Yeah I assume this person has never heard of NeoGeo and how expensive that was. I also remember PS1 games costing a fortune.
NeoGeo was basically a arcade for home in it's time. Ps1 was $45 for top titles. $40 for most games. Now it's $60. Next gen will hopefully only be $65. Probably $70. Personally I think it's getting criminal how base prices are getting so high. A game that costs as
much as gtaIV or skyrim to develop is one thing, but the standard prices getting this high is bananas.