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fuck Nintendo and all, but it sounds like you're arguing only rich people should be able to afford video games... ://
are you referring to US?
it hasn't kept up with inflation in the US. you can check almost any median wage chart v. inflation.
edit: just randomly: 137% inflation since 1990 whereas wages only increased 34.3%.
https://inflacalc.com/inflation/us/1990/to/2024
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/median-american-household-income-over-last-40-years/
https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2025/01/median-household-income-in-november-2024.html
the picture is even more dire with you compare it to an accurate CPI like True Living Cost or Common Man [sic] CPI.
if you're talking about inflation in video games (i think you are), you're probably absolutely right that it hasn't increased compared to the median wages.
Your links seem to agree with me? This is from the third one, income adjusted for inflation has still increased.

read the graph again. nominal is not real wages.
I didn't say it was? They've both increased.
looking at the graph, real wages only increased 7%. inflation during that time period increase 80%.
also important to remember, "inflation" is based on the CPI, which isn't truly accurate or fair. if you compare it to an actual, legitimate CPI, it's way way way more fucked.