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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9854204" data-attributes="member: 7024481">Well in 1977 I bought my DMG for 20 dollars that would be 106 dollars in todays dollars.&nbsp; &nbsp; We are actually paying 1990 prices for books now if you adjust for inflation.&nbsp; That book in 1990 was about 30 dollars which would be 73 dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; But the problem with such a simple argument is 1. we had far less competition for dollars back then.&nbsp;&nbsp; For instance most people on the bottom half of the economy didn't have 2 to 4&nbsp; streaming services they just got their TV over the air on antenna.&nbsp;&nbsp; People watched TV, read books, played games.&nbsp;&nbsp; Computers weren't in most households and most of the stuff you do on the internet didn't exist.&nbsp; 2. The median salary in 1970 was 9,400 dollars a year.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's 78,000 dollars in today's dollars year now.&nbsp;&nbsp; The median salary today is 45,000.&nbsp; This creates the problem the game industry&nbsp; (and all entertainment and non essential spending)&nbsp; has with using inflation as a guide for price is that wages haven't kept pace with inflation since the mid to late 1970's and there are lot more competitors for people's extra dollars than back then.&nbsp; &nbsp; Thus the industry giving in and selling PDF's cheaper.&nbsp;&nbsp; It became a neccessity to survive not a choice. &nbsp;I could easily make the logical argument that a 7.99 a month streaming service is the equivilant of 11 dollars back in 1970 and that if people would cancel 2 services they could afford a book a year or two pdf books a year.&nbsp; But how many people are going to give up a full year of streaming&nbsp; on two services to buy a game book?&nbsp; &nbsp; Especially one they can share with their DM?&nbsp;&nbsp; But then that was a problem back then as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9854204, member: 7024481"] Well in 1977 I bought my DMG for 20 dollars that would be 106 dollars in todays dollars. We are actually paying 1990 prices for books now if you adjust for inflation. That book in 1990 was about 30 dollars which would be 73 dollars. But the problem with such a simple argument is 1. we had far less competition for dollars back then. For instance most people on the bottom half of the economy didn't have 2 to 4 streaming services they just got their TV over the air on antenna. People watched TV, read books, played games. Computers weren't in most households and most of the stuff you do on the internet didn't exist. 2. The median salary in 1970 was 9,400 dollars a year. That's 78,000 dollars in today's dollars year now. The median salary today is 45,000. This creates the problem the game industry (and all entertainment and non essential spending) has with using inflation as a guide for price is that wages haven't kept pace with inflation since the mid to late 1970's and there are lot more competitors for people's extra dollars than back then. Thus the industry giving in and selling PDF's cheaper. It became a neccessity to survive not a choice. I could easily make the logical argument that a 7.99 a month streaming service is the equivilant of 11 dollars back in 1970 and that if people would cancel 2 services they could afford a book a year or two pdf books a year. But how many people are going to give up a full year of streaming on two services to buy a game book? Especially one they can share with their DM? But then that was a problem back then as well. [/QUOTE]

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