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THE PRICE ISN’T RIGHT

Everyone on the Retro Gamer team still plays new games and that can feel like a costly endeavour, especially when everyone’s feeling the pinch. Are things really worse than they used to be, though? We arranged a little financial chat to find out.

NICK

PS5 and Xbox Series X/S games are £70 now. Is that too much to pay for a game?

DARRAN

Of course it is. Although this is coming from the man who spent £110 on a US copy. I’m pretty sure you could buy a PAL SNES at the time for £100.

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