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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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[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day 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 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 1 points 18 hours ago

and i can reduce it to anything being a hobby, like thinking of new ways to be racist or creative methods of farting but whats the point.... i dont think those things are hobbies i feel that shit in my bones and im not the only one

whats strange is youd probably say hiking is a hobby. whats creative about walking places? loads of people who are poor do that daily its called commuting and its not a hobby. oh your hobby is baseball? your hobby is standing in a field with a glove on one hand for half the time and sitting on a bench for the other half? thats not a hobby. you like doing these things thats fine im sure you have fun and however you have fun is just as valid as anyone else. aint a hobby tho, champ