Happy Friday Legends and Happy B-Day EA
Happy Friday to the whole EA gamming community. With that said tomorrow May 27th is the day the EA turns 41 years old. That is really great. I mean in 1982 those of us that were around were playing ...
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@CCbathwaterthats a myth , the price for AAA Titles from the early 80 up until now hasnt really changed much (and if they rather got cheaper) if you account for inflation.
I remember Pitfall 2 burning a hole of around 150 DeutschMarks into the buyers pockets. If i calculate (including inflation rate ect.) what that would be in nowadays euro currency regarding purchasing power its around EUR 165 ...
@r1ggedgame Agreed. I cannot remember what my atari 7200 games cost but original NES games in the mid to late 80s started at $40 and I believe in the 90s those systems hit $60 for a AAA title. Games have only recently on PS5 hit $70 for the base game. Yes, you can buy special editions for $100 but those are almost always cosmetics or add on junk that is unnecessary. Then you have to factor in free to play games like apex, fortnite and warzone. Really I would argue the only ones keeping gaming going are the whales who spend on the extras because costs to produce has not gone down. Software salaries are higher than ever.
@hayhoryea, the amount of effort put into the games, just look at those teams in comparison ... back then it was a handful of people working on a title now its an army of people.
In the early days it didnt take much to impress the audience ... now you have to give an arm and a leg to make them go "wow"- @r1ggedgame Yep and when it's only a handful of people working on something it is much easier to ensure quality.
