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people are right to be upset their hobby is pricing them out. (hexbear.net)
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"Mario 64 was 60 dollars in 1995 meaning that it would be about 100 dollars today"

Pay has NOT kept up with inflation. People are poorer.

Folk need to stop pretending like people have as much money as they did in the 90s. Rent costs, house prices are astronomical.

Xbox's business is still impacted today by outpricing people with their initial Xbox One reveal pricing a decade ago.

Nintendo Treehouse comments are absolutely packed with people complaining about prices.

Again, I'm vastly aware that game budgets, inflation etc have increased!

but Pay has NOT increased accordingly. I don't know the solution, but that's the reality.

And I make these points as someone who is lucky enough to earn well enough to just buy them regardless. Most aren't as fortunate.

Game bubbles regularly disregard the poor, unfortunately, as the industry has an above-average number of middle-class background workers.

Price increases combined with physical knock effectively prices the poor out of legally gaming (Buying directly from them/the digital store)

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[–] Edamamebean@hexbear.net 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is an absurd take. Even by this pointlessly reductive definition of a hobby, plenty of video games and sports still count. Do you honestly think there's more creativity involved in fixing a car than creating an entire city in City Skylines, or figuring out new tricks on a skateboard? Watch a video of Danny MacAskill on his bike and ask yourself if that's honestly less creative than fixing a car.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Do I think that there is more creative skill in rebuilding a car, getting involved in metal fabrication and so on, than place some pre-made digital assets around a city in a video game? Yes, I absolutely do and I think it's ridiculous to pretend otherwise.

I go into hobby shops all the time. They sell kits for building RC cars and planes and boats. They sell stuff for painting or sculpting. A craft shop also sells the stuff for hobbies. I have never been into a hobby shop that sells footballs, or baseballs, keyboards, skateboards, or anything else. These aren't hobbies. Some of these things are sports, which are different.

For the record I do both things. I do hobbies like painting miniatures. I enjoy past-times like watching shows and video games. I also do outdoor activities like kayaking or just doing nature walks/hikes. I'm not belittling any of this stuff. You do whatever you like in your free time. Only you can decide the exact value of what you do.

[–] Edamamebean@hexbear.net 1 points 10 hours ago

I can reduce your hobbies to "past-times" too. There's nothing creative about putting some pre-made car parts together. Might as well call building ikea furniture a hobby. I go into sports stores all the time and I don't see rc cars or miniatures, so it's pretty clear those things require no creative skill and are on the same level as watching tv.