>>1 One reason is that due to inflation and the reduction in production costs the real price of vidya has been decreasing for decades, while the nominal price has stayed the same, and so companies have had to pick up the slack by including other money making ventures e..g microtransactions. you can read about it here arstechnica(dot)com(slash)gaming(slash)2020(slash)07(slash)the-return-of-the-70-video-game-has-been-a-long-time-coming
One reason is that due to inflation and the reduction in production costs the real price of vidya has been decreasing for decades, while the nominal price has stayed the same, and so companies have had to pick up the slack by including other money making ventures e..g microtransactions. you can read about it here arstechnica(dot)com(slash)gaming(slash)2020(slash)07(slash)the-return-of-the-70-video-game-has-been-a-long-time-coming