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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 5786457" data-attributes="member: 34865"><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Hm!  This requires some second-tier economic analysis, then!  To the Batcave, Robin!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Since we have a range, let's take <a href="http://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/usgdp/result.php" target="_blank">this</a> first.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Briefly, it breaks out like so:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">1977 24,412.02</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">1978 25,502.52</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">1979 26,009.97</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">For the average <strong>D&D</strong> buyer of the era, based on national GDP.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Fast forward to ... well, we're really dealing with one year here (2012) in which we have to buy the books but we <em>do</em> need a range...so let's say 2009 to 2011, just to remain consistent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">(crapski - the data calculator only comes up to 2010, not 2011 as I'd hoped; perhaps we can revisit later.  Anyway)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">2008 43,177.70</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">2009 41,313.18</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">2010 42,204.92</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Ahh, now we get to the meat of the issue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">National GDP <em>per capita</em> has <strong>only roughly doubled</strong> - while prices have quadrupled - since the <strong>AD&D</strong> era.  And worse, from '08 to '09, GDP <em>per capita</em> <strong>shrank</strong>, and only in 2010 did we see it buy up by a little under a kilo-dollar.  Now we begin to see why some folks are feeling the sting!  I see your point, sir.  I see your point.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Still, <strong>even considering</strong> that, it's not quite so horrible; it's more in line with mid/late 80s books in terms of price/unit <em>per capita</em> (gamer), and while that's not as nice as keeping apace with the '77-'79 price range, it's still not bad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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