Name: Debunking The Inflation Excuse For Increasing the Cost of Games
Uploaded: 2025-04-04T16:05:23+00:00
Duration: 9 min 2 s
Description: Is inflation a valid excuse to increase the cost of games? No! Publishers made less money with a smaller market and were able to have a sustainable industry. Now, with increased profits and decreased

7 months ago

Gaming gaming news nintendo switch 2 nintendo is greedy increase in game cost increasing game cost to $80 inflation and the video game industry debunking the inflation excuse nintendo nintendo switch news games do not need to increase their costs

Is inflation a valid excuse to increase the cost of games? No! Publishers made less money with a smaller market and were able to have a sustainable industry. Now, with increased profits and decreased costs, Nintendo's increase in the cost of games comes from pure greed.

References
50 Years of gaming chart
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/50-Years-of-Video-Game-Revenue-Dec-31.jpg

Graph 2
https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt740a130ae3c5d529/blt609f863698609b8e/650e731ac4b34017cb6f1106/Screen_20Shot_202019-01-30_20at_203_43_45_20PM.png/?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale

Cost of a Game
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/11140t0/pricebreakdown_of_a_snescartridge/#lightbox_cuts

Cost Study
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Costs-Structure-of-the-Nintendo-cartridges_tbl1_265245119

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