What's going on with games costing 69.99?

If video games kept up with inflation, we'd be paying $120+ USD per game now.

The NES console sold for $179.99 in the United States when it was originally released. NES games in the ’80s would range in price from $10 for budget games to $60 for the best games available.

On average though, people would pay $40 for a new NES game.  

In today’s dollars, that means the NES console would have cost $495.60. A budget NES game would cost $27.53 in today’s dollars, the average game would cost $110.14, while the best games would cost $165.21 in today’s money!

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