of the world unite, but is anyone out here facilitating that?

It's not: "Gaming is unaffordable." it's "People aren't willing to give us more money."

Well no but also yes.

An Atari 2600 was $160 in 1979. Cartridges were $25-40. Adjust for inflation and that's $738.56 for a console and $115-184 per cartridge.

Also minimum wage was $2.90 ($13.39). Median family income was $19,660 ($90,750.94).

And it was new tech.

So the prices have come down. There are a lot of amazing games that are cheap that you can play basically forever. Minecraft, Dead Cells, Skyrim, etc.

But our expectations have risen while our wages have come down.

So not wrong, but not right for the reasons you'd assume.