I think a lot of the problem is that they cheap out to maximize profit.

They could spend 1 million dollars and make a decent game for $70.

Or

They could spend 2 million and make an amazing game for $140.

But the price of the video game has been locked around 60-70 for years.

Even if you made star wars outlaws just a little better it’s not going to sell that much more.

Looks like it’s already at least 50% off

You can’t spend 2 million, sell for $70, then expect your game to go on sale anytime soon.

Spending 1 million, and selling a ton at $70 or even $35. Turns a profit.

TL;DR: We’d get better games if we were willing to spend more

“games are ridiculously expensive at full price”

A board game with paper and plastic pieces can range from 12-45 dollars

People will go spend $20 at the movies for 1 night

Hell I’ll pay 100 if it’s a good game

I have 1200 hours in Overwatch. $60 (free now). I have paid 5 cents per hour to play it. I am completely happy with my purchase even though it’s free now.

If the game isn’t worth it, don’t get it. But to complain about it is ridiculous.

Some N64 games were $50-$60 dollars back in the 90’s

I feel like we are fortunate

Quick Google

In 2024 36% of Germans reported using the car daily.

In 2023 95.3% of Americans older than 16 drive on occasions.

83 million Germans, 63% above 16

340 million Americans, 65% above 16

52 million potential drivers in Germany, 17 million actually drive

221 million potential drivers in America, 210 million drive daily

17 million vs 210 million daily drivers

~12x more drivers, only 2x more death

Per capita isn’t really a way to look at it

Besides automatic cars or lack of a manual transmission is not causing accidents.

Chance of death goes up significantly with speed

No one has ever crashed because they couldn’t go over the speed limit

Crazy thing is he has to give a 70.23% discount for people to even think about buying a pillow

50 dollars for the world’s best pillow is a steal

Something you use every night that can actually help with sleep and health. You shouldn’t be skimping on your pillow.

I was thinking it was because of a vaccine shot.

What you’re saying

Say my mortgage is 1k a month.

I can’t afford 1k, so I let you move in and pay me “rent”

You pay me 1k each month.

After a year, I kick you out and move back in.

Where’d your 12k go?

Bank going to give 12k in cash to you and increase my mortgage by 12k?

Why would someone buy a house so someone else could slowly buy it from them? They would essentially be acting like a bank.

Who keeps up with the house maintenance?

Landlords are unneeded middlemen. A good system doesn’t use them.

Your idea is “rent to own”.

You can rent to own a Playstation that’s 300 dollars for a small monthly price but at the end of the loan you’re going to pay 600 dollars total for the Playstation.

Why am I going to go to Best Buy, buy a Playstation for 300, then let Jimmy down the street play with it while he slowly pays me back my 300?

Why am going to buy a house for 100,000 and let Jimmy rent to own it?

600 a month for 15 years. He’d pay for it.

If I put 100k in the S&P500 for 15 years, I’d have 415k.

Would I rather:

A. Help Jimmy get a house

B. Make ~300k for just sitting

https://youtu.be/JdOwTN4-n1I?si=BSFSYj4FbGWLfqHA

I remembered it wrong. He wasn’t doing laundry. He was pouring concrete into the guy’s washing machine.

No idea what that guy did to deserve a messed up washing machine.

“You ever use the gentle cycle?” Absolutely hilarious /s

You have to have grown up with it and gained an unconditional love of the characters. You don’t care that they are an asshole to a character you don’t like.

Look at Kramer he is so stupid he can’t figure out a washing machine! Lol he’s going to try to pour a bunch of detergent in next and act like he’s drunk because he’s that stupid! He’s so funny!

Edit: Remembered it wrong. He was pouring concrete into the washing machine. Classic asshole

https://youtu.be/JdOwTN4-n1I?si=BSFSYj4FbGWLfqHA

It was always played with a keyboard. No one is ever slaping a bass

That’s the whole difference between torx vs Phillips.

Theoretically, you should never break a screw shaft with Phillips because they are designed to cam out before enough torque is applied to break the shaft of the screw.

It’s supposed to be a feature

Let’s say an 18 year old moves out and starts renting

The average rent in US is 1.5k

30 years of payment is 540k

When that person is 48, they would have paid 540k in rent expenses

This is assuming that rent doesn’t increase

Throwing 600k out the window before you’re even 50 is not a recipe for success

76 is US average life expectancy. That’s ~25 more years of rent.

If they retire at 63. 13 years of 1.5k a month rent is 234k. They need a quarter million in retirement funds just for rent to live up until 76.

45 years of working for that 18 year old would need to make ~750k.

That’s 16.5k a year just to pay for rent

Again this is assuming rent never goes up.

That’s 8 dollars an hour 40 hours a week every week.

10% more than minimum wage, just for rent.

It’s crazy

And this assumes you die and don’t have to rent after the age of 76

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