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Netflix Says Kids Don't Care About Consoles: '8-Year-Olds Aren’t Dreaming of PlayStation 6' (www.ign.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Or are electronics getting to an unattainable price point? What 8 year old has $400+ for a console and $60 per game?

The Nintendo Entertainment System launched at $179 in 1983.

In 2025 dollars, that's $573.45.

Super Mario Bros. 3

which I think is probably the best NES game

ran for $50 in 1990. That's $122 in 2025 dollars.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

What I find interesting is they never adjust for inflation wages. Like if you were making $60k a year in 1885. What would that be in today's money? That would be $178k. Or 118k for 40k in 1985. My question to everyone. are you making the 2025 values?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not a lot of people were making $60k in 1985. And yes, wages today have absolutely fallen behind. I'm not even making $60k now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Very true random selection of a secretary for a woman in 1985 would have been 16k and would translate to 47k in 2025. My point being when they show how expensive stuff was they never show what wages would be if adjusted. Not the person on this thread but when journalists do it they never want to show that value to show how screwed some people are. As they see they are still making the 1985 wage in the year 2025.

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