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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why would used games cost more than new ones?

[–] gabereal@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

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?

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

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