Originally Posted by
Gameguy
Agreed about the inflation point, everything else dropped in price like DVDs and movies in general. Back in the 90's buying just a few episodes of a TV show could cost $18 or more at release, now you can buy a complete series for usually twice that or even the same price depending on the series. Finding any movie at $10 or under new would be difficult, now just look at Walmart and you can buy plenty of films for under that excluding only the latest releases, which usually drop to dirt cheap within a year. It's now cheaper to buy films than what people used to pay for rentals. For games to remain at the same price point just seems archaic.
As for valuing games, I don't see why cost should be included at all. Plenty of freeware games are good, and plenty are bad, just because they're free doesn't mean you should let them slide because they didn't cost you anything. The same should go for games you pay for. I might be willing to pay more for better games but my enjoyment doesn't depend on that cost. I generally don't pay much for games though no matter what.