Matt Birchler on Nostr: This is the right take. Without accounting for inflation, consoles have gotten more ...
This is the right take. Without accounting for inflation, consoles have gotten more expensive, but games have been shockingly steady. Here’s a page from a Toys R Us ad from 1998 showing Ocarina of Time and other N64 games going for $60.
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