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minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·19 days agoWhy would used games cost more than new ones?
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·19 days agobecause the nintendo games that people care about don’t really drop in price, or at least not significantly if you’re lucky, you might find a popular switch game used for 50$ instead of 60$, but that’s about it and if you’re going for retro games, it’s even worse. the retro games that people care about cost a fortune, pokemon is a good example
minus-squaregabereal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 days agoBecause that’s the price that (most) customers are willing to pay for them 🤷 But, if you account for inflation (using the BLS website ), $50 in Jan of 2011 is equal to a little over $70 today, so a $60 used game is kind-of a discount?
Why would used games cost more than new ones?
because the nintendo games that people care about don’t really drop in price, or at least not significantly
if you’re lucky, you might find a popular switch game used for 50$ instead of 60$, but that’s about it
and if you’re going for retro games, it’s even worse. the retro games that people care about cost a fortune, pokemon is a good example
Because that’s the price that (most) customers are willing to pay for them 🤷
But, if you account for inflation (using the BLS website ), $50 in Jan of 2011 is equal to a little over $70 today, so a $60 used game is kind-of a discount?