Tech vendors increase prices by up to 24% amid inflation
3 years ago by dystop to c/technology
I‘m honestly surprised that games haven’t reached the $100 mark years ago already(excluding deluxe editions). I hear many people cry about how a console game is now $80 instead of $70 but if we’d really take Inflation of the last 20 years they should already be way above $100. It seems like games are one of the most price-stable things
I suspect you are not being ignorant, but don't actually know. However, with rEcOrD pRoFiTs every quarter, well I just don't care, it's too much. EVERYTHING is expensive now. And it sucks. I miss my $1.99 milk and $1.50 per gallon for gas :(
In Sweden and the UK, although it's come down a bit at least.
The food inflation is especially crazy, it was over 20% for a while.
But I think the Eastern European countries like Lithuania, Estonia, etc. have had it the worst - but at least they were starting from lower prices.
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Am I just being ignorant in thinking it's strange that these vendors need to increase their prices by 24% when inflation is not even double digits?
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