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Seems like a uniquely Australian thing.

The PS1 cost 299$ at launch.

Nintendo64 cost 199$.

Here is an article comparing it:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/every-game-console-pric...

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Inflation ajusted, the prices are similar to now. But the games do cost less now when you take inflation into account.

It’s not personal, because basically everyone does it, but I love how people just say “inflation adjusted” as if we aren’t talking about fraud, they, plunder by a parasitic ruling class that used to live off the “inflation” delta between their assets and profits increasing, and the income of regular people increasing less. What’s gotten even worse now though is that they’ve gotten so greedy and there have been no consequences, that mere inflation is insufficient, they commit open theft and fraud through things like the COVID relief con job where $800 billion dollars go missing or are known to have been stolen.

Inflation is simply a manipulative way of covering up fraud, but those vomiting the fraud.

This is an extreme way to look at inflation, and as far as I know, it's not backed up by studies.

(Mild) inflation benefits debtors. The people who benefit from constant prices are the rent-seeking class, who never have to take on any risk to keep income. You have this backwards just as the people you claim to dislike want.

Your #1 debt is likely to be a fixed rate mortgage. That payment gets less in real terms every time there’s inflation. And even if it’s not yours it’s still most people’s. So most people are helped by this.

Student loans also have fixed rates.

I don't recall having to spend $5 to 15 a month extra on my PS1, or N64 though. Inflation adjusted amounts tend to leave out a lot of externalized factors

$5 to 15 a month extra on my PS1, or N64

Did a lot of online gaming on the PS1 and N64?

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