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If they were making decisions based on maxing out profits, there would be a Mario Wonder Battle Pass and the gacha mechanics in the new zelda would include microtransactions.

Mario Kart for $80 is not MBA stuff, even if it makes the gamers really upset.



According to online calculators, $20 in 1980 dollars is worth about $80 today. $77.something to be precise, close enough.

I chose 1980 because that's when Space Invaders came out for the VCS. And $20 was, IIRC, the going rate for the average VCS cartridge.


For a more direct comparison, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! came out in 2003 on the Nintendo Gamecube, at an MSRP of $49.99.

That is $86 in today money.




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