PC gaming keeps on growing, but report says 92% of PC gamers prefer older titles

[Jarenien]

I think everyone who frequents this board knows you work for Nvidia and dont offer unbiased takes. People even called out that you were mysteriously absent the other day when the missing ROP block fiasco hit the news. It almost feels like this disclaimer should be attached to any GPU comments you make.

Lol, I don't work for Nvidia, I just think their products are the best thing since sliced bread, and DLSS and FG from them is next-mf-level, and those that think otherwise are morons, plain and simple.

 

[disinfect8280]

well, I have never bought or played the NES version of a game, even though I remember they were so expensive when they came out back then..
but, I don't think the games available today are any cheaper than they were back then..

Right, but I am saying relative to inflation, they are insanely cheap. Per government CPI data, $60 in 1988 is $165 today. And that's generally accepted as very conservative. The true inflation is likely higher. Can you imagine paying $165 for one game? We simply don't have the salaries we did back then relative to everything else.
CPI Inflation Calculator

 

[Watzupken]

Sure. But since you are "older" you should recall that the best NES games would cost $60, nearly forty years ago. So unfortunately thanks to our out of control Government and Federal Reserve, there is a thing called inflation. When you factor that in, we are getting a great deal on new games. But I get it, salaries have not kept up with inflation, so it doesn't feel like a deal.

In this case, it is not a matter of inflation. PC and gaming hardware was very expensive back due to the technology available at that time. I recalled my first Pentium based PC cost close to 2 grand. And while the cartridge cost 60 bucks, you own that cartridge which you can still use now or resell it. Games now are mostly "rented" digitally. Even if you own the disc, but the game server is gone, you probably can't play the game.

 

[disinfect8280]

In this case, it is not a matter of inflation. PC and gaming hardware was very expensive back due to the technology available at that time. I recalled my first Pentium based PC cost close to 2 grand. And while the cartridge cost 60 bucks, you own that cartridge which you can still use now or resell it. Games now are mostly "rented" digitally. Even if you own the disc, but the game server is gone, you probably can't play the game.

While those are all 100% true facts, it still stands that no one would pay $165+ for one game today, not matter if you could re-sell it or have physical rights to it forever. But many people did pay the equivalent to $165 for one game forty years ago. Not only that, bought many of them. This is due to inflation. Because salaries have not kept up with inflation, almost no one can afford to do that anymore. Fortunately there has been deflation that outpaced inflation in technology, as you mentioned. This should be the natural state of the economy, but government spending and fiat currency has created inflation instead.

 

[trents]

I'll say this up front, I'm not a gamer. But, I wonder if the constant push to develop games that deliver more life-like graphics has reached the point of diminishing returns. The cost to benefit ratio is skyrocketing. It ignores the fact that maybe the more important component of the game isn't the quality of the graphics but the quality of the plot and the action.

 

[Atmajaya2020]

While those are all 100% true facts, it still stands that no one would pay $165+ for one game today, not matter if you could re-sell it or have physical rights to it forever. But many people did pay the equivalent to $165 for one game forty years ago. Not only that, bought many of them.

yeah, and I think most people really can't afford buying it as everything has become expensive and expenses have become very high, for example, can you imagine how expensive education costs are compared to 20 years ago..?
so instead of buying games at that price, maybe they would rather buy something more necessary