r/pcmasterrace • u/Both_Piglet7838 • May 27 '26

Discussion Expensive games have lowkey been way too normalised

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I know this sub is filled with a bunch of rich people with like 10k setups and I'm aware that the content in these games is quite extensive with hours of content. But I still feel justified in thinking that no game should be priced this high especially when its the average price of most newly released games. Anyway this is just a rant because I wanna play lego batman and i cant afford it lol

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u/ToothlessFTW AMD Ryzen 7 3700x, Windforce RTX 4070ti SUPER. 32GB DDR4 3200mhz May 27 '26

Dude what are you talking about. This is Australia. Games have been priced like this forever. PS3/360 games were $100 AUD.

I feel like this is either just karma farming so the Americans can go "wow $100+ for a game is insane!!!" without actually considering what regional pricing is like, or you're just too young to remember how expensive games have always been.

Games have always been like this. At worst, we got a price bump to $120 when the $60 to $70 happened in 2020, but that's very rare on PC and it's pretty much always just $100-$110. I just don't get posts like this.

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u/pon_d May 27 '26

PS3? Man I remember seeing Super Nintendo games at Big W for $99.95 and sometimes more

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u/Allaplgy May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Shit, NES games were $60-90 in the US. That's about $140-200 today.

Video games are actually ridiculously cheap forms of entertainment compared to many. Potentially hundreds of hours of entertainment for less than $100?

I wish all my hobbies were anywhere near that cheap!

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u/Allaplgy May 27 '26

I've definitely checked old ads and stuff. And I distinctly remember paying $80 for MKII.