A single income family with two kids could afford a house in 1982. Adjusting for inflation doesn’t mean shit if you don’t factor in actual buying power.
This is exactly the point people miss.
A single income family was doing an annual family vacation, buying a house, and owning a car or two.
We’ve moved to the average family being dual income to support kids and little to no family vacations.
The shop must have seen him coming from a mile away. All atari cartridges(including pacman) ranged between $10 and $15. You could buy a new Atari 2600 for $44 in 1984.
Adjusted for inflation
They make it sound like the listed prices aren’t adjusted for inflation, but that when adjusting those prices for inflation that prices today aren’t bad. I’m just saying it’s worded ambiguously.
That was posted in 2005, when the standard pricing for a AAA console release was $49.99
I remember Battlefield Vietnam and Unreal Tournament 2004 being $39.99 when they first launched on PC.
Agree that the phrasing is a bit odd though, “Adjusted for inflation” should have preceded the prices they were listing.
